The door quietly opens, and Jayden walks in. He notices Sky's dejected form and makes his way over to sit by her.
Jayden Huang is 16 years old, he has long black hair, bangs covers one of his eyes. He often wears heavy makeup, he is fond of wearing black, and ripped clothing. He takes after most of the J-pop and K-pop artist’s fashion and music. He is a quiet young man and has an immense interest in music and art.
As he sits down Sky looks up and the boy makes no move to talk, he just hands her tissues,"Ignore me." Jayden pulls out a CD and moves to the recording studio, allowing Sky to have her space.
”Could I ask you something?” asks Sky, stopping the boy from his trek across the room. Jayden turns around and walks back to sit next to Sky, he nods his head.
“Max wanted to know if you could meet him on Sunday,” says Sky.
“Where?” Jayden asks.
“I don’t know-“ she is cut off by the door slamming.
Max storms in his usual neat kept black hair was a mess, and his mask of happiness broken, instead his whole body looks deflated and broken. "They said that if I mess up one more time, I will be out of this school."
Sky stands up to comfort her friend, but Jayden beats her to it. Jayden just touches his shoulder and he starts to cry. Jayden brings him into a comforting hug, letting Max sob. Max calms down and notices his surroundings, a pale blush covering his face,”Sorry.”
“What happened?” asks Jayden.
“I was given another detention so now I have 3 hours of detention, but what makes me so mad is that James wasn’t even punished, because the Dean blamed it on me,” says Max with a frown.
“I’ll stay with you,” says Sky.
“Please go home, I don’t trust James. He’ll be here for after school sports,” says Max, deepening his frown.
“I can’t drive home legally,” says Sky.
“I can drive you home if you need me to,” says Jayden.
“Thanks, I would appreciate it,” says Max with a smile.
“Are you two really dating?” asks Jayden his gaze sharpening as he observes the two.
They both stiffen at what he says,”We are-“ Max is about to answer only to be cut off by Sky.
“No, we aren’t,” Sky says looking at Max for his approval, when she sees him nod she continues,”Max is gay and I am bi."
Jayden just cocks his head confused and gestures to the two. ”We are like each others safe guard when we go to parties and stuff like that,” says Sky.
Jayden just nods his head,”Where do you want to meet on Sunday?”
Max eyes widen and he gratefully smiles at Sky,”How about the new art exhibit that opened?”
Jayden nods,”I didn’t know you were interested in art,” says Jayden.
Max just smiles mysteriously,”Well it is about time for out second class, lets go.”
They walk out to their next classes, Max has AP Anatomy, Jayden had Pre-Calculus, and Sky has Art.
The day passes by slowly, James has been absent from all the classes for some reason. Sky walked into the bathroom to puke up the contents of her stomach again. Her stomach wasn't bruised after getting punched by James, but she had intense nausea.
Max was waiting outside,”It probably hurts because your stressed and you’ll feel nausea because of your placenta, you were lucky that you were wearing so many layers, it probably prevented the punch from actually hitting you,” he says.
Max’s hair was combed back into place, and he is smiling again. Sky smiles and they walk to the last class of the day, dance.
