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"Your very welcome." he said to Paige when she accepted his compliments. He smiled very wide when he heard Paige laugh at his foot in the mouth joke. A victory, a small one, but still. She had a great laugh, it was a shame that she didn't laugh more often. Well, maybe they could change that from now on. Bryce was a funny guy and was glad to have bumped into him. It seems they were helping her break out of her shell. She agreed to walk with him around a bit. HE smiled, then looked over to Bryce. "Well let's go then." Just as he was about to walk off, class seemed to end and people flooded the hallways. The moment that happened, Paige squeezed herself in between Bryce and him for protection.

Sudenly, Virgel walked up and asked them if they were bullying Paige, though he suspected he was joking. He then seemed to be returning a drawing Paige did of him. Malcolm faked a look of shock. "She did you too? Well, it looks like this girl gets around." He said in an extremely joking manner and he gave Paige a smile as he did it. Virgel the commented on how it smelled like weed and who was smoking it. It was well known that Bryce was a pothead, he wondered why he even asked. Bryce then surprisingly admitted that it was him with great fervor. Malcolm just chuckled at the situation and Paige seemed to be becoming more and more comfortable with them. Today seemed like a good day.

He had apparently spoken too soon, because a crowd forced them to separate when someone heard Paige talking. It was utter chaos and he couldn't find her anywhere or the guys. He knew they were going to be fine, but Paige was another story. He didn't know where one side of the crowd began and the other ended. He had never been in a situation like this. Eventually someone bumped into him and he looked down to find Paige. She managed to give a weak smile, but seemed to be holding back tears. He immediately hugged her. "I thought I lost you to those monsters! Your not hurt are you? Hey, don't listen to a word they say, they don't deserve to have you listen to them, ok? He gave her a warm smile. "Now let's go find the other guys and get out of here, whaddya say?" unforntunately, he was interrupted by a member of the water polo team, Brock. "There you are! Why don;t you talk for me?" He said tauntingly. Some other people started to form up behind him. Malcolm immediately stood beside Paige and stared at him. "What, Locke? Your in the way of the greatest scientific discovery ever, The rare mute albino is able to speak. We want to hear her! Malcolm simply took a step forward, not saying anything, a blank expression on his face. Brock seemed to step back a bit. "What? Am I supposed to be scared of you?" Malcolm's expression hardened. He seemed to step back a little more. "Look Malcolm, we're just having fun man, why do you have to be a party pooper?" Malcolm's face turned to a full on scowl, and Brock seemed to freeze. No one else seemed to be speaking.

He then turned put his arm around Paige and gestured to a direction through the crowd and walked her through it. No one said a word. The jocks knew better than to mess with Malcolm, after all, he did break the weight lifting record at their school. He managed to spot Virgel He waved his hand at him. "Yo, Virg!" He finally got closer to them with Paige. "Hey guys, let's get out of here, alright?" he then looked over and noticed Bryce's nose was bleeding. He went over to him. "How'd this happen, man?"