Not so alone

Chapter 5: unexpected help

Boone did not sleep well last night. Her mind went to bad places in her dreams, which ended with periodic wake ups during the night. When corona's alarm went off, she got up and found Boone already awake.

"Oh you're up, good morning!" Corona sleepily said.

"Good morning to you too." Boone replied.

"m gonna go get ready for school, You're free to use the bathroom to change and stuff." Corona skipped off to get ready for school. Boone continued to sit, a little nervous about going back. But knew she had to go, the drama crew was counting on her for the play, and she could not let them down. So, reluctantly she got up and headed for the bathroom, she decided to play it safe and wear her usual clothes still in her backpack. Once they were both ready they started heading for school.

"So what pronouns are you using today?" Corona asked.

"I'm using she/her today" Boone responded tiredly.

"Oof. I guess you didn't sleep well huh?"

"noooooooooo" Up ahead were Penn and Sashi.

"Hey Boone!" they said in unison, both happy at first but became a little shocked when they saw how tired Boone was.

"Whoa Boone are you okay?" Penn asked

"Yeah you didn't answer your phone last night" Sashi agreed.

"Oh, I must of left it at home last night" Boone yawned.

"Where were you?"

"Well." Corona started "She-" she was interrupted by Boone

"-Decided to have a surprise sleepover!! Yeah that's it!" Boone and Sashi were suspicious but went along with it. they all continued on their way.

"Study hall was awful, I was stuck in with some nerd, who went on and on about gelato, I mean, gelato is good, but it's not that good"

"I have to disagree because-" Corona was then again interrupted when Frederica came running up behind them.

"BOONE BOONE BOONE I GOT AWESOME NEWS! OH CORONA YOUR GONNA WANT TO HEAR THIS TOO!!" They shouted.

"Schmooze the news my friend~" Boone said.

"Yeah spill!" Corona added!

"Okay okay okay okay! I got a date with that cute girl, Matilda I was talking to the other day! You know the one with the pink glasses, ponytail, and red sweatshirt? She said Yes! I'm so glad!" She exclaimed.

"Wow Birdy that's great!" Corona said.

"Yeah, you totally have to tell us how it goes!"

"Oh man I definitely will! I gotta run, but first..." Frederica pulled out a pink heart hairpin they had in their hair, and placed in on Boone's hair. "I want you to have that today, for good luck at dress rehearsal!"

"Wow, thanks birdy! see ya later!" Boone exclaimed.

"See ya" and with that they parted ways. They soon reached the school and headed off to their classes. Things were going well, lunch was nice, dress rehearsal was amazing, things were good. that is until she got to art class. Boone was ready to totally "ace" The next art project coming up with an interpretive dance number, when she spotted one of the kids that stopped her yesterday, his whole world fell apart then and there, she thought about running out then and there but the bell had rung. Boone was frozen where she stood.

"Boone? You okay buddy?" Penn asked. Sashi waved her hand in front of Boone's face.

"Code gray" She whispered. They understood and were about to head out of the class when they were stopped.