Richard parked his Jeep in the usual place, then he quickly got out of his car, and walked to Nicholas' left to head to the classroom. Today they have the first hour with the same subject. History.
"Hey beautiful, are you going to prom with me tomorrow?" Richard spread his smile and charm to the female students who were now walking past him. "Ah, I thought you would not want to go with me," he said when the group of female students did not answer at all what he had just offered.
Tomorrow night, to be precise, there will be a party at the school, where the event is routinely held once every semester. And this prestigious event, of course, will be attended by all students from James Ford Rhodes High School.
And today is the decision of all the school students, to be able to find their dance partner. There will certainly be a lot of fanfare going on to find their respective partners.
"How about you? Have you found a dance partner for tomorrow night?" Richard asked while looking in the direction where Nicholas was.
"I am not interested!" Nicholas answered with a straight look ahead, he didn't look in the direction where Richard was. Because he was one of those people who was never really interested in this prestigious event, let alone bringing a partner to the event.
Meanwhile, he's never dated a girl his age.
This of course made Richard hold back his laughter because he already knew that his best friend would say so.
Then Richard decided to come closer to where Nicholas was, and now they were both in the classroom hall.
"So what happened to you?" Richard asked to the point, to Nicholas who was on his right.
Nicholas immediately rolled his eyes, when the man next to him asked something too vulgar in public. "Shhh, can we talk about it later? Not the right time you know!" Nicholas replied to what Richard had just said.
"Ah, I'm sorry, just being excited," Richard replied with a chuckle.
And at the same time, suddenly Elliott and his gang came. A sharp gaze looked at were Nicholas was.
"Get out of the way, make away," said one of his friends who was in Elliot's gang, when several students were walking slowly in front of him. The task of the man was to make a path so that Elliot could walk freely towards the person he now wanted to meet.
"Damn, let's just go!" Richard whispered as he realized that Elliot and his gang were walking so fast it seemed to be heading towards where he was now standing.
"Hey wait, just leave it be," Nicholas replied to what the man on his left had just said, and his eyes were now focused on seeing the man who was pretending to be walking with his gang, heading towards him.
All eyes were on the Elliot gang who were now walking simultaneously towards were Nicholas was. There were nearly five people including himself, in the gang that many of the other disciples feared. Of course, those who didn't want to get into trouble with Elliot and his gang immediately made their way and pulled up against the wall of the passage.
Because dealing with Elliot and his gang is a bad choice.
Nicholas led Richard to slowly walk towards the classroom, walking to the side of the hall wall, as if not ignoring what was now heading his way.
"Hey nerd, Are you in too much of a hurry to head to class haha?"
All the students in the hallway laughed, as Elliot bullied Nicholas.
Elliot shoved Nicholas in the chest, causing Nicholas to stop immediately and take a few steps backward.
He was silent when Elliot did that to him.
"Explain to me, Why did you get a direct promotion to become a goalkeeper," said the look in a very piercing tone, as he drew closer to where Nicholas was.
"Hey let us pass, it's about time now..."
"You don't have to interfere."
Richard had not had time to stop Elliot, but Elliot's friend immediately grabbed Richard's arm and kept him away from where Nicholas was.
"What do you mean Mr. Douglas gave me that responsibility because he wanted to..."
"SHUT THE FU*K UP!!!,"
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All eyes immediately turned to the direction where the two of them were in the hallway, the sound of Elliot's locker banging loudly, made all the students in the hallway immediately fell silent and looked in the direction where the two of them were.
"What did you drink to allow you to do such a thing, I know you must have something else and you are hiding, so that you can get promoted to the goalkeeper, they also say that your catch is extraordinary. Is that Reiss?" Seeing said in a sharp tone, and pushed Nicholas' chest with his right hand so that Nicholas was squeezed in front of the locker in the hallway.
"Just ask Mr. Douglas directly," Nicholas answered so casually without batting an eye, he looked at where Elliot was who was in front of him with an ordinary-looking face.
Elliot who got this answer, his anger was mounting, his facial expression turned so emotional because what he asked was not answered directly by the man in front of him.
Elliot clenched his fists so hard, he looked like he wanted to kill the man who was now in front of him.
"Bastard, you nerd!" Elliot loudly said those words, then pointed his left fist towards Nicholas' face.
And in that very second, suddenly time seemed to slow down, and Nicholas could see clearly that the hand that was so strong was heading towards his face. Nicholas quickly used his right hand, to block the blow that was about to hit his face.
Nicholas's hand was now holding that stout fist, and at the same time, suddenly time seemed to return to normal. And all eyes immediately turned to where Nicholas and Elliot were.
Because it was unexpected that Nicholas managed to block the punch of the man in front of him, and the moment seemed to stop for a while so that the other students could also see that Nicholas managed to block Elliot's blow.
Elliot's eyes immediately widened, when the man who was considered naive in front of him, managed to catch the punch of his left hand which was aimed at the man's face.
And this time his gaze was sharp and different than before, and it made Elliot in front of him also a little nervous when he saw Nicholas' sharp gaze.