Fears - a BFB AU

Chapter 14 - Liy

I woke up with a cold sweat. I had an unpleasant nightmare the previous night. What bothered me was that I couldn't remember any events of the nightmare. I rubbed my eyes and saw the time. I checked my clock and it read... 9 AM??? I slapped myself and looked again. It wasn't a hallucination. I was late for the last day of school. I dashed out of bed and didn't bother getting ready. I slapped on some sweats and a long-sleeved shirt, along with some sneakers and a pair of earrings. I got ready in the bathroom and bolted out the door as quickly as possible. I checked my watch and saw that I was going to be at least an hour late for school. Luckily, my car didn't waste any time and I made it to school at half the speed I would've made if I had driven at my usual pace.

I arrived at the school to see the students all outside campus. "What was going on?" I thought to myself that an event like this was rather unusual, especially on the last day of school. Sure, my school life was far from normal, but this was extremely off-putting. I walked around campus for a couple of minutes until I met up with Remote.

"Remote, do you know why everyone's standing out here?" I questioned, eager to know the answer if she knew.

"Some unknown seniors pulled a senior prank on the entire school." Remote laughed.

I went around the back of the school to check for myself. What I saw made my jaw drop in shock. Through the open window, I saw multiple strings of yarn tied between the hallways and to every door handle. The ground was coated in a sticky, putrid substance that coated the entire building hallway. The door handles and locker vents had gum shoved inside them, and there was a message in red spray paint that read "CLASS OF 2024!" on the large wall where lockers weren't present. There were also multiple expletives written on every square inch of the wall in red, black, and blue spray paint. It was obvious that an entire group of seniors came to school early and vandalized the entire inside of the main area of the school. I took some photos of the scene and went to show it to Remote, who hadn't seen the events that occurred inside the school. I knew she had no clue what had happened based on her reaction to the images I took.

"Oh. My. Goodness. The entire school got trashed." Remote stared, wide-eyed.

"No shit! There's a buncha stuff literally everywhere!" I commented.

"Who could've done this?"

"I have no clue. Knowing the people of the school, it was a senior. My bet's on Snowball and Blocky."

"Liy, I know them, even they wouldn't do something this extreme."

"It's a possibility." I ended the conversation.

Remote and I went back to the front where the principal was extremely pissed. The announcer told us school was canceled and that we should still attend graduation, which would be hosted on the school's field, which hadn't been trashed. He also explained that if anyone told him or the staff who did this, they would get $10,000, whether they wanted to report it anonymously or not.

Remote and I decided to spend our freed-up day at her house, as her parents were okay with me staying for the day. I waved her goodbye and hopped in my car. Right when I drove off, I saw Snowball, Blocky, and Eraser laughing as they were high-fiving each other and walking away from school. Surprisingly, Pen wasn't there. Strange. Pen was always hanging out with them during school hours. He knew them longer than ever. I shrugged it off and proceeded to drive to Remote's house.

It wasn't long until I arrived at Remote's house. I shyly knocked on the door and waited for an answer. Remote's mom opened the door.

"Hello! I'm guessing you're Remote's friend?" Her mother smiled and greeted me at the door.

"Yep! It's very nice to meet you Mrs. Acidof," I warmly grinned at her.

"It's boiling outside! Come in!" Remote's mom ushered me inside.