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Anguish

Chapter 13: Anguish

The school week rolled in rather quickly and Raven walked into school beaming. Although you couldn't tell it by looking at her, she was happy. She had an aura around her that showed something had changed. No one knew exactly why but no one dared complained. Her friends noticed the change inside her and were glad to see their friend stressed free.

She felt as if her life was changing now that her dad had promised to stop drinking. The wind pattern in her life was tranquil...but little did she know a storm was right around the corner.

It was Tuesday and the teenagers of Jump City High school were on their last period of the day. The class that put almost everyone to sleep was in session.

French class.

Gar's eyes were glued to the clock which hung on the wall in the front of the class. His eyes watched the hands move at a almost agonizing pace. The hand moved closer and closer, until finally...

RING.

"Wooohooo! Freedom!"

Gar ran out the class room without as much bothering to collect his belonging's. His friends exchanged glances at each other.

"He does know that the clock is five minutes fast, right?"

The teacher looked back at the door and then at the class. He sighed deeply. "Just go."

A small cheer was heard from the once quiet class and they raced each other to the door. Kori stopped and went over to Gar's desk to collect his things before walking out. The others took their time getting to the parking lot and saw Gar their. His face had an anxious look and his hands were behind his back. He was pacing in front of Vic and Dick's cars. When he heard footsteps he looked up.

"Finally, what took you guys so long!" he yelled waving his arms wildly.

"Take it easy, Gar," Kori said, handing him his book-bag. "We had class, remember?"

"Uh, no we didn't, Kori. The bell rang, remember?"

"Do you remember that the bells are getting fixed and are five minutes fast." mocked Dick.

"Oh. Well that's not important, were gonna be late." he grabbed Vic and Karen and dragged them to the car.

Vic pulled his arm away and raised a brow. "Late? Late for what?"

Gar had a shocked expression on his face. "Dude...you forgot!" he yelled pointing a accusing finger at Vic. "I would expect this from Dick, but from you! You make me sick!"

Raven rolled her eyes and smacked Gar behind his head. He yelled out in pain and held his head.

"Dude! What was that for?"

"Number one; don't call me dude. And number two; for being a idiot. Now would you calmly state why you are so eager to leave."

"Duh, Attack of the Mutant Zombies is out today and we have to beat the lines."

"Attack of the Mutant Zombies!" Vic cried out, now understanding the seriousness of the situation. "Why didn't you say something sooner, let's go!"

Raven rolled her eyes at her two friends. "Idiots."

After waiting in line the group were finally able to grab their tickets. They walked inside the movie theater and it was packed. Numerous fans had dressed up just for the occasion. They ventured deeper into the movie theater and spotted their friends from school waiting on the snack lines.

"Guys, what's up." Dick called out.

Roy and the others turned around to greet their friends. The boys started a light conversation while waiting on the snack line. The girls however took seats by the near by wall waiting for the boys to arrive with the snacks.