On opening the locker, the hinges finally came off and the handle and locker door fell to the ground clattering loud...loud enough the attract the gazes of everyone present in the hallway.
Raiden felt so embarrassed when he heard the giggles and scoffs in every corner of the hall.
"Look at that, it finally fell off. Sooner than I thought actually" Said a female.
Amber Lee, a belle in his class.
She was hanging onto the arms of her boyfriend.
Adam Sandler.
He looked at Raiden in contempt and sneered.
"He could have gone to the janitor too get it fixed. Now he's going to have to buy a new locker. Chicken brain could have saved more money by getting it fixed"
Amber giggled and this time they were passing the devastated boy, so she said out loud to the hearing of other students as well.
"Oh Adam don't be a tease. You know he can barely afford to fix his glasses. How do you suppose he'll even think about fixing a simple locker"
Annabelle and Samantha, her two friends walking behind the couple like flower girls laughed their heads off along with the students while sneering at the boy who was meekly bending down to pick the parts of the locker that had fallen down.
A muscular looking boy wearing uniforms that were so tight, they accentuated his tight muscles and big arms came up to Raiden smirking evilly.
"Hey pipsqueak. Look up here"
At once, Raiden straightened himself not ready for another beat down from his no. 1 bulky in school.
Once he looked up at him, he felt something like paper flutter on his face
His face burned red when he noticed he, Jake had tossed a handful of money on his face, stunning him.
"That's for your locker and maybe if it's more than enough you can fix your glasses as well"
He sneered and the girls hovering around him giggled.
Raiden forced the words out his mouth.
"I don't need your stupid money"
The laughing boy suddenly turned serious and immediately yanked the other boy's collar and pushed him to the ground so that Raiden's lips were brushing the money scattered on the ground.
"I'm not begging you to take it...."
Raiden cursed as his lips hit hard on the ground, tasting something metallic in his mouth. His glasses were squeezed further into the ground and the frame broke some more.
As Jake was enjoying the torment while other students gather to watch the Intriguing scene, a teacher suddenly spoke from behind
"Don't tell me you find bullying students more interesting than class. Because I've got a much better class for you"
It was the principal herself!!!
Mrs Emelda was standing there, usual tailored suit and brown hair out in bun with a strict looking glass in her face.
Her lips were twisted up in a crooked sneer
The students scampered away to avoid been noticed by the woman all the while muttering
"S..sorry Mrs Emelda" Avoiding her scary fierce glare
Jake held onto Raiden's neck some more before releasing his grip watching as the boy on the ground cough and breath like he had been holding his breath.
He placed his hands in his pocket with a sinister grin, not a single speck of remorse in his eyes as he walked past Mrs Emelda whose gaze was now fixed on Raiden who was getting up from the floor.
Was she surprised...no
She was worried ...
This wasn't the first time she had to personally stop something like this....
And this boy had barely been here half his first semester in this school...