Wrapped up in her thoughts, she never heard them coming until it was too late.
“Well hey there Chaz. Fancy meeting you here.” A figure stepped out from a nearby alley, and Charlie whirled to find a boy wearing St Atherton colors. He was swinging a chain around, looking smug. She recognized him immediately as Johnny Green. Johnny ran a gang of third and second years, and had pretty much the entire extortion business locked down at the school. They were in the same year, and Charlie had pissed him off plenty during the course of their mutual stint at St Atherton, so she could think of plenty of reasons why he was here today. Alone, in a fair fight, she wasn't worried about Johnny. He had size and weight on her, but so did Dave at the shop, and she knew how to use her stature to her advantage. The problem was, Johnny and his boys always travelled in packs.