Gale glared at the 'no-change' light that flickered in front of the vending machine. There were a line-up of machines to choose from, and when she stepped into one and plucked out two dollars worth of coins from her pockets, fate conspired to stand her in front of a glorified coin-eater of a machine. With a scowl and a grumble, Gale took a step to her right. Five seconds of wasted time. Five seconds was enough to miss a train.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the words of another girl, though words were a generous way to describe the speaking of Felicity. Felicity and Gale had bad blood, ever since Gale stopped her from going 'alpha-bitch' all over some other girl. She always claimed that she had 'connections', though it was hard to pull the 'connections' thing on Gale when her own father was a high-ranking civil servant in London.

The canned drink had to wait. Especially since the two flunkies that flanked Felicity had already begun to resort to violence. Gale didn't hurry towards Felicity, though her pose and gaze told anyone everything they needed to know about her intentions. One of Felicity's lackeys glanced in Gale's direction, and her face twisted in horror.

"It-it's that bastard girl! Gale!"

Felicity gulped as she looked to her side to confirm. But for the moment, she held her ground. Felicity stood at 5 foot 1 inch, and she had least had some backbone to withstand her fear of someone that towered over her. Less could be said about her lackeys, who turned tail and fled. Felicity looked liked she wanted to scream at them to return, but Gale's presence was a greater priority.

"You- you, you should know, that t-this..." Felicity stammered. She was pointing at Charlotte, almost about to reveal her secret. Gale said nothing, but she cracked her knuckles.

"Guess what, princess bitch? My knuckle's going to get to know ya' real well. It's not frowned upon if a [i]girl[/i] beats up another girl. I don't care if your bitchiness makes ya' whine about someone else's new car!"

Felicity swallowed another painful gulp of her own saliva, and turned around. She gave Charlotte a look that clearly meant 'this isn't over' before fleeing.

Gale grinned to herself, and stood in front of the vending machine beside the one Charlotte operated.

"Ugh, no change again?!" she moaned, before realising that Charlotte was beside her. She extended an open palm towards Charlotte, grinning sheepishly. "Could ya' lend me a coin or two? I don't want this machine to cheat me."