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Session 3: Recovery

It was a school night and it was getting late, Colin had finally emerged from the basement office to make sure Laci had eaten dinner since it was a fend for yourself night, he too also needed some food though.

The three level house was at its usual silent state. It was nearly two in the morning and the serenity of it had settled in as Colin quietly made his way up to the second floor where the bedrooms were to check on the girl. 

Laci was staring down the chapter of the biology book, nothing sticking, too busy thinking. He knocked on the frame of her door. “Hey honey, how goes the homework? Did you eat anything?”

She blinked a few times, slowly shaking her head to look over. “Is it that late already? Sorry no I haven't... been uh... studying...” She sighed then groaned, hitting her head on the book. “Or trying to,”

“What's wrong? Do you want me to grab you a snack?” He came in and stood by her, looking at her desk to see what books she had out. “Is math making you mad again?”

“I wish honestly, but it's too early in the year for that.” She sat up rubbing her face,

He looked down towards the textbook and then back to her worriedly.

“Dad.... Wyatt’s not doing good... at all, they... they had to get his heart going twice and he's getting worse- and and-” She choked briefly, covering her mouth and trying to keep herself somewhat composed- “He looked horrible... barely could talk or even hold my hand,”

Colin frowned and rubbed her back some. ”It's.. Really that bad...? Is he in the hospital right now still?”

She nodded sniffling. “Dad, I... they don't think he has much longer.” She wiped her eyes briefly, “I don't wanna lose him.” She whimpered, hugging him.

Colin hugged her back tightly. “I know… I don't want to see him go either, I know how much he means to you. Have they tried everything?”

“Everything they can,” She nodded. “He’s just a bad case, and his body is too weak to keep fighting and-“ She buried her face back in his chest, more sniffling could be heard.

Colin continued to rub her back and hug her. “He’s put up a hard fight..” he was thinking about common hospital treatments and how they could probably be doing so much more.

“I... I know you have your research and it's really important...” She pulled back, wiping her eyes “But maybe you could try checking? Just- just so I can say we tried everything? You were amazing and maybe, maybe you’ll see something?” She asked hopefully.

Colin looked surprised for a moment then slowly nodded and almost smiled. “Well.. I've had some spare time recently, everything is going well at work. I do have another business trip in a month or so but… Of course I'll look into helping Wyatt.” He wiped a couple more tears off her face with his sleeve and kissed her forehead. “Everything aside though I think we need dinner.”

She quietly giggled and nodded, taking a deep breath. “Dinner sounds nice,”

Colin smiled. “C’mon, let's go eat, You can pick,” He walked out with her.

Colin had everything ready to go after a week or two of prep. He was finally ready to test his new idea, he wouldn’t have the same ability to monitor it though. He was praying it worked. 

Colin was a few minutes away from the Maddox household and kept checking the rear view mirror to see if Laci was ok. 

“You alright back there?”

She nervously nodded. “As much as I can be... I really hope this works...”

“Don't worry, I didn't get my degrees by sitting around.” Colin said attempting to comfort her.

She smiled slightly. “I know, I’m hoping for the best and trying to prepare myself for the worst,”

“It's going to be ok.” He reached back to pat her leg as he pulled into the driveway.

She nodded again, unbuckling.

Colin stepped out of the car and walked up to the door and gave it a friendly knock. The house was a large one story that had very little yard where it had been added onto, smooth gray brick and soft blue siding made the house have a calm aura about it. Colin had some knitting patterns he found for Lenore Maddox in his hand in the hopes knitting might help her with some stress.

Laci rocked her weight back and forth behind him.

Colin put on a smile as someone came to the door, he wouldn't show it but he was just as nervous as Laci was.

Lenore looked tired, and her eyes puffy at the edges. “Ah, Colin. It's nice to see you.” She gave a weak smile.

Colin nodded. “It's nice to see you too, may we come in?”

“Of course, of course.” She stepped out of the way, motioning into the living room. “Wyatt’s on the couch currently,”

Laci immediately went over towards the purple knit hat sticking out from the couch, which lead to a purple blanket lump. Most of his things were purple to be honest.

Colin handed Lenore the knitting patterns. “I thought you might like these.” He turned his attention to Wyatt. “Hey buddy.” He followed slowly behind Laci.

Lenore smiled weakly as she took the patterns. “Thank you Colin, a distraction may be nice,”

“I figured those might prove a challenge and keep you busy.” He explained and patted her shoulder. 

Wyatt poked out slightly, paler than ever and looking quite miserable. “Hi Laci, hello Mr. Colin,” He coughed.

Colin’s mind was thinking again and again over how the process would go, and also how to possibly keep everyone else shut up. They always had something to say when he came in, but that was expected.

“Are you about ready to go soon?” He asked Wyatt softly.

Wyatt gave a drowsy nod, a loopy smile as well and Lenore chuckled. “He’s a bit high on pain meds currently but he hardly weighs much... I'm sure you can carry him?”

Laci straightened up. “I can carry him,”

Colin chuckled. “Have you been lifting weights in your spare time?”

“A little? I’ve had to carry him before, he got tired easily after school.” She explained, pushing her bangs back slightly. She walked over and slowly pried Wyatt’s makeshift nest away, to which he whined at.

“Coollddd.” He hugged a blanket weakly in protest.

Colin looked impressed but proud too. He flopped the blanket back over Wyatt to help. Lenore had a small fond smile as Laci easily picked him up like a baby.

He attempted to sling an arm around her neck but kinda just lightly whacked her face in the attempt. “Shoot sorry-“ He slurred, head resting on her shoulder.

Laci simply gently shushed him. “It’s ok it didn’t hurt,”

“I’ll give you a call when it's all over,” Colin told Lenore. “I’m confident it will go smoothly, and I promise I’ll do everything I can and take good care of him,”

“I trust you will Colin, and thank you for trying.” She teared up slightly while speaking.

Laci was facing them and slightly cuddling Wyatt who drunkenly made happy humming noises.

Colin tried not to laugh at Wyatt’s behavior. Looks like I don't need much gas. He chuckled internally at the thought.

Colin gave Lenore one last pat and went to help Laci load him into the car.

Laci shifted her arms and nodded, following him out. “I guess I can't come help or anything huh?” She said a bit quietly.

“This is where you have to leave him bandaids.” Colin confirmed sadly.

She buckled him in, he held her arm for a few before slumping back into the reclined seat.

“Ok... I understand.” She looked disappointed as she carefully closed the car door.

“Go treat yourself and try to relax till we get back ok?” He gave her a hug and a kiss on the head. “It's gonna be ok I promise,”

“But one day right? I wanna be your assistant one day.” She said hopefully with more of a smile and nodded at him.

Colin cringed slightly inside, but quickly faked a proud smile and forced out a little. “One day,”

She nodded. “Ok, see you at home?”

Colin shook his head in affirmation. “Mhm, I’ll call you, but stay out for a bit ok?”

“I’ll try,” She said a but more forced.

Colin walked into the lab as Artemis got stretcher prepared. The scientist called out into the hallway as the lights came on. “Hello everyone!”

He got mumbled responses and hissing in return.

But then silence.

A girl with light brown hair and loosely fitted plain clothes leaned forward. “Stretcher?”

There was something new in the lab. And that was never good. Various poorly lit silhouettes neared the glasses windows of their rooms. 

The twins pressed their faces to their window. Their cheeks smushed on the glass. “It's not for you.” They said. “It's not wrapped up,”

Wyatt drunkenly waved.

Shasta and Carol, siblings that were closer than they liked, cringed. “Surgery,” They whispered.

They faintly heard him singing.

A girl that quite literally radiated green aura narrowed her three eyes. “What's he doing?”

Colin sent a smile down the hallway. “I'm going to need everyone to be quiet today,” 

“FUCK NO!” The glowing teen, Charlie, yelled.

The brunette, Alaina, tilted her head. “What is he on?”

Artemis pressed a button and some metal blinds went down on Charlie’s cell windows.

“Quiet. Please.” Colin turned into the operation room.

“Was that a big glow stick? Mr. Colin my visions kinda blurry,” Wyatt continued to slur.

The girl squinted.

“Yes, yes it was.” Colin pat his head. “Gas on low he’s already out of it.” He mumbled to  his assistant.

“Woooowwww,” He dropped his head back onto the stretcher.

Colin slowly pulled the tubes down over Wyatt’s face and kept nodding. “We're gonna have a good time today!”

“Yay!” He cheered dizzily.

The three eyed girl huffed in her cell. “Do I look like a glow stick?”

The brunette shrugged as she watched. “Maybe to him? He seems high,”

Shasta and Carol were watching with wide eyes saying nothing. They didn't like that room and they feared anything that went into it. Colin left Artemis to finish prepping Wyatt and went to go and get the DNA samples. Wyatt’s form slowly got stiller and blinked slower.

The twins moved their eyes only and kept their faces smushed against the glass. “DNA..?” Kathline said, it was distorted though because her mouth was smushed.

His eyes rolled back before he fully blacked out with zero resistance.

Colin double checked the samples were correct and smiled. This would work. Everything had gone well so far with the DNA before hand.

Alaina’s eyes widened. “Am I allowed to ask what you're doing with that?”

Colin looked over. “No, remain quiet though if you want to watch,”

Charlie made a disgruntled noise.  “I WANNA SEE!”

Alaina leaned forward tentatively. Worriedly.

Colin stepped into the operation room and closed the door and took out various shots. “Lets make you better kid,”

While that was happening, Laci was checking the address on her phone for a final time, turning the corner of the mildly busy street. Fridays were usually busy already but the late summer and approaching school year had the area bustling. The street was lined with shops that she read the signs of as she passed. She looked up and saw the sign for the café, Cocoa Lemon, a pretty popular brand as of the past several years.

Jamie was waiting inside with everyone else fussing over his wrapping abilities for the food he made. Mia was quietly laughing at him while Oliver attempted to help and shoo Cami from adding excessive amounts of purple sprinkles. Rachel was behind the counter smiling at them having a proud mama moment. Laci pushed the door open and glanced around the café curiously.

Cami waved. “HI!”

Jamie also gave a small wave from the table with the goodies on it. He felt shy almost for some reason, he hadn't really given other people his baked goods before outside of the Foltz and his family.

She walked over, straightening her posture. “Hello! I really can't thank you enough for all this..” She trailed off looking over all the baked goods and little crafts and what not.

Jamie nodded and swallowed nervously. “It was no problem! I love baking and Cami is always down for crafting, everyone was happy to help.”

Cami held up the purple bag. “I filled it with literally ANYTHING purple I could find!”

Mia nodded excitedly. “More than happy to really,”

Ethan was smiling as he rolled his eyes at his sister’s enthusiasm.

“A purple get well card, stickers, purple candy, purple paper cutouts of random stuff I guess, purple bracelet? Lots of stuff!”

Laci smiled and nodded as she picked up one of the cut outs.

Cami kept listing the odds and ends she compiled while Jamie nudged a paper plate forward. “I baked a tiny little extra sample of the stuff if you wanted to try...” He looked at the plate awkwardly. “Hope its.. good..”

Nodding excitedly she carefully picked up one of the slightly over sprinkled cupcakes.

Cami patted him on the back. “Of course it is! Why wouldn't it be,”

Oliver sighed. “Cami got to that one,”

Jamie shrugged in response and fiddled with his hoodie strings watching her taste.

Her eyes lit up after taking a bite.

“Jamie, this is delicious! Talk about a nice talent to have too,” She laughed. “Does everyone bother you for desserts?” She teased.

Hazel huffed indignantly at the suggestion. “No! That'd be ridiculous!”

Ethan rolled his eyes. “You're the worst of us other than Cami.”

She puffed her cheeks out in retaliation and crossed her arms.

Jamie laughed a little. “Oh c'mon Ethan you like my smores pie as much as Hazel does don't throw her under the hoverboard,”

“Yeah!” Hazel huffed.

 “Maybe, but I wasn’t denying it!” Ethan retorted.

“Heh… and uh, no,” He turned back to Laci as the siblings bickered behind them. “Just these guys sometimes.. I… IdontreallytellpeopleIbake,” He trailed off.

Laci tilted her head at them then looked at Jamie. “Well you should more often, maybe consider the schools baking club if you're up for it,”

Jamie perked up surprised. “There's a baking club?”

She nodded. “Oh yeah, we have a very wide variety of clubs, our kitchens have lots of tools to work with as well,”

Cami hugged his shoulders. “See you worry too much she likes it and I'm sure her friend will too, how is he doing by the way?” Cami asked as she let go of Jamie.

Her face slightly dropped but she strained the smile. “Hopefully he will be alright.... My dad was a doctor before starting studies and experiments to help make medicines several years back,” She explained. “He’s taking a look to see if there’s anything he can do.... He seemed hopeful and even confident...”

Oliver seemed impressed at that.

“Wyatt himself was kinda high on pain meds when we got there,” She faintly laughed. “It's rare to see him so... giggly? It was kinda nice in a bittersweet way,”

“I hope he enjoys his bread as much as you enjoyed the cupcakes,” Jamie smiled. “And that's impressive, does your dad work at the hospital now?”

“Not actively but he has the license to do procedures.. I asked him as a final resort I suppose,” She sighed.

 “Well we wish you all well,” Cami gave her a thumbs up. Elliot ran out from the corner and stole the sprinkles off the table. Cami screeched.  “THOSE ARE FROM MY STASH!!!”

Laci looked a bit bewildered at that.

Oliver gave a long suffering sigh.

Rachel poked her head out. “Elliot, leave her stash alone,”

Mia giggled quietly as Cami quickly retrieved the bottle.

 “Also hello you must be Laci, I added some coupons in the bag, well they're more like little notes I wrote real quick but you can use them for free drinks if you'd like,”

“Oh thank you so much.” She bowed briefly.

Rachel gave her a warm smile. “Of course! Feel free to bring in your friend when he feels better,”

“I hope I can!” She chimed.

Wyatt felt groggy to say it simply, and like everything weighed ten pounds more than usual. But he ached less. So that was a win. He felt less foggy headed as well. What happened again? He slowly sat up and looked around his room, seeing Laci smiling.

“Morning sleeping beauty.”

“Wha- what happen?” He rubbed his face a few times.

“Dad gave you some sort of treatment,” She explained.

He nodded. “I vaguely remember going somewhere with him?”

She hummed. “Feel better?” She tilted her head.

“Other than really groggy, yeah?”

“Good, so how's some breakfast sound, or maybeeee.” She held up a tupperware container. “Lemon bread?”

He lit up immediately and held grabby hands out as she tittered at him. She offered a piece which he eagerly took and took a bite out of.

“You can't bake where did you get this? Its delicious!” He said through a mouthful.

She furrowed her brows. “Heyyyy I can bake..... some... times..”

 “Mhmmmmm.” He teased and she huffed.

“Well you’re definitely feeling better if you can tease me,”

He grinned at her. “But really,” He took another bite. “Where?”

“Some new kids at school offered to bake you get well soon treats and made crafts, see?” She held up a flower cut out as an example.

He took it and smiled. “That was... really nice...” It faded slightly as he thought, Laci didn’t notice.

“Wasn't it? They suggested it themselves after hearing about you, maybe we can go visit once you're a bit better, dad wants you to rest a few more days.” She rambled as she handed him a sticker sheet.

He almost immediately pulled off a bunny sticker and put it on his phone case.

Laci stifled a laugh. “Of course.”

“Don't make fun, bunnies and rabbits are wonderful.” He shoved more lemon bread in his mouth to punctuate his words.

“Don't get yourself sick on that ok!” She laughed.

He shrugged. “I guess we could go see them though?” Laci closed the tupperware, Wyatt making grabby hands again in protest.

“No more,” She smiled “And we definitely should, I’m sure they'd love to meet you,”

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Session 2: Hover Park

Ethan was carrying both hoverboards, Mia was reluctantly carrying the safety gear as Ethan assured them for the thirtieth time it'd be fine. Jamie was already mumbling an apology speech under his breath. 

Cami had skipped the whole way to the park singing. "I’m gonna learn to hover board, I’m gonna learn to hoverboard!" Mia started putting the protective gear on her. “Helmet, that's important, elbow pads, knee pads... did anyone get any bubble wrap?” She quipped nervously. Oliver’s nose scrunched. “We should have,”

Cami gave a small scowl to the doubting crowd. "At least Ethan believes in me," 

“It's not that we don’t believe in you,” Mia started. “Its that we’re very concerned for you,” Hazel finished helpfully. "Well you don't have to be, I have a good teacher and safety gear!" Cami smiled. "NOW LET'S GET TO IT!!!" Ethan was turning the hoverboards on and getting them into the right settings. One he set at a more reasonable speed and couldn’t exceed twenty feet up. The park around them was pretty busy despite the heat. Small concession stands were nearby as well. It looked a lot like a skateboard park, except maybe steeper pools and significantly higher half pipes and platforms. There was even a small building where you could charge your hoverboard.

"Are we ready to start??" Cami asked, watching him work. "Yep just come here right quick.” He motioned. Oliver felt a bit relieved the settings had been lowered so much. Cami skipped over and awaited instruction. He showed her how to step onto the board and locked her feet into the board’s mechanisms before holding the wireless remotes up to her. “Ok! Lesson one! Being able to steer,”

"Steering, ok, so… What do I do.." She stared at the remotes in her hand. “So those control each end of the hoverboard, like game controllers, when you want to turn around they go opposite of each other, liiikee.” He grabbed one of his controllers to demonstrate. “Say the left is tilted forward, and the right is tilted back, you would turn right,” He tilted them as he spoke. “And if you did the opposite you would go left.” "Ooooh." Cami tried it herself. She veered right rather suddenly, "FUN!" Ethan grinned as he strapped himself to his board. She tried the other way and almost ran Oliver over. "Sorry!"

Oliver jumped back a bit. Slowly going to take shelter behind a bench.

"If you tilt them together the entire board slides that way,” Cami tried his tip again. She tried to see how well she could control it and slowly tipped both controls side to side till she was going back and forth at a decent pace. Ethan nodded, resisting giving the others a smug look. She was doing pretty well considering what they expected. Mia was beaming at this point.

"WHAT NEXT WHAT NEXT?" Jamie finally took a peek out from his hands, no splat sounds or screaming yet. He laughed a little. “Ok so, the grips have triggers, the right makes you go forward, the left makes you go back, that can be changed based on preferences,” He continued. “But since you’re right handed right being the front of the board should be fine,”

Hazel hummed. “She’s actually doing pretty good, Ethan’s a pretty good teacher I guess?” She mumbled to Jamie. Jamie nodded, still feeling a bit queasy though, this could still go wrong. Cami slowly clicked one of the triggers to see how it felt. They required some pressure, a safety precaution if anything. She zipped backwards and quickly switched to the right one to go back go the group. "You can't up the speed much since you have the safety settings on but as you get better you’ll get to,” He laughed. “Try not to run anyone over!” "But I gotta keep the grumps on their toes somehow," She joked. Ethan snorted as he glided around at a slow pace. Cami tried to follow his lead, a bit slower but slowly she managed to go around a little corner nearby.

Ethan was content with this odd follow the leader. Around them more skilled or practiced boarders were doing more complicated moves. Some dove into the pools, while others did various tricks on the half pipes. Several had gotten comfortable with umbrellas and drinks on the raised platforms to take breaks. "How can you make yourself go higher?" Cami asked, still following Ethan’s lead. He turned to look over his shoulder. “There's a slider where your thumbs are, up is up and down is down, slide them together to stay level or separate to be angled.” Cami tried angled first and almost flipped herself upside down but quickly managed to level herself. "I wanna try that again," Hazel looked concerned again. She kept messing with the switches making herself angled a few times. “Make sure you're up pretty high if you intentionally go upside down,” Ethan warned. Cami went a little higher then tried to flip the board completely over this time. Jamie made a weird noise that sounded like some creature from a different planet. Or maybe even a dying animal. Ethan hovered closer to spot her.

Cami flipped herself successfully and giggled. "I’m gonna get a head rush!"  "Careful!” Ethan laughed a bit, still nearby. Jamie was biting his nails picturing Cami slipping out of her latches at fifteen feet and dying on the pavement, or something like that. He had created about six scenarios like this already. Cami flipped herself back up and went to the max twenty feet.

"I CAN SEE SO MUCH STUFF IT'S AWESOME!" She looked down towards the groups before yelling more. "BREATHE DOWN THERE JAMIE I SEE YOU HYPERVENTILATING!" Ethan grinned and hovered at the same height. “It's a lot of fun once you get good at the controls too!” Oliver was hypothesizing all the pranks and chaos they may cause with this new ability. He wasn't excited. "Is there any more basics I should know?" Cami asked, trying combos of stuff she learned already. Ethan looked like a proud older brother to say the least currently. “If there's nothing else to try can she come down now?" Jamie asked, he looked like he was going to have a stroke. “Hm... I don't think so for now, the better you get at the basics, the more fun stuff you can learn,” he grinned. “Like flips.” He added, maybe on purpose to scare Jamie. "Another day, when we have bubble wrap," Jamie pleaded. "Aw, but I wanna try a flip," Cami pouted. "Well I guess you’ll need to just keep practicing,” Ethan chuckled.

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Boost post-Q

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Guys we are dedicated as hell to crunch sessions, we have rped literally a l l d ay. We started at 1pm and it is now 4:30 am and we only stopped for pee breaks and to eat lunch. 😭 Were actually insane- Q

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Just so you guys know, even though only have session one posted here, were literaly rping like session 112 or something rn 😂 This rp is supposed to span a very long time so if you decide to join us buckle up for the ride- Q

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So,,,, as you can tell we’re definitely still learning how to post here. The format on the session is awkward and the post is hella long. But we wanted to get something posted to show a little idea of what’s to come. Hope that despite the awkward learning stage, it’s enjoyable! - J

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Session 1: Welcome to Arden High

There’s only one place to start, and that's the beginning. It was an early Wednesday morning. The heat having not settled over the growing gathering of young teenagers yet. The sky was clear and highlighted the tall building they stood outside of. Smooth clean stone fences surrounded the tall school. The school itself was a pale white colored brick building with mosaic windows with various shades of blue, purple, and green. Standing within the gates was and average height girl, with two others behind her. She stood on top of a soap box and was directing the crowd some and half discussing something with one of the other girls. One was knelt and working on something on her phone.

A girl with vanilla dyed hair stood, Hazel Foltz, with a small group, excitedly observing her surroundings. With her stood five other teens, two other girls and three boys.

“This place is crowded, there has to be at least two hundred students here.” The boy with black hair and a hoodie noted, his name is Jamie Runfords.

A girl with colorfully streaked hair stood with him, that’s Camilla Jane Runfords, but don’t call her Camilla, just Cami. She was bouncing up and down, her rainboots making weird squeaking sounds.

"ITS HUGE, IT’S LIKE A WHOLE HOUSE!"

Meanwhile, Jamie was holding her hand in attempts to prevent her running off right away. She stayed put but was squeezing the life out of her cousin’s hand.

An annoyed brunet nearby rubbed his temples. “Cami this is much larger than a house,” Oliver sighed.

"Ok, four houses!" She corrected

Mia, the strawberry pink of our neapolitan quadruplets, giggled at Oliver’s annoyed look. Hazel hummed quietly as she looked onward, pushing her glasses into place. Ethan, a boy with cherry dyed hair and a denim jacket, looked around, standing on his toes to get a better look at the girl at the front. The Foltz’ all were in an almost square.

Jamie looked at the sea of heads and faces fidgeting slightly. "I hope the hallways are big because cramming this many people into classes is gonna  be worse than middle school...”

Nearby a girl pushed a boy’s wheelchair cautiously through the crowd, wearing headphones that lit up to some unhearable beat.

Hazel turned and grinned. “We’ll be broken down into classes, no class is larger than twenty people I read!”

Oliver sighed in relief at that. “That’s good to hear,”

"That’s a little better." Jamie nodded in agreement.

Mia smiled and nodded. “Though we may get separated some then.” She sounded a tad disappointed.

"There’s always study group just in case." Cami pat her friend on the shoulder. "But we should end up together in at least one class!"

She smiled and nodded, enthusiasm returning. “You’re right! And hopefully we’ll have lunch together,”

Cami grinned, Jamie was thinking about Elliot. "I can’t believe we’re finally here, Elliot is also gonna be in 3rd grade this year, I hope I can work out some way to walk with him before our bus comes,"

"If you can’t, he has to get used to going to the bus or his classes alone sometime Jamie.” Cami shrugged. "He's a big kid,"

Jamie frowned at the idea.

The teen at the front was speaking to the black haired girl and the brunette next to her. The brunette looked excited as they spoke, the black haired girl was watching the crowd more so. She seemed a little weary, like she hadn’t signed up to help.

Mia hummed. “He can still be a little protective Cami, till at least 5th grade?”

Oliver rolled his eyes at them. “Don’t baby him too much,”

"All I’ve done is baby him, nobody else would," Jamie said.

"But auntie can do that now for you," Cami reminded him. "That’s her job. She’s your mom now,”

"Really, I didn’t know."

Ethan shrugged. “Nothing wrong with babying him a bit, just as long as he doesn’t get bratty...”

Hazel shook her head. “This is Elliot we’re talking about, Ethan.” He chuckled and nodded at that.

"If he turns out bad I’ll blame myself really," Jamie chuckled awkwardly.

Mia pat his shoulder a bit stiffly.

Cami stood on her tiptoes to see. "Are we gonna go in soon? I’m getting antsy,"

The sound of a microphone being tapped a few times began to get everyone’s attention

“Hello? Is it on- oh there it is, thank you Charisse for making it work!” The girl chimed politely.

The girl stood on her soapbox, dead center of the gates. The large school towered over her, the building was decorative, colorful glass panes made up a gradient on the front tower like structure. The school looked like what maybe a modernized castle may have looked like. Sleek but sturdy and maybe a bit intimidating. She and the other two girls all wore similar uniforms, the ties being the only difference.

Cami squealed. "Its starting!"

Mia bounced excitedly with her. Ethan was beginning to rock between heels and his toes even.

“Hello freshman! Good morning!” Her tone was chipper, but not obnoxiously so. “I hope you slept well, if not I’m terribly sorry this is taking place at seven AM,” She announced.

Oliver huffed a laugh at that.

Cami shrugged. “I didn't sleep last night anyways I was too excited,"

“Everyone, my name is Laci Paulk, I am the student council president. I’ll be giving you a tour today of our quite frankly enormous school,” She went on. Adjusting her braid as she spoke before rocking her weight to one side, her tie was a dark purple. “With me is two students that are now going up to sophomore and junior year, they’ll help answer questions,”

She turned to her company and held the mic out, a faint. “Want to introduce yourselves?” Was heard from Laci.

The other brunette stepped up, her hair was a shoulder length messy bob, her tie was a lilac.  “Morning everybody! My name’s Charisse Galate and I hope you guys are excited! I know I was when I first started,” She spoke enthusiastically. She squinted at the crowd “Aaandd somewhere out theeerree is my brothe- HI JEREMYYYYY!!!” She said unnecessarily loudly to annoy him, waving erratically. A few people winced at the yelling over the microphone.

The boy nearby in the wheelchair slowly covered his face, making various dying sounds. The girl with headphones pat his back sympathetically.

Jamie sent his condolences as well to whoever the girl was talking about.

She passed the mic to the next girl who stepped up as she went down, she had long curly black hair and a tie that was pastel blue. “Mornin’, not gonna lie I don’t wanna be awake but hey, my friends are here so I am too, my name is Simone O’Rourke, I just graduated the year you’re going into.” She briefly waved as she spoke, pushing her hair back out of her face.

The boy in the wheelchair softly laughed into his hands at her usual behavior.

“Also... If you guys know what a packet teacher is... beware of geography,” She warned, “And Lasomono is weird but ok.” She added glancing off.

“Simone!” Laci hissed from the sidelines.

Some students groaned at the info, others were laughing.

Jamie made note of this. "Take the vital info while we can get it guys,"

Laci walked up a bit stiffly before holding out her hand and then taking the microphone. She returned to the box.

“Alriiightt, now that that’s done,” She slightly glared at Simone who was still grinning.  “Let’s get on with the tour shall we? Charisse will be mingling with all of you and Simone will be at the very back to make sure everyone stays together, now!”  She stepped off the box, lifting it to reveal it was the speaker, she hung it from her shoulder like a bag and made a motion to follow.

Simone sidled out of the crowds way to head towards the back. Standing off to the side and sliding along the noisy crowd. Simone took over pushing the boy’s wheelchair once her friends met her in the back of the hoard.

Cami started skipping to keep up with the hoard, Jamie kept pace with her by simply speed walking. Ethan was trying to keep stride with them, Mia joined her in skipping, Hazel was nearly there but not as obvious.

Cami grabbed Ethan’s hand with her free one and smiled. "Can’t lose anyone in the hoard, c’mon Oliver you wanna skip too?"

Oliver shook his head rapidly. “No thank you!”

Ethan smirked at him and promptly skipped along with the girls.

Jamie shrugged. "You’ll have to keep up via speed walking then, they skip rather fast."

Oliver sighed annoyed and continued speed walking.

Charisse eventually had filtered her way towards them, and was skipping with them jokingly “Why are we skipping?”

Jamie pointed to Cami. "I don’t think she remembers how to walk really. She skips a lot so we kinda started a chain?"

Cami nodded. "Its more fun than walking,"

Charisse snickered before stopping and walking instead.

Cami made sure everyone was still semi close by. "Ethan, I’m giving you candy when we stop for not being a stick and skipping with us,"

“Sooo kiddos, any questions?” She quirked her head casually.

Ethan cheered a bit before looking at Charisse. “You’re not that much older than us, why kiddos?”

“Because I can! Next question.” She clapped.

Hazel watched the halls and the decorations on the walls, posters, photos, decor of all sorts were organized rather neatly along the neutral colored surface. Giving it pops of color in a semi-chaotic way. There were framed pictures of classes and activities as well. The school ironically felt like some extension of home with all of the displays proudly showing off it’s students and teachers.

"WHAT’S ON THE LUNCH MENU?" Cami shouted more so than asked.

Charisse’s nose scrunched. “Uhh, it changes throughout the year usually? You can check the site once the year starts to have a heads up for the week’s menu, I advise bringing snacks either way though because we can only get one serving,” She explained.

They had apparently gotten far enough back for Simone to contribute. “AND THE SERVING SIZES SUCK!” Jeremy face palmed.

Charisse rolled her eyes. “And you have the appetite of four of the swim team members!”

Jamie laughed. "I think Cami managed to feed everyone once from her candy hoard in her bag,"

Cami nodded proudly and tossed Charisse a snickers. "Thank you for the heads up!"

“That's.... impressive..” She caught it. “Very impressive,”

"I have lots in this bag."

“Serving sizes are kinda small but filling, so again, snacks.” Charisse pocketed the candy for later.

She took out her favorite brick as an example.

“Leeettts not carry that to school?” Charisse said in a confused tone.

"I read the rules, its allowed actually,"

"What part of the handbook was this?" Jamie quirked an eyebrow

"I dunno but Oliver had it highlighted." She paused then added, "Most of it was highlighted,"

Oliver sighed. “It said no knives or weapons on school grounds.... Technically a brick isn’t a weapon, it’s a building material,”

"Exactly,"

Charisse snorted. “I feel bad for whoever pisses you off- wait can I swear in front freshman? Meh sure,” She muttered.

Jamie shrugged. "Not like we haven’t heard the words before,"

“Fair enough,” She nodded.

Cami snickered. "Auntie gets heated sometimes,"

“So, what’s the student council president like? She seems nice?” Hazel queried.

“Laci? Yeah she’s nice. Mostly focused on studies and president stuff though, she has a friend that’s in your year I think? Or is he in sophomore now?” She pondered aloud.

"Who are the teachers to get." Cami continued the line of questions.

“Uhh, geez well I think you guys are getting Simone’s teacher set so uh- SIMONE COME DO YOUR JOB!” She yelled before stepping off to another crowd.

Simone made an annoyed noise, letting the boy take over pushing the wheelchair and heading forward. “Yeah?”

"Teachers to get?" Cami repeated.

“Hmm, Mrs. Turman’s awesome. She’s kinda slow, she’s older. But if you behave or do well on stuff she gives out caramel or other candy?” She shrugged.

"I like candy!" Cami perked up.

“Mr. Watton is the gym teacher and he’s kind of.... Annoying? Ok, no, he’s incredibly obnoxious.“ She snorted at herself.

Oliver rose an eyebrow. “A bit rude aren’t you,” He muttered to Jamie.

"She could be speaking the truth, we'll have to see for ourselves though, I think it’s kinda funny." Jamie mumbled back with a shrug.

Oliver sighed and nodded.

“He’s waaay too enthusiastic, if you end up like I did, you’ll get him first thing in the morning which is utter hell.” She groaned at the memory.

"Morning gym sounds..ew.." Jamie made a face at the idea.  "Whos idea was morning gym,"

“No clue, but they’re a moron,” Simone muttered.

Cami shifted her weight back and forth in her spot thinking. "I could run in the morning if needed!"

Jamie then prayed he didn’t have gym in the morning and with Cami. One or the other or else he might not survive long.

“Uhhh, the geo teacher, Mr. Clause is kind of a pain, he’s the packet teacher,” She rattled off.

Mia tilted her head at Simone. “This may be more social and less school related but, you’re the one who ended up helping us solve that question a while back right?”

Simone thought for a moment. “Oh the summer warm ups for freshman? Yeah that was me,” She smirked.

Cami stared at Simone's face for a second and slowly nodded. "Hey.. Yeah!! She's right! You ordered blueberry lemonade I think,"

Ethan sighed. “We were stumped, how did you remember that?”

“I had literally an hour before then helped my friends with the same problem,” She grinned “Don’t worry, rarely does anyone get that right without help,”

Hazel rubbed her face, shoving her glasses up. “Uughh, I hate those kinds of problems!”

"Well, we owe ya," Cami added. "If we can ever help you out sometime let us know!"

She smiled politely as they stopped slightly. Seeing a staircase up ahead as Laci turned to face the crowd. Despite a little over a hundred people filling the hall it managed fairly well. It was crowded but not painfully cramped.

“I know we have someone who is in a wheelchair so umm,” She paused briefly. “Charisse, take your brother to the elevator?”

Simone immediately bolted. “I’VE GOT IT!!” She pushed the chair past the crowd, hopping onto a bar on the back that appeared to have been added.

“SIMONESIMONESIMONE NOOOO!!!” Jeremy shrieked as they sharply rounded a corner. Cackling heard down the hall as the girl with headphones ran after.

Laci sighed slowly. “.... You can’t say I didn’t try,”

Charisse laughed. “They’re inseparable what’d you expect?” Was heard from the microphone as well. “She’s just glad they’re all in the same building again,” Charisse continued grinning.

Mia grinned. “They seemed pretty close,”

“And a bit crazy,” Oliver murmured.

Cami nodded at Mia, Jamie sent his condolences out again. "I just hope we don’t hear any crashing noises in a moment,"

Cami sighed. "Oliver, do you even ride the baby coasters at the fair with that attitude?"

“He’s in a wheelchair, she should be more cautious!” Oliver huffed and folded his arms at her.

Hazel awkwardly smiled but nodded as they headed up the stairwell. “He could get hurt,”

Once they made it to the second level they caught sight of the trio again, Simone riding the back of the wheelchair again. At a more reasonable speed this time however.

"If you’re stuck in a wheelchair you should have a little fun!" Cami retorted as they stepped out into the open. "He's alive right over there,"

He looked a bit ruffled and was currently whining at her. “Siimoooneeee, you’re gonna break my wheelchair!” He groaned.

“Nonsense, I re-enforced it last month!” She chirped.

Nell motioned to the duo and signed something at them. Simone grinned and Jeremy sighed again.

“You two will be the death of me.” He motioned as he spoke.

Mia tilted her head. “Why sign language? She has to be able to hear if she has headphones on?”

Hazel shrugged. “I don’t know but come on we’re lagging behind.” She lightly nudged the group forward.

Cami resumed the skipping chain, Jamie was not prepared and screeched a little and caught up.

"You’re gonna tear my arm off," He huffed.

"Your fault for holding on to my hand like I’m five though," She retorted.

Mia curiously watched over her shoulder as the three talked amongst themselves.

Ethan shrugged. “Maybe she's mute?”

“But.... She can hear still?” Mia looked incredibly lost. “But I feel it may be rude to ask...”

"Lets not right now," Jamie agreed.

Cami wasn't phased. "Maybe it's like a code, I have my own code in my head,"

“Why in your head?” Ethan asked confused.

"Helps me group stuff sometimes," She explained. "I have so many thoughts bouncing around at once,"

"But you’ve heard me refer to you guys as oranges before, that’s like code." Cami stopped to stare and think. "Or maybe I only group you like that in my head.."

Mia tilted her head. “I think I’ve heard you mention it,”

Oliver had a look that said he didn’t want to know what went on in Cami’s head. Cami continued walking lost in thought.

“Is she ok?” Ethan asked quietly.

Hazel shrugged.

Jamie nodded. "She's fine,"

Cami snapped out of it and brushed off the question. "Oh, well just know you guys are great,"

Mia beamed. “You are too Cami!”

Cami smiled wide. "Aw thank you! Hey look more buildings.. How big is this school.."

Out a window they were passing showed another large chunk of the school grounds, two buildings were visible along with what appeared to be a soccer field. The shorter building was closer and appeared to be a gym. The building behind it appeared to be two or three stories high on it’s own. It’s dome shaped roof and vaguely visible opening implied it was an observatory. The grounds themselves they could see were well trimmed and kept. Neat purple and blue flower beds lined the walkways.

“This place could classify as a small city,” Hazel murmured.

Oliver glanced over. “Am I the only one listening to the guide?”

“I’m listening!” Hazel huffed defensively. “..... Kind of.”

Mia sheepishly smiled. “Oops...”

Ethan snorted. “Wow, the ever attentive Hazel isn't paying attention?” He jabbed her side to which she smacked.

“Shut up I was trying to be social! And I asked Charisse some questions.” She continued giving her “explanations”. Hazel isn’t one to admit things like this if you couldn’t tell.

Cami was staring at water spots on a ceiling tile. "Hey, that one looks like a plus sign,"

Jamie laughed. "I was half paying attention, Cami's exploring on her own now,"

Simone was still behind them to make sure they didn't get separated. She was pushing the wheelchair along and contently talking with the other two.

Cami gave Oliver a dramatic look. "We won’t survive if we’re too dependent on our elders, we must learn to explore and grow, ON OUR OWN!"

He gave a long sigh. “The school is enormous and I don't want to be late on the first day,”

"And if you act like a grumpy stick this whole tour I'll sharpie your forehead," She threatened.

He backed up slightly at that. Cami took a sharpie out of her bag and waved it towards him in threat. He scowled and stepped behind Hazel who was looking at the classroom signs.

The crowd had slowed slightly, they could barely hear Laci speaking. However, a pleasant ringtone was loud and clear over her speaker before she spoke louder.

“I’m sorry, I just got an important call I really need to take. Charisse please wait and handle this?” She quickly passed the mic to her before disappearing into what appeared to be another classroom.

Cami looked at all the doors and read all the name tags for teachers. "There's the mean geo teacher's room,"

Unbeknownst to our dear students, some of their more interesting teachers were passing through. Adair, the chemistry teacher who has “wasted” talent, saw Thryver, the Acchian faun, sneaking up on the back of the crowd; he already saw where this was going.

"Y'know I really think we should repaint the gym to help bring out motivation." The gym teacher was still prattling on to the astronomy teacher who was clearly not interested, nor paying attention.

Simone glanced over her shoulder and saw Mr. Thryver. “Uh oh,” She whispered, grinning.

Adair looked like he was suffering, watching Thryver and side eyeing Watton, one of the gym teachers. He was already beginning to rub his temples. The teacher group made an interesting lot, Adair dressed in a nice button up, slacks, and a lab coat like most of the teachers wore; he looked the most orderly of them. Watton was wearing a tracksuit, with a whistle being the most notably different part of the outfit. The astronomy teacher looked like a more disheveled Adair. Thryver wore traditional Acchian robes. Dark blue wrapped around his torso and then opening and loosening into a skirt of sorts.

“VITE THA UN DOTELLA!” Thyver abruptly shouted startling the crowd.

Mia jumped a mile, Cami however turned around excited and waved looking for who said that. Jamie also jumped out of his skin at the shout. Ethan whipped around and Oliver may have been one of the people that screamed.

Charisse jerked and blinked. “And there's Mr. Thryver!”

“THAT MEANS HELLO AND WELCOME!” He continued loudly.

The gym teacher scanned the sea of freshman. "ARE THESE THE NEWBIES WE GET TO HAVE FUN WITH IN GYM CLASS?!"

Jamie frowned. "Oh dear the teacher sounds much too excited for gym class I think that girl was right,"

Adair groaned quietly then saw Simone. “And you’re here... Just when I thought the day couldn't get worse.”

“Good to see you too Mr. Adair!” She chimed with fake enthusiasm.

Oliver nodded at Jamie. A bit alarmed. Charisse waved the crowd of teachers.

The astronomy teacher scanned the crowd. "YES WELCOME, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR SCHOOL, ITS HISTORY IS QUITE THE CONSPIRACY!"

“Everybody that is Mr. Thryver who just yelled, he's our teacher for Acchian, the man in gym gear with too much energy is Mr. Watton and that enthusiast there is Mr. Lasmono, the astronomy teacher.” Charisse laughed over the speakers as she spoke. “And the man with a look of suffering is Mr. Adair, our loving and dear chemistry teacher,” She snickered.

"Oh don't be silly, our school was not built on any of the stuff you say it was," Mr. Watton laughed at Lasmono.

"Do we know that?" He asked, before answering himself. "No,"

Simone leaned over. “Hey, we may be on an ancient burial ground,”

Jeremy shook his head at them.

Cami nodded interested in what the astronomy teacher had to say. "He has a point though,"

Jamie facepalmed.

Hazel adjusted her glasses. “Actually it’s believed is placed around what would’ve been mid-world’s Thailand, so technically what we have would be Indian burial grounds,”

"ARE YOU KIDS READY FOR SOME HEALTHY TEAM BONDING THIS SUMMER? ALSO IF YOUR INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT ON I HAVE SIGN UPS READY ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE FOR CHEERLEADING!" The gym teacher continued. The crowd wasn’t very responsive.

Simone rolled her eyes at his hyperactivity.

The girl in headphones watched the teacher with immense confusion, she couldn't read his lips very well.

Jamie shook his head. "Last time someone said team bonding it meant dodgeball,” He sighed "That's not healthy,"

“Agreed,” Oliver nodded.

The sound of the mic shifting and Laci speaking grabbed the group’s attention yet again.

“Hello, so sorry I had to answer that... ah...” She looked stiffer than before. “I see some teachers have joined us? How are you all this morning?”

"I’M FEELING GREAT!" Watton cheered.

"I’d feel better if the government wasn't lurking to be honest," Lasmono mumbled.

“I’m well, miss Laci I hope you and your friend is too?” Thryver singsonged.

Adair’s expression answered her question.

Laci stiffened mildly. “I’m alright... I’ll chat later, you know uh- schedule and what not!” She awkwardly motioned for them to continue moving, attempting to maintain her previous enthusiasm.

Mia’s expression shifted to concern. “Is she alright?”

Jamie slowly shook his head again. "I would guess no… She looks worried."

Hazel nodded a bit at that.

Cami chucked a snickers bar in her direction. "Just in case," She explained.

Oliver winced as he saw it hit a random student.

"Cami, you can't just candy snipe strangers," Jamie groaned.

"It was for a good cause,"

“Maybe we should check on her after?” Mia gently suggested.

Hazel nodded. “She has to wait for everyone to leave first after all, it'd be hard to miss her,”

"Good plan," Cami agreed.

The tour had finally come to a close, students or soon to be students were all filing out the front gate. It was a little after noon and the heat was worse. The sun shined brightly just outside of the building’s entrance and waves of the heat made it in as the doors stayed mostly open. Laci stood to the left of the building entrance, waving at anyone that looked her way or answering a few final questions. Cami signaled the rest of the group when she spotted Laci through the sea of heads. "C’mon let's check on her before we get pushed out by the hoard!" Mia almost jumped Ethan in attempts to stay with the group.

“Hey, I’m not a ride!” He huffed but helped support her weight, annoyed. Cami started to weave between people like a little rabbit, Jamie awkwardly tried to follow her but was nowhere near as fast.

"I think Cami has a sixth sense that makes her fast," Jamie mumbled to the others, "Or the candy.."

"Probably the candy and a sixth sense,“ Hazel concluded.

Oliver pressed through till they managed to break from the crowd, now out in the open space Laci stood in. Cami waved to her. "Hi! Great job on the tour by the way!" Laci turned and pulled another strained smile. “Thank you, glad to help! I hope you’re all looking forward to your first year here.” She slightly pushed her bangs to the side. Briefly checking her phone before it went back down to her side. "Although, we did notice earlier you seemed kinda stressed so we wanted to ask if everything was ok?" Jamie added onto Cami's comment. Cami nodded and dug around in her purse for another snickers bar. "I tried to throw this at you but it hit someone else instead..." Her eyes widened slightly and she stiffened. Mia stepped forward as well. “We just figured we would check on you?” She gave another concerned look. The brunette looked a bit surprised but thankful. “Ah... Was it that obvious?” She tugged at her button up’s collar. "Maybe we’re just super observant," Cami shrugged.

Jamie was going to say something but Cami did focus on details sometimes so he stayed quiet. Cami handed Laci a slightly squished handful of various fun-sized candies and a smiley face sticker. "The sticker is for a good job," Laci looked a tad confused but nodded her thanks. “So... Is everything alright?” Hazel quirked her head. Laci shuffled briefly to put away the candy before sighing. “To be honest, no. Not at all,” She checked her phone again. "Is there anything we can do to help..?" Jamie asked hesitant. He wondered what kind of situation it was, he was afraid of seeming nosey though and wondered if they should even be asking. Cami rocked back and forth and glanced at Laci's phone, trying to see if she had an interesting case for it. It was a plain light purple. She had put the sticker on the back of it.

“Not unless you’re miracle workers,” She sighed.

Hazel awkwardly glanced at the others before Laci elaborated.

“My.. my childhood friend is in the hospital.. he’s... he’s not doing very well...” Her voice shook slightly, a deep breath and she tried to steady herself. “And it's getting worse..” Cami's face fell, she dug in her purse again for a second but stopped and said nothing for a bit.

Jamie looked awkwardly at the ground thinking they possibly made her feel worse. He thought of his Mom though and spoke up softly. "...Does he like any deserts..? Can we bring you or him anything..?" Laci jumped slightly. “W-well uhh, he likes lemon bread? It's been a while. The medicines he's on... but...” She smiled a bit. “I think that'd make his day...”

Simone had wandered up, catching the tail end of her sentence. Jamie nodded slowly "I think I can try that..yeah.." "Is there anything you like specifically?" "What's his favorite color?" Cami asked following Jamie's train of thought. "Hmm.. lime cupcakes.” She smiled a bit fondly. “And he likes purple a lot.”  She looked calmer at the implications this was giving. Cami smiled. "Purple, I can work with this," Jamie took notes quietly on his phone. "Is there any way we can reach you to give you some food and stuff..?" Simone eyed them briefly. “Wyatt ok?” She shoved her hands in her jacket pockets. Laci jumped again. “Oh- oh he’s... He's been better, the doctors couldn't get a hold of his parents and he... heart... stopped... for a - yeah.” She swallowed and nodded stiffly again. Simone scrunched her nose. “Then what are you doing here? Council head or not he's your best friend,” She made shooing motion. Laci sighed. “I can't just-“ "I’ll handle it,” Simone interrupted. "Wait," Jamie interrupted.   "What... Simone you hate socializing,” She raised her eyebrows.

“I’ll get over it, go on.” She waved again. "WAIT I CAN'T GIVE YOU FOOD UNLESS I CONTACT YOU." He interrupted loudly and a bit distressedly. Laci stopped. “Right right, uhhh here.” She pulled out some note paper, tearing a corner off she wrote out a number quickly. “Here, thank you! And thank you Simone I owe you!” She squeezed Simone in a short hug that the raven haired girl cringed at.

"Thank you, now indeed you should go." Jamie pocketed it. "We should have some stuff for you in a couple of days." "Yeah yeah, listen to them and get out of here,” Simone laughed.

Laci bowed a final thanks, practically sprinting out.

Cami gave him a look. "I can put stuff together in hours man," Jamie sighed. "BAKING IS AN ART FORM THAT CAN’T BE RUSHED!!" Cami frowned. "Don't yell at me there's people here now," "If they go to school with us they will see me yelling at your shenanigans again," Simone moved to stand where Laci had been, occasionally answering questions. Cami rolled her eyes and turned to Simone. "Hi!" Simone nodded at Cami. “Questions or just being friendly?” Mia smiled slightly. “That was really sweet, just a moment ago,” She shrugged. “Just human decency,” "Still good," Cami agreed. "And just being friendly." She bounced a little. ‘She's very friendly," Jamie said, Cami couldn't tell how he meant that so she didn't mind it. Simone nodded slightly, watching the crowd, Charisse was on the other side of the crowd that was now thinning out finally. "We saw you pushing your friend around earlier, do you do go karts as a hobby or something because you steer well for sharp corners!" Cami continued bouncing as if she was listening to music. Jamie noticed she had one earbud in and leaned in. "Are you listening to the nyan cat theme?" "....No..." Ethan made a face at that. Simone rose an eyebrow but answered her. “I mostly hoverboard, but I’ve had a lot of practice weaving his chair around the last year too,” She explained. “Oh neat!" Cami exclaimed. "I've always wanted to try but this grump screams at me if I go too fast on a scooter even," "You wear roller skates while on the scooter to go faster," Jamie protested. Ethan lit up. “Didn’t we talk about me teaching you?” Oliver looked like he swallowed a lemon. Hazel looked a bit worried. "OH YEAH!" Cami grinned. "CAN WE GO NOW?" Mia’s enthusiasm seemed to strain even. Jamie looked at Ethan and shook his head. Cami put her hand on his face and nodded like a bobblehead. Ethan was bouncing a bit. “Our house is on the way, we could get our hoverboards and guards and go!” "YAAAY!!" Cami squealed, she handed Simone a sticker. "You did good on the tour too by the way!!"

"NOW LETS GO BEFORE OLIVER OR JAMIE STOP US!" Cami bounded towards the nearest exit at top speeds. Simone blinked, confused by the sticker, watching as the group all left rapidly. Jamie was stressing already wondering how he would explain to Rachel that Cami split her head open.

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