Short Story

I watched the bastard that just bought me walk out of the room. I heard the click of the lock from the other side of the door and felt as though I was definitely screwed. Turning around in the chair to face forward again, I am met with 13 pairs of eyes staring at me. I tried to smile a little and raised my hand to wave.
“Astara.” The creep sitting next to me states. I look at him and nod a little.
He smirks.
“I’m Markus.” He holds his hand out for me to shake and I hesitate for a moment before deciding to “play nice” as Damien put it.
The blonde woman was next to introduce herself, “My name’s April!” She had a slight british accent. Interesting. She extends her hand and I accept it, a tad reluctantly because she was the one to begin the …show more content…

This was extremely unnerving to me. I can tell you she was Native American with a tattoo, that I currently couldn’t get a good look at, on her right arm.
“Naomi.” As Naomi says her name, she winks. I’ll be surprised if she’s the resident flirt.
“I’m Imogene, but you can just call me Gene.” She had a slight Jamaican accent. The amount of diversity in this group astonished me. Most American groups are usually race exclusive, surprise.
“The name is Orchid.” A French accent. She had to be fluent, right? Oh, that would be splendid. Hopefully, she and I will become friends, or allies, or whatever you want to call it in here.
“Do you speak French?” I ask her in French and she seems to resist rolling her eyes.
“Yes. I speak French. I am from France. I bet that you’ve taken two or three French classes in your life and believe you’re fluent, don’t you? I can tell you that you are not. You’ve only been speaking my language for a few fucking years. Don’t act like you know what I’m saying, it won’t help you in the long run.” She says, narrowing her eyes.
“My great grandmother was from France. My grandmother made it a point for my mother and her siblings to learn it, fluently. Then, of course, she taught her grandchildren. I have been speaking French from the time I was born. The fact that people dismiss others for being bilingual is appalling. So, to recap, fuck you.” I say coolly. She looks me