Sure, show them who's the boss around here

Those jerks were acting up a bit too much lately, and this was a chance as good as any other to remind them just why she was the boss of their group despite having joined not too long ago. Sure, beating them till they couldn't stand could work too, but as familiar as they were with hitting and being hit those guys would forget about it after a few days anyway, so why wasting her energies like that when she could make do playing horse with them? She was as good with basketball as she was with using her fist after all.

"Good, let's do it" Roze hollered full of hostility against the three "I'll teach you how to play so don't run away midway calling for your mommas"

The three laughed at her provocations, not really bothered about it, Tom even answering in kind "How about i make you a momma instead?" and earning approving pats from his pals.

Even if Leon was irritated by their comments about his girl his fear towards them was way greater, instead wishing he could get out of there along Roze immediately, and as such he disapproved of her choice to humor their request and stay to play along, but a type of 'salvation' came for him by one of the jerks themselves.

"What are you doing still around here?" George pointed to the somewhat trembling guy "Scram already, don't you see we're getting busy there?" Roze fumed in rage when she heard the dark bloke's words, but didn't oppose him since, after all, keeping Leon around here could only bring more problems, so she whispered to him reassuringly "Don't worry about me and go to class first, i'll tidy them up and follow right after"

The smile the two exchanged before parting was certainly lovely, yet to the three jerks it was nothing more than provocation, igniting them with jealousy at the thought of their finest girl being with such a wimp. A girl in their group was a girl of their group, and that should have been true especially for Roze with her status among them, and yet not only she choose an outsider, it was also such a gopher... It was almost unbearable.

Knowing nothing of the jealousy burning their mind, Roze came back after sending off Leon and stated right off the bat "Don't you usually bet something when playing between yourselves? How about you stop bothering my guy after you lose?"

Her words gave more fuel to their jealousy, but unlike his other two pals Tom got his clever mind sparkling and immediately answered "Sure, sure, what so bad about that? However if we win you'd have to do something of equal value...what about play another of those type of games? We've got some girls to play along, but one of them called it off at the last minute and we need someone to make the numbers even"

"Hmpf, what's so hard about that?" Roze sneered, and Tom answered while tracing with his fingers the shaved patterns of his crew-cut "Right, what's so hard? No shrinking away permitted then, otherwise... yes, otherwise we'll beat that wimpy guy of your till you can't recognize him anymore, ok?"

His words infuriated Roze, but she replied nonetheless "Who's shrinking away? A bet is a bet, since i've given my word i'll keep it! Let's being already"