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May 16, 2017 8:58:21 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 16, 2017 8:58:21 GMT
Jay
Once he was turned away she was able to relax more, which caused her to rub her shoulder since that now felt tense. Davor seemed to be impressed with how she held up, it was better than he would try to do anyway. He wouldn't try at all, she still put effort in not being entirely cold-hearted, because she wasn't, that was the first fact but also because she didn't always mind talking to people. It was just that the people at school wasn't the type of people that she'd pick out for that. People their age usually were big rats, just like any other could be, but they never had the knowledge an adult or she had. So if they were gonna play her, they would look stupid for even trying. She sighed out softly and looked up to the clock for a moment, looking at the two in front of her after. Ellie really was going for a life story and he was taking it all in, if he disliked it, that'd be his own problem. He could've refused like she did at first. Slowly but surely an end came to this class too and that meant that all there was left was four hours of doing jack shit. It was that one class were people would just call it quits, go home and raise their middlefinger to the school but many also stayed. As did Jay. She walked to the classroom and sat down somewhere comfortable enough under the circumstances, homework class. Four hours of nothing unless you were done early.
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May 16, 2017 10:46:44 GMT
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Post by Sara Gather on May 16, 2017 10:46:44 GMT
Skyler
While Ellie was talking it all seemed to pass faster, making him happy when the hour was over, even though they wouldn't be able to do shit in the resting hours. Well he could make his homework after all, he just had to find a way to let Ellie shut up then, or altleast keep her busy for a bit. He sat down calmly, Ellie immediately sitting down next to him. He didn't hate her company at all, but she was far more excited than anyone he had known. Just was a bit weird for him to deal with now. Ellie began to talk again, while he was getting his stuff ready to make his homework. He got everything done rather quickly while she was still telling, listening half to what she was saying as his interest was faltering. The rest of the hours had passed by slowly again, four hours of pure nothingness was so bothersome and he was glad the day had passed and they could go home, even if he did have a good time today, talking to people and making a friend as Ellie had said she was. Easy friend making like that, now only getting to know Jay more and he would be satisfied already with his school. He stretched out and got up to leave school, glancing at Jay. He had to think of questions to ask tomorrow so he could try and get new information again, it wouldn't be easy he knew that for sure now, but that wouldn't stop him.
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May 16, 2017 10:57:10 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 16, 2017 10:57:10 GMT
Jay
By the time the four hours were over, she had the essay done and had done some other things as well. It put her ahead of schedule like it usually did and it was a great thing, the less she had to do, the better. Once they left school she just went on with her day as usual, eventually getting back to her little studio apartment. By that time it was already far past midnight and so she returned to bed, marking the end of her day. The next day she was up bright and early again, this time Davor wasn't around to mess with, so she figured it was going to be another school day for her. After a quick shower she got ready, whilst drinking some coffee because she did need that. It was six in the morning, any human would. Firstly she put on some underwear, after that it was time for her usual make-up. Nothing too fancy, a bit of a grungy eye and some dark gradient lip. She tied her hair up in a messy ponytail since she didn't feel like dealing with it today and got dressed. Ripped skinny jeans, her heels from the day before and a far too large hoodie. The sleeves had some lettering and on the back there was something printed on, but it wasn't really of her interest. She just didn't feel like dressing up too much. It was school after all. Thankfully they didn't have any uniforms, that was such a pain in her eyes. The skirt, mostly. By the time she was ready after three coffee, a few cigarettes and a small breakfast, it was time for school. She went by car, having her driving license for a while already and owning her very own car. She arrived on the parking lot about ten minutes before class started, so there was no need to rush. Making her way into school, she realised it was only half a day worth of class, which relieved her from the burden she felt before.
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May 16, 2017 15:23:03 GMT
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Post by Sara Gather on May 16, 2017 15:23:03 GMT
Skyler
His day had been normal furthermore, he had gone home, was greeted by his puppy and had helped his parents preparing dinner as they ate pretty early everytime. He was used to it so he wasn't bothered by it. After dinner he went out with his dog to a nearby park, and after that hour long walk he went back home, working on the essay he had to do and hadn't really started it when they were in class because he got distracted by Ellie. It was around midnight when he finished so he decided it was a good time to go to sleep before he couldn't get out of his bed tomorrow. He was up quite early for his doing so he had enough time to make himself breakfast and to walk with his dog again so his mother wouldn't have to do that this morning. He got ready for school afterwards, showering quickly, his hair half dry when he got out of the bathroom, and he wasn't really planning on using a hair dryer as the weather was good enough for it to dry until he got to school. When he was ready he left to catch the bus and arrived around twenty minutes earlier, so he just sat outside, enjoying the weather a bit more before he had to get inside to follow classes. He was soon joined by Ellie that practically ran to him and engulfed him in a hug, which startled him but just laughed it off afterwards. He saw Jay walking from a distance, following her shortly with his gaze before he mentioned to Ellie to go inside. And so they made their way to the classroom as it was about to start soon, and he wasn't planning on getting too late on his first few days.
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May 16, 2017 15:36:47 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 16, 2017 15:36:47 GMT
Jay
She had hear earphones in once again, cherishing the last minutes of peace and quiet, before the storm came. Which really just was being in class. She had noticed Skyler and Ellie, but refused to acknowledge them this early in the morning. Before class she had gone to the cafeteria to get a big cup of coffee, as she did every morning. It had become so standard that it already stood ready for her, with her name written on it as if it were Starbucks. The quality of the coffee in school was suprisingly great, which Jay found a great plus. She thanked the lady and paid as usual, walking to class now whilst taking a few sips of her fourth coffee today. It was quite needed with so little sleep and such a busy schedule. Like always she had some energy drinks in her bag too, ready to caffeinate herself. She sat down in an empty seat and pulled her books out of her bag. She put her phone and earphones away in her bag and then took another sip of her coffee, by now she was halfway through the hot liquid. English for the first two hours, after that another hour of financials and after that it was two hours of sitting behind a computer and doing whatever they assigned the class. She stretched herself out, her muscles tense and her bones cracking slightly in disagree of the movement. It was almost hard to believe she was incredibly flexible and agile.
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May 16, 2017 21:05:05 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 16, 2017 21:05:05 GMT
Jay
She had hear earphones in once again, cherishing the last minutes of peace and quiet, before the storm came. Which really just was being in class. She had noticed Skyler and Ellie, but refused to acknowledge them this early in the morning. Before class she had gone to the cafeteria to get a big cup of coffee, as she did every morning. It had become so standard that it already stood ready for her, with her name written on it as if it were Starbucks. The quality of the coffee in school was suprisingly great, which Jay found a great plus. She thanked the lady and paid as usual, walking to class now whilst taking a few sips of her fourth coffee today. It was quite needed with so little sleep and such a busy schedule. Like always she had some energy drinks in her bag too, ready to caffeinate herself. She sat down in an empty seat and pulled her books out of her bag. She put her phone and earphones away in her bag and then took another sip of her coffee, by now she was halfway through the hot liquid. English for the first two hours, after that another hour of financials and after that it was two hours of sitting behind a computer and doing whatever they assigned the class. She stretched herself out, her muscles tense and her bones cracking slightly in disagree of the movement. It was almost hard to believe she was incredibly flexible and agile.
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May 17, 2017 16:18:21 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 17, 2017 16:18:21 GMT
Skyler
He calmly walked after Ellie to get to the right class and it was her who immediately walked over to where Jay was sitting, sitting in front of her again, and he just followed her, sitting next to her afterwards. It didn't seem like a good timing to try and talk with Jay as he had seen she probably didn't have much sleep and practically every part in his body agreed with his mind not to conversate right now. Ellie on the other hand turned around and smiled brightly. "Goodmorning!" She said, maybe a bit too cheerful for this morning. He was a bit more laid back today due tiredness from waking up so early, so when he had heard they only had half a day of school, he was glad to hear it. Not that his parents would let him sleep in the afternoon, but he could atleast try and rest a bit so he would be better rested for tomorrow. He grabbed his stuff when the teacher walked in and asked for the students' attention to talk about what they would be doing today. The teacher also introduced himself to Sky, which was normal and he expected all the other teacher he wouldn't have seen yet to do so too, to know who they were would be handy if he needed one of them of course. It was good that they had financials today too, so he could hand in his essay from yesterday. And he would see how the rest of his day would go at school, though there didn't seem to b happening around here really, or maybe he just was unfortunate he had missed a few school drama's..
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May 17, 2017 18:32:16 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on May 17, 2017 18:32:16 GMT
Jay
By the time Ellie and Skyler sat down her face went from grumpy to simply pissed off. She didn't feel like conversating this early in the morning and Ellie knew damn straight that it wasn't a good idea to talk to her. And yet she still turned around whilst Jay was taking a sip from her coffee. She shot a glare to her but didn't bother for anything else. Instead she focused herself on the teacher that came walking in and went through the start of class. Nothing interesting, introducing himself to the newbie and after that starting with the littlest speech about their work today. Something about having to make a story from a chosen concept, at least five pages. It wasn't much at all, not for Jay at least. But people were sighing already which made her roll her eyes. Some people complained about the smallest things, they had consciously chosen this school so they had to roll with it too. After the teacher explained everything, it was time to get to work, so Jay opened her books and started on it, making it through two hours of class without stopping a single moment. She did stop every now and then to drink from her coffee but that was only in the first fifteen minutes, after that it was finished and she had started on an energy drink in the last ten minutes of class. Next up was financials, which luckily was in the same classroom so they just had to stay seated. Jay had her essay with her as well, but also had sent a digital copy since the teacher had asked for both. The power point presentation wasn't exactly to be put on paper after all. Especially not how Jay had made it. Naturally, she excelled in anything that had to do with a computer. She knew far too many programs and knew exactly how they worked, how she could add in extra's or refine things more than the usual student could. It helped in school for her grades, but also outside of school.
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May 18, 2017 7:21:42 GMT
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Post by Sara Gather on May 18, 2017 7:21:42 GMT
Skyler
He noticed how Ellie turned around quickly after saying something to Jay. Probably forgotten in her excitement of a new student that she shouldn't be doing that early in the morning. He smiled slightly at Ellie as to sign he was still here for her to talk to. But to his surprise she didn't talk much though the whole two hours of English, only asked if he needed help with something or if he asked her himself to help him translate some words and try to understand what some words meant. Two hours seemed to pass quickly, and he had heard from Ellie the should just stay seated as they didn't have to go to another classroom now. He turned around slightly to see how Jay was doing now, if she still had a grumpy expression or if it was better than earlier. He wouldn't say she looked happier than before, other than she seemed to be more awake. Ellie also looked at Jay for a sly moment but then stood up calmly excusing herself to go to the bathroom. He followed her outside of the class with his gaze before he looked around the class calmly. It was funny how many seemed to deny the fact that they have a new student, but now with Ellie gone a guy came up to him, introducing himself properly before sitting down on his table, making him tilt his head slightly. Why only coming to him when Ellie was away though? He began talking to him and said something in trend of 'we should hang out sometime but dump that girl'. Well he wouldn't mind making new friends, but Ellie wasn't that annoying that he would want to drop her to get to know others, and if it was like that he didn't want to have friends like him. He kindly declined, but the guy just shrugged and said he could come back to him if he changed his mind. The guy moved away again to his friends and Sky just sighed. What was that about, what was the problem with Ellie that she only seemed to hang around him and Jay at the moment. Well her age would have something to do with it, but it wasn't noticeable right? She looked younger than him and he was seventeen...
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May 18, 2017 10:43:05 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 18, 2017 10:43:05 GMT
Jay
She had kept her head down the entire time, until Ellie went for the bathroom. Her gaze followed her for a moment before her eyes landed on the guy that came near Skyler. She listened along, making her clench her fist slightly. Ellie was an overly excited girl with far too much energy and far too much curiosity, but she did stay around Jay and she tried hard to be her friend. So this annoyed her, but Skyler seemed to decline the offer which was a good thing for both him and the other lad. She sighed out and shook her head a bit, a shame it was. She looked at the teacher that came walking in a few minutes late and settled everyone so they would go back to their seate and keep their mouths shut. She sat back in her chair and spun her pen between her fingers, looking around the class room and landing her eyes on the boy that pretty much insulted Ellie. She snorted, now that she had taken his look in and remembered who it was. It came to be more a pathetic performance than it already was. By now Ellie had returned as well and the teacher started the class up. She still looked as excited as before, so that was good. Jay sighed out softly and grabbed her book closer to read it more easily.
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May 18, 2017 15:50:23 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 18, 2017 15:50:23 GMT
Skyler
He didn't understand that people were that heartless to befriend people only if they dump another one, just because it wouldn't fit an image or something. He never liked that kind of situations, he sure wanted to become friends with other people, but not that way. He liked Ellie, and he wouldn't even have thought about leaving her just to get other friends that might be boring, as he didn't know who they actually were. He knew a bit about Ellie and Jay now, and that already made him happy enough to get through school easily. More due Ellie really as he still tried to get Jay to talk more, but from what he had heard, Ellie also tried to do that and she was longer around than him. He looked up when the teacher came in and a bit later Ellie also walked back, still as excited as ever, and it made him smile. There was nothing wrong with her, she was just a tad.. well, quite a lot maybe too excited, but he could be like that too, so if they already disliked Ellie for it, they wouldn't like him either if he was in such a mood. "Welcome back," he said softly when Ellie sat back down again, smiling at her and then looking over to the guy that had talked to him a bit earlier, noticing he was glancing this way. Skyler ignored it and grabbed his book so he could follow the class. He felt some atmosphere going on behind him, glancing over to Jay that seemed to be in somewhat of a bad mood again, did she hear the conversation between him and the guy? She should atleast care enough about Ellie to be annoyed by what the guy did then. Or maybe he was thinking wrong, and he was just assuming things, which was probably the case.
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May 18, 2017 21:58:25 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 18, 2017 21:58:25 GMT
Jay
She listened to the people around her, their whispering sounding the same all around. It was annoying her, it was too loud. But what caught her ear was how Ellie was mentioned in a conversation, by the same lad that had walked up to Skyler. She tilted her head a bit, getting intrigued by the conversation. He wasn't that far away and the class was fairly quiet, nor was he trying hard not to be heard. As if he wanted Ellie to hear the hurtful words. "I mean, that dude seems pretty alright but then he hangs out with the Chinese freak and that weird blondie," she heard, making her snort quietly. That was quite racist and insulting, but she didn't mind it. The stupidity was just what made her amused. Her eyes went to the boy who laughed at his own words, as if it was such a great comment. "I tell ya, that blondie is a loner. Why would anyone apart from that freak like her? That new boy is damn unfortunate. Those Chinese kids stick around each other, I guess," she picked up now. It made her sigh and stand up, spinning her pen between her fingers as she stood up and walked to the boys. She bent over between the two and looked at what they had made, tilting her head a bit. "Hm. Your knowledge about your native language is as bad as your geographic knowledge, not quite surprising. You barely know how to spell and you think all Asians are Chinese, you must really have good grades. I couldn't help but notice your leg shaking so badly, are you nervous? Or is it ADHD? Perhaps it's just you having a mental break down from your realisation about how dense you are and how you'll never get the paper your father wants you to, so you can work for him. He's a lawyer, isn't it? That takes quite some knowledge and the ability to read. I suggest you take up some home schooling in the English language, especially for writing and reading. Whilst you're at it, why don't you learn how the continents are divided? I'll start you off with that I'm Korean, he's Japanese and you are one rude white boy who probably only gets girls by showing them daddy's money," she spoke whilst looking at the screen and typing away. The boy became red and angry, pushing her away. "You fucking Asians! You all think you're real smart, don't ya?!" The boy snapped, standing up too. She looked up to him, her pokerface staying the same as always. "It doesn't take much to be smarter than you, whether you're Asian or a toddler, you don't set the bar high," she spoke as she went back to her seat. Halfway through she got attacked by a stool, though he made a loud sound whilst throwing it which made her realise she either needed to dodge or catch it. She went for the second option and sat the stool down, looking up to the boy with her eyes. "And not a gentleman either, you really won't make it far."
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May 19, 2017 5:26:49 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 19, 2017 5:26:49 GMT
Skyler
He didn't say much throughout the class as he tried to pay attention, but it got a bit hard when Ellie started to talk and when he picked up a conversation, drawing his attention elsewhere than his financials. They spoke too loud, Ellie would hear.. He looked at Ellie to see if she heard it, if it also had been looking towards them, but it didn't seem like it, or maybe she was just trying to ignore it. He looked back at the guy talking, the guy that had come to him before. This was just utterly disappointing in his eyes, and one more reason he was glad he had declined it. The comment that he was pretty caught him off guard though. He didn't like to be called pretty, he wasn't a girl, he would prefer them mentioing him as handsome rather than pretty, but ah well, he wasn't going to bitch about that right now when they were badmouting Ellie. Chinese kids? Oh it were those kids that the whole continent of Asia was China, or atleast every asian is Chinees just because of their eyes. He snapped out of his thoughts when he suddenly saw someone walking past him, looking up towards who it was and his eyes widened slightly when he saw it was Jay. So it did annoy her too, because she was being badmouthed, or because they were showing hate towards Ellie? He might never get to know, but he could guess. He listened to what was happening, and this time also Ellie looked up, seemingly surprised but the glassy eyes told him enough that she had been listening since the beginning. He sighed softly and looked back at Jay and the guy. He didn't seem happy being outsmarted by her, and it made it more amusing to watch really, the resting pokerface that Jay had was really appropriate to this situation because it only seemed like the lad was getting more angry because of it. He couldn't help but laugh at Jay's comment about it not being hard for them to be smarter than him. It immediately became quiet when the chair was thrown and Jay set it down with ease. The silence only made them hear the guy boiling from the inside, being angry for sure, shooting a glare towards Skyler too, probably because he was one of those Asians that thought they were smart. Sky only smiled towards the guy and tilted his head slightly as to show his 'pretty' features. Was it normal here, to call another guy pretty, he wondered.. Or was he gay? Maybe.. It wasn't his concern, but that was one thing he would like an answer to, so he would ask it later on outside of class, because he wasn't going to ask the guy if he was gay.
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May 19, 2017 9:26:22 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 19, 2017 9:26:22 GMT
Jay
She fixed her hoodie and looked at the boy who still stood angrily, watching her with hawk eyes whilst she just seemed so not interested. The teacher finally stood up and came to them, since it looked as if the boy was still ready to attack her. "What's going on here?!" The teacher pretty much commanded an answer from either one of them and Jay would do the honours. "It seems that your student has trouble accepting other races into this country, especially when they are more superior than him as a human being. He was badmouthing my friend and that new boy whilst also acting racist." She looked up at the teacher and shrugged slightly. "I can't help being smarter than he is, like I said before, it doesn't take much to be smarter than him. Any toddler is. My ethnicity has nothing to do with it," she spoke calmly, angering the boy more again. "I only went to tell him that his opinion was wrong and gave him facts instead. I also checked his work and made it better for him, correcting words and spelling," she looked at the boy and raised an eyebrow. "You don't even know the difference between 'thought' and 'taught', how on earth do you believe that you have the right to talk bad about someone when you're so utterly flawed yourself?" She slid her hands in the pockets of her hoodie and walked back to her seat, the boy raging more and more since he was outsmarted by an Asian girl. "As if you're so fucking perfect! You fucking freak, you never talk to anyone other than those two idiot-" He got cut off by Jay, since she didn't want to hear anything more from him. "Does me talking to someone other than you influence you? Does it bother you personally? Is it annoying for your surroundings? The five minutes that I calmly talk to them, compared to your shouting? Besides, do you really think that you calling me a freak hurts my feelings? You, son of a lawyer with the knowledge of a goldfish. Maybe if you were the come up with something better than racist comments or calling me a freak, maybe we could talk then. But until then, I recommend for you to shut up, firstly because you are embarrassing yourself, but mostly because you are playing on dangerous territory by calling out other people you don't have the slightest clue about," she spoke whilst getting a new energy drink out of her bag and opening it up. She took a few sips from it and looked at it, sighing out softly as she tapped against Ellie's arm with the bottom and handed it to her. "For this once, I know you like it," she mumbled as she ran a hand through her hair and sat back, looking at the boy that finally got sent out of class to receive his punishment. She rarely spoke so much in class, there was only one other time at the beginning of the first year of this college hell. People were bullying her and she reacted the very same way that she did now. It seemed they needed a reminder, to freshen their memories up and realise that she wasn't to be messed with, nor the people she spoke to. Whether it was against her will or not, if she did talk back, it meant she had mutual respect. Unless it was the boy from earlier, she was just busy with making him ashamed of his actions and assuring he wouldn't do it again. And as far as she was concerned, she had succeeded.
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May 19, 2017 20:17:34 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 19, 2017 20:17:34 GMT
Skyler
He glanced at the teacher when he finally seemed to notice that something was going on, though the continuous yelling should've indicated it a lot earlier then asking what was going on when it was pretty much already over.. He looked at the three people now, mostly to Jay as she had some interesting things to say and he couldn't help chuckling slightly again, looking back at Ellie that seemed to be very happy to be called friend by Jay, which he could understand. She didn't seem to be an easy one to befriend after all. When Jay moved away from the guy again he followed her shortly but his eyes shot back to the guy when he tried to make a comeback that was totally irrelevant to everying that she had just said. He squinted his eyes slightly when he was calling him an idiot. So he was an idiot? He was pretty sure he was the youngest in here and was far ahead in his knowledge than other people in this classroom, maybe his English was lacking, but even he knew the differences between certain words that looked like one another. Some people really were something else, wanting to make other feel less important and try to ruin their lives just to try and fill their own lives up as if they got nothing better to do. He could study instead of picking on others and act like he was all tough. The guy couldn't seem to comeback on Jay's last words, which was normal as he didn't have anything to come back on it, because she simply stated the truth. It wasn't like he had to be bothered by Jay talking to only few people. He glanced at the boy again when he was sent out of class now and leaned his head onto his hand, now looking at Ellie when he heard Jay say something to her. Ellie seemed to be grateful for the drink, making it cute to watch how she sipped the drink further. He had to say, for the first time in a while, he feeled annoyed, and maybe a bit angry to be called out for an idiot and just for being Asian. He shook his head slightly at the thought and straightened his back a bit, sitting normally again. And that for the second day of school. It had surprised him that the first day had gone so smooth, normally it was the first day to be a hell from what he had noticed, so it was just that they had to wait for an opportunity when he was alone. Not that it mattered after all because he began to bathmouth Ellie through the whole class quite obviously, so he could've done that when she was sitting right next to Sky too. Talking behind people's back was probably easier so it seemed. "Baka," he mumbled under his breath, sighing afterwards. Well atleast the rest had returned to the classroom, except for the few friends the guy had that now seemed to be lost. He turned around to look at Jay and tilted his head a bit. Ellie was the first to talk now, also turning around. "They don't grow up do they?" She said, sipping the energy drink now and then. "Was he always like this then?" Sky now asked, as he was quite curious as to how the other classmates were if that group was just a bunch of rotten people. "It was awesome how you made him shut up though, he couldn't get a word back to you," he then said, smiling at Jay. She had pulled some attention to her today, so he would make use of it to now get her into a conversation again, and Ellie seemed to be helping with that so that it would only be easier, that was if Jay would answer after talking quite a lot already with getting back to the boy that had been bathmouthing.
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