Here is Chapter Four of Code Red.

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Chapter Four; Not Edited

The bell rung finally after a long painful hour of dealing with Mrs. Miller rant about stuff that didn't even interest me. I grabbed my binders and collided with a solid figure, making me fall backward with my feet in the air. I looked up to see Harry looking down at me with a look of horror on his face. I knew he didn't mean for me to run into him but things happen.

"I'm so sorry!" Harry's voice cracked, making me frown on why he sounded so upset. I noticed that his gaze was fixed on my shirt and when I looked down I saw a paint stain on my pink sweater. Oh. I got off the floor and fixed my knee socks that were ruffled by me falling.

"It's fine." I smiled as I tried to reassured the curly haired boy that this sweater wasn't important to me. "This sweater wasn't important to me." That wasn't a total lie. My father gave me that sweater before he magically disappeared out of my life but the sweater is washable so it can come out.

"After school let me take you to the mall and get you a new one." He begged but I wasn't going to let him use his money on me. I shook my head and gave him a warm smile before telling him that we can talk about this later.

I took my binders that Harry grabbed for me and quickly walked out of the room and started to head to my next class which consisted of all the people I couldn't stand at the moment. The class consisted of Luke Hemmings and his band of followers who are somewhat nicer that the dyed blue hair blue was ever going to be. I felt a pair of eyes on me and it made me feel a bit insecure about myself when people looked at my outfit for the day. After a couple of minutes of dealing with this so called pressure I turned around and saw the hallway was almost empty and no one was in sight, making me groan in annoyance at the thought of someone stalking me for fun.

I shook my head and rushed off to my English class and thank goodness I wasn't late because I walked inside the classroom and took my seat that was normally in the back but it looked like some other people took it. With a huff I took a seat that was somewhat near the backroom and put my head down as the late bell rung, signaling that the students who walk in now are late.

"Luke, next time you and your crew are late it's dentition for all of you." Mr. Nathan warned the blue dyed boy who just scoffed in disbelief and went to take his normal seat in the corner of the room. "Drop the attitude as well. I don't need that in my classroom."

"Whatever."

I zoned out from listening to Luke complain about how Mr. Nathan's rules stink and how he can't teach. I got so far in my thinking that I didn't notice someone standing in front of me with a raised eyebrow. "Huh?" I asked very confusedly on why he was standing in front of my desk.

The boy chuckled at seeing my confused expression. "I asked if I could sit here?" He asked as he motioned to the desk next to me that had my stuff in the seat. I had my stuff there because people normally didn't want to be seen with the school's joke most of the time.

"Of course you can." I bit my bottom lip because this boy was attractive. He had dirty blonde hair with hazel brown eyes that seem to glow with pure happiness. I reached over and moved my stuff off his desk and watched as he gave me a appreciative smile before taking a seat by me. I never seen this boy before and I'm pretty certain he was new to the school.

"Mr. Hood, are you even listening?"

I turned my attention back to my teacher who was looking at me with a scowl on his face. I shook my head in embarrassment as the rest of the class was looking at me and I hated that. Having the whole classes attention was pretty awkward and since I just practically embarrassed myself in front of the new student and it couldn't be worse.

"As I was saying I have a project that you will be working on in pairs and it will count as half of your grade." Mr. Nathan smirked when half of the class started to groan. He always loved to see his students complain at his choices because it made him feel good, which didn't make any sense to me. "I will have more information tomorrow about it so please be on time." He said, looking in Luke's direction who just rolled his eyes in return.

I saw something being placed on my desk and I saw it was a note and I mentally started to freak out if it was from 'red' but I saw the boy next to me looking in my direction and I knew it was from him. I inwardly let out a sigh of relief and opened the note.

What's your next class? - A

I was about to hit myself in the face because I forget to ask what his name was but before I could even respond to the note my teacher saw it on my desk and told me to put it away before it takes it himself. I slid the note in my binder and kept my gaze to the front of the classroom so that I wouldn't get into trouble with Mr. Nathans. I really didn't need to get into anymore trouble this school day. I rested my head against my arms and counted the minutes until the class was over with for the day.

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- Kirsten & Claire