Realistic or Modern Cleartown High

[Snorlax]

Nemo sat in the bathroom floor, tears sliding down his face. Why, why? he silently screamed. He heard the bell ring and knew that the bathroom would soon be invaded by boys with small bladders pretty soon. He got up slowly and walked to the mirror, wiping the tears from his face and fixing any part of him that was tussled. He grabbed his bag from the floor and emerged from the boy bathroom. He noticed Leah standing at her locker with Nikoli and Ashton. He looked down at the ground and kicked the air a little, swaying side to side. He huffed and walked over. "Hey." he said quietly, looking at the ground.

 

[Aryn Harris]

"Hey." Ashton says. Good luck in detention guys. silently loathe you. I would rather be in detention than go home." She states an rolls her eyes.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"By all means take my place. I'm gonna be late home as it is." He shrugged and looked at Nemo quietly. That kid has some deep issues, he thinks to himself. He wanted to ask what was wrong but didn't, he'd only known him a day after all.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

"Ugh, I don't want to go to detention." She groaned, then tapped Nemo silently asking if he was okay. "Maybe we should head that way, though. I'd hate to be late, especially since Mrs. Harris is the one who watches over us." She says, Mrs. Harris hates kids with a mighty passion. "She'll get you in trouble if you accidentally drop your pencil, that's how strict she is."

 

[Aryn Harris]

Ashton smiles and shake her head. "Sold! To the man with the scruffy beard!" She jokingly says. "I would so take your place. My parents are going out tonight for their anniversary." She groans and frowns. "You guys can go. I'll just head home."

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Nick laughs and grins. "Have a nice night," he says and turns to Leah, not exactly knowing whereabouts he was actually going. "After you guys."

 

[Snorlax]

Nemo looks at Nick and then at Leah. "Yea," he whispered as he started to head towards the detention room. He kept looking around every corner, hoping Reese and his friends weren't staying after school for football practice. Or detention. Knowing them, they could have a pretty good chance of having it too. He quickly opened the door to the detention room and slid in, sighing in relief at the sigh of no one. Not even Reese.

 

[Aryn Harris]

Ashton nods her head and runs her fingers through her hair, walking away from the group. She walks along the hallways, heading towards the exit.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Nick walks with Nemo to the detention class room, observing his odd behaviour of looking round every corner and sighing in relief. He walks into the classroom and sits down silently, wondering whats wrong with Nemo.

 

[Snorlax]

Reese waits behind a colum near the exit of the school. He knew Ashton was coming up and silenced his two friends. "Hey there baby!" he said as he grabbed her and kissed her roughly on the lips. "Did you miss me?" he laughed and pushed Ashton towards William and his other friend hold her back. Reese walks up and puts his face right into hers. "And I'm not even done yet." He motions for his friends to let her go. "We have practice kids." They throw her onto the ground and walk with Reese towards the gym, vanishing behind a wall.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

Leah sits down behind Nemo, inspecting his head as if it was the most complicated thing. Which it was, she could never seem to figure it out. He wouldn't stop looking around every corner, and fidgeting. He was genuinely worrying her, and she was worried to begin with. "Nemo." She whispered. "You're scaring me." She says even quieter, she hated admitting it, but she really was.

 

[Aryn Harris]

Ashton screams loudly as he kisses her and grunts as she's pushed to the ground. She lays there for a few moments, and feels tears prick her eyes, but she refuses to let them fall. She sits up and leans against the lockers, shaking a bit, as memories of her past foster homes flood her brain.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Nick heard the scream and he didn't even hesitate. He stood up and grabbed his bag from the floor, running in the direction of the sound and straight into Ashton, who was sat on the floor pale as snow, tears in her eyes. He kneels in front of her and puts his hands on her shoulders. "Ashton?"

 

[Snorlax]

Nemo turns to face Leah. "Oh," he said quietly, looking her in the eyes. "I'm sorry. I just, you know. I'm shy. I try to stay away from people, so I make sure there aren't any before I walk somewhere." He lied, though it was somewhat true.. He turns to Nick and smiles. He could tell Nikoli was curious about him as well. He would lie to them. Like he had always done for so long. Just then there was a scream and Nemo quickly got out of his seat and moved in front of Leah. He watched as Nick ran out of the room. But Nemo wouldn't do that. He was not going to let Leah leave this room and Nemo was not going to leave her.

 

[Aryn Harris]

Ashton flinches away from his touch and shakes her head. She forces a smile and looks up at him. "I, uh, I'm fine." She says quietly, looking back at the ground.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

"Nemo! What was that, why are you in the way. It sounded like Ashton!" She says, trying to get past Nemo, but to no avail. Her heart beat quickened to a fast pace and she stares up at her best friend. "Nemo, please. Tell me what's going on." She says, she knew that it wasn't nothing. It had to be something, something bad.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

"Don't lie to me Ashton!" He says moving his hands away from her, that obviously wasn't helping. He was getting quite worked up, but every time he heard a scream someone had ended up dead or dying in the middle of his camp. She had screamed and now she was smiling, it was all terribly confusing and, quite obviously, her smile was fake. "Whats wrong? What happened?"

 

[Aryn Harris]

Ashton shakes her head. "Nothing. I, uh, I fell." She murmurs, and stands up, running her fingers through her hair. "I should probably head home...." She adds quietly, her eyes downcast.

 

[Snorlax]

Nemo shook his head. "Reese really isn't a person you want to mess with." he said, grabbing her shoulders with tears in his eyes. "I don't want you to get hurt." he whispering, pulling her in and hugging her tight. "I'm sorry." He let go and looked at the floor. "We'll go check on her." He grabbed Leah's hand and held on to it tight. "Come on," he said as he started running towards where Ashton had screamed.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

When they arrive Leah stares at Ashton, something was definitely wrong. "Ashton? What happened? We heard a scream, and Nemo said it was Reese. What did he do to you, Ashton?" She asks quickly, trying to sound as clear as she could.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

He looked at Ashton and raised his eyebrows. "Are you okay? Do you want me to walk you home?" He was worried for her. Nobody fell and screamed like that, and she was acting weird, a moment ago she'd been joking with them. He hears Leah ask what Reese did and finally realises that it was probably something Reese did.

 

[Aryn Harris]

Ashton shakes her head. "N-no. I just feel. I'm fine. I promise." She says quietly, her eyes still downcast. "I'll, um, see you guys tomorrow." She murmurs, turning around, her mind set on leaving.

 

[Snorlax]

Neemo starts to stutter. "No, I-I didn't s-say it was R-Reese. I don't know what it was." he looked around and stared at Ashton. If it was, he wouldn't mess with her again tonight. She would be safe. "We have to get back to detention before the teacher does." he pulls on Leah's arm. "Come on guys." a hint of urgency in his tone.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Nikoli reached out to grab Ashton's arm but judging by how shed reacted when he'd touched her shoulders he thought better of it. "Are you sure?" He looked back at Nemo who urgently wanted to go back to the detention room, then back at Ashton.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

Leah looks at Nemo, and pulls her arm away gently. "Nemo, you know what's going on. You know at least something. What is Reese planning to do?" She asks, then recalls what Reese had said at breakfast. "No." She swallows a lump in her throat, then grabs Nikoli and Nemo's wrists, this time she was the one pulling them along towards the detention room.