A/N: Thank you so much for the faves and follows! I'm happy that people are enjoying my story c:

Disclaimer: I do not own Shazam! or its characters or plot. I'm just going to base this fanfic off of what I saw in the movie, and not the comics. I only own my Ocs (Eva, Kaden, Katie, etc).

ALSO, some lines in this fanfic come directly from the Shazam! movie, which I do not own.

Chapter 4

It was just her joy to end up partnered with Katie for a Math worksheet that they had to accomplish. Thankfully, converting fractions to decimals and percentages and vice versa was something Katie was thankfully proficient at, so Eva had fewer complaints about it than expected.

What she would complain about was Katie nagging at her about her behavior towards Brett Breyer.

"I really don't see why you don't see anything appealing about him," Katie told her as the girl was finishing up a question Eva had assigned her to answer. "I mean, he's completely gorgeous, and he has that bad boy vibe going on. He literally could have any girl he wants, and he chooses you. Why don't you just go out with him?"

Eva finished her own question first before giving Katie a dry look. "Jealous?"

"Hardly," Katie sniffed. "I like someone else. But the point is, you're wasting a really valuable opportunity here."

"You consider Brett Breyer an opportunity."

"Isn't he?"

Eva finished her own set of questions before placing her pencil down on her desk and sighing. She really didn't understand why Katie insisted on having this conversation with her, and she didn't know why she was even bothering to answer. Then again, it wasn't as if this was a topic she talked about; it wasn't even a topic she had ever thought about. "What exactly is the point of this conversation?"

"The point is that even though you and I aren't close, I'm taking it upon myself to try and make you see what you're missing out on."

Eva found it a little suspicious that Katie was breaching this topic with her all of a sudden. She and the girl, as pointed out, weren't even close. "Did Brett put you up to this?"

"No," Katie seemed genuinely honest with her reply, "but I feel bad for him that he has to like a girl who won't even give him the time of the day."

"Then you go date him if you're so concerned about him."

"I told you. I like someone else," Katie huffed and finished with her own questions. "Can you at least, I don't know, agree to go on one date with him? Maybe you'll see he's not as bad as you think he is."

"I don't think he's bad."

"Then why don't you entertain his requests?"

Eva rolled her eyes and began to ignore Katie altogether. It wasn't that Eva didn't have an answer for the girl; it was more of Eva not trusting the other girl to not tell Brett Breyer what she would have said.

"It's really sad how the new kid keeps walking away from lil' Freddy," Kaden commented as he pointed his spoon in the direction of a table a few meters away from them. Frederick was standing up to take his tray with him, hurrying in an attempt to catch up to Billy, who seemed to be making an effort to avoid the other boy.

"How is that sad?"

Kaden looked at her with an exaggerated frown. "The new kid needs friends to survive this school. Only Freddy seems to be making an effort."

The implied, but not meant, accusation was there. "I partnered with him in PE, if you're forgetting."

"But you didn't make an effort to talk to him outside of that."

"And how is that my responsibility, Kaden?" Eva huffed. "He's not exactly in my priorities right now."

"Okay, okay, chill, I was just messing with you," Kaden laughed before ruffling her hair, to Eva's annoyance. "You had Math again, right? How was our darling Katie?"

"She was weird today."

"I'm pretty sure making you answer the worksheet by yourself isn't aptly described as 'weird'. You could use other words such as a—"

"No, she didn't need my help this time," Eva quickly interjected. "She just talked to me about something weird."

"And that is?"

"Brett Breyer."

Kaden blinked before leaning closer to her, which wasn't hard to do given that they were seated next to each other on the cafeteria table. "Oh? What about him?"

Eva was unbothered by the proximity. In fact, she was thankful as this meant she wouldn't have to talk in a loud voice. "She was scolding me about not giving him a chance. Can you believe her?"

Kaden nodded, and gestured for her to continue with the story.

"She was telling me things like I was missing out by not dating him. Then, she starts listing down all his 'praiseworthy' features," Eva's face contorted in slight disgust.

"So you don't agree with her? Completely?"

Eva sighed before rubbing the back of her neck. It was a hard for her to lie to Kaden. Plus, it was just Kaden who would be hearing the information anyway. "I'll admit to the fact that he has gorgeous hair. That's it."

Kaden's smirk at her admission annoyed her, causing her to scowl.

"But I don't like him, okay?" Eva hurriedly added before Kaden could think otherwise.

"Then stop acknowledging his attempts to woo you. I know you called his recent attempt 'smooth'," Kaden smirked again, wagging a finger in front of her face. "If my hunch is correct, Eva, I'd say you actually might like him."

"I don't!" Eva growled. "I may have considered it, but—"

At this, she paled. Her admission caused Kaden to laugh hysterically, though.

"I knew it!" he kept laughing. "Don't worry, Eva. Your secret's safe with me. But what made you decide he wasn't worth it?"

"He's too immature," Eva said after mentally smacking herself for divulging a secret.

"Hmm, in what sense? Because I'm telling you this objectively, he's pretty fit."

Eva looked at Kaden as if he had told her he loved drinking softdrinks mixed with mustard. "Kaden, he's a bully. He takes his anger out on other people. I'm not going to date someone like that."

"And, say, he matures. Would you consider it then?"

"Why the heck not?" Eva shrugged, deciding that with Kaden, she probably honestly shouldn't care about how much she told him. It was just Kaden, after all.

Once school finished for the day, Eva met up with the other kids from the foster home. They were all wore jackets or coats given the cold weather; Eva was thankful that the stylish black coat her mother left her now fit her perfectly. Eva walked to Eugene's left, watching as he tried out some strategies she had taught him to beat the other bosses in his game. To her left was Pedro, walking as quietly as ever. Darla was on Eugene's right, holding Mary's hand as she tried to talk to Billy.

"Hey, how was it today?"

She was met with silence. Eva didn't know why Mary even bothered.

"That good, huh?" Mary said awkwardly as Darla squeezed her hand. Eva rolled her eyes. She really shouldn't be setting herself up for failure.

Just then, she could hear tires screeching as a black car suddenly collided with Frederick, who was in front of Mary, and was thus the one the car bumped into. At the moment of collision, Eva winced as she heard another screech. One glance at the car showed a scratch made on it, which must have come from Frederick's crutches.

"Whoa! Oh my God, Freddy! Are you okay?" Mary panicked, letting go of Darla's hand as she moved to approach the fallen boy.

At that moment, Brett and Burke Breyer came down from the car, causing Mary to stop in her tracks and glare fiercely at them. "What the hell? What is wrong with you two?"

Her words were once more ignored as Brett grabbed Frederick and shoved him towards the car, his right hand fisted tightly on Frederick's red shirt. Burke looked on menacingly on the side.

"No way that's gonna buff out," Burke glared at Frederick, his hand ghosting over the scratch on their car and the apparent dent in the same area.

"You gonna pay for that thing?" Brett asked Frederick.

"Uh, for the dent you made almost hitting me? Yeah, sure, um, do you guys take these?" Frederick asked them with a nervous chuckle, showing matching middle fingers to them.

The Breyer brothers laughed along with him before Burke took away Frederick's crutches while Brett shoved Frederick to the ground.

"Brett, stop!" Mary exclaimed, but Brett didn't listen, choosing to kick Frederick's ribs instead.

Darla stepped forward. "Don't touch my brother!" It was hard for her to look intimidating, though, given her small height, and the fact that she was wearing a bright purple jacket.

Burke snorted. "What, you need your fake family to stand up for you?"

"Yeah, stand up for yourself, man," Brett shook his head in amusement.

At this point, Eva decided to walk away, noticing Billy following her, too. She didn't mind his silent company. Plus, she really wasn't in the mood for another illustration of why she wouldn't ever date Brett Breyer, at least, at this point in time.

"Here, stand up."

"Stand up for yourself."

"What are you gonna do?"

"Go home, cry to mommy?" Eva stopped in her tracks, not noticing that Billy had stopped too. She was more focused on who had said it. She turned around and saw Brett with a mocking grin on his face.

"Oh, yeah, you don't have a mommy," Burke added, and this prompted the boy beside Eva to start walking towards the Breyer brothers.

"Stop hurting him!" Darla cried out.

Burke smirked at her, but before anything else could happen, Eva gasped slightly in surprise as Billy grabbed one of the fallen crutches, using them to smack Burke on the face and to hit Brett's crotch. Even Eva had to wince at what Billy had just done.

"Hey, man, sorry about that. That wasn't fair, but, then again, you don't play fair, so…" Billy taunted them, angering Burke, who shoved Billy to the car as Brett began to stand up. Burke then gave Billy one punch to the ribs, causing him to cry out.

It was Eugene who had prevented anything more from happening, as he grabbed the nunchucks in Burke's back pocket. Eva was surprised the boy would stop playing on his console for this.

"Back off, assbags, I know how to use these things!" Eugene tried to snarl at them, moving the nunchucks around before accidentally hitting the back of his head. "Oh!"

This caused Brett and Burke to smile in amusement, and Billy took this as a cue to run away. He dashed past Eva, and his movement caught the attention of the Breyer brothers.

"Hey!" Burke shouted, nudging Brett and they began to chase after the boy.

Eva's eyes met Brett's as he ran past her, and she made sure he knew just how disappointed she was by what he had just done. If his own eyes had shown any remorse for what he had said, she must have missed it.

She watched as he continued his chase of Billy with his brother as the rest of the foster children gathered around Frederick.

"Freddy, are you okay?" she could hear Mary asking worriedly.

Whatever Frederick had told Mary in reply, Eva didn't hear. She was more focused on Brett Breyer's immaturity, and a small part of her worried about Billy Batson.

A/N: Hey, guys! The update was a little later than I expected. I got a massive writer's block and lost a little inspiration for a while, but here's another chapter! The next time I update will be on September because I'm taking August to get used to the new semester and the new workload.

Anyways, hope you like the chapter and see you next time!

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