A Duo Misplaced

Anomalous

TW: Physical Fighting, Blood, Mention of Self-Harm, Homophobic slur, Mention of a Miscarriage

Virgil's POV

"I'm pretty sure we'll need you today.."

"And I'm pretty sure I don't want to go today."

Thomas sighed, "Come on, Virgil! You made a commitment to this show, you can't just skip rehearsal."

I threw my hands up, "I'm not skipping! I'm just not going to sit and do nothing for the entire time."

"Really?"

"Calm down, they don't even need me! They're supposed to be working on the Cinderella scenes."

"We're doing scene five, it starts with Cinderella and guess who's right after that?" Thomas stands in front of me, stopping me from walking, "Rapunzel! And her prince."

"Yeah. For a whole minute." I rolled my eyes.

"Virgil please!"

"It's just one day Thomas, just tell Mrs Clark I had a doctor's appointment or something." I patted him on the back, "Plus, rehearsals starting soon, you wouldn't want to be late."

He let out a long exhale, "Fine. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yep, bye!" I threw him a peace sign and walked off. Continuing my path home.

Dodged a bullet there. Sorry, I know I'm supposed to go to rehearsals and stuff, but it honestly feels like we've been rehearsing non-stop for the past month.

And don't you dare make a fucking hamilton reference right now.

I'm tired and I just want to go home, okay? I just need one day without my mom getting mad at me for obsessing over a cow.

Ajay's nice though. Even though we barely have any actual onstage time together, we've become pretty good friends.

I bet Anx wouldn't approve of me skipping rehearsal..

We'll probably just run lines again today.

Speaking of which, Anx mentioned that Remus was meeting someone in the bathroom yesterday. Someone who wasn't Dee. So suddenly I'm intrigued.

Rat boi's hiding something. Or someone.

But of course! I'm not there to find out who. 

"Agh!"

God I wish I could just cross dimensions at will. Now that would make everything easier.

Wait hold on, what was that?

I pause and look for whoever could've yelled to no avail. I walked a little further and slowly started to hear more noise like fighting.

Peering my head over the side of a building, I spot them. Four? No, five kids. I walk over more to get a better look.

Three against two? Really?

"What?" One of them punched the other kid to the ground and turned to me.

Of course I said that out loud. Every fucking time...

"Hey!" The kid on the ground's friend yelled and went over to him before getting knocked to the ground as well.

Wait hold on, Dee?

"Check it out." I brought my attention back to the guy approaching me, "It's Virgil."

I backpedal in shock, it's Brian, Nathan, and Seth. Three of the kids that Roman always got to beat me up.

Well that's just great isn't it.