Chapter 119: Three Sizes
The teachers were debating what to do with Jason when they were interrupted by the principal, Miss Harold. The principal told them to let Jason go since he still needed to eat lunch. They could deal with the problem on their own! Jason thanked her with a smile before leaving, and the principal quickly began discussing damage control! The parents were going to want to know what happened there, so it would be best if they sent out their own statement before the students began blowing things out of proportion with any fabricated stories.
As Jason walked back into the cafeteria, he immediately noticed just how quiet everyone got at his presence. Jason looked around at all the people staring at him with cautious awe, and he felt like sighing. This was exactly the situation that Jason tried to avoid when he decided to come back to school. He knew that his power would make him a prime target for Jared’s stupidity, and Jason hoped he would be able to handle it without drawing so much attention to himself, but it was obvious that it wasn’t meant to be that way.
Once Jason had seen Jared still bullying Darren in the cafeteria, Jason knew that nothing but complete destruction would be enough to make Jared back down. Jared was a virus that thrived on his own superiority and ego. As he was left unchecked for so long, that virus had spread and infected other students in the school, making the student body both fear and respect him in different measures. The only way to curb a virus was to introduce it to the antivirus.
And the best antivirus for an inflated ego was public humiliation.
Jason hadn’t gone in without knowing what his actions would cause, but he decided that having a little bit of popularity was enough of a price to pay to make sure Jared stopped his bullshit. Jason walked forward while ignoring the stress from the students around him. Some of the students brought out their phones and started recording him, but he tried his best not to let that get to him. He was already used to having cameras pointed at him since he got his abilities.
There was a table at the end of the hallway where Darren was sitting with one other person, and Jason raised a brow when he noticed that it was Griselda. She had a prim and proper look about her as she ate gently, and when she noticed Jason’s eyes on her, she looked up and smiled slightly. Darren waved Jason over enthusiastically while pointing to the empty seat beside him and the tray of food he prepared, and Jason went over to them.
Once Jason sat down, Darren quickly spoke up.
"I saved your meal and made sure no one messed with it, boss! I thought you’d be gone for the entire lunch break, but I was going to wait here till you came back anyway!"
"Thanks, Darren. I didn’t think you two were close."
Jason gestured between Griselda and Darren, and Darren blushed slightly. Darren had been trying his best not to acknowledge the fact that such a beautiful girl was sitting next to him, but now that Jason had brought it up so casually, he suddenly felt embarrassed. Darren was really grateful to Griselda for helping him when Jared was bullying him earlier. If Griselda hadn’t stepped in before Jason came around, then things could have been a lot worse for him. After thanking her, Griselda asked him if he was waiting for Jason, and once Darren said he was, Griselda sat beside him and decided to wait with him, and that was how they ended up in such a strange situation.
Darren spoke up while staring at the table.
"W-We aren’t that close. I couldn’t imagine being friends with such a beautiful girl. I mean, it’s already amazing that she even sat this close to me. She’s a 73-52-69, and I’m nothing but a large zero!"
Jason blinked, and then his brow furrowed in shock! There was no fucking way this bastard just called out Griselda’s three sizes! The last part of Darren’s sentence had been said in a very low voice so that only those with enhanced senses could hear it, so Jason knew Griselda didn’t hear it. But Jason could easily tell that Darren had just announced Griselda’s three sizes! How the hell did he get that!?
Jason gave Darren an incredulous look, and Darren chuckled in happiness as he was still enjoying sitting beside Griselda.
’It’s impressive that he would tell all that from just looking at her, but this dude might actually be dangerous. I’ll have to keep my eye on him in case he does something stupid.’
Jason sighed as this thought passed through his head, and then he spoke calmly while pointing his spoon at Darren threateningly.
"If you do that again, I’ll tell her."
Darren’s face turned ashen in pure dread, and he nodded quickly to say he understood! Jason just shook his head while digging into the food, but his eyes slowly drifted toward the girl watching him. Griselda had a smirk dancing on her lips as she rested her head on her clasped hands, and her gaze never left Jason’s even for a second. Griselda was curious about what Jason and Darren had been talking about, but she didn’t let it bother her since she was more interested in having a conversation with Jason.
Jason raised a brow at her and asked her what the hell she was smiling at. Griselda’s smile widened as she spoke.
"Your display back there was fitting enough for someone who would be my future vice-captain. I knew I made the right decision for my first Guild member. You’re only making it more obvious that I need to get you on my side by any means possible."
She was still on about this? Jason couldn’t believe Griselda was still trying to get him to join her non-existent guild. It just didn’t make sense for a regular human to be thinking of making a guild, and Jason was sure the only reason Griselda felt like she could do something like this was because of who her father was. But it didn’t matter how well connected you were or who your parents were in the superhuman world, a guild was just too much for a regular human to handle.
Jason saw the look of pure excitement on Griselda’s face and the way she looked like she was finally starting to achieve the dream that she had been nurturing for so long, and Jason decided he wasn’t going to bother trying to discourage her anymore. If Griselda wanted to do something so dangerous, then she could go ahead and do it. The real world would teach her far more than he ever could.
And why the hell did she suddenly promote him from a regular member to a vice-captain? Jason chuckled at this thought and went back to his meal, but he stopped when he caught a head of blonde hair moving out of the cafeteria through the eastern door. Jason put his spoon down and excused himself from the table as he started moving quickly towards the exit.
Both Darren and Griselda were curious about what the hell had gotten into Jason, and Darren was about to ask if he could come along, but Jason didn’t bother to wait for either of them to say anything and just vanished down the hall and out the exit. Jason made his way down the hallway while ignoring the murmurs and stares from the students who were loitering about, and he finally got close enough to the blonde girl and called out her name.
"Fiona."
Fiona startled once she heard someone say her name, and she turned around sharply! But once she saw who was there, she took a step back and her eyes narrowed at him as she wondered what the hell he wanted from her!