Capítulo 129: Chapter 126
" What do you want Chris?"
It was getting too much. This kid seemed to just enjoy getting me worked up, I looked around, wondering where the hell Austin was. The lessons had ended and I was outside waiting for his mum, he had said that our maths teacher had asked him to go see her before he went home. Something told me it was about our assignments. She had definitely noticed the similarities in both our work, and I blamed Austin completely, if he was gonna copy he ought to have atleast changed a couple of things. He just wrote everything how I did.
" I see you got a new haircut, " Chris said, his tone clearly mocking me. Unlike the other older kids, he didn't really get me nearly as wound up. I just hated how he was always trying to get some sort of reaction. And there was also the fact that he only ever approached me when Austin wasn't around, it was clear he knew just how unhinged Austin could be.
" Yeah, so?"
" Relax, I just came to complement you. "
Like hell I was going to fall for that. I turned around completely and faced the other direction, I just wanted to get a better view of Austin when he did appear. And I also knew that the longer I stared at Chris the angrier I was gonna get. In the two months he had been in our school, he had already made friends with the troublemakers. I heard he had an elder brother in the same school but I didn't really care. Although according to those rumours, his brother was the best and most disciplined kid in his class. In other words, Chris was the complete opposite of him. This ten year old boy was the most rude and destructive one I had ever met. I used to think Austin was bad, but he's actually an angel compared to this one.
He walked around to stand in front of me, this fake smile on his features.
" I bought a new shirt, you like it?"
And he was also very complex to understand. Sometimes he plainly made fun of me, other times he was mean....and sometimes, I didn't even know what to call it. He was just weird.
I looked at the blue shirt he had on, not wanting to say anything because my instincts told me he was setting me up for some insults, but he was staring at me too expectantly, I nodded and looked away.
" Sure, it's nice. "
" Blue is your favorite color, right?
" How do you know that?"
" I know everything about my targets. Where's your bodyguard? Did he finally decide to get some better friends?"
I rolled my eyes and once again turned around, getting ready to just walk away if he kept it up. I preferred the mean version to whatever this one was. And if anyone needed to get better friends, it was him. But if I said that, I'd just be starting up an argument and I did not have the mental energy to deal with him. To be honest, I doubted whether he was even ten years old, I got this feeling that he was maybe a year younger. Or perhaps he just had a small build compared to normal ten year olds. But despite his small size, the kid was a nut head. And a total wrecking ball. In a couple of more months I was sure he was going to be expelled.
He once again, shifted to stand in front of me, I was exhausted already.
" Just cut it out. What do you want from me?"
" Tie my laces. "
" What?"
He gestured to his foot, and I looked down to find his laces undone. But there was no way I was going to do that. That's why I wasn't intimidated by him, he was just this annoying classmate that never let me have my peace.
" Tie your own laces. I'm not doing it for you. "
" But I don't know how to. Do it! Or I'll go to Mrs. Graner and tell her you called me names, and that you also used the 'F' word. "
" Like she'd believe you. "
" Wanna try me?"
He would be willing to, that was a fact I was well aware of. And in my head I always had these ideas about what I would do when in such situations. How I would react, but I just never had the courage to do so. And I hated myself for that. It was better to just do whatever I could to end things instead of drawing them out too long. For me, doing whatever those bullies wanted equaled to taking the easy way out, otherwise, everything would just become this big deal. Like if the teachers found out about it and made me the center of attention. But for some reason, in my mind, Chris didn't fit into that bully department. I had never understood what it was about him, but something was definitely off.
" Why won't you just quit messing with me?"
" Because it's fun. "
I clicked and shook my head, and I was about to go down on one knee and tie his laces when he took a step back, his eyes focused straight ahead. Then he asked me to let it be before walking away with this odd expression. And when I turned around, it was to find Austin walking over. It suddenly made sense since Chris never even dared to look in my direction when I was with Austin.
" What did the teacher want?"
" Was that the new kid from class?"
It had already been two months but Austin still refered to him as the new kid. I knew it was probably because he didn't remember his name.
" Yeah, it was. So? Is there anything wrong? It was about your homework, wasn't it?"
" What were you two talking about? This isn't the first time I've seen you together. "
He was staring at the direction Chris had gone. And I did the same, then I watched as he stopped and tied his own shoelaces before this older boy who I assumed was his brother, walked over to him and took over the task.
" Nothing. He was just asking me which essay we have to write since he forgot. "
" Are you sure?"
" Of course I am. Now tell me what the teacher told you already."
" Do you remember what I told you about that Adrian kid?"
As if I could forget. I wished I had never mentioned anything about Adrian in the first place. I passed by the barbershop every once in awhile and hang out with him in secret. There was no way I was going to avoid him just because of Austin and his strange possessiveness. I still couldn't believe he had warned me against getting any other friends.
" I'm sure you do, well,the same applies to that new kid.I don't like him at all! "
" Don't start! Please, "
His mum's car appeared and he pointed at it before pulling me along. He hadn't even told me what he had been called in for, but he was acting as if it hadn't been a big deal.
" He was looking at you too much when you were presenting your project today. "
" Everyone was looking at me, that's how presentations work. "
" Nope! I know what I'm saying Kyle, trust me and just stay away from him. "
We got into the car and that particular subject never came up again. But then just two weeks later, Austin happened to walk in on Chris saying some 'not so nice' things to me by my locker. Long story short, Austin decided to solve the problem the only way he knew how, using violence. And it had been a fast win for him since he was so much stronger than Chris. That was also the very last time Chris ever dared to approach me, literally. From that point onwards he started acting as if I didn't even exist, but there were instances when I could still feel him looking...no, glaring at my direction. Just being in the same class as him had always made me uncomfortable, I only felt at ease because I knew Austin was right there as well.
And it was a well known fact to everyone in class that Austin and Chris didn't like each other one tiny bit. Actually, Austin disliked him more than I did. Even in class, they sat as far away from each other as possible, and they also never missed an opportunity to throw words at each other. What never made sense however, was the fact that Chris was more angry and violent towards Austin than he had ever been with me. But I figured it was because of the fight, Austin never held back when it came to physical altercations and he had hurt Chris pretty badly. And somehow I still dared to wonder why no one else ever even approached me. We were ten, but Austin had basically just laid his claim on me. Chris became a topic I never brought up because of how upset he always got, and that's just how we got by.
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