Faked it

6 - we shall overcompensate

(this chap is unedited so if u find any errors please do tell)

"Dan is about to crack. That hunger strike was a thing of beauty, Connor." Zoe spoke excitedly as they walked through the courtyards of the school. "It's gotten us a ton of press and now those fuck-wads at Skwerkle know we're serious."

"Well that's why I suggested it, because I am serious." Connor explained. "By showing big business that we mean busi...ness." Connor faded off not knowing where he was going with the sentence and making Zoe laugh.

"I'm sorry, that was stupid." They stopped and he glanced at her.

"No it was cute." She smiled.

"You know, I kinda wanna kiss you right now."

"Really? Well, I kinda wanna let you." Zoe smirked.

"Zoe!" Alfie ran up beside them, "big problem people are trying to break into the vending machines."

"Everyone is getting low blood sugar, pretty soon it's gonna get all hunger games in here." Joe added, looking at the other students on campus in disgust.

"We need to do something to keep spirits up." Zoe thought out loud.

"Something to get our minds off food, and back onto the protest." Alfie encouraged.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Zoe tilted her head looking at Alfie. Connor looked more confused than ever but nodded his head nonetheless to act like he knew what was going on.

"Please don't say it-" Joe rolled his eyes.

"Open mike!" Zoe and Alfie squealed at the same time.

"O-open mike, yep, same page, all of us." Connor rushed out, earning a few odd glances from the others.

"Well not me, some people should not be given a microphone, I don't care what to cause is." Joe sassed.

"Wait, all those vegan baked goods are just sitting unprotected in the teachers lounge. Someone needs to protect them." Alfie spoke over-dramatically.

"U-um yeah!" Connor shrugged his hands, "We're all over it."

"Perfect." Alfie smiled, then pushed past him with Zoe right behind him.

"Hey,  it'll be fun right." Joe smiled.

Connor raised an eyebrow, "Sure." He said unenthusiastically then walked away making Joe take note on how he almost seemed, jealous?

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"And all I had to do was get the serial numbers to all the locks, call the manufacturer, pretend to be the janitor, and they mailed me every key to the school. Super easy." Jacob finished, sitting down on a chair in the security office where all the school surveillance cameras were.

"Did that make me sound creepy?" He laughed, looking over to Troye who held one of his backpack straps with one hand and had the other in his jacket pocket.

"No, not at all." He smiled sitting down next to Jacob, "but, please tell me the next stop on this tour isn't the incinerator."

"Oh God no," he let out a genuine laugh, "The incinerator is for special occasions only, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, that sorta thing."

"You do realize the irony of spying on students protesting the invasion of student privacy, right?" Troye said while looking at the cameras.