I snapped out of my flashback. "X=73 squared." I said without thinking. "Correct Floral!" My teacher yelled. Huh? What were we talking about? A girl in the corner of the room was eyeing me suspiciously. What was her problem? She had spiked black hair and a pierced nose. There were temporary tattoos all over her arms in legs. She wore a black leather jacket with black jeans and a black skull tee. Shoes? Black combat boots. I wrinkled my nose in disgust. "Class dismissed!" The teacher said from the front of the room. I gathered my books and left. Two kids were walking hand in hand down the hall, shoving people out of the way. A blondie and a jock. They tried to push past me. I didn't budge. "Yo chick! Move it!" The jock said. I looked him in the eyes. "There's this thing called walking around and being polite. You should try it sometime!" I said sarcastically. He looked taken aback. His girlfriend tried shoving me again. I grabbed her wrist and twisted it. She yelped in pain. I saw the girl from math looking at me. "Let's just get out of here Ashley." The jock said. "Smart choice! That's a first!" I said turning on my heal. 

 "I hate P.E.!" Joanna complained. "Me too. Except for today we're doing something special!" Lucy said her eyes glistening. "What?" I asked as we were changing into gym shorts and tennis shoes. "Sparring!" Lucy said. "Violent Lucy over here!" Joanna said laughing. I joined in. "You know Floral? I've always wondered why you're so perfect!" Joanna said as we walked out of the locker rooms. Well that's the million dollar question isn't it? I said to myself.

"Here are you partners girls!" Coach Rugel yelled. Girls stood to one side the boys were on the other side of the gym. "Elise and Rina! Jessica and Liz! Joanna and Catherine! Lucy and Jane!" Lucy looked excited. She is violent. "And finally... Floral and Ashley!" I looked over at the blondie who shoved me in the hallway. She looked just as happy as Lucy. People started getting in line. "Be careful, Ashley's on the volleyball team, basketball team, and I think she does boxing." Joanna said. "Jane should be a piece of cake." Lucy said smiling. "Well you're on a sparring team anyway so..." Joanna trailed off. I laughed. "Won't be so happy when I pound your face loser!" Ashley said facing me. "At least I have one!" I yelled back. A couple people laughed. Joanna went up to the mat. Her  and Catherine started fighting. They were a pretty even match. But eventually Joanna managed to beat her opponent. She was a good sport about it and helped Catherine up though. Lucy and Jane started fighting. She took Jane down in less than a minute. She wasn't rude about it though. "Floral and Ashley!" Coach Rugel yelled. I took my place at the mat. Ashley smirked at me. I saw her jock boyfriend watching us. "You can do it Ash!" He yelled. "Doing it for you Brian!" She yelled back. "Ready? Go!" Coach yelled. Ashley instantly swung at me. I ducked and rolled. I managed to swing her leg out from under her. She grabbed me and tried to flip me. She managed to make me stumble but I regained my footing easily. We were in a tense battle. Sweat was pouring down her face. She threw another punch. I didn't expect her to aim for my stomach. I let out an oof! She grinned. I was on the ground. She threw another punch. I was prepared. I grabbed her arm and used her weight to flip her over my shoulder. I rolled and kicked. Whatever balance she had was gone. She was much taller than me but also much more broad. I was nimble. She slipped. I took the opportunity and gave her a side kick. She fell. "WINNER!" Coach yelled. I smiled. Everyone was staring at me. How long had that taken? "Match time: 10 minutes 56 seconds!" Coach yelled. I grinned. We may be closely matched but I had won. Brian walked up to me.

"You're dead chick. Dead."