[Thursday, August 26, 2004.] [It's the very end of fourth period! That's English class. You're all there! The bell rang! People scrammed for the door! Luke was your teacher (sorry, no sub on the second day), and he's about ready to leave, too.] (... Whoa, we made it to the next day? Without dying?) (Now we HAVE to have a party.) [The rain from yesterday's over, leaving skies clear and the air oddly cool. It's windy, though. Yes, you're all not dead! Party!] [Or something like a party.] [Session Start.] [Christy stands, gathering her stuff as people flee! She's on the end away from the door with Veronica, as before, and her hair is a curly mess, as before. "Are you sure nothing's wrong?" she asks her for what must be the bazillionth time that day.] * Veronica growls slightly. "Look, I said I'm fine..." She sighs. "You've got class to get to." * Charlotte gets up and wanders over to Ivy's and Jeremy's desks. "Hi!" ["You're just using it as an excuse not to talk to me." She sounds vaguely hurt.] [Jeremy's standing juuust now. Seems he's not in any huge hurry. He blinks. Recognition! "Oh, hey. Uh... Charlotte?"] * Ivy is putting her drawing pad away. She glances over to Charlotte. [And the teacher has arrived! Oh wait, he was already here, just not doing anything.] * Charlotte nods. "That's me!" Incidentally, today she's wearing a black T-shirt and red jeans, almost the complete opposite of her attire yesterday. (Who shot who in the what now?) * Veronica stares slightly out the window and taps her pencil against the desk. "...yeah...right..." She sideglances at the conversation between Jeremy and Charlotte for a moment and then lets out a "tsssh" between her teeth, turning back towards the window. (Red jeans? @_@ Augh, my eyes.) (They exist, though I guess after a point they turn pink.) (I know they do. Usually they're sequined.) (My mother owns a pair... a pink pair too.) [He blinks again, then nods and glances at Ivy. "How are you?" Jeremy asks as he does so.] ( What's wrong with red jeans? >.> ) [Christy looks over there when Veronica does, and comprehension begins to dawn. "Oooooooooh."] * Charlotte smiles. "Good, thanks. How about you two?" * Veronica slaps the pencil down on the desk and looks up suddenly at Christy. "Look, don't do that." * Krista closes her notebook (she actually got to take notes today)! She stands, looking at Mr. Mendel through her red/brown glasses, with an odd look for a second, then starts slowly walking out the door. ( Veronica got rejected! ) [Jeremy smiles a little lopsidedly. It's kinda cute. "I'm all right."] ["Do what?" Christy asks innocently.] * Ivy glances at Veronica for a mini second and then back to Jeremy. She then stands up, putting her bookbag half on her back. * Charlotte nods and turns to Ivy. "How about you, Ivy? How are you doing?" * Veronica shoos Christy away. "Get to class already." She picks up her pencil and gives another slight glance before shaking her head and picking up her stuff and herself. [Christy sticks her tongue out at Veronica. "Okay." And she practically skips out of the class, cheerfully waving at Jeremy as she goes. "Hi Jeremy!" The girl is up to *no* good.] * Ivy turns her attention over to Charlotte. She eyes her, face somewhat neutral, though not cold. [Jeremy just looks at her blankly, then back to Veronica, and his expression darkens. Christy's out the door!] * Veronica winces at the look and turns away slightly. She then picks up her book and walks up to the teacher desk. "Excuse me...Mr. Mendel?" * Ivy gives Charlotte a small wave, glances at Veronica out of the corner of her eye, and then turns away. She moves a hand over to clasp it with Jeremy. Well, if he goes along with it anyway. "Yes, Veronica?" Luke is shuffling some papers into a pile on his desk. [Jeremy takes Ivy's hand, almost without noticing, still looking at Veronica. "Let's get out of here," he says, half to himself. He starts leading her out, slinging his backpack over one shoulder. It's rather like he forgot Charlotte was there, though to his credit, he doesn't bump into her.] * Veronica opens up her book and turns to the page. "Um...err..." She glances at the people still in the class and then turns back to Luke. "I'm not sure about this part right here...what does he mean "ambitious Norway"?" * Charlotte blinks. "Eh? Ah, wait a minute!" * Ivy gives Charlotte a polite goodbye wave as she turns with Jeremy out the door. * Krista escapes the room and does the same thing she did yesterday. Fight the tide! * Charlotte follows them out! "Hey! Ivy! Jeremy! Wait a minute!" [Jeremy's leaving! Ivy probably is, too, considering they're practically joined at the hip. Only they're actually joined by the hands. ... Yeah.] * Ivy is walking with Jeremy, but she does turn her head so she can look back at Charlotte. * Krista fight fight fights the tide, to her locker. [They get out into the hall! They fight against the sea of students on their way to the cafeteria! Unless they're Krista, who goes to her locker, but that is also tideful.] [Jeremy still hasn't noticed Charlotte. Er, againish.] * Charlotte chases. She's going the same way anyhow. [Jeremy doesn't notice as Charlotte chases! Give me a perception roll as you reach the cafeteria, you two. Er, perception + notice.] * Krista gets her bookbag full of everything she'll need for the rest of the day (sigh!) and works with the tide. More or less. [Charlotte spots a picture of someone *very* familiar in the trophy case. Next to, amazingly, a trophy.] * Charlotte halts to look at it. [Charlotte's distracted by the trophy, and again Jeremy doesn't notice, still heading to the cafeteria unless Ivy stops him. In the case, there's a picture of a smiling and very active Ivy Thorne. She looks about the same as she does now, only... you know, sane. "Ivy Thorne" is, predictably enough, on the trophy. It's rather small, as school sports trophies go, and it's for first place in an Aikido tournament.] * Ivy notes Charlotte stop to look at something and so she turns back to walk with Jeremy. [Jeremy feels Ivy turn, and he isn't quite pulled along, but he turns, too. Now he goes with it. "What's up?" he asks her.] * Charlotte turns her attention back to Ivy. "You do Aikido?" * Ivy blinks at Charlotte as they get closer to her. She then turns to look at her picture and the trophy. Her body goes still as her eyes study the items with probably the most interest any of the others have seen thus far. Her face is slight confusion, but then transforms to a bit sad. ["She used to," Jeremy supplies. Pause. "Um, oh. Sorry if I was ignoring you. I, uh, just sorta wanted to leave- I'm gonna be late for my next class again at this rate..."] * Charlotte looks at Jeremy and Ivy in turn. "Do you want to talk to me about it? Maybe after school?" * Ivy moves a hand to the glass protecting the trophy and lightly traces it it with her fingers. It's okay if you don't want to. [Jeremy squeezes Ivy's hand.] * Krista , uh, passes the memory wreck on the way, probably, but stop? I doubt it. [Krista passes! Watch Jeremy not react!] ["It depends on how she feels about it," Jeremy says. "It's kinda... touchy." He looks uncomfortable and a little guilty, but that passes pretty quick. "I gotta get to class. Um, can you help Ivy with lunch again?"] * Veronica heads for lunch all by herself. On her way she passes the nostalgia group. She's rushing, weaving through the mass of people as fast as she can foodward. * Charlotte nods. "Sure!" [Jeremy smiles gratefully. "Thanks." He pulls a few dollars from his wallet and hands them to Charlotte, then looks to Ivy. "You're okay with this, right?"] * Ivy finally snaps out of her walk down nostalgia lane and glances over to Jeremy. She looks over to Charlotte and then back to Jeremy once more. She slowly nods. * Charlotte smiles. (And thus, Charlotte never went hungry again!) (Ha.) ( $_$ ) (Sadly, Charlotte started using the money to buy her own lunch instead leaving Ivy to go hungry. Ivy eventually got so famished that she ate her.) (Ha!) [Jeremy smiles, then squeezes Ivy's hand again. "Okay. I'm going to class." At that, he lets go, waves at Charlotte, and runs off, the possibility of detention no doubt dancing in his head.] * Charlotte waves to Jeremy, then turns to Ivy. "Let's go." She beams. * Ivy gives Jeremy a small smile and then turns to Charlotte. She nods and starts heading for the cafeteria. * Charlotte heads to the cafeteria and gets in the line. * Ivy gets in line with Charlotte! * Krista does what she did yesterday at the cafeteria, with one added step. If Tabby's there, she might actually join her! Otherwise, empty part of the tables. [Krista and Veronica bust into the cafeteria first! It's noisy and bustling like last time, but there seems to be less confusion about who sits where. The abandoned table Krista picked out first thing on the side has one lone person sitting at it. She's rather familiar to both of them, actually: bony and rather tall, glasses, acne dotting her face, and long, stringy sandy blonde hair. She seems absorbed in making small piles of something.] [Her backpack is at her feet, and a pile of textbooks is next to her. None of them are open.] (The same girl who was being picked on the other day?) (Yes.) [Ivy and Charlotte get in line! It's kinda long.] [And the tardy bell rings.] ( OMG we're late for lunch! ) (I KNOW THE HORROR) * Veronica gets her food and goes over to sit by the girl as well. Presuming there's no empty tables. [The other tables have more than one person sitting there, yes.] * Charlotte glances waaaaaaay up the line. * Krista sat at Tabby's table! Wow. "Hi, Tabby." [The girl doesn't seem to notice Veronica. She starts a little when Krista says her name, though, and looks up and around, alarmed... then relaxes when she sees it's her fellow geek. "Hi, Krista."] * Veronica settles in across from the girl. "Hey." She glances and smiles a bit. "Both of you, huh?" [Tabby blinks, looking a little taken aback. And then she turns to Veronica. "Both of us what?"] * Veronica shakes her head a bit. "Nothin'." She glances at Tabby. "Doin' okay after that shakeup yesterday? Sorry I took off so fast..." * Veronica sighs and shakes her head. "I just can't stand bullies..." * Krista looks over to Veronica strangely and then gets to lunching. ["It's okay," Tabby says, and she sounds like she means it. She goes back to making little cracker sandwiches and arranging them on the table. It's amazing she doesn't use a ruler for this, she's so set on making sure the rows are straight.] * Charlotte turns to Ivy. "So, what would you like today?" * Veronica glances at Krista. "What?" She takes up her food and munches idly. * Ivy glances at the food and then gestures to fries and chicken nuggets. Too bad they're not shaped like dinosaurs. (Aww.) * Krista glances to Veronica, then says quietly, "I didn't say anything." You're giving me weird looks. That's enough... * Veronica sighs. "I've dealt enough with hostility today..." * Charlotte nods to Ivy and purchases them for her. [Tabby doesn't say anything. She finishes making her rows and picks up a cracker sandwich from the bottom left corner, munching on it.] * Ivy gives Charlotte a small smile and takes the food after they get out of line. * Krista glances over to her again briefly, then picks up some sort of food and says, "I'm not hostile." She pauses for a second, then says to Tabby, "Physics reading go well?" Eat eat. * Charlotte leads Ivy to the table where the others are. "Hi girls!" She takes a seat. * Veronica watches Krista for a second, then just eats. She's still half glancing but... [Tabby nods. She chews and swallows, then blinks at Charlotte and Ivy. Especially Ivy. She looks a little uneasy.] * Veronica then looks up at Charlotte and smiles. "Hey Charlotte...oh." She loses it as she glances at Ivy and then goes back to eating. * Ivy glances at Veronica for a quick moment, and then abruptly turns around and heads away from the table. * Charlotte blinks a few times. "Ivy? Hey!" She gets up with a hasty, "Excuse me a second," and hurries after. "Ivy!" * Veronica swallows, and tries to catch Ivy before she leaves, though she's not looking at her. "Look, if you're going to be that way, go ahead. Leave. But you should really look at how your boyfriend is reacting before you judge me." [Tabby's watching. She says nothing. NOTHING.] * Ivy pauses a moment at that, but doesn't look back at Veronica. She then ignores Charlotte so that she can continue walking far away from Veronica. * Veronica goes back to eating. She doesn't need anything to do with that bitch. * Charlotte glances at Veronica for a half-sec until she realizes Ivy is still moving and hurries to catch up. * Ivy isn't exactly speed walking, but she's not idly walking either. She's heading out of the cafeteria, tray still in hand. * Veronica sighs and stands up, tray in hand. "I'm not hungry anymore." * Krista mms and eats in silence, since Tabby ignored her question. Hey, she understands. * Charlotte chases Ivy! [Tabby still doesn't say anything. She watches Veronica, and she watches the other girls. She seems rather frozen, all told.] (Like I said. I understand. ^_~) * Ivy gets to the hallway outside of the cafeteria and randomly takes a seat on the floor near some lockers. She then eats a chicken nugget. * Charlotte sighs and leans against a locker. "Why did you run off like that?" * Veronica dumps the tray out in the garbage and sets it on top, heading for the exit. * Ivy glances over to the cafeteria entrance. Does she see Veronica? Possibly! * Veronica heads out, but she doesn't stop to look at Charlotte or Ivy. She just keeps on walking. * Krista looks at Veronica for a second, then looks to Tabby and smiles again, "Physics reading?" [Tabby blinks again, then nods. "Yeah." She looks down at the crackers. "I finished the problems."] * Ivy follows Veronica with her eyes for a moment and then turns her gaze away. She closes her eyes for a moment and takes a deep breath. (Optional problems or required ones?) (You had both. Just two of the second and one of the first.) * Charlotte sighs and sits down, grabbing a paper-bag lunch out of her backpack. She pulls out a sandwich and a carton of Hi-C and starts eating. (It's easy stuff; review, really.) * Ivy opens her eyes after a minute and eats a fry. After a few moments eating silently, she offers Charlotte a nugget. * Krista nods and smiles at her. "I never really like how the books start with review." * Charlotte smiles at Ivy. "Thanks." She takes it and eats it. ( and promptly dies of food poisoning x_x ) ["Well, it makes sense," Tabby says, kind of hesitantly. "They want to make sure everyone's on the same page."] So, I'm guessing something happened between you and Veronica, huh? * Ivy gives Charlotte another small smile and eats a few more fries. The smile vanishes when she hears Veronica's name. * Krista nods and replies, "Yeah, but... well, if it works for them." * Krista eats eats eats. "Did things go okay the rest of yesterday?" [Tabby sighs and eats another cracker sandwich. No answer out of that one.] * Krista nods to herself. Really? You don't need to say anything to know the answer to that. ["Are you their friend?" Tabby asks suddenly.] ( f...ren....d...? ) * Krista blinks. "Who, the girl who was..." she trails off, then shakes her head before saying, "I know Ivy a little, maybe. But that's it... we're all just in some of the same classes." I think she just saw you. From yesterday. [Tabby nods. She goes back to picking at her crackers. "Okay. I was just curious."] * Krista nods back and eats. They'd better eat. They've got class! [Tabby doesn't seem to have noticed that they have class soon, and she continues eating at the same pace she was before.] * Krista asks her, eventually, as time approaches, "... Tabby? Are you alright? We have class soon..." ["Hmm?"] * Krista points off at the clock. "Physics." [Tabby eats another cracker sandwich. She chews and swallows, and then Krista's statement hits her a few seconds later and she nearly spits it out. She looks at the clock and her face turns ashen. "Oh."] * Krista starts putting the non-trashy things away in the soft-bag and says, "That's why I asked if you were okay..." [Tabby looks back at her crackers. There are too many to eat in such a short amount of time! She just starts wrapping them up, making sure they don't break.] * Krista puts her bag away and stands up. She looks at the crackers and then Tabby before saying, "I'll... see you in class, right?" ["Okay," Tabby says, not giving much of an indication as to whether she heard her or not. She's slowing down again.] * Krista looks at her for a second, then walks over and starts (tying to) help her with the wrapping while she asks, quietly, "Tabby... what is it?" ["Nothing!" And then Tabby starts, almost surprised at the sound of her own voice, then relaxes. "It's nothing." She finishes packing the rest of her lunch back up.] [Right about now, Charlotte and Ivy enter the cafeteria.] [Ivy's eating a cupcake!] * Ivy glances back to where they'd come for a moment, looking thoughtful, and then turns back towards the cafeteria. Munch. * Krista frowns slightly, but hands Tabby one of the cracker-things she managed to help wrap and says, "Well... if you're sure it's nothing..." Krista doesn't seem so sure it's nothing. ["Yeah, I'm sure." She takes them and tucks them back into the paper bag. A quick glance at the clock tells her she has enough time to maybe eat the peeled orange she brought, so she starts on that. "Thanks."] * Krista nods and smiles warmly. "If there's ever not nothing... you can tell me, okay?" [Tabby nods. This time, she doesn't look convinced.] * Ivy dips a finger in her frosting and sticks it in her mouth. She's not moving further into the lunchroom, just kind of standing in everyone's way. * Krista nods back and heads for the doors. Which... probably means the Ivy and Charlotte roadblock. [So it does!] * Charlotte is a roadblock by default. ;_; * Krista glances to Charlotte, then looks to Ivy and says, "Can I get by, please? I've got class." * Ivy glances at Krista, finger still in her mouth as she heads their way. She then takes it out, frosting cleaned off of it, and then moves away from the door. Oh, right! * Charlotte also does move away. From the door. * Krista says, with a small honest smile, "Thank you," and then heads towards class. Her geeky, geeky class. [Tabby keeps eating her orange at the table. All alone!] * Ivy continues eating her cupcake. * Charlotte tosses her bag lunch away. * Krista walks. And may enter another channel! Or maybe she'll just make it to class. Someone might even shove her into a locker. Who knows. It's SCHOOL. It's a minefield. [Krista goes to her geeky, geeky class. As far as this channel knows, she's safe.] (* Veronica walks past. She shoves Krista into a locker. She walks away. Krista's purpose in life is fulfilled.) * Charlotte stands there awkwardly. * Ivy glances at the clock again. (Ha.) * Charlotte does too! (Ha ha.) (You non-geeks having free time.) [There's about twenty minutes left in the period. TIME IT CRAWLS.] (And they so WASTE it) (Play hackey sack.) [Tabby gets to her feet now, puts her backpack over her shoulders, and grabs her armful of books. She hurries by the girls and out of the cafeteria, too.] * Ivy walks over to Tabby and Krista's now vacant table and takes a seat. * Charlotte follows, doing similar. (But not the same. Charlotte actually kneels.) * Ivy finishes her cupcake and then begins doodling in her drawing pad once more. * Charlotte sighs. "I'm glad we didn't get detention." * Ivy glances over to Charlotte, eyebrow raised. * Charlotte catches Ivy's look. "Well, you wouldn't want to stay here after class, would you?" * Ivy shakes her head. Me neither. I've got tons of stuff to do after school. * Ivy continues doodling, not really doing anything else beyond that. Ivy's so very exciting. * Charlotte stretches and yawns. "They gave me PE early this year. It sucks." * Ivy begins a face doodle that has a mustache. I'm always going to be tired for the rest of my classes. * Ivy continues her doodling ways. I'm sure she's listening. No, really... * Charlotte waits for a response. She doesn't get one and sighs, looking up at the clock. [Fifteen minutes!] (I am laughing at you from AP Physics.) (Ha ha.) (Yeah, look at Krista, busy and in class!) (I'm laughing at you from *sekrit meeting*) (Yeah. Sure.) ( I'm laughing at you 'cause I have friends :P ) (Can't laugh at me!) ( Can too! ) (... friends? What friends? You're sitting with a crazy. c.c;) (You're _choosing to sit with a crazy_ instead of friends.) (You have no friends.) (But I have friends too! And they actually speak!) (Charlotte gets paid to do it.) [Session End.]