Realistic or Modern Westbrook

[Dede]

Neck Tie the Science Guy

Today was a special day. Mr. Cooper the chemistry teacher and his ninth graders were doing a science experiment. Among his students was yours truly, Stuart French, Neck Tie Boy. What could possibly go wrong?

‘Alright, calm down everybody!’ Mr. Cooper clapped his hands and clasped them together in a firm grip. ‘Settle down, please! Put on your safety goggles.’

The teacher marched down the aisle between the lab desks, kind of like a flight attendant performing the cabin checks moments before take-off.

‘In front of you is a bottle of diluted hydrogen peroxide. You're working with chemicals so please, please follow my instructions very carefully! First, pour half a cup of the hydrogen peroxide into the flask. . . and then bla bla bla bla bla bla bla. . .’

Neck Tie wasn’t really listening to Mr. Cooper. His chin was on his arms folded over the desk and he was barely paying attention. A little sadness had stolen him from the fun experiment that he had been looking forward to all week.

He sighed, remembering that Jace hadn’t talked to him since the incident. The silence was mutual. Even though the musical was round the corner and he was dangerously under-rehearsed, Neck Tie was missing music practice again because he didn’t dare look his best friend in the eye. Hell, forget best friends. Were they even friends anymore?

At least Neck Tie had tried to blot out this horrible memory by hanging out a lot with Casper over the past couple of days. He was ashamed to admit that the only reason he was so committed to befriending Casper was because he was compensating for losing Jace’s company. That was really silly and pretty selfish of him, but what else was he going to do? The last time he felt so lost and confused was when he said goodbye to his mum and Nick and Josh back on Sheep Street, and he was still having nightmares about that.

‘I said put your safety goggles on please.’

Neck Tie was rudely pulled from his train of thought. He looked up and Mr. Cooper was standing tall over his desk.

‘Yes, you, Mr. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,’ said the teacher, 'Your safety goggles.'

The boy did as he was told and then found himself looking left and right, trying to imitate what the other kids had done so far. Reluctantly, he combined the H2O2 and food colouring and dish soap. He wasn’t sure if he’d got the measurements right. OK, so he might have improvised a little, taking liberties here and there, as any good chef might. No worries, he probably wasn’t too far off anyway. Probably.

Now everyone was ready to add the final ingredient to the flask. The room turned silent as it awaited its final instructions. All eyes were on Mr. Cooper, who rolled up his sleeves and raised his arm.

‘On the count of three. . .’

‘Three. . .’

‘Two.’

‘One and a half. . .’

‘One. . .’

‘NOW!’

Bublbubbublbubblbbublbublblbbb---

*Cue collective gasps and jaw drops.*

Everyone gathered around in horror. Nobody could find Neck Tie. All they saw was a column of foam yellow and red where the volcano had gone off. Where did Neck Tie go?

Spoiler: CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT!!!

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[Dak]

Charolette wasn't truly paying attention to where she was going, she was wondering. She had been thinking about how many people were actually attending the school. There were so many people around her. At her old school there were a lot of people, but they had been accepted to the school. This school accepted everyone. That was a public school for you, stuffed to the brim with every type of person. It was a good way of thinking including everyone, but at some point the bad apples had to come out.

She didn't even pay attention to the fact that she had bumped into someone. She looked up at the boy. He was handsome, but he was far to thin to be her type. "It's quite alright darling, I guess I should pay more attention to where I'm going." She said with a light chuckle. She looked the boy over again. Something seemed out of place with him. "Is everything alright? You look a little perpelexed." She said looking at him. He was a little bit taller then she was, so she was looking up at him.
Winona

 

[mikaluvkitties]

Aaron Ollila​

"Suit yourself," Aaron said, shrugging as he stood as well, stretching a bit. Personally, Aaron probably shouldn't be skipping again, but Aaron rarely did what he should've. There was going to be a fight when he got home, but those weren't usually a problem for him. He frowned just a bit at Drake's smile, thinking about what he had said just a moment ago. "As soon as you say 'I'm fine' and smile, they'll look the other way." Yeah, Aaron didn't buy it.

Whatever, it wasn't any of his business. The only reason he'd even offered lunch was he'd been given weed and felt a bit guilty. So despite the bell ringing, he walked off campus, off to do god knows what while he waited for school to let out.

N/A​

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Casper Ollila​

The bell for class rang, and Casper funneled in. School always made them nervous, and today was no different. They nibbled at their lip, fighting the urge to put their fingers in their mouth, because god forbid someone see them nibbling on their fingers. As class began, they tried to focus, but the drifting of their thoughts made it more than a bit difficult. Multiple times they found themselves doodling or just sitting there, mind off in space when they should have been paying attention, and it only made them more anxious- what if the teacher asked them a question? They'd look like an idiot in front of everybody.

Eventually, they couldn't take it anymore, and raised their hand, asking if they could go to the bathroom. As soon as they were out of the room, they began tearing up, but they quickly wiped their eyes.

N/A​

 

[a z u l a]

Ryder

The party had been fun, until the next morning. The house had been trashed and he'd had to kick several people off of his living room floor. Cleaning the house had taken hours, and in the midst of their chaotic scramble Chase had been to realize that there were several things missing from their house. Someone had stolen thousands of dollars worth of stuff and their mother was going to absolutely murder them when she came home and found out. Naturally, the rest of Sunday had been chaos and it seemed none of the Vaughn siblings had gotten any sleep.

The only thing he looked forward to today was seeing Ash. Despite the Carter incident they'd been drama free and had a pretty good night before he'd passed out in his bed at some point. Maybe things were finally going in the right direction for them.​

 

[Winona]

Ava


For a moment, it looked like Juliette actually looked... vulnerable? Sad? Something like that when Ava mentioned the Bryan thing. Okay, okay, so she'd seen Bryan flirt here and there, but had never actually seen him cheat, per say. However, well, he was a jock and kind of a jerk, so surely he cheated sometimes. Or even if he didn't, that didn't mean that he deserved Jules. Yes, Ava may have hated Jules, but she still felt as if she deserved better. Don't judge her.

"Are you sure about that? You weren't at that stupid party Saturday. Do you really think that he stayed to himself all night long?" Ava asked, and crossed her arms over her chest. Maybe she was pushing the envelope a little bit too much, but hey, Jules had started this and Ava intended to try and finish it. Probably poorly.

"Please. I don't care about just myself, I care about..." Ava hesitated. There really wasn't anyone that she cared about, to be honest, but she wasn't going to let Jules have this one. "I care about my dog and that's all that matters." She said and then not knowing what else to do, she stuck her tongue out at her.

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Drake


Right. Although to be honest, it wasn't her fault. Drake hadn't been looking up while he was walking, his thoughts distracting him from where he was going. "Oh, uhh... yeah, I'm fine..." he mumbled, and then tried to shake the feeling that he had. Right. He needed to remember what he had told Aaron.

So Drake plastered a huge smile on his face. "Sorry, I'm great, never been better. I was just thinking, you know how it goes." He said with a laugh, pale eyes now bright with happiness. "Anyway, what's your name? When did you get here? You gotta be new because I've never seen you and I make it my mission to know everyone." Very true. Drake was a social butterfly. "Oh! And I'm Drake." He smiled brightly, and held out his hand for her to shake.

Dak

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Ash


After talking to Mads, Ash had finally found her way to Ryder. She stopped when she saw him walking down the hallway, and she had to take in a deep breath to ready herself for this. Right. It wasn't like Ash was new to this whole cheating thing, but she'd never had to face someone in person about it. And, well, it was Ryder. Dealing with this was going to be a thousand times harder than what she'd dealt with ever before she actually kind of liked him.

But there was no way that Grace had lied to her and, well, Ash wasn't really willing to deal with this all over again. She didn't want to be with someone who she didn't trust. So finally, Ash sucked up the courage and walked up to him, her arms still crossed her over chest, as she looked up at him. "Did you cheat on me?" It was blunt, and she doubted that he would say the truth. No one ever admitted to it. "Because Grace said that she saw you kissing someone else and... she's never lied to me."

a z u l a​

 

[Dazzle]

Carter


Carter huffed out a large sigh looking off to the side. Adriane wasn't worth the time in Carter's opinion, but she wasn't going to bring it up again. It wasn't worth her breath or either of their time. She looked back over at Mason at the comment of him being the best kisser. "Oh funny." She laughed pushing herself off the counter and walking back towards the table resting her hands and leaning towards Mason. Letting her voice get really quite. "You know... The only way to test this theory-" She stopped for a moment and looked into he's eyes, biting her lower lip.

Carter then started hysterically laughing as she fell back into the chair beside her. "Sorry-" Carter managed between taking large breathes of air, trying to stop herself from laughing. "I couldn't help myself." She finally started to calm down, enough to talk semi normally again. "Seriously, you won't get that lucky that easy." She raised her eyebrow shaking her head. "You might have two red heads chasing after your ass." She crossed her arms across her chest. "But you'll have to live with the best, as only your friend.." She flipped her hair over her shoulder, at least she was feeling better about herself again. "Well there is no way I'm going to school after convincing Mrs. Zigmond to let me stay home." Carter's parents always thought highly of the importance of keeping grades up, she never was allowed to miss a day. So after a long, but convincing argument, her mother stormed out of the house and called the school to let them know she wouldn't be in.

"Speaking of red heads, what's been going on with you and June?" Carter's lips curled into a sideways smirk. "I mean, she isn't anywhere near as cool as me, but she is a better choice than past prospects." She rolled her eyes at the thought of some of the other girls that Mason had brought around. June may not have been her favorite person, but she wasn't necessarily evil, unlike Adriane.

Winona ​

 

[Soap]

Juliette

It seemed like Ava was intent on convincing her that Bryan was a cheater, which he wasn’t. “I..” JJ knew he would never cheat on her. They were the perfect couple, why would he even dare to screw that up? Clearing her throat and answering the question the way it was supposed to be answered. “Yes, because that’s how relationships work. You don’t just.. leave them because a better option came along.“ No, JJ didn’t see the hypocrisy in her words.

When she talked about her dog, Juliette didn’t have a reaction to her answer, she actually respected it. If Ava and JJ had anything in common, it was the fact they both cared for their pets probably a little more than actual people they didn’t know, or in Juliette’s case. Animals seemed to be more lovable than parents. Rolling her eyes with the slightest hint of an amused smile at her childish antics. She dispised Ava, she did. With every fiber of her being. However.. seeing her childish ways, reminded her of when they were kids.

No, nope. Not a thing she wanted to be reminded of. This was the way things were, and how they had to stay, one couldn’t be friends with Ava. It wasn’t that simple. The slightest hint of her smile faded. She shook her head in thought. “I don’t get it, I understand being a bitch to other people. From you, Avalon, well. I expect it..” JJ understood it first hand, people didn’t deserve to be liked until she had a reason otherwise. Bitchiness was a given with Juliette, because she was one. But Ava was on a total different level.

Thinking for a moment before she continued. “But why me.. hmm? We aren’t friends anymore. We can’t stand even the sight of each-other.” Was this some way to let out the hatred they obviously both had for each-other? Probably. Was it healthy? No. “I feel like you always try harder with me. Like there’s a point you’re trying to get across, so. Lonnie. What’s your point?” Was Juliette going to walk away and spare herself from this conversation altogether? Ha. Funny.
Winona​

 

[DrabberRogue]

Truth be told Jace hadn't entirely expected to see the message again. Not everyone found passing notes as amusing as he did, and some people tended to be irritable so early in the morning. It was nice to see the wad of paper drop onto his desk, even if it didn't return in the same condition it had left in, bouncing a couple times before coming to a stop against his idle hand. Only delaying long enough to make sure he wasn't seen, he quickly unraveled and read Zach's response.

Critical as the should-be-senior's words were, they brought a smirk to Jace's expression. He knew full well how childish it was to pass notes in class. That made it all the more fun, in his eyes. It was always entertaining when someone called out his less mature antics, even if such things were reflective of how time had made his colleagues boring.

"More like 7th. I swear they just cycle the same ten books year after year." He started scribbling his response, spilling out words onto the page as though he were actually talking. "Was 5th the last time you had a wad of paper thrown at you?" Once he was done writing, he crumpled the note back up, sending it back to Zach's desk during an opportune moment of O'Dwyer not looking their way.

Dazzle

 

[Dede]

Neck Tie

The class exploded into laughter at Neck Tie’s misfortune. Even Mr. Cooper joined in on the unanimous hee-haw. They had come to expect no less from the boy whose reputation for disaster was well-known to the entire school by now.

‘I’m OK!’ said the foamy cotton-candy of a boy, slipping off his goggles. ‘I’m OK!’

His classmates cheering, Neck Tie excused himself from Mr. Cooper’s class dripping soapy water, and waddled as a penguin across the ice, still looking like a science experiment gone wrong. The echoes of his wet footfalls went slap, slap, slap as he quickened his pace toward the restroom.

Then bubble-bath-boy reached a turn in the hallway, and made a sharp turn. Perhaps a little too sharp. He collided right into a girl who was coming from the opposite direction! OH NO! Now there was soap everywhere. Soap in his hair. Soap in her hair. Soap in his clothes. Soap in her clothes. What a mess!

‘I’m so sorry!’ bubbles announced. ‘Sorry, sorry!’

He tried to get the foam off her forehead, but only managed to put more into it!!

Failing that he took a step backwards, smiled nervously, and wiped the foam off his eyebrows with the dry part of his sleeves. ‘Hi Grace. . .’ he gulped and passed her a small wave.

Soap

 

[Soap]

Grace

Grace should’ve paid more attention considering she’d bumped into Natalie earlier, but no. She thought she was in the clear, totally okay. Good mood for miles too! Turning a corner and quickly draining most of that mood, colliding into someone getting... foam? Everywhere on her, and they’d managed to just make it worse. At least this was only the second person she’d rammed into today, and she wasn’t driving! That was a plus.. yeah. Look on the bright side..

Grace sighed heavily, lifting a hand to wipe the foam off of her face, flicking it off to the floor. “Hi.. Stu.” She’d said with the weakest smile. Yes, Grace knew who he was. He’d stuck around Kanen long enough, almost wincing remembering that fight in the auditorium a while ago. She wondered whatever happened to him considering he was just.. gone. But we’ll leave that alone for now, there was obviously more sticky situations that needed to be fixed. “I’m not mad. It’s fine.” Okay, it wasn’t fine. But she wasn’t going to yell at him for it.. even it she wanted to. It was only a mistake..

and he’d apologized for it anyway. The school had showers.. yeah. She could wash all this stuff off.. Grace shook her head in disbelief and looked down at the both of them. “What.. even is this?” She gestured to the red and yellow mess that was.. everywhere.

Dede

 

[Dede]

Neck Tie

Even though she tried to hide it, Grace still looked pretty darned upset over what just happened. And who could blame her? Thanks to him, she was now just as covered in foam and drenched in soapy water and wet and miserable as he was.

‘It’s nuffin’! It’s, um. . . just um. . .’ he shook off a bit more of the foam that was dangling off his arms. Now the thing was all over the floor! ‘We was doing a science experiment in Mr. Cooper’s class. . . it’s actually called the Elephant’s toothpaste!’ he told her, ‘just don’t, um. . . try not to get it in your eyes.’

His smile widened though as it seemed Grace knew him by name. They were in the musical production together even if they barely ever talked. He guessed she was kind of friendly, and also kind of pretty even when she was in a sour mood. He always thought her hair was really nice.

He bent down and scooped up some more of the foam from the floor, and gathered the formless matter awkwardly in his arms. ‘It was so cool though! It nearly touched the ceiling when it blew up!’ Neck Tie said.

Soap

 

[Soap]

Grace

Grace understood what all this.. foam was now, but it didn’t help with her state. No, no. It’s fine. She’ll shower and change into her cheerleading uniform, it’s cool. She took a deep breath and exhaled. Seemingly okay, nodding at his words. “Gotcha.” Giving him a thumbs up. Furrowing her brows in confusion when he’d bent down to pick up the mess on the floor, was he trying to.. clean?​

She shook her head, smiling, stifling a laugh. And reaching a hand down to lift him up from the floor. “A janitor or something will clean that up, it’s okay.” It was sweet of him, kind of dumb. Yes. But he was trying. Attempting to pull him up only to lose her footing on the foam beneath her, falling forward, and bracing for the impact that didn’t come. Well, the impact happened. Opening her eyes to realize, it wasn’t the floor. She landed on top of Stu.​

Dede

 

[KingofAesir]

Lila
​

Mr. O' Dwyer had been a lot more receptive of her excuse then Lila had thought he would be. In the time she'd had him, he seemed rather cut and dry about his policies on this kind of thing. But thankfully he'd just told her it was fine and to sit down. History wasn't her favorite subject, but she tried her damndest to get good grades. Lila was a top notch note taker and had even gotten paid for copies of her notes on more than one occasion. Sharing notes was not cheating. Sharing notes was helping. But that didn't mean she wasn't cautious about it. Lila's notes business was like a drug deal, with drop points and everything. A certified criminal. Mr. O'Dwyer talked fast and Lila was having trouble keeping up, her pencil flying across the pa po e in front of her at inhuman speeds. Snap. Shit. Lila frowned at the now very broken pencil in her fingers and groaned as Mr. O'Dwyer continued talking, leaving her in the dust.


"Here."


A voice came from next to her, quiet and barely audible. Lila turned her head and was met with a shaggy headed brunette boy offering her a pencil. Wayne Mullins was someone she'd had small conversations with in the past and she knew him to be a bit on the shy side. His hair was entirely too long for her tastes but he had almost forest green eyes that reminded her of pine trees. Lila took the pencil from his hands with a soft smile and Wayne simply nodded his head and turned back to his own notes. With their brief exchange over Lila went back to writing notes until Mr. O'Dwyer handed out assignments and suddenly it was quiet in the room.


"Mr. O'Dwyer?" Lila called from her seat and he looked up from his desk, "M-may I use th-the restroom?" She questioned. The teacher simply nodded and Lila took off. Her foot steps echoed down the quiet hallway until the sound of voices caught her ears. She couldn't quite make out what they were saying or who's they were until she got a bit closer.


"Lonnie."


Oh no.


Lila would know that voice and that nickname anywhere. Suddenly she was walking a bit faster, only stopping when she stumbled on JJ and Ava in the hallway. They were seemingly locked in a heated conversation and Lila was right in front of the two of them before she could stop herself.


"C-cut it out. You're g-gonna get yourselves i-in trouble."

Soap Winona​

 

[Moonshadow]

June
​

Her heart felt a little lighter after talking to Grace. It was different when she talked to Mason at the party. How she hid everything from him and her lips felt sealed even when she was opening them up to speak. She hated that she did it. Wasn’t keeping things from him the reason everything fell apart? No, perhaps it was the kiss. Which reminded her of Raven.

And as if on cue, someone came out of the room and they proceeded to collide into each other. June felt and grabbed the person before stopped to see who it was. She immediately tensed up as she asked if she was okay. Remembering her eyes were probably puffy from the crying she did.

“Yeah... Yeah. I’m okay.” She wasn’t sure how to feel about their first interaction in a while was Raven being concerned. She was always there to see her at her most vulnerable it would seem. But, she had no choice hiding anymore. She knew what chaos it would bring. “Actually no. I’m not. I’m sorry about what happened before. I know I was drunk, but there was truth in my words. And I didn’t care about how hurt you were. I was being selfish. I wanted you and I wanted Mason and that’s a horrible thing to do to you. I’m also sorry I told you I never wanted to see you. At the time, I blamed you for the kiss and why Mason and I were fighting. When it was my mistake. Look, you can take what I say to heart or disregard it. But just know, I’m really sorry for what I did to you.” She explained and waited nervously for her reply.

Soap

 

[Winona]

Mason


Okay, so maybe Carter had him going for a moment. Maybe, just maybe, Mason's breath had caught in his throat while she made her way closer, until she started laughing. And then his face turned from quiet surprise, to quiet annoyance, and betrayal. He hated being led on, but she was his friend, so dating would just be... weird. "Haha, well aren't you just hilarious." He deadpanned, rolling his eyes as he did. "I don't have two redheads, either." He grumbled.

"That's fine. School sucks, anyway." Mason knew that Carter's parents could be difficult, so it was a surprise that she was home today. Carter must've looked really sick or something. He thought about his own mother, and how she had undoubtedly gotten a call announcing that he wasn't at school. Not that she would care, or probably even answer her phone. It was kind of nice to be in charge of one's life and when he wanted to go to school.

"Absolutely nothing." He responded, hesitating as his eyes fell back onto the coffee mug. It was easier to look at that than Carter's face while he tried to put his thoughts into words. "I don't think I could ever date her. She reminds me too much of Adriane. Like, Adriane wasn't that bad when I started dating her. But June... June paid my hospital bills when I broke my leg without asking me. Adriane used to do that, so I couldn't leave her, you know? And then she kissed Raven, and that's how it started with Adriane. A kiss here or there when we were dating but not official and..." Mason shrugged.

"I can't risk going through with June what I went through with Adriane."

Dazzle

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Ava


Well, what was her point, other than Ava lived off of the ability to just ruin her day every chance she got? To try and make her feel just as lost and lonely as Ava had when they split up, by convincing her that all of her friends were just artificial jerks. And then she had to use that ridiculous childhood name, which just set Ava off anymore. Any kind of remorse or thoughts of telling Juliette the truth faded when she called her Lonnie with that bitchy tone of voice.

"My point is that I just want to make it clear that I told you so. When you find out Bryan is cheating on you, when your so-called new 'friends' ditch you the moment you actually need them, when your parents realize what a little bitch you are and stop paying for everything stupid wish you want, and when you can't get into any college or do anything with your life because you were more focused on how 'cute' you looked instead of getting decent grades."

Ava started walking forward until she stood right in front of JJ, glaring down at her as she spoke. "You are nothing and I will continue to remind you until everything you have falls away and I can say 'I told you so.'"

And then, she heard Lila's voice, and Ava turned her gaze from JJ and stepped back, crossing her arms over her chest. "Jules started it." She grumbled. Plus, who cared if they got in trouble?

Soap KingofAesir​

 

[Soap]

Raven

Raven wasn't convinced when she told her she was okay, but wasn't going to push on it. Thinking back on the night where she'd tried to and got yelled at instead. Learn from your mistakes, right? Raising an eyebrow when she continued, and decided to tell her the truth. She took a deep breath and crossed her arms. Listening to the redhead's apology. She hated that she wanted to forgive her, At least she got an answer for what June wanted, and it was both of them. Although June was smart enough to realize she couldn't have them both. Raven was tired of being mad, she still hated to think about the two. It's a shame they didn't end up together, really. Her words made her think it through. All this time she was blaming Mason for June's own faults. She strung them along, using her innocence to lure them in.. just to hurt them both in the end. Raven would never admit it, never. But yes, she was hurt by the whole ordeal. Maybe she was being genuine, that she was actually sorry, or maybe she wasn't. Either way, she was taking her words to heart. And that only made her want to hate her more. Yet she didn't. Her mind was on one question she wanted to know. Making eye-contact with her for the first time in a long while. "I just want to know one thing."​

"That day when you wanted to know about me. Remember? When you said you.. wanted to help. I spilled everything to you. I never did that with anyone else, ever." Tearing her gaze away from her, looking anywhere else but her face. "I guess.. I just want to know if you really cared, that I wasn't just another secret for your blogs." They were over that whole blog thing definitely, but she'd always felt like there was truth to it. That she was just a pawn. Raven's goal was to always find out the truth. So.. why not ask the question that'd she wanted needed to know. Waiting mere moments before continuing, looking up and daring to make eye-contact with her again. "Did I matter?"
Moonshadow

Juliette

JJ was infuriated by her words, she couldn't help but hate the fact that no matter what Ava seemed to do, whenever she attempted to get under her skin, it always, always. Hurted a little. Worked. Ava was the bane of her existence. Her goal was to make her life hell. That's fine. Let her have her fun, it wasn't like it was going to work. Glaring back up at her when she'd gotten closer, It was all lies and cruel wishes, none of those things would actually be true. She had a boyfriend, friends, money. What else could she possibly need? Despite her false statements that would never happen, Juliette was more than ready to attack. Ready to pull that red hair she loathed so much. Opening her mouth to spit back an insult at her ex-friend. Right when another had come up and decided to put herself between them. Juliette's glare didn't falter, her gaze was locked on the girl across from her. Barely paying attention to Lila, but hearing her words nonetheless.

Oh please. Who cared about getting in trouble? Narrowing her eyes at her at the nickname again and the fact that she'd said she caused it. JJ never caused anything, it was her fault. Always her fault. "No, I didn't do anything! It was Lonnie's." She gestured to the girl. Lila was always the peacemaker, at least she always tried to be. It's a miracle they even splitted up from being friends in the first place, if it wasn't for her, It's safe to say.. well. Let's just say it was a good thing Lila was standing between them. JJ's posture slumped over in defeat, sighing, and turning her gaze to look at Lila. She wasn't going to move her out of the way to attack Ava. Besides, she'd just stop her before anything happened. "Whatever. You won't believe me anyway, because I'm the devil in disguise." Rolling her eyes, and crossing her arms, before leaning back on the wall. It was just the three of them in the hallway. Just... sitting there. "You can go, Lala. We're not going to murder each-other." Juliette doubted that statement. She hated one ex-best friend, but not Lila. JJ always had a soft spot for her. She just seemed to be the only genuinely sweet person she knew. Or well.. used to know.
KingofAesir Winona​

 

[Dede]

Neck Tie

It all happened so fast. One moment he was being pulled back up on his feet, and before he knew it, Grace had fallen into him and, worse, she had landed right on top of him!! Neck Tie froze as soon his back hit the floor with a loud thud. He wasn’t that heavy to begin with, and it didn’t take much to tip him off balance. The boy fell flat on his back, his eyes widening in utter horror that a pretty girl was lying on top of him. He instantly froze in the spot. Like. Literally. Froze.

The foam floated and settled around them. Grace wouldn’t have been hurt; thankfully Neck Tie had cushioned much of the fall. But it was so awkward. So horribly awkward. The way Grace fell into him, her face was right in front of him! So close their noses nearly touched. And her lips – her pretty lips. . . Neck Tie’s heart pounded like a little drum in his chest. Please get off. Please get off. Please get off. . . but maybe take your time. . . Truth be told, a part of him was perfectly fine with them lying there a little while longer. Was that weird?

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[Soap]

Grace

No, no. Stop this, please and thank you. Being on top of a boy wasn’t exactly something Grace wanted. Ever. Her eyes widened noticing how close they were, she silently prayed that nobody was wandering the halls about now, Grace wasn’t ready for another straight rumor. No thank you. The embarrassment was clear on her cheeks and she could’ve face-palmed at the fact neither of them have moved in the last few seconds. “Sorry.” With a sheepish smile, hoping he’d wouldn’t be upset that he’d cushioned her fall.

She lifted herself off of him. Carefully stood up, and leaning down to grab his hand before pulling him up to his feet, this time, she kept her balance. “Uh.. thanks for that.” Thanks for that? Oh god, please get her out of this conversation. More than ready to get all this... soap off of her. she glanced back at the hallway and back to him. “I should probably..” she gestured to herself.

“It was um.. nice talking to you?”

Dede

 

[KingofAesir]

Sawyer
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Mrs. Patterson was quite possibly the most annoying teacher on the face of the planet. As the old woman droned on and on and on, Sawyer's eyes got droopier and droopier. Her head fell into her hand and her eyes completely closed. Mrs. Patterson's voice faded into the background until it was barely audible in the back of her head. At some point her arms crossed over themselves and her head was now completely laid on the desk. A pencil hit her side but she made no move to lift her head. A piece of paper followed the pencil and then-


"MISS ANDREWS!"


Sawyer's head shot up and she came face to face with a very angry looking Mrs. Patterson. Their faces were uncomfortably close and Sawyer was pretty sure the old womans eyes were about to pop out of her head. The gray haired teacher whacked Sawyer on her shoulder with the pointing stick in her hand and then pointed at the door with it.


"If you are so tired how about you go and tell Principal Nona about your problems." Sawyer forced a smile and raised herself from her seat. She had to try extremely hard not to roll her eyes as she spoke.


"Of course, Mrs. Patterson, my apologies." And with that she exited the class room. That old bat could stick it where the sun don't shine. Jesus. Poor Mr. Patterson. In truth, she was glad to leave the classroom. She most definitely was not going to Principal Nona Pattersom was crazy to even thi k she would do so in the first place. Sawyer shoved her hands in her pockets and turned to make her way to the gym instead of the front office. A song floated from between her lips as she went, taking her time and walking with a bit of a skip in her step. She was in the middle of the chorus of her song when she happened across a very hilarious scene in the middle of the hallway. Sawyer choked on her words and came to a dead halt, shows squeaking on the linoleum. A hand shot up to her mouth and a less than attractive snort left her.


"Oh. My. God." Sawyer fell into a fit of giggles at the sight of Grace and Stu covered in soap in the hallway. She didn't care what had actually happened, all she knew was that this was quite literally the best thing that had happened to her today.

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[Dede]

Neck Tie

A sigh of relief escaped his lungs as Grace pulled herself up, and as her weight was literally lifted off his chest. Neck Tie shyly pulled himself back up with the girl's help, steadying himself on the slippery floor, and then wiping the foam off his cheeks and nose. What the hell just happened? Don't ask. Just go with it.

‘Uh. . . it’s OK,’ Neck Tie said. His brows raised a little. Why was she thanking him? ‘Yeah. . . no problem! Thanks!’ He made a quick, friendly smile that revealed his dimple.

They lingered awkwardly for a little longer, Neck Tie swaying as he stood. Then Grace signalled that she was leaving, and he agreed. ‘Yeah! It was great. . . running into you. . . Grace. . . I mean, not great. . . I’m sorry, uh, and all that.’ Hell, he was stuttering so bad right now that he made Jace sound like a master orator. ‘I guess I’ll see you around! Maybe at practice for the, you know, um, musical!’

Phew. Boy was he glad he got those words out. His heart was still thumping like a jackrabbit. He nearly kissed a girl by accident.

Neck Tie swung around to walk away and. . . OH NO! They were both still headed in the same direction. 'I guess. . . you're going this way too, to clean up, huh?' He chuckled nervously at her, and quickly turned away to watch his feet as they walked side by side. Oh no. Oh no. Why did she have to be so pretty?

Suddenly they were met up in the hallway by another girl, whose name Neck Tie couldn’t remember. Whatever her name was, she was having a blast of a time giggling at their misfortune. Well, he thought it was pretty funny too. The soapy pair slowed to a stop in front of her. Neck Tie smiled at the girl, the way he smiled at pretty much everyone, but he figured he'd let Grace do the talking.

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[Soap]

Grace

Grace nodded along. Right, the musical. That seemed to be like something almost everyone had forgotten by now, it was a bit shocking they were even doing it in the first place. But they were trying to raise money, so Grace was okay with it either way. A musical’s a musical, it’ll be fun, hopefully. Walking alongside him when they both realized they’ll be walking towards the same direction. “Yeah... I'm ready to get all this.. stuff off. Y'know some people think suds are attractive, I.. highly doubt red and yellow suds are." She chuckled softly at her own words. Her eyes widened for a moment when she'd noticed a very familiar blonde haired girl. "Oh my god." They both said simultaneously for very different reasons. Sighing heavily through her nose, shaking her head at the thought of it. Out of everyone in this school to find her looking like.. this. It had to be her girlfriend?

Today wasn't going as well as she hoped it would go. No, that's an understatement. Today wasn't going well at all. "It's not funny." Despite her mood, Grace watched Sawyer laugh with the smallest of smiles on her face. She was annoyed, soaked, and just ready to get this day over with. But she still loved the sight of her. Stepping closer to her with a devious smile on her face. Taking a clump of foam that was hanging off of her arm, and putting a hand gently caressing Sawyer's cheek, although getting the mess on her as well. Her smile turned into a genuine one. "Maybe It's a little funny."

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[KingofAesir]

Sawyer
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Sawyer now highly regretted laughing. Because now she also had whatever the hell this soapy stuff was on her and Grace was standing very close to her. Her laughter died and the smile on her face contorted in a displeased frown, if a bit playful. Two could play at this game. Sawyer's smile returned and she grabbed her Grace's hand off her cheek, taking a handful of the soap stuff with it and smothering on top of Grace's head.


"Now look at that, a complete masterpiece." Sawyer grinned at Grace and took a step back, "Wow. Don't you two just look a pair? Hold on." Sawyer chuckled and pulled her phone out of her jacket pocket taking a picture of Grace and Stu and looking pretty confident with the results.


"Awe. That's adorable. Two little soap monsters." Sawyer cocked her head at Grace, "You know, babe, I think soap is a fairly flattering look on you. You too, Neck Tie." Yeah, this was shaping up to be quite a well deserved end to a terrible day. She had a picture that she would totally frame and hang up somewhere just to annoy Grace, and remember this happenstance meeting for as long as she could.

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[Dak]

Charolette had smiled at the boy. "Where are my manners darling. My name is Charolette. I am new to this school. I transfered about a couple weeks ago." She held her books in her arms as she looked up at this boy. "So Drake, since I am new, and only really know a couple of people here, maybe you could give me a hand in meeting some new people." She said with a smile. The people she knew consisted of her cousin, along with a couple of other people. She wanted to know a lot of people. She was always a social butterfly. She loved hanging out with someone. She was an extrovert. It didn't matter what happened, going out to a beach party, or hanging out at home. She loved being around other people. "So Drake, can you show me around to some people."
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[Dak]

Ryan had said his goodbyes to Sawyer and mulled around for a second. He still had his backpack which he did need to put away. He shruged and went to his locker. He placed his bag away and grabbed his books. Yet another day at Westbrook where he hated going to school. He sighed as he closed his locker. His mind went to Hajar. He walked around for a moment before finding his love. She was on the phone. He smiled at her and waved before leaning against a wall. "Hey babe." He said smoothly.
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[Rach]

Scarlet


She smiled and looked shyly down at her shoes when he kissed her cheek. He was always respectful of the fact that she was just naturally not one to be so outwardly romantic. Scarlet supposed it was due to her inexperience with the sweeter side of relationships. In Chicago, she seemed to attract a rough type, but Scar found comfort in a kind guy like Mads. For once, she felt safe around a boy. Hazel eyes shifted to watch him as he tried the cookie, smiling in excitement as he showed that he liked it so much. "Careful, I don't want to give you a toothache," She teased.

He explained the Ash situation, and Scarlet nodded slowly as she tried remembering all the names. She did remember them, after weaving together the scenes of that night in her head. Her eyes narrowed for a moment at the mention of the accusation on Ryder. He had seemed pretty strung up on the blonde girl every time she had seen them, so it didn't really make sense to her why he would be cheating on the girl. And it was true, the boy had been in their sight for ninety-nine percent of the party. Towards the end, she and Mads had been more interested in each other and getting a little less buzzed, so Scar supposed that could have been the only time Ryder would have the opportunity. Still, it didn't make much sense to her, even if she didn't know the couple all too well. "Weird. Well, I hope it's just a misunderstanding." Scarlet grimaced. There was always some drama in Westbrook, she was learning. Shaking her head, she decided to change the subject and smiled smally. "Are you going to go see the musical?"

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Rowan


Rowan nodded as Hajar stepped away to take her call. She watched the older girl walk away, and not too long after, she heard Maisie speak. Surprised by the sudden admission, Ro turned her head and tilted her it to the side, curious as to why she was saying sorry to her. She didn't have to ask when the girl immediately divulged the source of her apology. Somehow, Rowan found herself failing to hold back a laugh. In all honesty, she had forgotten completely about the operation they held at the twins' birthday bash. It had been so nonchalant and easy that Ro hadn't been concerned with Maisie's whereabouts. The situation at hand managed to bring a smile to her face.

"You don't have to apologize, Maze." Her tone was light, hands tucking into her sweatshirt pockets. "Hell, trick or treating sounds more appealing anyway. Who doesn't like free candy?" Rowan gave a small shrug. "Thank you for the compliments, though. I don't think you'll let me down, either." The girl brushed her braids over her shoulder with a nod and gleaming amber eyes. Maisie was definitely endearing and made Ro feel a little better about being in their little group. "But I will ask for a piece of candy. As a peace offering," She teased.

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Oliver


Oliver gave a single wave to Raven as she was making her way out before turning light brown eyes back onto Jace. He smiled, noting the guy's nerves, finding it cute. He looked from the guitar then back to Jace again when he asked about his drum ability. The boy gave an enthusiastic nod and tapped his knee with one of the sticks in his grasp. "Yessir. They're definitely the most fun instrument to play, but that's just my biased opinion." He shrugged and gave the stick a small twirl between his fingers before resting it in his lap with the other. "I learned a little bass. I'm not extremely terrible, I just like percussive stuff better."

His smile turned lopsided, and he shifted in his seat. "Yikes, that sounds rude. I'm not saying that strings are bad or anything." Oliver gave a shake of his head. "They're great. I just can't play them very well, and it's frustrating. Hence why I like hitting things with sticks instead." He gave a breath for a laugh and rubbed at the back of his neck. "What about you? Do you play any other instruments, too?"

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