Inspirational quote: Mistakes are proof that you're trying. It's perfectly okay to make them.

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"Kendrick, slime them."

This was coming from Kieran. He kept on looking at Justin then Clyde, and then Kendrick.

"It's not working, Kieran."

Trying exceptionally hard to pull the rope, Kendrick grunted and sighed longingly, Kieran still watching him in the process.

Realising that it was twisted, Kendrick eventually gave up, staring back at Kieran before giving him a shrug.

Kieran was fed up by now completely.

Justin and Clyde but cracked their knuckles simultaneously before one of them said anything. Kieran gulped before backing away.

"Get ready to die, Kieran."

Justin came up even closer to Kieran, stepping on him in the process. Removing his foot and stepping on him back, Kieran grinned before sticking his tongue out at Justin.

Kieran laughed, making Justin annoyed. Clyde in the meantime, was vandalising lockers.

"What's so funny?!" Justin shrieked.

But Kieran didn't reply. Just kept on laughing and laughing, winding Justin up even more every time.

"What's so funny?!" Justin wanted to know again, making Clyde come even closer as well.

Kieran just laughed continuously until Justin actually and mentally lost it.
So as a result of that, Justin stepped on him again.

"Kieran Frederick Harper-" Justin screeched. "I repeat what's so funny?!"

Kieran shrank back, admitting that nothing was really funny and he was just messing with both of them.

"Oh no, nothing." Kieran replied quietly, winking at Kendrick in the far distance again. "It's just...."

But Kieran couldn't finish his sentence. He didn't anyway, because just then, the worst and most amusing bit had just happened.

Splash!

Almost immediately, slime came pouring down on both Justin and Clyde, everyone in the background staring at them and laughing hysterically, just as predicted.

And with that, Kendrick came out from behind the janitor's closet, high fiving Kieran.

"Check yourself before you wreck yourself, idiots." They both told Justin and Clyde simultaneously, high fiving each other in the process again.

Justin stared annoyingly at the slime on him then at both of them, whilst Clyde physically had to leave because he was that embarrassed.

"On the bright side, at least now you know why I was laughing. That was what you wanted to know, right?"

Justin shot Kieran a look of death before loudly yelling "This isn't over, Kieran!" and then annoyingly walking off with Clyde.

Unfortunately, Kieran and Kendrick's spotlight didn't last for that long though. This was because as many people that they happened to come across high fived them, Justin's younger sister, Stephanie was staring at them in anger.

Kieran never liked Stephanie.
Why?
Because she was spiteful, hostile and obnoxious.

Basically what Justin was, practically all the time.

"Oh my gosh, I saw everything!" She proclaimed. "Why would you guys do that to my brother?"

Neither of them replied.

"Realise that slime is poisonous? Whatever was inside that slime is highly toxic, and if not used correctly could lead to death."

Kieran was suddenly bewildered.

"Maybe we wanted your brother to die," Kendrick sneered nastily, making Kieran nudge him.

Stephanie ended up crying, before whacking Kieran with a newspaper and pouring orange juice on Kendrick, then running off.

"Year eight girls," Kendrick muttered lividly to Kieran, squeezing orange juice from his shirt and rolling his eyes.

"Tell me about it," Kieran agreed. "Stephanie gave me a paper cut."

They had walked just a few paces forwards before meeting someone else who was yelling their names behind them.

Firstly, the person was clapping really loudly, which was when Kieran and Kendrick knew they had to turn around.

The person was a boy, and he had dark slick hair that reached up to his shoulders. Why he was wearing roller skates at school, no one knew, but Kieran wasn't going to ask him.

His green ice cream top and purple trousers did not match. Worst of all, Kieran knew this kid, and was half annoyed to find out that his cousin Adam, was standing there.

"Bravo you guys. Bravo. What you guys just did to Justin and Clyde was really good," the person screeched, still clapping in the process.

"Adam?" Kieran whispered, a bit confused on why his cousin even knew that he had done that. He would have been at chess club at this time of the day. "I thought Justin and Clyde were your friends?"

Adam shook his head.
"Haha. Nope," he said, snickering. He then brought out a brush to comb his greasy hair, only making the comb greasy itself, which Kieran found pointless.

"If you hate them then why were you against what Maria Grace said about them torturing me first?"

"Ha! To wind you up, of course. Cousins play hard to get."

Kieran didn't reply, until Adam punched him so hard on his back that his spine nearly came out.

"Well, thanks. Adam." Kieran muttered through gritted teeth.

"But seriously though. That slime you poured on them was really legit. And the fact that you got away with it was well was also really legit. Good work, guys."

And with saying that, Adam punched his cousin one more time "playfully" before walking off, making out with girls but only receiving slaps by them.

Kieran turned to Kendrick who had for some reason gone all suspiciously quiet.

"Man. I hate that kid. He annoys me so much. On the bright side, I think this may be the start of a beautiful friendship, Kieran."

Kieran froze, only replying with his stock answer, like always.

"Uhm.... I'm not so sure, Kendrick."

Kendrick faced Kieran, giving him a blank stare.

"What do you mean?" Was all he was bothered to ask.

"Well. I mean, I could be friends with you.. Uhm... It depends...."

Kendrick was becoming annoyed again.

"What do you mean?" He shouted at Kieran, who only told him don't worry as well as telling Kendrick to calm down.

I mean...Kieran thought. How do I know this isn't a trick? Justin probably told Kendrick to be my friend, so then he can hurt me later. Who knows?

"Okay then. I have to do something. I will catch you later."

Kieran didn't reply, just sighed with relief that Kendrick had gone away.

He was about to go to his form room, but once again, as he took just one step forward, someone just had to interrupt him again.

Another towering figure hovered above Kieran, making him annoyed again.

He looked up sluggishly at the person's floral dress, and when he saw who it was, he was even more annoyed.

Vanessa Sterling.

"Kieran. Kieran I have to talk to you. Please. It's urgent. I just realised something."

Kieran didn't reply. He moved one step forward however Vanessa beat him to it, and this kept on happening throughout, non stop.

"Kieran. Please."

Kieran rolled his eyes and looked away.

Vanessa looked into Kieran's eyes, half hypnotising him. Kieran looked away. Again, this kept on happening, until Kieran became so fed up that he physically had to step on her.

"Kieran. Listen. Stop ignoring me and pay attention for once."

Kieran went internally ballistic as he dropped his bag and faced her.

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Moral of chapter: Okay.... so what Kendrick and Kieran did to Clyde and Justin wasn't entirely the right thing to do, yet at the same thing they deserved it... the moral of this chapter is two wrongs don't make a right.