Hustle & Bustle of the Early Morning

Kevin blinked before looking away, realizing what had come out of his mouth. "Umm I just meant it's kind of boring to go on a trip like that by yourself." He said. "And yeah, I admit I am strange, definitely." He shook his head. "It won't be for years anyway. I have to be able to save up the money to do it. I couldn't afford to have a sea turtle give me a ride off the island right now." he joked a little bitterly. "Anyway, I wouldn't blame you if you liked my brother more than me if you meet him. Most people do." By people he meant GIRLS. "Anyway I wouldn't actually ask you unless we knew each other."

Gadiel left his house and headed toward the school, driving his car. He left it behind and walked the rest of the way to the courtyard of the school. "I've got to get a dorm here." he grumbled to himself. Amazingly there were alot of people already out there. He waved at them and looked around, his backpack slung over his shoulder.

Yui was running to class hoping to get there before everyone else this time when she caught sight of familiar long red hair. She looked at it in awe for a few minutes and then the thought hit her. "Nii-chan?" SHe asked herself and then a huge excited smile appeared on her face. "Nii-chan!!" She called over to the tall man really loudly with a slight tint of pink on her cheeks. She waved over at him happily.

Carson's light face flushed pink when Lorilynn spoke to him out the blue. "Uh, um, sorry......" His eyes turned down as he tried to speak up. "Sometimes, Dad did...does...did? take us places with him.....but more often he goes by himself a lot.... I think he's in Tunisia now..." Carson's voice fell again, he was again unsure. He'd imagined a more one-on-one-like conversation, more than that intimidated him. In those moments Carson felt hopeless--he wanted to meet people but became frozen in fear when he did? "Um, I should get to class, huh...."
He was afraid of people's opinions of a coward like him--why could he not be more like his sister? It would be better, he thought. I mean, she isn't afraid of anything!
He fled to the ________ before anyone could put in another word.

Gadiel turned toward the sound of the familiar voice, smiling widely. "Yui! Hi," he said, moving toward her. "Would you like to walk the rest of the way to class with me?"He asked her. "How are you doing this morning? It's a beautiful day isn't it?"

Yui nodded her head energetically. "mhmm its a great day! i woke up on time today! And i didn't trip when i ran! I bet my luck is going to be really good today." She said happily as she skipped to class. "You wouldn't happen to know what class we have today?" She asked eyeing him curiously. She had forgotten to write it down on her board and completely forgot.

Gadiel winced as he said "PE...and Art." He was worried about Yui possibly getting hurt and so he decided he would take it upon himself to watch out for the sweet pink haired girl. "It's okay...I'll be there....you don't need to worry about being hurt." He put his hand on her shoulder as they walked. Her energy was catching and soon he felt as energetic as she seemed to be.

"You seem flustered. Take it easy, will you?" Lorilynn said, trying to calm Kevin down. There was no reason for him to get so tripped up on taking her anywhere. She wondered where the brother thing came from. She hadn't said anything about it, but maybe he said it because he was rambling.

She cocked her head to the side as soon as Carson blushed and stammered on. She wanted to talk to him a bit more but he had fled before she had gotten the chance. And Lorilynn really wanted to know what kind of place Tunisia was. Sighing, she stood up and fixed her purple dress a bit. "He is right, though. Class will be starting soon. I guess I'll see you around, Kevin." She waved him off. Turning to Becky she asked, "Would you like to accompany me to class?"

Seraphine walked by the students grouped in the courtyard. She didn't look at anyone. She was expecting a very important phone call and minute and she was worried. She would never admit how nervous she was.

She was almost past the group of students when her phone rang. It was the call she had been dreading. She froze when she heard the news....the results were positive. How could it be? Did she really have so little time left? She began walking slower, her shoulders now shaking as she cried silently. She at that moment chose to turn around and go right home. She wanted to be alone.

Kevin waved goodbye to Lorilynn and sat back down to wait for Chepe. He watched them all and saw a girl who appeared to be crying. Concerned, he got up, and carefully went over to her. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

Yuis cheeks turned red when he said he would be there, and then she felt a feeling of safety sweet over her. "Thanks..." She said shyly with a small smile on her face, and then she continued to walk beside him talking barely taking enough breaks to take a breath.

Sera looked away from the dark haired guy. "I'm fine...It's not like I need anyone's concern or anything." She looked anywhere as long as she wasn't looking at him. "Please don't worry your small mind with my well being." she said, snottily. It hurt her to say that to someone who it appeared only was worried about her....even though he didn't know her. She tried to keep her snobbishness up, but it was practically impossible.

Gadiel smiled. "But you do know we won't be in the same class right?" he asked her. He was wondering if she would expect that they would be in the same class...that would be rather odd, although the first few days they had been...Gadiel assumed that had been so students could get aquainted although he couldn't be sure.

Kevin let the insult go. "There must be something going on." he said quietly to her. "As small as my mind may be...it's big enough to be able to tell that you look like..well you look like you've just been given the worst news of your life." He looked at her. "If you want to tell me..feel free to do it. Sometimes... sharing problems, though it may not make it better..it CAN help lighten the load." Kevin was nervous. He did NOT have any experience with comforting someone, but for some reason he wanted to make this girl feel better.

"CARS--" Rebecca's expression was pained as her brother ran off. She noticed some discomfort from him earlier in the "group's" conversation but she hadn't realized it was so bad. But likely he wouldn't allow her to ask about it while they were still at school. Well enough. "Yeah, see ya--let's go," Rebecca jerked her head towards the general direction of the locker rooms. "You're new here, right? It's thataway."
"Um, sorry about that, I mean Carson running off. It probably isn't you." Rebecca strode in her intended direction, making sure she was not more than a couple of steps ahead of Lorilynn all the while-- a habit she'd picked up when traveling with her brother.

Lorilynn nodded, following Becky closely. She wondered why Carson had taken off like that. Was he really that shy? Or did she intimidated him a little? Hopefully she didn't come off as a bully. She hadn't meant to scare him away, but she was reassured when Becky apologized for his behavior. Maybe it happened often then, and he was just shy. She did give a dark look once Becky gave her last part of her sentence. "Probably, huh..? I didn't think I was scary..." she mumbled.

Sera started. This guy didn't react at all to the insult she had hurled mercilessly at him. In fact, he seemed to be truly concerned for her. Well...if he really wanted to know, and he wasn't going to let her get out of telling him, she may as well. "My name is Seraphine. And I got told that I have an inoperable brain tumor the size of your fist and I have six months to two years to live....Happy??" She started crying harder. "I don't know what to do...I don't want to die. There's so much I haven't done yet!!" She looked away from Kevin. "Do you realize I may never see my Graduation day??" She looked up at him, her light blue eyes soft with tears. Sniffing, she asked, "By the way, what's your name?"

Lizzie went to the courtyard and admired all the beauty that she saw. There were guys and girls all around and she was smiling. She was really excited when she saw the school at the other side of the courtyard. "This is going to be amazing!" she breathed. "Lilly! Come see, this is going to be great!!"

Waking up to a deserted dorm room wasn’t exactly how Lena had expected for her morning to start. Following a sleepover that’s main purpose was to play catch up with her “best friend” who had been MIA all night, had left the groggy redhead with mixed emotions. Disappointed that Emma never showed, impressed that the “Model Student” actually broke curfew, and extremely curious about whom she had stayed with all night long. On top of all that Lorilynn was nowhere in sight.

Propping herself up on the couch -her curls a tangled mess- Lena debated on whether gym class was really worth the energy it would take to get up and get ready for the day, not that she didn’t enjoy physical education . On the contrary she always enjoyed a little friendly competition and the occasional exercising that went hand in hand. What was tempting her to stay in bed was the lack of sleep she had gotten the night before due to her late chat with Lorilynn. The girl had taken Lena by surprise, which was an amazing achievement all on its own. At first her paranoid spastic behavior had Lena wondering if the girl was off her rocker, but she happened to be quite interesting. The two of them could make a bit trouble together, and since Lorilynn was new to the area Lena might have to take it upon herself to show her just how much “fun” the island can be.

Class obviously winning the internal debate prompted Lena to drag herself off the couch and through deserted dorm into the bathroom as if she lived there. A quick shower took care of the smell of salt water that lingered in her curls from the previous days dip in the harbor. Pulling her hair up into a single pony she dressed and gathered her belongings before setting out to find Emma or even Lorilynn before class.

The courtyard was busy, the chatter of student’s conversing and getting to know one another filling the warm Island air. Just as Lena made it to the fountain in the middle of the courtyard the familiar jingle of her phone reached her ears. Fishing her cell out Lena took a seat on the edge of the fountain absently splashing her hands in its crystal clear water. The screen on her cheap phone was broken so the caller id was useless. Not knowing who was on the other end Lena answered her voice chipper as normal, “If this is Emma then you are in a lot of trouble Missy! If not…then good moooorning!”

Lilly giggled and leaped around the beautiful courtyard. "Yay!" she squealed, running to her sister happily. She was so excited when she saw the big place and lots of people. Lilly went after her sister so they could walk in together and not by herself.

"Lilly!" Lizzie said, "Isn't this going to be nice?" She smiled, the wind blowing her feathery white shirt and brown pigtails in the breeze. She decided she wouldn't curl her hair the next day. Linking her arm through her sister's she prepared for her grand entrance. It appeared the teacher was waiting outside for students but she HAD to change. She couldn't wear this for PE.


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Kevin was shocked at this girl, Seraphine's tearful admittance of what had to have been hard for her to say. "I am so sorry." He said, his blue eyes growing even more concerned. He leaned forward and awkwardly attempted a hug. He hadn't hugged anyone since he was a very young child and it felt foreign to him to show this much emotion. Hugs were something he avoided...but he felt this kind of news deserved a hug.

As Kevin hugged her, Sera was shocked that he was giving her a hug. She didn't fight it. She had forgotten how good a hug felt when you were feeling bad. Sera leaned in to his hug and let him hold her. Sera was crying too hard to care that people were probably staring at her. Eventually the tears slowed and she was able to pull away from him. "Thanks." she said. "A good cry helps most things, I've found." She tried to smile, and sat on the bench.

Wiping her hand off on her jeans Lena glanced over towards the path that lead to the boy’s dormitories. She had chosen to come to this spot for the simple fact that she would most likely run into Chepe on his way over to Emma’s dorm to meet her. Plus from here you could see the entirety of the courtyard making it easier to spot her friends. She didn’t see the point of keeping herself cooped up in the dorm all alone. Plus anyone who really knew the wild redhead was well aware of the fact that she couldn’t sit still for very long. Laughing into the phone she switched it to the opposite ear. “Oh hey Chepe! Sorry about that. My phones incapable of warning me who is calling so I tend to take a wild guess at it.” Lena explained, a smile spreading across her lips. “Actually small change of plans I am outside the dorms by the fountain. Hope you don't mind, but I couldn't resist the warm sunshine. It was just so tempting." Joking she leaned back a little her free hand on the edge of the fountain.

Chepe left the dorm and walked to the courtyard, with Angel jumping around him, barking and attacking the ants on the ground. Angel saw Lena first, for the simple fact had been that Chepe had been watching his puppy. He looked up at the sound of her barking, his black hair falling into his eyes, as the breeze blew his very long hair around his face. He raised one hand in a wave, smiling at her. "Hi!" he said. "It's a nice morning...and you look great!"

He kept the other hand behind his back so she wouldn't see what he had been holding behind him too soon, as he walked over to her, his steps relaxed. "How was your friend, Emma last night? Surprised to see you?" Angel ran to Lena literally bouncing off her legs in excitement. Speaking to Angel, he said, "See, little one? I told you that you knew her." Chepe looked at his puppy with a somewhat soft expression on his face, and then he looked back at Lena. The expression he had on his face was now, even more soft and expressive than it had been as he gazed at his puppy. He thought again of the previous day...a day he would be thinking of often, and one he would always remember.

As always, at the worst time, his parents intruded on his thoughts. The looks on their faces as the other car had hit them, pushing their car into the river. He himself attempting to unbuckle his and Tes's seatbelts. His parents frantically trying to stop the car and his mom screaming, and trying to get to her children, forgetting about the seatbelt keeping her pinned against the seat. Chepe would always hear his parents screams, cries, and frantic words in his nightmares...and he blinked, his thoughts suddenly feeling as if they were visible in his eyes, as they began to water up. Chepe lowered his head a little as he tried to regain his emotions and force the tears from his eyes before Lena had a chance to notice.