Angie for the most part is actually nice to me and shockingly, she even stood up for me against some asshole that deliberately tripped me in English class. Though the whispers don’t stop. I try my best to ignore them, trying not to pay attention to them openly staring at me over the shower incident.
By the time it is lunch I’d had enough and want to go home. Walking to the office, I go looking for Mateo to beg him to let me leave. I can’t find him, but one of the teachers tells me he is in the gym setting up for training.
“Just ignore them, Kat. You have a smokin’ body, I wish I had boobs like you,” Jasmine compliments, as she helps me look for Mateo.
Stepping into the corridor heading for the gym, I freeze, everyone turns as we enter and my stomach drops. They're all whispering, some even pointing, all laughing at me, the laughing stock of the school. I even have a couple of the boys grab my ass and people whistle. The gym doors open, and everyone quiets down as Mateo stomps out.
“What the fuck is going on? What’s with the commotion?” he snaps at everyone. They all bare their necks in submission to him. The chatter stops abruptly.
“Now shut up all of you, and get dressed,” he commands, opening the gym doors and letting everyone in.
Jasmine and I walk in last, Mateo steps in front of me, blocking me from entering the gym. Sighing, I look up at him, while Jasmine continues to the girls bathroom. I try to step around him when he cages me against the wall.
“Hey, are you okay?” He asks, grabbing my arm.
“Yeah, fine, can you take me home?” I ask a little too hopefully.
He looks back into the gym and scowls. “Are they giving you a hard time?”
“Don’t worry about it,” I answer, about to walk off. His arm on the wall blocks me.
Mateo leans closer, dipping his head lower. “If they are, tell me Kat, I will make it stop.”
“It’s fine, Mateo. Let's just get this over with,” I groan, pushing past his arm.
“Kat?” Mateo growls, his steps gaining on me quickly, when his arms lock around my chest making me stop. “Wait, if you want to go home, I will take you, I just need to get someone to fill in for me first.” I look over my shoulder at him. “Do you want me to take you home?” I chew my lip, knowing it will be the easier option, but it also will be a hassle for Mateo. Sighing, I shake my head. “Are you sure?” he asks, rubbing my arms.
“Yeah, it’ll be fine. Last class, right?”
“As long as you’re sure, do you want me to get Ezra?”
I shake my head. If he thinks I am having a hard time, he might say he will sit in on my classes and I don’t want that.
Mateo nods once and pushes me toward the doors. “Get changed, I will see you in a second.”
I walk into the girls locker room and get dressed.
Training is horrendous. I can’t focus and I am knocked down more times than I can count. Jasmine apologizes relentlessly as I just shake it off.
“You're supposed to get me down. Stop apologizing,” I snap at her, standing back up just as the whistle blows. I sigh in relief that it is finally over and I can go home. “Finally! Home time,” I groan.
Following Jasmine to the girl's locker room, I walk in and all the girls start mocking me and pretend to be me in the shower. Squealing and in fits of giggles while they egg each other on.
“You know what? Fuck this shit,” Jasmine growls, dumping her bag on the floor. I look at her along with everyone else, it is so strange seeing her get angry and clearly, they think the same thing.
She starts taking her clothes off, tossing them on the ground. “Come on bitches get ya phones out, you are nothing but gutless jealous whores,” she screams at them with her hands on her hips, giving no fucks that she is naked and encouraging them to take photos, she glares at them. Not one of them pulls their phone out, they all stare mouths open in shock. “Like what you see?” She screams at them. They share nervous glances at each other, not daring to move, they all stand there, mouth’s open while she struts around the girls' locker room with everything on display.
“What are you doing?” I hiss, trying to cover her with my body and hands.
“Giving them something to talk about, get ya clothes off Kit Kat, we are streaking,” she announces.
All I can do is blink at her. “You can’t be serious?”
“They pick on you because they know it is embarrassing you, you have nothing to be ashamed about, you look better than these fugly bitches,” she says, lifting her chin and glaring at the murmuring girls.
My eyes dart to the crowd of girls when Angie shoves through them, “I’m down!” She says, stopping beside us. Angie strips naked and she tosses her shirt at Tammy’s head. Bending over, she strips her lacy panties off, throwing them at her too and smacking her in the face.
Jasmine laughs before looking at me. “See?” Jasmine nods to Angie.
“Are you really going to do this?” I ask them.
“Yeah, I started it, this is me apologizing,” Angie says with a small smile.
Jasmine shrugs. “Shit, I am even doing a cartwheel,” she laughs.
A smile pulls at the corners of my mouth, they are really going to do it. Pulling my shirt over my head, I shrug, “You know what? Let's do this.”
“Damn girl! You have nice tits, look at those button nips,” complimented Jasmine. She turns to Tammy and nods toward my chest. “See these, Tammy? Something you will never have because you are so flat, you make the walls jealous.” Jasmine mocks the punk bitch that has been picking on me in every class today. Jasmine walks to the door before swinging it open, and walking out.
“I can’t believe we are doing this,” I squeal nervously. As soon as Jasmine walks out I hear the boys catcalling and whistling at her.
Angie walks over to the door, takes a deep breath, then looks back at me. “Coming, Kat?” She smiles, offering me her hand.
I snort holding in my laughter before taking it and peering out. There are so many people still in the gym, the boys staring at Jasmine while she taps her foot impatiently, waiting for us.
Angie nudges me and I look at her. “One… two .. three,” Angie counts, and we both rush out.
“Woohoo!” Jasmine yells excitedly, shaking and slapping her ass, we chase after her. Jasmine runs down the corridor and through the doors leading outside. True to her word, she does a cartwheel on the oval as we lap it. I am in endless fits of giggles.
All three of us burst out laughing making our way back to the gym to retrieve our clothes, when a ticked off Mateo spots us, and I suddenly cover myself and so do the girls.
“Shit! Run,” Jasmine laughs. He has three towels in his hands, but before we can run, he catches up to us. He tosses the towels at us and the girls run off, as I wrap mine around me.
Mateo steps closer, wrapping the towel around me when I fumble with it. “Are you nuts? The fucking Alpha is going to kill me now.”
“So what? It was fun,” I tell him and he scowls at me.
“Fun? You just ran naked across the entire oval in front of everyone. Jasmine even did a cartwheel, I have now just seen more of Angie than I ever wanted to and you, he is going to kill me for seeing you stark naked,” Mateo says, pushing me toward the gym. “Fuck Kat, you better hope nobody filmed that, if the Alpha finds out–”
“Too late to worry about that because he is right there,” I tell him, pointing over his shoulder.
“What?” Mateo squeaks, spinning around. I duck behind Mateo using him as a shield. Ezra looks angry.
My mother is hot on his heels coming toward us.
“I’m out,” I tell Mateo, taking off. Mateo tries to grab me, but I slip from his fingers.
“You have to come home with me Kat, you can't run forever,” Ezra calls after me.
I laugh running back to the locker room and getting dressed. Jasmine and Angie are talking excitedly about our nudie run.
“Mateo looked like he was about to kill us,” Angie snickers, putting her jeans on, when the door suddenly opens and my mother comes in.
I groan. Great, here comes the lecture.
“10/10 for that cartwheel, Jasmine, but I need to say one thing-” We all pause, waiting for the scolding. “That was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen, you girls have the whitest asses,” she giggles and we all start laughing. “No, I am being serious you girls gotta get some sun on them bums.”
My mother smiles, holding her arms out to me. “Happy Birthday, Kat,” she says, hugging me. “Oh, your dad and I got you something.” She steps back, pulling a box out of her pocket. “Close your eyes.”
I do and I hear her fiddling with the box before feeling her place a necklace around my neck. She clasps it into place, and I reach up to touch it.
“You can open your eyes.” I look down at the gold chain and she hands me the box when I notice the pendant between my fingers. “A pumpkin, seriously dad?” I groan out loud before laughing.
“Has matching earrings too,” she says, and I look in the box. Two hanging pumpkins on each earring.
I chuckle, shaking my head, but slip them on anyway. “Thanks mom.” Stepping closer I give her a side hug. She kisses my head.
“You’re welcome. Well, you better go face the Alpha, he is waiting for you outside, he didn't appreciate your nudie run in front of the entire school and staff, I asked for the footage. I will save it for your 21st,” my mother laughs and we all chuckle.
“Can I come home with you? You can smuggle me out?” I ask, hopeful.
“Nice try, you gotta face him sometime,” she grins, and I sigh heading for the door.