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“What do…” Ophelia trailed off as something plucked at the edge of her consciousness and she realised Sera was right. Kate was different in some way she couldn’t put her finger on. She pushed it aside and looked for a way to avoid a confrontation.

“Act casual,” she said as she spotted Mr Dooley and began walking towards him She wanted to get into his hearing range before Kate reached them.

“Good thinking,” Kira said. “She won’t dare try anything around a teacher… will she?”

“Not around Mr Dooley anyway,” Ophelia said “The other teachers are a bit slow on the uptake when it comes to Kate but he’d be down on her like a ton of bricks. Only Vivienne gets away with stuff around him and that’s because he’s terrified of her mother.” She glanced over at Kate, who’d an she’d increased her pace to intercept her pace to intercept them before they got there. “Damn!” The few minutes before the bell would ring might as well be an hour. They couldn’t walk any faster without being obvious. She refused to embarrass herself for Kate’s enjoyment. At least Kate could only taunt her here – Mr Dooley might not be able to hear them but he’d notice anything physical. “We’re not going to make it.”

“It gets worse.” Sera jerked her head to the right where Vivienne was walking towards them in a faux-casual manner with her eyes fixed on Kira.

“Oh lovely!” Kira said. “I’ll handle her.” She strode away from them to intercept Vivienne as Kate came up behind them.

“Good morning, Ophelia,” Kate said. Ophelia took a calming breath before turning to face her.

“Hello, Kate,” she said. “How are you today?” The answering smirk worried her.

“I’m well!” Kate’s eyes sparkled in a disturbing manner. “You?”

“Me? I’m okay, I guess.” Ophelia suppressed a frown at Kate’s odd behaviour. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Kira glance over at Kate from where she was involved a furious exchange with Vivienne – which was drawing a small crowd of spectators. Kate glanced at the crowd and scowled. She made no secret of the fact she didn’t like Vivienne and somehow she got away with it.

“Your new friend is either brave or stupid,” she said. “Is she really taking on the bitch?”

Ophelia stared at Kate. “What do you want, Kate? Because I’m pretty sure it’s not to have conversation about how much we both hate Vivienne.”

Kate actually grinned at that. “Well it is just about the only thing we could have a civilised conversation about these days, but no, not really.” She tilted her head. “I want you to know I’m done playing nice with you.”

“I wasn’t aware you were playing nice with me,” Ophelia said drily.

“You have no idea!” Kate snarled. “I’ll have your head on platter!” She rubbed at her forehead.

Ophelia groaned to herself. Kate with a headache was far worse than Kate without one. She’d been a far nicer girl before they started a couple of years back.

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A/N: As promised I have started posting Shattered on Gumroad. It’s PWYW (and £0 is acceptable so there’s no risk) so subscribe today. If you want to sample it first then you can read the first chapter on my facebook page. If you like my stuff you’ll love Shattered.

Or if you prefer superhero stories I’ve started posting 250-300 words a day of a superhero story on my Patreon. These posts are public so don’t have to be a Patron to read it. The first eight posts are already up so why not take a look?

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