Condemned.

Chapter 3:

Marcus and Ethan walked up to Hazen. Marcus told Hazen everything. "Damn this is some crazy shit. Well. Ethan's right. I'm here for you and Amelia. Homies help homies right?" The all laughed. The bell sounded for students to head to their first periods. "Well guys." Marcus said," let's head to our first period. I'm sure we can talk more there anyway." As the three walked to their first period, Amelia strolled up beside Marcus and said,"you forgot to come and get me!! Again!!!" Marcus said, "shit. Sorry babe." Then leaned over and kissed her on the forehead. Their first period teacher Ms. Wolfe said, "hey you four. Get in before the late bell sounds!" See the thing is. Marcus and his "squad" I guess you could say were well liked among the teachers. Even joked with them. PDA with Amelia and Marcus was never an issue when it came to the principals and teachers. They honestly treated them like the adults they acted like. "Sorry Ms. Wolfe!" Marcus, Ethan, Hazen, and Amelia said as they passed by her on the way into the class. The group passed by all the other students and sat in the row of desks in the back. As always. Marcus had placed his hand on Amelia's thigh gently. And whispered to her, "I'm gonna have to blackmail Jemma. Don't be mad." Amelia smiled and said,"I think she deserves it. Go ahead. Blackmail away." The group got to work. They decided the faster they'd finish, the quicker they could talk about the matter at hand. Marcus finished the assignment first. All 75 questions. All the questions about the novel. Just basic questions. He leaned back in his chair. Amelia firmly placed her hand on his leg and Marcus jumped. "I'm done Marc. Do you wanna talk about this?" Amelia whispered in his ear. Marcus replied with "only if you think it's necessary." She said, " it is." The two talked privately. Until Ethan and Hazen finished. These two were probably the funniest. As soon as the finished the slapped hands and said " no thanks to marc!" When the two butted in the conversation it had become less serious. And wasn't about Jemma anymore. It was about what Amelia and Marcus were gonna do when Amelia came over Saturday. Ethan nudged his way in and said in a strained whispering tone, "SSSeexxxx...." Marcus without breaking eye contact with Amelia, slid his hand down Ethan's face and said, "no. No. No. Just. Just stop Ethan. But. You're probably right." He said this in a joking tone. But Ethan knew it was probably true. Amelia slapped Marcus's shoulder "ow! Stop hitting me!" Yelped Marcus. Amelia shot back with, "what we do behind closed doors shouldn't be told to Ethan. He might think about it. And then play with himself to the thought of it." Ethan nodded jokingly and said "yous probs right..." Hazen said, "you three have the weirdest conversations." Knowing that he makes them weirder when he talks. At that moment the bell rung. Each student went their separate ways.
Marcus went into his 2nd period. "Hey Marc!!" Marcus turned around and looked. It was Hazen. Marcus totally forgot. Hazen was in the library doing research on a project. Marcus was in the library second period. He was a library assistant. All he did was sit in the quiet library. Peaceful. Hazen asked, "wanna talk about Jemma?" Marcus said, "yeah. Actually I do. But I wanna know why she wants to blackmail me..." Hazen said, " I don't know man. Some people thrive on being douchebags. Like we used too." Marcus came back with, "well were aren't douches anymore. So let's not act like we are. But yeah. This whole Jemma thing good spiral outta control man. And I don't want it too." Hazen looked at his feet. Then back to Marcus. "Well. You gotta lot to think about. And since I know you do your best thinking alone. I think you should just make this your thinking period... Well. I'm gonna work on this project Bruh. I'll catch you in 5th." Hazen had spoken these words and were utterly true. The two friends bumped fists and Hazen went back to the computer for research. Marcus sat back down in the desk chair. Thinking. Nothing but. Thinking.
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You see. The thing is. When you wanna think about a certain thing. A whole bunch of other things cloud your mind and prevent you from singling out that one thing. So. When you think about something. It's almost impossible to thing about it for very long.
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Marcus leaned back. "What to do with her. What to do. What to do..." Marcus had thought. All period. Marcus pondered this one simple question. And came up with millions of different answers. Except. He couldn't find the one. Single. Answer. Which drove Marcus up a fucking wall so to speak. "Damn it" Marcus mumbled under his breath. Marcus had decided to counter with the fact that jemma. A drug addict. Weed. Prescription pills. You name it. And. She was raped in the mall. Marcus was gonna use this to destroy her life. And this was the answer to Marcus's question. Walking to third period Ethan walked beside him and asked,"you figure out what you're gonna do about the problem with jemma?" Marcus told him. "Wow. Yeah. That'll work for sure!" Ethan said smugly. Gave a smirk. And smiled. Marcus said,"let's get to history. Ms. Hare told us Friday that we had a ton of notes today." Ethan responded with,"shit. You're right." He thumbed his head. When the two walked in. Ethan sat at the front. This was the only class where the two had to be separated. They always talked. And when the teacher said something they didn't agree with they were the first to say how she was wrong. So Ethan in the front. Marcus in the back. Marcus sat next to Kenzie. Who always talked Marcus's ear off. But he didn't hear her. He was to busy. Thinking. Thinking about Amelia and jemma....