Rest (Ghost Au)

Chapter 9

Just across the football field was Jeff and his usual gang. They just finished practicing for an upcoming game. "Target spotted," Tubbo whispered, his hand raised to his right ear, holding his wireless earphone like a secret agent. 

"Shall we fuck 'em up?" Tommy asked, doing the same secret agent thing as Tubbo with his left hand. You know, like the dorks that they are. They weren't even far from each other. They were literally stood side by side, crouched under the bleachers. 

"Let's go!" Tubbo and Tommy stood up from their hiding spot and tried to walk across the field inconspicuously, making sure that Jeff could see them. The muscled boy of course smirked and began walking their way.

"You have a lot of nerve walking here," Jeff said, his minions behind him.

"Oh fuck off," Tommy said, "You don't own the field arsehole."

"If you're the best player, you can own anything."

"You aren't the best player then," Tubbo huffed out a laugh, "You know, since you don't even own basic human decency." Once the comment left Tubbo's mouth, the football captain's entire demeanor went dark. 

"Ohhhhhh," Tommy cheered. "Get owned bitch!" He then grabbed Tubbo's wrist and dragged him along, running.

"What are you standing there for?" They hear Jeff yell. "Go corner them!"

Tubbo laughed as they ran towards the school gates. "I can't believe I actually said that."

"Yeah, well we better hurry if we want to get away with it," Tommy said, glancing behind them, Jeff's goons inching nearer.

Tommy and Tubbo reached the gates and were about to turn right towards the forest, but were immediately blocked by three of Jeff's mates. "Ahh shit," Tommy cursed. "Go around, go around." The two of them turned left instead, doing a detour, but still planning to lead the group chasing them to the forest.

"Aw crap. It's a red light." Tubbo could see the cars starting to zoom across the pedestrian lane to his right, making it impossible to turn right. They couldn't stop and wait for the light to turn green or else they'd get caught.

"Straight, go straight," Tommy announced. "We'll take a right by that huge school at the end of the road."

Jeff's voice was becoming clearer, meaning he was gaining at them. Tommy and Tubbo reached said end of the road and found students wearing uniforms pouring out of the school, the ringing of the school bell still piercing through the air. 

Lucky for them, they could easily slip through. Jeff and the others, not so much. Though, that didn't stop them from eventually running into someone. Tubbo being the shorter one, fell down to the ground, while Tommy stumbled but managed to gain his balance again. The tall boy wearing a black and white mask that they had bumped into dropped some of his things. 

"Oh, sorry," Tubbo apologized. He gathered the other boy's stuff as he stood up, and handed it over to him.

"It's fine," the boy said, taking the books back.

"We have to go!" Tommy said, his attention focused on their chasers. He grabbed the other's wrist instinctively and dragged them along.

"Hey hold on—" the boy tried prying his wrist away and protesting, but he was ignored by the two other boys—"okay, I guess I'm running," he said, following their lead.

They managed to redirect the chase towards the forest after loads of detours ad shortcuts—honestly they're kind of amazed that Jeff and his goons haven't given up, they must have really pissed them off. From afar, Tubbo could see Phil, Wilbur and Techno floating by the entrance. They gave him a smile and wave. Tubbo smiled back and turned to tell Tommy something, but that message was immediately changed.