Compass

Nine

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Hallways hustled, and students made their way out of classes from all directions and floors, pushing, shoving and even calmly walking.
Gerard was able to squeeze past many people, in a crowded sea of bodies and just about make his way by the toilet door, marked with a little guy, saying 'men'.
The black haired boy looked out into the crowd, past many different bags and many different hair colours, some, multiple even, people he recognised,
and in that crowd he saw a hairstyle he recognised even more than the others, he snickered to himself slightly, at the fact he knew his friend was too short to see, even though he could make out that the small mess of black hair was making it's merry way to the toilet door.

"There you are" said Gerard, as the small mess of a man stood beside him,
"Almost couldn't see you"
Frank nodded and stretched his arms above his head, groaning before looking at Gerard and yawning abruptly,
"You slept?" Asked the taller boy, not sounding too confident in the fact he was asking a question,
knowing he answered himself mentally already,
Yet Frank nodded "We were watching some boring ass documentary about birds"
"Well let's get going then" said Gerard,
"Ray will be waiting for us" he added.

The taller boy began heading out, after a few steps he noticed the mess of black hair wasn't following by his side,
looking around, he noticed that he instead was walking towards the large crowd of students, almost mesmerised.
Worry set in as he rushed towards the stupid boy,
grabbing the long sleeve of his blazer, "what are you doing?" He asked,
"There's a fight" replied Frank, his eyes sparked interest, as Gerard furrowed his eyebrows and glanced to the growing crowd of yelling students.

Frank slipped from his grip quietly, pushing past a few people to get some sort of view, his eyes widening as a small gasp escaped his lips. 
The small boy slipped past the sweaty teenage bodies, bumping into Gerard,
"Gerard!" He yelled through the cheering students,
"It's Ray!"
Gerard's eyes widened as he gave Frank a confused look, flinching and covering his ear as the girl beside him yelled something loudly,
"Look!" Frank gabbed the boys blazer tightly,
dragging him forward as the crowd started splitting apart.

~Gerard's POV~
I felt my heart pounding in my chest as Frank dragged me through a bunch of teenagers,
I got a small glimpse of the scene through some bodies of people, I gasped, seeing the fluffy hair of my friend.
A teacher's voice was heard through the ruckus and people started walking off and pushing against each other to get away from the scene with their friends, probably not to get caught watching or participating.
I watched as people started leaving, my eyes wide, as my vision got cleared from the people blocking it I saw a blonde boy and Ray,
Both faces had angered expressions and an unhappy teacher standing between them.

I pulled my arm away from Frank and took a few steps back, "where are you going?" I heard Frank ask,
"I don't want to get into trouble" I replied, my voice a little too stern for my liking,
But oh well.
"Wait Gerard no! That's our friend-"
I ignored Frank's calling out to me and made my way with the crowd, "Gerard!" I heard him yell out to me frantically.

~Frank's POV~
I stomped my foot on the ground annoyed, "Gerard get your ass here!"
I opened my eyes, annoyed, to see the last bits of his hair disappear into the stairwell,
I also noticed a few people giving me odd looks,
I was pissed. I scoffed and looked at the teacher, who was yelling at both Ray and the guy from my class.
I stood close by, hiding by some lockers until the teacher escorted both the boys downstairs,
I silently tagged along behind them,
Following Ray to medical as the teacher walked off with the blonde student, who was arguing and shouting as he followed.

I took my chance and tapped Ray, for some reason in the moment I just felt worried,
the boy turned to look at me, his nose slightly dripped blood and his face seemed slightly in pain,
"Ray!" I slightly yelled, "What the hell happened??"
He sighed as I watched him sit down in a wooden chair outside of the medical office,
"Some dude started a fight" he muttered as I sat down by him
"What??"