I walked down the stairs to the cafeteria. I save a lot more time than other students, who choose to meet their group of friends before they head down to the clean well-lit, well-decorated basement cafeteria. That's mostly because I don't have any friends. No real friends anyway. Just a group of people I hang around with who pretend to be my friends. In reality, I'm their verbal punching bag, as well as a literal one when the football team goes on patrol. They always go for the one who's least likely to try to defend himself. Not that I'm weak or anything, I just never knew how.
 "Erick!"
 I heard a voice and turned around. It was one of my "friends", Kacie
 "Where you goin'? you never wait for me anymore." she pressed
This girl has been trying to mess with my head since we met at the beginning of the year. First she acts like my girlfriend, even though she wasn't, later she ignores me and acts like she hates me, now apparently shes my best friend in the whole wide world. Personally, I preferred being ignored.
I faked a smile. "Sorry, just been a little preoccupied," I lied
 "Lets go then" she linked arms with me, not even giving me a chance to take my hand out of my pocket.
As we got down and got in line to get lunch, she abruptly let go of my arm, brushed her hair out of her eyes and beamed as three huge guys walked by. The captain of the lacrosse team and his gang. They are basically the most wanted guys in the school. Amazing considering they treat females like crap.They completely ignored  her as they walked by and cut in line about three spaces from the front.
"Someone needs to take them down a notch," I said under my breath.
 Kacie latched back onto my arm as they passed. I just kept watching the three dudes, they were thinking they were the kings of the planet or something.
 We got our lunch and walked back to our group. Justin and Nathaniel were waiting for us. They looked from me to Kacie.
 "So are you guys datin' again or what?" Justin asked playfully.
I laughed at the thought that that could ever happen. "Stop playen'," I said, "we never were and you know that."
Just as I said that I looked around and saw the captain and his crew cornering Jacob, a freshman at our school who just never hit puberty. Helpless against the three silver backed gorillas surrounding him. I knew I couldn't do much better, but nobody was helping him and I wasn't going to stand by and see this happen. I walked up to the three gigantic neanderthals with a look of determined rage on my face.