Axel

I have to grin when she wipes the floor with Zie. He’s such a baby. Such a whiner. Sometimes I wish I didn’t have to be friends with him. He’s younger than Kaiden and me, so it’s not really cool for us to be seen with him at school and things, but my dad insisted, so here we are. I think he’s going to be moved into our class soon at Deathfall Primary anyway. He’s pretty clever.

The three musketeers. Three amigos. Whatever. All those names are lame.

Which is just as well, because it looks like we’ve found ourselves a fourth.

Odile.

I like her. She’s strong. Fast. Not afraid to stand up for herself, even against boys.

I can’t wait to be friends with her. And not only because my dad said so, but because she seems cool.

“Tough luck, Zie, she’s in. Odile, you’re one of us now,” I declare.

I love the way she beams at me in return.