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Grace looked up at Jack as students were now making their way to class. Jack realised what Grace had spotted and reached out for it, but Grace stepped back.

"What is this?" She asked him.

"Nothing-."

"Tell. Me." She lowly spoke.

Jack didn't say anything as students had already made their way to class, Grace grabbed Jack and pulled him into the closet with her.

Pulling on the light switch, Grace decided to ask Jack again.

"What is this, Jack?" Jack exhaled.

"It's a letter." He admitted. "I found it in the library."

Library?

"Library?" She repeated.

"I know, it sounds weird. That's what I was trying to figure out as well." He breathed out.

"I met Paul again yesterday." Grace spoke as Jack's gaze lifted up.

"What happened?" He asked carefully.

"He told me a completely different story to what you told me."

"That is?" He asked again.

"You told me you're in search of The Attacker, he told me he's in search of an opposing gang member." Grace responded.

"He also told me you're a forced team. Care to explain."

"Okay, I may have exaggerated a little yesterday, but it's true." Jack began. He took off his glasses.

"We are a forced team. I only met Paul and Bucky yesterday. In fact they were the bosses of me. I wasn't. This was all according to Bucky. Not me."

"Why was I portraying the boss you think?"

"I'm apart of this gang. Black Warf." Grace already knew who they were.

"I guess you would know them." She didn't say anything.

"But I was assigned this job randomly. Why do you think I wasn't fighting with Summer." Grace disguarded the fact that her sister was there.

"Paul was a stand-in." Grace furrowed her brows at this.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"He was a filler. There was supposed to be someone else, instead of him." Jack made a point.

"What was he doing here?"

"Honestly, I have no clue. They just made the three of us do this."

"Thats probably why he said, he was searching for someone else. Misleading him. Like I said a stand-in."

They wouldn't give away valuable information straight away without recruiting Paul first.

"I may not be the boss of the gang, but I am considered really important to The Black Warf." Jack admitted.

"What about when you were saying you would've picked different members."

"It's true, I would've. I had no idea who they were. I only met Bucky and Paul yesterday." Jack breathed out.

"I know you may not believe me, Grace. Trust me. I'm telling you the truth."

"I know you want to capture the Vulture as much as I want too. But I'm forced not to go against orders. That's why I go under this digusise." Jack admitted gesturing to his outfit.

"You know one thing?" He rhetorically spoke. "Even though I was shoved today I dunno why, Griffin helped me all of a sudden." He looked confused.

"But for whatever reason it was, he saved me." Jack nodded his head.

"I know that it's hard for you to not be yourself when you come to school. But I can tell you one thing, ignore them." Grace spoke.

"Do you know, Jack. I'm glad you told me this." He gave her a light smile as Grace's sides perked up slightly.

"Well, for whatever reason this was, the Black Warf have some talking to do." Grace breathed out.

"What do you mean?" Grace leaned against the wall as she continued to speak.

"The Black Warf, are really - how do I put this nicely, 'wrapping people around their fingers'. Or in the words of Avril Lavigne, 'wrapped around their finger'." Jack furrowed his brows.

"Did you really use Avril Lavigne on me? Plus, do you have any idea of what you just said?"

"Of course, I did." She nodded her head.

"I may not be wise in these sort of issues like you are. I know my gang and I know they wouldn't do this."

"See thats the thing, Jack. You don't really know, Black Warf, they're deceiving you, just like they deceived Paul."

"How would you know all this?" Jack asked.

"Let's say I know people." Grace thoughtfully spoke.

"I don't know..." He trailed off.

"It's okay if you don't believe me." Grace shrugged pushing herself off the wall.

"But you'll see eventually." She exited the closet and made her way towrads Science.