Distance

Apocalypse

"Oops" i heard Asher say and collapse the bubble. "Now she knows we're crazy"

"I knew you were crazy anyways but...." i made a similar bubble to his appear hovering over my hand. "I'm just as crazy" i said as i watched his chest release.

He stared at me from across the classroom as I conducted our now pretty good band class. He played the part we had practised for ages and finally got 95% of the notes and rhythms. As i finished 'Amparito Roca' our newest piece, i sat back down picking up my sax and organised my pieces.

"You have natural talent" he said as he helped me with getting my instrument attached to the neck strap again.

"Thanks, our practising has been paying off I see" i said and looked him as the teacher picked the next conductor.

"It has. Thank you" he said as the student conductor announces we will be playing 'Digital Prisims', followed by a groan for half the class and the sounds of rustling paper from the other.

We played through the piece and by the end we were all out of breath. One of our teachers, Mr. Hall, had been out in the hallway and our other teacher, Mrs. Christian, was in their joined office talking to our VP, Mrs. Clausmyer. As we finished they came in and the conductor stepped down.

"It looks like for the next two or three days, we will be joining with a PE classes in this block instead of doing band." Mrs. C said into the microphone. "They are re-painting and re-carpeting the room and they need us to be out for a few days." The class groaned and i just shrugged. PE wasn't the worst thing in the world, right?

Wrong. As soon as they gave us the bad news, Mr. Hall got us to put our instruments away and we followed him into the gym where there were two classes playing what looked like ball hockey. I recognized some of the kids but most were unfamiliar. I sticked with Ethan as Mrs. C and Mr. H went to talk to the teachers watching the students play.

One of the teachers blew a whistle and the game stopped. Most of the students noticed us and started to talking to one another, whispering about "band geeks" and "new students".

I looked at them all as one of the PE teachers shouted across the gym; "Mr. Clyde's class" and then waves them over. Big grade tens I thought and Ethan looked at me as if he could read my mind and nodded.

Both our teachers and Mr. Clyde, I presume, read out there attendance lists and we were "introduced" to there whole class. My eyes got caught on a tall, lanky, blonde haired boy not really paying attention to the teacher but more to me.

"Landon?" Mr. Clyde called but no one responded. "Landon i know you are here" a girl standing next to the blonde boy hit him with her hip and we lost eye connection as he said 'Here'.

Kaine looked at me and spoke softly. "You ok?" He asked and gestured to my now bleeding nose.

I quickly reacted and held it with one hand and ran into the girls change room, opening the door with my unbloodied hand. I pulled toilet paper from the stall and put it under my nose.

As i have learned more about being a diverse is that our blood in more extraordinary then we are. Basically it changes colour.

I watched the blood on the toilet paper turn from a beat red to a purple then finally to a blue. It eventually reverts back to the red but not after my nose tries to bleed me dry. As the flow finishes, i give my nose a final wipe and throw the wads of toilet paper I used down the toilet.

As I walk out of the girls change room I scan the gym for the blonde boy but my eyes land of Kaine which i'm glad about and i walk over and put the majority of my weight on him as if my energy is being drained from my body. I feel Kaine's arms wrap around my waist to keep me on my feet.

As we walk out of the gym, i feel as if someone is staring at my back. Dagger like eyes piercing through my back and hitting my heart, burning there way inside me. I look back to see who's eyes are striking my heart but i see no one staring. Scared, i hold tighter to Kaine as he drags me back to the band room before the bell.