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made her seem like a boy, pushed me hard. “You got something to say?”
    â€œIf I had something to say, I would say it,” Isaid back, knowing that I did have something to say because they shouldn’t have been punching on Logan, but I wasn’t going to say that.
    â€œOooh, she’s getting all smart.”
    When I saw Slade, I rushed over to her. “Oh, so you wanna walk with me in the halls now?”
    â€œThere’re those people I was telling you about,” I mumbled under my breath, alluding to the Oynx members.
    Slade put her arm around me. “They’re the leaders of the gang. Let’s walk fast.”
    My sister made sure I was calm and secure in my class, before she took off. Mr. Newton, my chemistry teacher was helping a few others. So I sat and studied on my own.
    Sitting in chemistry class twelve minute later, I could’ve choked. The two girls, the one who pushed me and the other one, were in my class. It was time for our test, and the two chumps were sitting right behind me. I had studied, but the essay questions were giving me pause. I had answered to the best of my ability and looked back over my test. I turned mine in first, and the two girls from Onyx turnedtheirs in right behind me. I don’t know, I guess I thought all gang people were stupid, but for them to finish so fast and appear so confident, maybe I had underestimated them. I wished that I could talk to them and tell them that there had to be a better way.
    But before everyone was finished taking the test, Mr. Newton called us out into the hallway. “You all have the same answers.”
    My eyes bucked wide. I hadn’t copied off of anybody’s paper. But there was no way I could accuse the two of them for cheating off of mine. If their gang was as dangerous as everyone was telling me they were, that was the last move I wanted to make.
    â€œSo nobody is going to tell me anything?” he said. “Alright. Let Dr. Garner handle it.”
    About twenty minutes later, I was pacing back and forth in Dr. Garner’s office. When he opened the door, I rushed to him and said, “Sir, I did not cheat off anybody’s paper. It’s those girls. They cheated off of mine, but I can’t—”
    â€œI know, I know, I know. I believe you,” he said.
    â€œSo you know they’re dangerous?”
    â€œI’m looking into all of that. I don’t want you to go and say anything you can’t take back. But let’s just say, I want you to stay far, far away from them. There’s some stuff going on here that’s really disturbing, and that crew is a crew with whom you do not need to be yoked.

CHAPTER THREE
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    â€œDr. Garner, I understand I’m not supposed to be around these gang kids, but what am I supposed to do if I see them beating up on somebody innocent? My parents didn’t raise me to turn away when somebody is in trouble,” I said to the principal.
    â€œWell, then you need to scream out for help. Under normal circumstances, we wouldn’t want you to leave somebody who’s in need of assistance stranded. But this Onyx group is around here wearing their pants ultra-low, with these black bandanas draped across every piece oftheir bodies … they’re ruthless. I’ve already had two of my tires slashed this year.”
    â€œAre the police involved?” I asked.
    â€œAbsolutely, and some might be involved the wrong way.”
    â€œI don’t know what you mean.”
    â€œI don’t want to explain anymore. I can’t be so scared of this group that I don’t do my job. I’m the principal here. That’s what I get paid for. You’re the student. You need to stay out of it and for sure away from this group. You understand?” I nodded while he wrote me a pass. “Here. Get on to class.”
    As soon as I stepped out of Dr. Garner’s office and into the office waiting room area to cross through