"Tch. Just look at her... Won't even bother to give a glance our way."
"What's the matter,
Jayden? You happen to fancy the girl, or what?"
"Hey; don't even play around like that, man. She's a total bimbo, there's no way anyone could like her."
"I think if you manage to get past the clumsiness, she
does look pretty sexy. I wouldn't really mind hitting that."
"You kidding me,
Oliver? I wouldn't hit that with a ten-foot pole."
"There's no shame in admitting that you'd like to, buddy."
"For God's sake,
Carter, I told you already:
I don't like her."
The rest of the group of five athletes shared chuckles with one another while Jayden begrudgingly smiled and shook his head in absolute disbelief. Yep, Carter Phillips was quite the joker alright, and happened to accentuate his presence even more considering that he was more or less the 'leader' of the small band of sports players that were the best on their team. He was the one who called the shots whenever it came to making decisions sports-related or otherwise, and the one who people at his school recognized the most for having the most upfront personality in comparison to the rest of his 'crew'. It was a fact that they were all seen as charming guys- more for their looks than anything else, in actuality- even despite it being no secret that they were also all much like bullies, who poked fun at some of the weaker people from time to time and generally went around showing off their status, apparently not having very much of a grasp on the concept of showing respect towards others in order to get some back. It was easy for the popularity to get to their heads, and they didn't intend on doing any real good with it.
"I just find it fun watching her be stupid,"
Seth commented, pitching in his own two cents on the matter of the girl. "It just never gets old for me." Of course, none of them were aware of the affliction that she had been diagnosed with that caused her to be like that; they only saw Hadley Oberlin as that one girl who was always bumbling around and wasn't intelligent enough to figure simple things out or manage on her own. And so, she became a victim for them; not very often was it direct, but whenever they saw her, they did spend a lot of time talking behind her back about how hilarious it was to watch her fail to function as a normal person should. But then again, they didn't know that she couldn't.
None of them had even bothered to legitimately ask her if there was something wrong with her.
"It's no wonder she doesn't have any friends,"
Leo sneered. "Who the hell would want to go near a girl like her?"
"... Hey. Now
here's an idea," Jayden suddenly piped up, looking over at Carter with a sinister looking smirk while staying leant back against one of the lockers with his arms folded over his chest. "Why don't
you go try and talk to her? I'm willing to bet that not even you could become friends with her."
"Wait, are you serious?"
"Dead serious, man. In fact, I'm
daring you to do it."
"... Alright then, it's on."
Sounds of excitement were shared amongst the other three: the school's ace player had just agreed to take up a dare on attempting to befriend the girl whom everyone kept their distance from.