The Alliance by Gabriel Goodman

Author:Gabriel Goodman
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

I

sat in the computer lab, glaring so hard at the petition that I thought it might actually catch fire. Right at the top, where the spaces for the three faculty members to sign sat. Even if every student in the building signed, the whole petition was worthless without those three signatures.

Ricky slid into the chair next to me. “You have got this, like, death look on your face. You must really hate that paper.”

I laughed. Leave it to asexual Ricky to snap me out of my funk. “I do hate this paper. And I hate what people think of me. And I hate that what people think of me is wrong. I’m just Hater McHaterson today.”

“Well, Ms. McHaterson, let’s see what we can do about that. Nothing can be that bad. What’s up?”

“I asked all my teachers today if they would sign off on the GSA. Five teachers, five nos. Not just nos. Each no was served with my very own are-you-crazy look.” I pushed the petition away from me. “Winston was right. The teachers here hate me.”

Ricky rubbed my shoulders. “You just asked the wrong teachers. There are tons of teachers you can ask. You can’t give up because five people said no. Nobody hates you.”

I snorted. “Nobody hates me? Check this out.”

I got out my phone and called up my Twitter account. Most of my feed was me talking to my friends about school, homework, and movies. I scrolled down to yesterday and pointed to a tweet from someone named @VictorEE. It said:

@CMendoza No 1 will cry at you’re funearl, dyke.

“I don’t know what offends me more,” I said. “The wrong use of ‘you’re’ or that the idiot can’t spell funeral.”

Ricky leaned in. “Carmen, that’s like a death threat.”

I shook my head. “No, this is a death threat.” I reached into my messenger bag and showed him the clipping of Jamie Ballard’s obituary.

Ricky’s eyes got wide. “You’ve got to tell someone.”

“Whoever it is just wants to get in my head. That’s what they did to Jamie Ballard. Well, they won’t do it to me. If I tell someone, word will get around and they’ll know they got to me.”

Ricky didn’t look convinced, but he let it go. “You said you talked to five teachers. You’ve got six.”

I nodded. “Haven’t asked Carney yet. I’ve been putting it off. She’s awesome, and if she says no, it might really be over.”

He glanced at his watch. “Well, you’re in luck,” he said. “Film class is next. You’re going to ask her to sign, she’s going to say yes, and the world will be a happy place again. Right?” He gathered his stuff and made for the door.

My phone vibrated as another tweet from VictorEE appeared in my feed.

@CMendoza heard your starting a gsa don’t even try it

I stared at it a long time, wanting to ignore it. Responding would just give him satisfaction but…

I just couldn’t back down. I couldn’t. I typed:

@VictorEE Who’s going to stop me? A dickless nobody like you?

I logged off and the message disappeared.

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