Avilien

A chance encounter

Tedious lessons followed after the break period, accompanied by more obvious stares of hatred from Jayce Adams, whose face had minor swelling from the earlier impacts. He looked at Brit with a burning desire to strangle her, thanks to the untold humiliation she had put him through. Over the course of the entire school day, two rumours spread faster than a burning forest in Australia. Students whispered and shared information that Luke or rather "Poor Boy" had a red-haired girlfriend. The other rumour being that Brit had psychotic issues and beat Jayce Adams in a fight. The first rumour being false didn't make the second one so; Luke agreeing with the whispers on that matter.

The ringing of the final alarm and a notification that school had finished popped up on all the GTs around school. As soon as that digital envelope opened in front of the students' eyes, they took off like rockets out of their classrooms, flooding the corridors with screams and laughter. Luke waited a short while before then taking off out of the class door. He bid farewell to Mr. Tucker, who sat at his desk messing with his tablet. He didn't so much as acknowledge Luke's farewell, so Luke left it at that and left the room along with Brit.

Kids raced down the halls like it was a racetrack, desperate to leave the school grounds that kept them confined for the majority of the day. What Brit witnessed had been happening for dozens of years. Teachers couldn't control students when the final bell rang, and instead stayed clear of the rampaging kids.

"What are we going to do now?" asked Brit as she lunged to the side of the hallway to avoid a group of younger kids steam rolling by.

"Home, I guess...or we could look around the town?" Luke figured it might be a good idea to get Brit used to the town, seeing as she would be here for a while and had a lack of direction skills, even though her phone came with GPS and a map.

Liking the sound of exploring Islington, Brit exploded with excitement as she and Luke managed to escape the school and head into the entrance grounds. Double-decker buses parked outside the front gates and the swarms of children were making them shake as they rushed onto them and into the seats. It looked more like a large sardine tin on wheels as the children boxed themselves in. The school buses didn't look at all appealing to Luke.

Used to the daily grind of life in Islington, everything happened to be fresh and new for Brit. She took it all in with enthusiasm, her mouth open in awe at the sights and sounds of all the commotion. Luke recalled a park nearby that he'd never had the chance to go to since he grew up, as most of the popular teens hung out there. He had Brit with him so bullying wouldn't be an issue. On second thought, a sword-wielding redhead tearing apart swings and slides made that idea vanish.

"Are you still going to stay at my place?" Luke asked as he and Brit continued towards the school gates. Thanks to the multiple buses parked, the students had thinned out.

"If that is still okay with you then yes, please," said Brit as her gaze shot towards another group of students down the street who were making quite the fuss about something and crowding around an object or person.

Unsure about the group of twenty or so students, Luke checked his phone for the time and to check on Nebs. After his earlier outbursts, Nebs had slept all day, more than likely due to boredom. Luke had remained thankful all day for him being silent, and praised the gods. There were a few loud snores that the class heard now and again, along with the odd "my potato" being shouted. It didn't prove enough to distract the entire class, but did warrant a few laughs.

Brit's eyes lifted from the group of students ahead and towards the blue sky filled with clouds. Thinking that they might have to cross the road to avoid the group, Luke wondered what Brit thought about when looking into the sky, as she did it an awful lot. He had seen her do it most of the day as she stared out of the classroom windows.