Westbrook Season 2

[PenguinFox]

You would think the first day of school wouldn't be as nerve wracking after the first dozen times but for some reason it always was for Audra. Every year, sometimes multiple times a year, she had to get ready to make a good first impression and it was not only terrifying but also quite draining. For the most part schools across the country we're all basically the same. Same cliques, same classes, same drama. The part that always changed was where exactly she fit into it all. She easily made friends in all social circles so it was hard for her to know exactly what her place was. One school she'd sidle up with the cheerleaders, the next she'd be hanging with the nerds. It was always sad to leave friends behind but the opportunity to make new ones out shined the sadness.

Having just moved to Westbrook from New York city was quite the jarring change. While the Noelle's had arrived back at the beginning of the summer it still felt weird to not constantly be close to people. Audra had done some exploring over the summer but foolishly forgotten to scope out the school she would be attending in the fall and now it was too late. It was the first day of school and she had no idea how Westbrook high was laid out. Now she was wandering the halls doe-eyed searching for where her first class should be. She had to admit the amount of people here and interactions going on in the halls was a little intimidating but she was determined to have a good start to the year. That is until someone came crashing into her. Someone....soaking wet?

Audra had been just turning the corner when another figure slammed right into her causing her to drop her books. The figure immediately started to yell at her and she instinctively shrunk down into herself. She hated being yelled at, moreover she wasn't used to it. Her parents never raised their voices at her. "I- I'm sorry..." she started to squeak out before the person stopped suddenly. Audra peered up and saw that the boy that had run into her had fallen silent. He then apologized to her and crouched down to collect her books. Books, right. Still on the ground. "No, no...it's fine, I wasn't really watching where I was going..." she said quietly as she herself crouched down to pick up her things as well. The blonde nodded when asked if she was alright, a small grateful smile on her face. "Yes, I'm fine thank you. Just a little lost I suppose. I guess I can be an airhead at times." she chuckled awkwardly as she took her things from the boy. Audra couldn't help but notice the slight accent the stranger carried. What an interesting character. This wasn't exactly how she had been planning on making friends but hey, play the hand you're dealt right? "I'm Audra." Dede

 

[Winona]

Ash

She wasn't good. She wasn't great.

Ash was just... fine.

Well, not that she would expect herself to be good or great or fantastic after the morning that she had had. It hadn't take her a couple hours to get ready for the second time. Ash had cleaned the blood from her face and her hair, and then she'd applied her makeup. That hadn't take the longest amount of time -- Ash was careful to use it to cover up the dark shadows under her eyes, the hollowness of her cheeks. By time she was done and she stepped back from the mirror, Ash almost had herself fooled.

So then she practiced the next part. Placing a dazzling smile on her face, one that didn't let the world know that she was most definitely not alright. Perfect. Ash looked fine.

And then with her backpack packed, Ash headed off to school once more. The broken front door couldn't be pulled closed, so Ash just left it. Jace had told her that their mother was sending someone over to try and fix what she had broken -- at least the necessities. Appearances were everything, especially for Elise Summers.

The walk to school was, as usual, quick. She headed back across the yard, taking in deep breaths and exhaling slowly. Reminding herself that she would be just fine. Her fingers played with the beads on her bracelet, counting them out slowly. One, two, three. Yes, she would be fine, she decided as she pushed through the front doors into the mass of students and headed for her locker.

Ash was fine.

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[mikaluvkitties]

Laurel​

As Laurel walked through the halls, approaching her locker, she couldn’t stop thinking about the spots of wetness on her. Sure, it wasn’t anywhere important, but it was pissing her off.

Remember your techniques, Laurel.

And of course, now was the time she had decided to think of how she should talk to Mason about this, when she was her least controlled.

Dear Mason, you’re a fucking wreck. Brush yourself off and open yourself up to getting some help.

She was almost to her locker, almost on her way to the first of many classes she’d be taking this year. The first of many classes she’d have to behave in, demonstrating not only her ability to learn and act out the role of model citizen, but also the bright future that surely awaited her.

Sure wish I knew what that actually meant, but thanks, teach, I’ll figure it out on my own. Fuck you and your useless guidance.

She closed her eyes for half a second once her locker was in view, inhaling as she counted to four, then beginning to count to eight as she-

Had someone run right into her, apparently. Her eyes shot open.

As she looked down at him, trying to push herself into a space more ‘bewildered’ than ‘angry’- After all, ‘angry’ wasn’t befitting of a cheerleader, was it? Especially not after such a minor accident- her anger grew.

Who the fuck was this nobody?

At least he was apologizing, right? Not quite grovelling, but- Then she heard his accent. Jesus. Her frown moved a tick lower.

She bit back her response, forcing herself to smile.

What would cheer captain do?

“It’s fine- I’d just be more careful in the future. A lot of guys here would kick your butt for that. Lot of short fuses, you know?”

Disgust growing even as she did it, she offered Cal a hand. “Need some help up?”

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[Winona]

Mason


"It's Mason. Not Marcus." He finally corrected the small girl beside him, his gaze still focused on the hall in front of him. Mason wanted nothing more than to shake this girl, but he allowed himself to be a little nicer since she was apparently Noah's friend. He may have been a dick and would rather be alone right now, but Mason begrudgingly had to admit that he would never treat someone Noah liked badly. The fucking kid was annoying as fuck, but Mason respected him.

Sometimes, Mason was too nice for his own fucking good.

"Thanks for the input. I'll think about it." Mason's words were out of character for him, not that Dante would even notice that. But his whole attitude was... out of place. He was having a crisis, it felt like. A crisis where Mason didn't know who he was or what he was supposed to do, but he kept on the same face. The same blank expression.

"So Noah's friend, what's your name?" Hey, they were walking to detention together. Might as well get to know one another. Even if Mason couldn't wait to get there and be alone.

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Milos

Dani's driving scared him. Almost as much as Noah's did, and Milos decided that it was official. He needed his own car and a license, but that was going to be next to impossible to convince his parents' of. Milos needed a job so that he could afford the finer things in life, and maybe keep him safe because seriously. His friends were out for him.

He smacked playfully at her when she pinched his cheek, an expression of disapproval crossing his features. "You're worse than my mom," he grumbled, which was saying something. Milos' mom was the worst, and it was part of the reason he never told her and his father about any of the school events. The last thing he needed was his mom pinching him cheeks and speaking to him in Spanish while his dad complained about the students population in Russian.

It was quite the combination.

It had almost slipped Milos' mind that Dani wasn't going to be a student this year. Milos hopped out of the car, slamming the door shut behind him while his thoughts continued to try and process this. It didn't feel right to think that she was no longer his friend, but instead his teacher... kinda. Ewww. That made Milos shudder. "Does this mean I have to call you Mrs. Miller?" Ewww, that was even worse sounding aloud than Milos had thought it would be.

"Ha, you're old." Milos said with a snort of laughter.

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[High5ives]

Kanen
After everything that had just happened, Kanen needed to take some time to set himself straight. The gas station bathroom mirror was filthy, but it would have to do. He was meticulous. Fix the hair first, straighten out his shirt, wipe his face with cold water. Kanen went through the steps quickly, but with smooth and graceful moves. He'd had the same routine for months, why change it now?

Kanen hadn't made it halfway through his little routine before his phone was ringing. He checked the number, didn't recognize it, and promptly hung up.

When the same number rang twice in a row, Kanen answered it. "I swear to god, if you're some fucking call center, I'm going to beat you with your fucking phone."

"This is your parole officer, Jackass."

Kanen groaned, setting the phone on the counter for a second. That certainly wasn't the first impression he wanted to give his parole officer. It's not like she had the power to send him to prison with a snap of her fingers or anything.

"You going to talk to me, or do I need to come track you ink-y ass down?"

"What do you want? It's been a long enough day already, and I'd like to have my first day of freedom to myself." Kanen argued.

"Oh boo-hoo, bitch. You do stupid shit, you get stupid rules. That's not why I called though. I got you a job."

Kanen stifled a laugh. Who in this city would want to hire him for anything. Half the East Coast knew him as a drug dealer. There wasn't a business in town where he wouldn't be recognized. "Let me guess, you got me working at some lobster yard or some shit, huh?" Kanen sassed. His parole officer had no problem slinging sass right back.

"Your pretty boy ass wouldn't last a day on one of those boats. Besides, you cant leave the city, dumbass."

"Ok, you don't know shit about me! So don't you-" She cut him off quick.

"Shut up. You've got twenty minutes to get the high school. Don't be late."

She hung up before Kanen could protest. He didn't want to work at the high school! They'd probably have him scrubbing toilets and scraping gum off the bottom of the desks. He'd rather work a corner than do that shit. He wasn't about to be the school janitor, to have the whole school pointing fingers and laughing at him. It couldn't get much more humiliating than that. Something about the Parole Officer's tone made Kanen pretty that she'd toss him back in a cell if he didn't though. So, Kanen did what he was told.

He had to run in order to make it to the school on time. If nothing else, prison time had made him fit. Before, he probably would've been ready to drop dead after running a few miles like that, but when he made it to the school, Kanen felt ready to run it again. The light sweating made his skin shine a little. If he was going to be stuck at the school, he could at least look good.

The woman working the front desk looked surprised to see him, and rightfully so, but nonetheless, she pointing him towards the Principal's office. Kanen was pretty sure she wanted him to wait outside, but Kanen just swung the door open and walked in.

"Alright, Nona. If you want me to scrub floors and wipe counters, I'm gonna tell you right now, that's not going to happen." He announced, walking in and taking a seat. It wasn't until he was already sat down that he actually looked at the woman in the room. Not Principal Nona, Ash's mom. Kanen didn't hold back his laugh this time.

"No fucking shit, huh?" He said with a grin, relaxing back into his chair. "What, you buy your way into the school board's good graces? Thought you could run this school, eh?" Kanen's smile disappeared as quickly as it had come. "I'll tell you right now. You don't have a fucking chance."

Winona​

 

[Winona]

Elise

Kanen came in just how Elise had remembered him. Loud, and demanding. As if he could even throw around demands now. She glanced up from her desk to him for a moment. Despite how much Kanen had changed, she still recognized him as that annoying little middle schooler that Ash had brought home with her. Ash had always reminded Elise of the kids that would bring home hurt dogs and homeless cats, except that instead of animals, she tended to bring people.

No, not just broken people. Kanen.

"I see you've matured." Elise said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "I'm not going to be paying you for your opinions, so you can keep those to yourself." She finished writing down what she'd been working on -- which was basically recording the punishments of the kids so far -- and then placed her pen down and looked at Kanen.

"We both that money talks in this town, hence how I was even able to get you this job." She admitted. Elise had put a lot of money towards this job, but she was determined to make this a safe place for her kids and for generations after them. Nona had driven this place into the ground, and Elise was determined to fix what was broken.

"So what I need from you is simple. You'll run the detention hall. I could put anyone in there, but I don't think the students will listen to anybody else, except for you. Your job is simple. Keep them from talking to each other, using any force necessary." Sure, that could be an arrest right then and there, but Elise had a handle on this.

Elise had a handle on everything.

"It's also my understanding that at the moment, you're homeless. I'll provide you a home in one of my rental properties. Not because I want to help you, but because I know when Ash finds out she'll try to talk me into letting you move in with us." Elise spat the idea out in distaste. Elise knew this, because it wouldn't have been the first time that Ash had tried. She was so insistent that the the tattooed felon in front of Elise was a decent human being, and it made her sick.

"Jace has also informed me that you broke down our front door, and I expect you to pay that back." The irritation was strong in her tone. That door had been incredibly expensive, and Kanen had ruined it! "And I suggest that if you want to stay on my good side, do not destroy anymore of my property, for any reason."

Her phone buzzed with a text, and Elise looked down at it. Coffee and water fight. Sending to the office.

This job was truly never done.

"Now get out of my office and go to the detention hall. And for the love of God, please stop talking to my daughter." Elise wasn't sure how many times she could make this request, just to have it ignored.

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[High5ives]

Kanen
Kanen didn't interrupt Elise while she spoke, but that's about all the politeness she was going to get out of him. After all, she was trying to screw him. Sure, a job and a place to stay might've looked good on the surface, but Kanen was good at thinking ahead. Elise was asking him to break his parole, and on his first day out of prison nonetheless. If Kanen were to agree to this, Elise could get him back in front of a judge right off the bat. Too much risk, not enough reward. No safeguards either. Kanen had nothing to insure he wasn't going to get stabbed in the back.

He let out a sigh as he fiddled with his phone for a moment. "Are you done?" He finally said, blatantly ignoring Elise's command to leave. He leaned forward, setting his phone face down on her desk and crossing his arms. Kanen had some of his own demands to make now.

"First of all, I can't be expected to just walk to work, can I now?" He mused, feigning a look of confusion. "You and all your money are gonna start off by buying me a fucking car. Not some cheap little rust bucket either. If you wouldn't be caught driving it, neither would I." He began, relaxing back into his chair again. Kanen wasn't afraid of making some extravagant demands now. Elise had more than enough resources to throw his way, and honestly, Kanen didn't think Elise would tell him no. She wouldn't have even contacted him unless she was out of other options.

"Second. I'm not about to stay here in this shit hole for the rest of my life. You want me to keep this School from tearing itself apart, you're gonna pull some strings over our lovely little university. I want admittance to both their business program, and I want to walk on the football team." Kanen went on. A car and college enrollment seemed fair to him considering he was risking prison for the rest of his life. Besides, if Elise said no, Kanen wasn't at a loss. He wasn't too fond of the idea of working here anyways.

Kanen stood slowly now, straightening out his clothes. The way he moved, he could've been a cat. For a man roped with muscle, Kanen had managed to develop a cool suave of sorts. "I'll pay for your fucking door, but my last demand; You stop being such a godawful mother. Ash and Jace are your children, not your fucking pageant toys or your pets."

Kanen spat the words. Sure, it was bound to piss off Elise, but Kanen was pissed too. Might as well make it even. "We have a deal, or are you going to let your reputation turn into a laughing stalk like the last bitch who tried to run the school?

Winona​

 

[Winona]

Elise

"Fine. I will give you one of my old cars that I no longer have any use for." Elise agreed, brushing off Kanen's demand as if it was nothing because he was right. For Elise, it was nothing. At the mention of college, her interest was definitely peaked. What use would the young criminal before her have for something like college?

"College enrollment it is. You should receive a call later today about starting classes." After all, the semester had already started, but Elise was sure that she could get him in.

And of course, his final request just earned a laugh from Elise. "Please. You don't know the last thing about parenting. I'm teaching my children about life, and if I was such a bad mom, they would have turned out more like you." Granted, Ash was a disaster, but she had always loved her dad more, so Elise figured that was it. If she had just... stopped running to her father and had let Elise raise her how she had intended, then Ash would have just as good of a handle on this world as Jace.

"Now leave my office before I submit the video of you breaking down my door to the police and tell them that you broke in." Elise had already been extremely nice -- it would be stupid for Kanen to think that she would continue keeping up this act just to appease him.

"Right now, Mason, Dante, Stu, and Alaska are in detention right now. And I'm sure after I deal with this next set of students, that there will be plenty more."

High5ives​

 

[Winona]

Ava


Everything was happening at once, and the last person Ava had really expected to help her was JJ. But here she was with her strange new BFF, and she was both shocked and not shocked to see the coffee being poured on Tatum. Ava couldn't help herself. She started laughing at Tatum, which just drew more attention to this disaster.

"Principal's office. All four of you." A teacher barked at them, and Ava just rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, sure, whatever." She grumbled. Ava had been sent to the office a total of... zero times. Yep. She ha made it all the way to her senior year being ignored, and now on her first day of school, she was being sent to the principal's office for something that she hadn't even started. This was absolutely fucking stupid.

Ava led the dejected march to the principal's office, glancing down at JJ as they walked. "That was sick. Thanks." She mumbled. Since the hospital visit that Ava had gone to with JJ, things had been... tense. Well, maybe not tense, but Ava wasn't sure how to react around her little cheerleading friend. It had been a horrible experience for Ava, and she hadn't even been the one that lost a kid.

Fuck, Ava had been hurt. Maybe because she had been excited about it. Maybe because, even if it wasn't her kid, Ava had kind of maybe loved JJ and wanted to help her take care of the kid.

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[High5ives]

Kanen
With all but his final request approved, Kanen was satisfied. He had't really expected her to take his last demand seriously of course. It was more just a jab at her being a colossal bitch. Her threat of turning in a video made him laugh though. "You turn in your video, I'll go ahead and turn in mine." He shrugged, reaching forward and grabbing his phone off her desk. He let her see the screen before he paused the video and stuffed it back in his pocket. Sure, all you could see in the video was the ceiling, but that wasn't important. The audio was all that mattered. How would the citizens of Westbrook feel about Elise hiring a violent drug dealer to enforce school policy. Something told Kanen that not even Elise's money could save her reputation from something so heinous.

"You have a wonderful day, Mrs. West." Kanen said politely. Yes. He knew she was no longer Mrs. West, but he wasn't about to miss an opportunity to get irritate her a little more.

With his demands met though, Kanen didn't stay in the office any longer. He wandered out into the hallways, the same halls he'd walked a thousand times before. It felt weird to be here again. Deja vu. Apparently most the school hadn't forgotten him either, because as he walked down the halls, people did whatever they could to avoid his cold stare.

The back of Mason's head might as well have had a target on it as Kanen approached from behind. Elise had given him a job, and well, this was part of the job that Kanen could at least enjoy.

"Hey, Super Senior! Shouldn't year ass be in the detention hall right now?" Kanen called out, ignoring the person Mason had been talking to. That wasn't important right now. "I suggest you get moving so I don't have to kick your ass in gear." That wasn't just a threat anymore. Not now that Elise had given him a free pass to beat down on people now. Bad move on Elise's part, but Kanen was sure as hell going to take advantage of it.

Winona​

 

[Dede]

Tom

So how was Tom’s first day of school in America going? Well let’s see...

First, there was that minor incident of Noah nearly crashing them into a fire truck. Who could blame him? If Tom was behind the wheel, and had to listen to Bowbow flirt with Noah another minute longer, he would personally have driven them off the bridge. Sometimes Tom wished they would put his sister down. You know, out of her misery, like at the vet's.

Then they arrived at the school, alive, thank god. He saw Stu. But only for a while. Yes, he watched his best friend get murdered by a jock and saw them dispose his corpse in the pool. So that’s how his first day of school was going.

Needless to say, Tom quickly noped his way out of there. As much as he used to enjoy Stu’s company, there was no way he was getting himself tangled up in that boy’s problems. Thanks, but no thanks.

Tom glanced at his watch. Ah, would you believe it? Look what time it is!

Time to make new, non-loser friends.

But first, he needed the toilet – so he went looking down a foreign corridor. Pushing through the door he saw a kid standing by the sink.

Someone he recognised.

‘Hey, Chandelier,’ he said.

Tom went up to the mirror and adjusted his bowtie. It took him a while to get it just perfect. Then he looked sideways slightly.

‘. . . Are you crying?’

Yes. Yes Chandelier was crying. And if someone were to walk in right now and see him hanging around with this wimp, he would end up in the pool, just like Stu.

So Tom spun round to leave, but something kept him there. Maybe he felt sorry for the kid, who probably had the saddest crying face in the world. Well, heck, he had to help him right?

‘Stop that,’ he said, pulling Chandelier's hands down from his face. ‘You’re not a baby anymore.’

Yes. That was him trying to be helpful.

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[mogy]

Dante Novello

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"Yeah, Mason, right." The blonde girl made a mental note of the boy's name, but knowing her and her forgetfulness when it came to names, it would probably be gone by the end of the conversation, if not sooner. It was okay, however, seeing that this guy had no intention of being friends with Dante. It was obvious to her that he just wanted to be left alone, but she pulling the 'Noah card' by saying that she was Noah's friend forced him to be a part of the conversation.

"It's Dante. I know! It's so unique and amazing and everything." She said with an obvious sarcastic tone of voice. It was a joke aimed at people who adore either tourists or people who didn't grow up in the USA. She hadn't been in the USA that long, yet she couldn't count all of the people who thought that her being from Italy was a personality trait which actually defined her. She hated those kinds of people.

The conversation between the two was cut short because of a very loud and mean guy shouting at Mason.

'Jesus, what's your problem?' Dante thought in her head, keeping her mouth shut, seeing that she was also headed to suspension. These three days were probably going to be very very boring and stupid. Thinking about that was even worse because it was just because of a single smoked cigarette.

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[Dede]

Stu

The more that girl spoke, and how nice she was being to him, the more Stu felt like an ass for yelling at her.

‘I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have—‘ he stammered before trailing off into a shy silence. He was talking to a girl. No, not Elise. An actual girl. What was the world coming to?

‘—I shouldn’t have yelled at you. It was rude.’

Suddenly he was trembling. No, surely not from the encounter, but he was wet and it was getting cold. Suddenly he was also blushing. Well, there was no excuse for that. The girl was kind of cute.

‘I’ve had a bad. . .’ he said. ‘I mean, I just fell in the pool—as you can see—’

Stu cleared his throat.

Now he was dripping all over the girl’s books which he had collected for her. ‘Oh, I’m sorry, here you go—’ Handing them back to Audra he said: ‘I‘m Stu. And you must be new, cos. . . I haven’t seen you around, like ever.’ To reiterate, if you haven’t been seen by the Westbrook Wolf, you probably haven’t been around that long.

‘What are you trying to find? Maybe I can—’

Another stumble, which he concealed with a cough, followed by a timid scratch of the neck. God damn it, Stu. What’s the matter with you? Get a hold of yourself.

‘— maybe I can help you.’

He finally got the words out, even though yes he did nearly faint. With newfound confidence now he smiled at the girl, straightened his posture, and awaited her response.

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[Winona]

Mason


As if this whole day couldn't get any worse, out of fucking nowhere came Kanen. Mason had to stop for a moment, his eyes falling shut and his hand going up to pinch at the bridge of his nose in frustration. It hadn't even been two hours, and the world was definitely just trying to fuck him over. He hit Stu in the head with a football. Alaska tried punching him. He got three days of in-school suspension. Dante was up his ass. Laurel was going to be pissed. And now fucking Kanen.

Mason wondered if he hit his head hard enough on a locker, he'd be sent to the hospital or some shit. Fuck. He should've just dropped like he had originally intended and been done with this whole fucking ordeal.

Instead, Mason let out a deep sigh, his hand dropping back to his side. "I'm going there right now." He mumbled and then resumed his walk, not looking at either Kanen or Dante for the rest of the trek there.

Once to the detention room, Mason paused in the doorway for a moment, looking at the tacky walls that had been put up to create separate cubicles for each student. The fronts were open so Kanen could keep an eye on them, but the rest of it was blocked off from everything. Without another word, Mason headed to one, walked in, and took his seat.

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[mogy]

Dante Novello

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Even though Mason didn't pay her much attention, or any attention for that matter, Dante had followed closely behind him as he walked towards the detention hall where the two would spend the next three days in boredom. Even though she wouldn't admit it, this tall dude with a bunch of tattoos didn't seem like a good guy, and she was lowkey scared of him, which wasn't very Dante of Dante. She wanted to stay as close to Mason, as it was a better choice than to be next to the scary guy.

She would occasionally sneak a peek at the dude, observing some of his tattoos or just his face or what he was wearing. She had a tattoo, and she knew exactly how much it hurt to get one, which was why she shivered at the thought of how much getting all those tattoos would've hurt one person. No wonder this guy appeared to be so tough.

Entering the detention hall right after Mason who stopped in the doorway for a few seconds, the blonde girl stopped in the doorway as well, when he moved, of course, surprised at the sight in front of her. This was something she had never seen before, and it was surprising to her that this room was in a school, as it looked like it would fit much more nicely in a prison or something else of sorts.

She sat down in one of the cubicle thingies, setting her backpack onto the floor, and not surprisingly, she was already bored.

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[KingofAesir]

Sawyer​

This was not a very pleasant situation. This last thing Sawyer had wanted when she walked through the doors this morning was to get caught in the middle of a cat fight. Right now she was determined to keep it from escalating to something more than a cat fight. When Tatum tried to move past her, Sawyer turned fully toward her keeping her at a distance with an extended hand. Tatum was stronger than she'd initially anticipated and she gave up the smallest amount of ground before correcting the force she was using and pushing back against Tatum. At this point she was basically just holding her away from JJ. Tatum kept trying to move past Sawyer, but Sawyer refused to relent. JJ had enough to deal with the last thing she needed was to get beat up.


"This is not a good idea, Tatum. Elise is a demon she'll fucking expel both of you." Sawyer turned and glared at JJ when she said both and then focused her attention on Tatum, who was still trying to get past her. "Back off. Please." Thankfully, Tatum relented if only slightly. Sawyer felt her face drop as Tatum told JJ that she was benched. She looked at JJ sympathetically, but she was glad Tatum hadn't just kicked JJ off the team outright. Actually, she was surprised she hadn't. Sawyer still stood in between the two of them just in case. Her arms were extended in case Tatum decided to try and bum rush JJ again. Sawyer really, really, wanted to say something to Tatum about calling JJ a bitch but she didn't need Tatum trying to fight her either. Right now everyone just needed to calm down before a-


Shit.


Sawyer spun on her heel at the sound of a teacher telling them to go to the office. She approached the teacher, opening her mouth to protest but the teacher shut her down before she could even get a word out. "Tell it to Principal Summers, Andrews. I don't want to hear it." Sawyer slumped dejectedly and followed after the rest of the girls. She heard Ava tell JJ that her coffee dumping decision was sick and Sawyer rolled her eyes. Okay, maybe she was a little hypocritical, she'd resorted to violence many a time for her friends, but JJ wasn't a fighter. That had been brave but Sawyer couldn't help but think that if she hadn't been there, JJ would've gotten hurt.


"Next time, maybe don't do it to someone bigger than you." Sawyer caught up with Ava and JJ, "You're more of the manipulative backstabbing sort, not physical fighting." She grinned at JJ, letting her know she was joking, "We're totally gonna get detention. I'm so excited."

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[mikaluvkitties]

Casper​

Once he reached the bathroom, Casper had made a bee-line to the mirror. Even as he had done it, he'd known it was a bad idea, but he couldn't help himself. It was a masochistic urge, but that didn't stop him from following it through.

He stared at himself as he stood there, too tall, too gangly, with a drawn out face in an awkward phase that all his classmates seemed to have outgrown over the summer. His hair was a mess, even after the almost obsessive brushing he had tried earlier, and his face was red, contorted into a state of ugliness.

He tugged off his glasses, looking down as he turned on the water hurriedly, trying desperately to stop crying which, of course, only made it worse. He wet his hands, wiping them up and onto his face, again and again, and then through his hair, tugging at it none-too-gently as he did, hands scratching at his neck on their way down for more water, a stream he could hear better than he could see.

The door open, and Casper whimpered. His hands splashed water on his face, hoping in vain it might cover the tracks tears had made in the short span since water had last hit it. Someone was going to see him cry, and they would know just how weak he was, and-

And it was that kid from last February. They'd ended up on an- an adventure together, and then he'd been gone, and now he was back, and Casper wished he weren't.

His fingers dug into his face as he bit at his lip, eyes screwed shut as he shuddered over and over again.

'Are you crying?'

He'd been caught. His efforts, if they could even really be called that, had been worthless. Worthless like him. His thoughts began to spiral, and then his hands were being taken by someone Casper could only wish were a stranger, pulled away from his face.

He looked up at the smudgy, blurry shape of another person as he spoke, and Casper's face contorted again at his words.

He was right, of course. Everyone else always seemed to know better than Casper, even this kid who Casper barely knew. He needed to stop crying. He needed to grow up. He needed- He needed to do something.

Instead, his eyes shut tight, sobs wracking his body more heavily as he curled in further, head hung in shame. He couldn't stop. He couldn't-

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Juliette

Juliette replied to Tatum's threat with an eye roll. "Sure, I'll just sit back and relax while you fuck everything up. No problem." Tatum wasn't terribly bad at cheerleading, but she wasn't very great either and it was just a matter of time until she was able to start cheering again. Besides, Tatum was new. Even if some people didn't 'bow' to JJ. They still respected her more than some random newbie who got captain for no zero reason at all.

She ignored the girlfriend comment, because, well, Ava wasn't her girlfriend.

JJ avoided eye contact with Sawyer while the teacher sent them to the principle's office, she didn't want to apologize. She could take care of herself. Besides; that whole thing wasn't for Ava, Juliette just hated Tatum is all. Why? She never needed a good reason to hate someone, she just did. But hey, at least she has a reason now and that reason was is that Tatum was a raging trainwreck. What? She just seemed like it.

Ava's thanks came unexpectedly as her eyebrows rose in surprise but nevertheless she smiled in return. So... maybe it was a little for Ava. So what? It quickly faded when Sawyer caught up with them. “Excited? Whatever Sawyer, I don’t care. I could’ve handled that you didn’t have to get involved. Now you’re in trouble too and it’s all your fault.”

She broke off from the two and walked ahead, continuing their away to the office separately. Maybe JJ had been more irritated with minor inconveniences this summer, but this was different. She was fine. She didn’t need Sawyer to protect her.

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JJ sighed and settled further into her seat. She knew it would’ve been fine for her, but she didn't want Sawyer or Ava to get detention, Tatum could rot in there for all she cares. But it was partly her fault even if she believed Sawyer should've just stood on the sidelines. She didn't know Elise very well other than the fact she was satan or something Sawyer had said about her. But even then, most of the school's funding comes from her father.

If Elise was smart, Juliette would get off easy.

Let's just hope the devil had a brain.

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Maisie

Maisie's summer was... not bad actually. Well, that's an understatement. Sure, she stood in WestBrook. But when was the last time she actually enjoyed her summer and the people she was around? And... by people she just means Lewis. She hasn't talked to Aaron or Casper since prom night, and Drake went radio silent after the kiss. Which was... a really good kiss. And her first one to be exact. And yet she still found herself confused between the two.

Aaron was everything she hated. But why? What reason did he have to do terrible things to someone else? He knew how it felt. It all never made sense to Maisie, and that whole summer her brain couldn't comprehend what the kiss or what... well, Aaron meant if that made sense. The only friend she has this summer was Gia. The two met when Maisie made the mistake of tagging the wrong wall and getting caught.

Thankfully, the two became friends soon after. And... she was kinda really super cool. Sure, she was sad about Drake not returning her texts or... seeing him all summer while she desperately tried to avoid Aaron in town. But who needed them? Boys were stupid. She decided to just ignore them until she had to face her problems.

Maisie was busy fidgiting with her locker once again, why the hell did they have to switch her locker? Wait-- this was the right one this time, right? -- damn it. She sighed and looked around for the specfific number and instead of landing on a locker, they landed on Drake. "Drake. Hi." She perked up in surprise. And stood a little straighter, taking cautious steps towards him with a hesitant smile.

"Uh, what-- where have you been?"

Well, maybe Drake wasn't a total problem, but here she was... facing him.

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Raven

Her hands gripped the steering wheel tighter as she passed by that ugly sign, Raven shook her head. She hadn't expected to be back this quickly. Maybe after her senior year in her old school. It started much earlier than WestBrook, and that was only one of the many downsides to it. That first week Raven couldn't take it anymore, and decided to re-enroll well... back home. She didn't tell her mother because c'mon, would she really notice? She left her an old-fashioned letter instead of a text message and took her mother's boyfriend's keys and went back to a lesser hell.

He was a total creep anyway, and it wasn't stealing if he didn't even notice it was gone. Right? Okay, well, maybe she might've thrown a fifty dollar bill in his wallet. What? It wasn't stealing if she paid for it, kinda. She wasn't absolutely terrible. Plus... an old yellow bug wasn't her dream car.

But hey, she had one and she was back.

That's all that mattered right?

Money didn't, who cared about that. She'll figure something out. Raven never thought she'd be excited to see Mason but she was, and Ari, hell, even Jace. She missed home. It may not have seemed like it because she cut ties with... basically everyone in WestBrook. Look, Raven had her reasons for it. She parked and locked her very own car-- fuck off it was hers now. Walking into the school, late mind you. But oh well. What are they gonna do? Call her mother? Please.

A flash of blonde hair and she instantly knew who it was. Raven knew what happened, and she wished she would've been there for her. Twitter wasn't very pretty either. She cautiously walked up to her and placed herself against the locker. "Hey Barbie. Miss me?" Odds were? Probably not. But did she miss her?

Definitely.

"How's that pretty face?" A flirt, sure, but it was a genuine question.

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Gia had kept the goofy smile on her face, Noah was nice to her and she only really had one friend at Westbrook, all her other friends had gone to the rival high schools, so she was really alone. She hadn’t seen Maisie and she figured she wouldn’t see her friend until later, so it was nice that there had been a friendly face. His smile was nice, probably not stupid like hers, but she didn’t mind her smile, she was in a good mood and to her that was what mattered. It had taken her a moment to register the handshake, it wasn’t conventional to say the least, but she took his hand to shake it, his hand had basically engulfed hers. “You’re really nice, Noah. I thought I wasn’t going to be able to get my locker open and then be late for my first class.” Noah had caught her off guard when he called her a freshman, though she probably had the deer in the headlights look that her mom complained about all the time. Gia nodded her head, “Yeah, so I’m a little lost on everything. Lockers, where exactly my classes are, what my teachers are going to be like. But it’s exciting too!” she perked up more. She was trying to keep her nerves under control, they had been a little rattled by Camden’s cousin but besides that she was ready to take high school on with her head held high…or at least try to.

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Tatum of course shouldn’t have been surprised that she was sent to the principal’s office it didn’t really make her feel any better though. She was covered in sticky coffee and all she wanted was a shower and to leave the school for the day. Say she was sick, but now she was walking the long walk to her consequence. Of course, she could hear JJ and Ava. She would’ve said something, but she was too tired to deal with them and their holier than thou attitude. Had they both just left her be they wouldn’t all be going to the principals, the only person she felt bad for was Sawyer. She tapped on her shoulder, “I’m sorry, you shouldn’t be going with us. I’ll make sure to say something when she asks what happened. You don’t deserve this walk.” And then Tatum was silent. She had nothing left to say. Of course, as she made her way, she saw none other than golden boy himself, Caleb. She was still pissed being covered in coffee and her emotions showed nothing less. If her looks could kill Ava and JJ would’ve both been dead.

When they had arrived at the office Tatum wasn’t going to be the first one in or the first one to say anything because of course thing 1 and thing 2 would just fully blame her. However, she was covered in coffee and neither of them had any real issues on them besides Ava with the water which really wasn’t that bad. She hadn’t laid a hand on either of them. She had come close, but she hadn’t touched them just dumped water on Ava for being a bitch to her. Tatum felt no regret for spilling water on Ava, she’d do it again if given the opportunity.

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[Winona]

Drake


Where was he even supposed to start? Drake didn't want to worry Maisie, or make her hate him, or anything else. He just... wanted things to go back to the way that they were supposed to be after that kiss. Drake had had it all planned out, and it was going to be beautiful! A date that would wow the ages. Nothing too expensive because Drake was super fucking broke, but he would take her on a nice walk by the beach. Maybe steal her some flowers from someone's yard.

Drake wanted Maisie to see herself how he saw her. Perfect.

But her question made him stop short, like a sucker punch to the gut. Well, he should've expected this to happen. This kind of question that was just a brutal reminder of Drake not being there for so long.

"I, uh... Well, they found out I was living on the streets, so I was thrown into residential." He admitted, but kept a cheerful attitude about it. He leaned against the locker next to Maisie's, his fingers tapping at the books in his hands, nervously trying to distract himself from what was happening. This was the most nerve-wracking conversation of his life.

"I didn't have like, a phone or anything. Well, I did, but I got one phone call a day and I always called Mason to see where he was at in trying to get me out." Okay, so Drake could've used one of those calls for Maisie, but he also only had Mason's number memorized. And Mason had been too stressed out about everything that had happened to be bothered with trying to track down Maisie.

"Anyway, so like, I'm super sorry but I'm here now! How was your summer?"

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Ash

Out of everyone to show up next to Ash's locker, Raven had to be the least likely person for her to expect.

"Oh my gosh, Raven!" Ash squealed, shoving her books back into her locker before she turned and wrapped Raven in a tight hug. The other girl may not have been one for physical contact, but oh well. Ash had learned that life was too short to worry about petty things like... not enjoying hugs, so she let herself savor this moment.

Finally, she let go, that smile still on her face. "I've been doing great. Well, not great, but I'm fine. I'll be fine." Ash explained with a laugh, trying to keep things nice and light and happy. Even if her fingers and wrists still possessed the healing cuts from just a couple hours earlier, there was nothing to stop her from pretending to be fine.

Her fingers found her bracelet. One, two, three.

"But enough about me, how are you?" Her excited expression twisted into one of worry. "I heard about your grandma and then having to move. I'm so sorry, Raven. If I had known, we would've taken you into our house in, like, a heartbeat." There was always plenty of room, and the more people that were there, the less chance Ash had to get lost in her own head.

After all, she had learned that her mind was the scariest place.

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Ava


She had thought that when faced with the demon that was the principal, Ava would be able to keep her cool. But instead, she just found herself blurting out exactly what had happened.

"I hit Tatum with my locker because she's a bitch, so she dumped water on me. Then JJ dumped coffee on her and Sawyer was like 'whoa, whoa, whoa, no fighting in my good school.'"

So much for keeping her cool.

"Suspension for three days. All of you." Elise said without even looking up from her desk, which left Ava surprised, silent, and still. She wasn't about to be the first one up, or the first one to protest. Instead, she remained seated in her seat, her hands gripping the handles of the chair that she had taken to sitting in the moment they walked in.

Suspension?

"Did I stutter? To the suspension hall immediately. I will let Mr. Fiaco know that you are on your way."

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Maisie

Oh.

Maisie thankfully hasn't been anywhere near residential but she never heard good things from it. Her stare was blank for a few seconds in momentarily shock before she shook it off. "I'm sorry, why didn't you come stay with me? I'm sure Lewis wouldn't minded." Okay, maybe he would've questioned it but Lewis was a good guy, he would've helped out... maybe. She waited until he finished his explanation and... Maisie wasn't mad at him.

He did what he could. She wasn't expecting a call back if he was unable to do so.


But three months? No contact after their kiss? Maisie was bound to feel something about it, and right now she just wanted to hug him. She hesitated for a moment before she wrapped her arms around him and held him tight for a few seconds. "My summer wasn't super fun." She admitted, only now pulling away from the blue-eyed boy with a soft smile. Maisie shrugged sheepishly. She was sure he didn't want to talk anymore about residential so... she distracted him.

"I met this girl named Gia. She's really sweet, and... it's kinda nice to have a friend that's a girl."

Were they supposed to talk about the kiss? Is that what people do? Shouldn't she... well, want to talk about it?

Maisie's head was spinning with questions but she focused on Drake. At least he was here.

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Raven

Raven wasn't expecting the hug, but by now it seemed like she was the most hugged person in WestBrook. She returned it without a moment's hesitation. Despite Raven knowing many, many fucked up people. She hadn't had someone die in a car accident, and she's glad she didn't have to deal with that just yet. Pulling away with a smile, her gaze trailed down her slowly. This time-- not sexually. It's like she was waiting to see the girl she heard about online.

She wasn't sure what she was expecting. A few broken bones, mascara stained face, brain damage that seemed like it wasn't even there in the first place. Well, yeah it's been a few months. And sure Ash seemed fine but everyone and their mother knew that it was a fake smile. Her own grin fading as she examined her further, her gaze fell onto the bracelet as she changed the subject. Raven just nodded. "Thanks, Barbie. But I'm doing just fine." She sighed.

Raven raised a brow towards Ash's hands. She didn't know what the bracelet was for, but it was clear she was nervous of some sort the way she fidgeted with it. "It's pretty." It was, but she didn't stop by to see her new jewelry.

"Now that the small talk is over, cut the crap blondie. How are you really?"

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[Winona]

Drake


He was glad to hear that Maisie hadn't spent the entire summer all by herself, and the relief was evident on his face. With Aaron and Drake being, ahem, out of Maisie's life, he'd been worried about her every day that he was locked up in that stupid little bedroom. Ugh. Residential was absolute hell, that much was sure.

When Maisie hugged him, Drake felt relief wash over him. Relief and a release of butterflies tickling his stomach because wow, Maisie really drove him crazy. He held her close, his eyes falling shut and just letting himself relish in this moment. Fuck, they hadn't ever even really hugged. Just that single kiss. Drake had never wanted to push her.

"I can't wait to meet her." Drake said, a grin lighting up his face, even if their hug had been cut far too short in his opinion, before he decided to ask The Question. The question that would decide what their relationship was from this point on.

"Have you talked to Aaron?"

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Ash

Her eyes had fallen to the bracelet. Making eye contact was too hard, because people could see right through you if they could see your eyes. They could tell if you were happy or sad, scared or angry, alive or dead.

"Thanks, Jace got it for me after the accident." She explained quietly. Raven had been the first person to ask about the bracelet adorning her wrist, and she was actually glad about that. The bracelet had helped her through many horrible car rides and many nights of sleeplessness, but it was still a reminder of what had happened. A constant bit of memorabilia that Grace was dying and it was all her fault, that others had died in that crash, and it was her fault. The blue of the bracelet was similar to the blue of the eyes that she had caught sight of when she was being pulled from the car, the blue of the eyes of the guy that had--

Fuck.

She swallowed, hard, trying to stay strong in front of Raven. Any semblance of strength, anyway.

"I'm not okay."

It was the first time that she had openly admitted it to anyone, even herself. The words tumbled out of her mouth in relief, and then it was like a dam had broken, and tears sprung into Ash's eyes. Her fingers touched and moved along the beads with a renewed need, touching, pulling, counting even faster than she had before. There were exactly fifty-one beads on the bracelet, and Ash kept hitting that number, and then turning around and re-counting. Again and again.

She tried to force the tears back and for the most part, it worked. They were wobbling in the edges of her vision, threatening to spill over and send her into another downward spiral.

"I don't know what happened. I go over the accident again and again and everyone blames me because they say, I was on drugs, but it was like... one little painkiller. It shouldn't have affected me that much. And I keep thinking it over and over, and I swear the light was green. I didn't run it, but then I just remember flashing lights and Grace. I remember Grace's voice saying 'I won't leave you.'" Her voice was cracking, she was cracking, she was breaking and falling apart right here. Just like she had broken and fallen apart in that car, when the impact had slashed and crumpled her body into a mangled piece of flesh.

Too bad she had lived.

"But then everyone just blamed me and I... I didn't mean to. Why the fuck would I want to put my best friend into a coma?" Now there was no stopping it. Tears were flooding down her face. She angrily rubbed at her eyes, trying to stop the flow of tears. "And they say such shitty things. Kanen was calling me a dumb ass and saying that I got him arrested. And Sawyer was making fun of my brain because like yeah, I'm fucked up in the head. Thanks for reminding me."

She had never felt so alone.

"And like yeah, I had some friends, but not a lot. Sean was there but he was in the hospital because of me. How the fuck am I supposed to not feel guilty about that? And I was there with Ian, but he was too fucked up himself to worry about me, and I just... I just... I..." she felt like a child, needing someone to hold her and tell her that it would be alright. Instead, since opening her eyes, she had just been met with hostility everywhere. It wasn't just Grace that had suffered in the crash, but no one seemed care.

Fuck, of course no seemed to care! No one did. This was why it would be better off if she was dead.

"And Grace's mom is suing my dad, so he's too busy to talk. And my mom just hits me and tells me to suck it up because I'm being a baby and just... act like nothing even happened. But how the hell am I supposed to do that when Grace is dying and I can't do anything about it, and it was all my fault? And every time I try to leave the house or do... anything and move on with my life, people just keep reminding me that I'm a shitty alcoholic whore and won't leave me alone."

"Then, to make everything worse, I walked into the school today and Ryder was with Nova. Nova! I had to comfort Jace when she left, and then Ian when she left him, and then she has to go and take the boy I love, and I just--" her voice stopped abruptly, Ash just shaking her head in utter defeat. "I can't keep doing this. I can't keep smiling and acting like everything is alright, but when I try to tell people it's not, they yell at me or call me a whore or say I'm rich and that I should be fine. But I'm not."

"I'm not fine and now I broke up with Sean and he was the only good thing in my life, but I didn't want to hurt him more. But now I'm not going to be able to sleep because all that happens at night is I lay there and have panic attacks. And they happen when I think I can sleep, so then I'm laying in bed and I can't move. And my whole body shakes and my fingers feel numb and I can't breathe, and my heart feels like it'll just out of my chest, and all I can hear are the screeching cars and see the lights. And when I finally can move, I can't sleep. I can't. And at least with Sean, I'd have someone there, but now I have nothing."

"I have no one and I'm not fine. I'm not."

But this wasn't about Ash. No, this should be about Raven and her feelings. Ash had heard a little bit about what had happened -- people had seen Mason and Raven kiss -- and she was sure it was all hard.

So she rubbed at her eyes, roughly drying the tears and swallowing the hurt that she felt. "Sorry. God, I'm so sorry. This isn't about me. How are you? With your mom and... Mason?"

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Kanen
Honestly, Kanen had expected more from Mason. Surprise maybe? A little bit of anger? Anything. He didn't know, he just wasn't expecting Mason to be so submissive. It was off putting. After spending so much time butting heads with the other guy, Kanen almost felt lost without having someone to measure himself up against. Half of the reason Kanen agreed to this stupid job was so he could boss Mason around, but if Mason was just going to listen, what was the point? That was like playing chess against rock. Sure, Kanen was winning, but what was even the point.

When the girl followed Kanen and Mason, Kanen figured it was fair to assume she was Dante. Whatever, two birds with one stone. She put up even less of a fight than Mason though, leaving the three to walk in silence to the detention hall.

The room felt like prison. Kanen should know. Now, Kanen was the warden though. He should've been happy, but that felt wrong too. Kanen watched quietly while Mason and Dante found their respective cubicles and settled in. Kanen just stood there quietly a few minutes, leaning up against the desk at the front of the room, before he decided he was bored too. Probably just as bored as his two detainees.

"Ok." Kanen sighed, clapping his hands together and pushing up off the desk to stand up straight again. "What'd you two do to get your asses stuck in detention on your first day?" He asked. He knew they weren't really supposed to talk in detention (He'd been there enough to know the rules), but sitting in silence for however long was going to drive Kanen to drink again.

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[Winona]

Mason


He was thrilled to have silence. Be completely by himself without anyone trying to talk to him, and be able to just focus on his schoolwork today... except that, well, it was the first day. And Mason had exactly zero homework assignments to work on, and nothing to do. Still, he was perfectly content to remain inside the confines of these walls. At least here, kept separated from everyone else, Mason could make sure that he wouldn't get into any more trouble and piss Laurel off more.

That is, until Kanen decided to talk to them.

"Alaska punched me, so I threw her in the pool." Mason answered, the smallest hint of a smile twitching at his face for a moment before it died away just as quickly, leaving his expression the same as it had been before. His eyes downcast on the table beforehand, his arms crossed over his chest, and his body slouched in his seat in defeat.

"Are you going to get us our schoolwork or something?" For a moment, Mason had almost cussed -- as was typical of him -- but quickly thought better of it. Kanen was a fucking loose cannon. Who knew what the hell the guy would do if Mason slipped up? So he kept his attitude calm and collected, trying not to step out of line.

"You know, something useful."

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Sawyer

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“JJ. Come on. I was just trying-” And she was walking off. Sawyer sighed, slightly dejected. Of course, JJ was mad. She felt like she could take care of herself, she didn’t need Sawyer butting in. But Sawyer couldn’t help it. She was entirely too overprotective of her friends and she knew it. That wasn’t anything she could really help. Sawyer’s walk slowed and she dropped away from Ava, shuffling kind of awkwardly. Maybe she should have just left it alone. Maybe she should have left JJ to get the shit beaten out of her, it seemed like that’s what she wanted anyway. Sawyer rolled her eyes at her own thoughts. She may be overcompensating a little. She couldn’t protect Grace so she was going to try her damn hardest to do what she couldn’t for Grace for JJ. Only, JJ wasn’t the type to appreciate that. Damn hard head. Sawyer scoffed and kicked her feet against the floor a little as she walked, moping like a five-year-old. Her moping was interrupted by Tatum’s voice. Sawyer raised an eyebrow at Tatum as she said she’d try to explain what happened for her. She chuckled a little as they continued walking, scratching at the back of her neck.


“It’s cool. I’m kinda used to detention.” Sawyer shrugged, “I have summer reading I still haven’t finished anyway. I’ll take the extra time.” She laughed again and they both fell into silence. The walk to the office was annoying at best, a simple glare sent onlookers scrambling so Sawyer didn’t mind it really. The only problem was that JJ was storming ahead of them like a demon was on her heels, Sawyer didn’t understand how she was that fast, and she was pretty sure JJ was pissed at her. The last thing she needed was JJ mad at her. She was like the only person that Sawyer had right now, she couldn’t afford to lose her. That would suck really hard. Plus their lockers were next to each other, talk about awkward. The office was...different than the last time she’d been in it. Of course, Nona and Elise were very different people. Nona wasn’t a literal demon. The four of them took seats in front of Elise’s desk and Ava started into a quick explanation. Sawyer rolled her eyes at it and at Elise’s response. Ava seemed kind of stunned, Sawyer didn’t know what she’d expected. Elise was a hard-ass with an agenda. What that agenda was..well that was up to interpretation. The only thing that surprised Sawyer was the last part.


“Mr. Fi-what now?” Sawyer asked incredulously. She did not just say that Kanen Fucking Fiaco was the detention monitor. How stupid can one person be?

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