Debbie Stern (the principal's 27-year old secretary) sat at her desk, filling out forms. Occasionally she looked up at the girl sitting across from her. Margaret Wood was her name, and making trouble was her game. Although to Margaret, it didn't seem like trouble. She was one of those Earth First people. Debbie was as environmentally conscious as the next person (she recycled and she didn't want to see her neighborhood get turned into a smog-filled sludge pit), but she never went as far as Margaret did. That girl could get so riled up about the smallest of things, like someone wasting paper. Maybe it sounded a little ridiculous when she called people tree killers, but she was dead serious when she did it.
"I am not your friend!" a boy suddenly yelled. Debbie looked up from her forms and saw those two freaky boys. They were standing in the hallway, just outside of the main office. What made people want to look like that?
"Feeling a little confused?" the other Goth boy asked, in a quieter tone.
Suddenly, Debbie's intercom came on and she heard the principal's voice. "Debbie ..."
