The Investigation Club - An Amourshipping Story

The Secrets of Truth & Love

(Ash)

May told us everything once class was over. We were all heading to the club room, with thought swirling around our heads constantly. That was the life of a detective, after all. Always thinking, trying to figure things out. Wondering what is next.

"The school has secrets?" Iris was thinking out loud.

"We all have secrets. That's an obvious thing," Serena pointed this out and she avoided eye contact with anyone, speaking in a discreet manner like she was hiding something.

"Enough talking about ourselves," May was the one thinking the most. She had encountered more than us, seen more and been through a lot already. I was wondering how she was keeping it together. Definitely one of the cool-headed types of people.

I opened the door to the club room and there was a small surprise waiting for us.

"Drew?!" Misty folded her arms and looked at Gary, who was stood next to the uniform-less Drew. "How did you get him in here?"

"I have a friend in the drama club," Gary winked and held up a wig. I heard Serena facepalm in the background.

"What?" Misty moved past me and stood in front of Gary. "You? Make friends?"

"How much did you pay him then?" Kenny piped up out of nowhere, slipping through the door to get in.

"Him?" Gary shook his head. "No no. SHE spoke to me first. I just asked for a little favour and she helped me out."

"Gary is getting friendly with a girl, eh?" I moved over to him and nudged him jokingly.

"Sure, whatever," Gary shrugged, as calm as he could ever be. 

"I wanted to be here. I don't care if I am suspended, I'll be here every day." Drew's voice was stern. He looked at May and I noticed that his face and expression instantly softened. He sat down and sighed. "So. What do we do now?"

"That's always the hard part about these things," May laughed and then she rolled the blackboard out, picking up some chalk and drawing a circle with 'Start' written in the middle. "Where do we start? That is the question."

"Are we brainstorming?" Gary looked around the room at everyone and then he frowned. "I have no idea."

"Of course you don't," Dawn spoke for the first time. "You never have any idea about anything."

"Yet I got Drew in here," Gary tutted and shook his head. "Strange how I have no idea about anything."

Dawn huffed and folded her arms, while Gary smirked, feeling accomplished. There was no real idea as to where we could start. Everyone knew that and the silence confirmed the thoughts we shared. My mind was floating away to something different, I was completely out of it.

"You okay, Ash?" Kenny slapped his hand on my back and raised an eyebrow in concern. "You look lost."

"I'm okay, I think," I nodded slightly and stood up. Time for some ideas, to keep my mind away from other things. "I think we could start by trying to dig up records about the school. You know, behaviour records of past students, test scores, incident reports. Get a whole list of what goes down. Clemont could help us access the digital files with ease." 

"Good idea," May span on her foot and wrote the idea down on the board. "I will talk to Clemont and handle that part of the operation."

"Can we just pause a minute and think about this," Iris stood up and everyone looked at her. "We haven't even been in this school one week and we are invading the school's files through illegal means. This isn't right."