𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐊 . . . 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝

𝟒𝟎. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬

40. uninvited guests

season four, episode one: winter break

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High school had felt like a nightmare to Nessa Dempsey for far too long. Five more months of coming and going to Liberty High School for five days a week seemed like far too much for the girl, but once you add in the fact that she was having to play middle man between Jessica and Justin's breakup, it just got so much more stressful.

This was proven the second that she and Scott walked toward the front of the building for their first day after the break, and were met with Clay and Justin from one direction, and Jessica and Ani from the other.

"Give me strength." Nessa muttered to her boyfriend, who chuckled as she pushed a smile onto her face and greeted her friends. "Hey, guys."

Ani and Clay muttered quick hellos to the two new faces that joined them, but the tension between Jessica and Justin was just painful. Clay and Ani grabbed hands, Nessa and Scott doing the same and Justin and Jessica exchanged sad glances with each other.

"So, is everything still good?" Jessica asked as she stayed beside Ani, Nessa and Scott making sure to stay beside Justin so he didn't feel excluded as they walked into the school. "With Tyler?"

"Yeah." Clay confirmed. "I spoke to him everyday over break. Story hasn't changed."

"What does Alex say?" she continued. "Does his dad think that..."

Jessica trailed off, and all six students in the group looked up, realizing what was in front of them. Metal detectors flooded the entrance to the school, confused students crowded around them.

"What the fuck?" Nessa asked as she looked over at Jessica, then Scott, then Justin. One thing remained the same for all six of them – they were confused as hell.

Students swarmed the line to get in, confused mutters spreading across the crowd as they filed in one by one, placing their backpacks on the table like they were going through the security check at an airport. Nessa thought it was ridiculous, and that was obvious.

"I mean, seriously, what the fuck?" she repeated herself, and Scott grabbed onto her wrist with his hand.

"Don't lose your shit." he whispered to his girlfriend.

"Haven't yet, have I?" she retorted back as she followed Jessica through the metal detector, Scott right behind her.

"Backpack on the table, both of you." one of the cops ordered both Nessa and Jessica, who were equally pissed off. They both scoffed before removing their tote bags and putting them on the counter harshly. The rest of the group watched them nervously, Scott grimacing at how difficult his girlfriend was currently being.

The officer in front of Nessa ran a scanner across her backpack, then reached over to her and passed it over her body. It beeped feverishly, and Nessa sighed, and the cop just looked at her.

"Please step aside for a screening." he ordered, and the cop that was searching Jessica did the same.

"It's probably the metal wire in our bras." Jessica tried to explain, but the officer didn't care.

"Or maybe my belly button piercing?" Nessa piped up.

"We'll see." the cop said to both girls, dismissing them. "Step aside for pat downs."