Leah
As soon as I entered the school I could feel everyone staring at me. I let out a long sigh. The first thing I noticed was almost everyone seemed to have a colored cloth which was weird. I noted the colors in my head.
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
"Hey! Are you new?" asked a girl. She had black hair and brown eyes.
"Yeah," I answered while hoping she wasn't looking for a fight.
"I'm Annalise but you can just call me Anna or Lise."
"I'm Leah, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too Leah!"
I glanced at her cloth which she was wearing It was like a headband. It was blue. She looked at me like she understood what was on my mind.
"Since you are new you probably don't know what the cloth means. Come with me let's sit in a quiet place," she told me as she took my arm and dragged me to a quiet spot.
"There are four main gangs in this city. The colors on the cloths represent them. Red is for Crimson Eagles, green is for Emerald Snakes, yellow is for Golden Tigers and blue is for Diamond Cougars. As you can see I am a Diamond Cougar." she told me with a huge smile on her face.
"What does this make me then? An outsider?" I said. I was used to being an outsider.
"Well, If you want you can join a gang after you prove your worth or you can just not join. No one will force you to join."
"Then I don't want to join. I don't have time for useless things."
She laughed. After her long laugh, she said, "Then Let's get to know each other! We have plenty of time before the class starts. ı'm 17. What about you?"
"17"
" I like watching dramas. What are your hobbies?"
"Boxing and riding my motorcycle."
"You have a motorcycle?!"
"Yeah"
"But you are not of age yet"
"It is under my dad's name and for now I never got caught riding It"
"Got caught by who? Your dad or the police?"
"Both"
"It's so cool. I hope when I'm 18 I can also get a motorcycle too. Gangs sometimes hold motorcycle races. Most of the time only the leaders and their right and left hands race but maybe If I'm good enough I can also race. Take me on a ride sometime."
"Wow, you really go from one topic to another."
"Yep, I do It sometimes."
"Tell me more about yourself," I asked.
"I already told a lot. You just answer with one or two words so you should tell me more about yourself."
"Like what? My life is pretty boring"
"Why did you transfer?"
"My dad got a new job so we changed states"
"Must be tough. I can never even imagine having to go to another state and leave my boyfriend."
"Oooo, tell me about your boyfriend," I said as I used a teasing voice. She blushed and tried to cover her face.
"Somebody is shy" I laughed.
"Shut up" she said. She hit my shoulder playfully."
...
I got up from my seat as soon as the bell rang. The lessons were extremely boring. But at least today wasn't as bad as I thought It would be. Surprisingly I had a true friend and no one tried to bully me. Other than a group of girls and boys glaring at us, everything was good. When I asked Anna what their problem was she said they were from Crimson Eagles. Apparently, the Crimson Eagles aren't on good terms with the Diamond Cougars. Anna also introduced me to some of her friends.
"Hey, Anna!" I shouted as I watched up to Anna who was in front of me.
"Hi! I have an invitation for a party tonight. Wanna come with me?"
"Wouldn't It be better If you went with your boyfriend."
"He is already invited as he is a member of the Diamond Courgars."
"He is?"
"Yeah. It is forbidden to be friends or lovers with another gang's member" she answered as It was obvious. It kinda was when I thought about It for a second. "Anyway, Are going to come?"
"I don't know. Will It be okay? You know I'm not a gang member and all"
"It's fine. There will be mostly gang members but It is okay to invite non-gang members too. Come on you have to come!"
"Ugh alright."
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" she shouted and twirled around excitedly.
What did I get myself into?