Bandaids

Pilot

Grace brushed a lock of her light brown hair over her shoulder and looked to her right at the clock on the wall. It was the first day of her Senior year and she had yet to see her friends that'd be starting their Junior year. She turned back to her teacher and took a breath in. ' It's ok, they showed. They wouldn't risk anything on the first day of their Junior year, right?' She began to grind her teeth in worry, because if she's being honest, they totally would. She got so caught up in her own head she almost didn't hear the bell ringing, signaling the end of the period. She swept her binders into her bag before attempting to run out the door, keyword; try.
" Hey! Grace how's it goin' today? You blocked me on snap." The boy she had been trying ever so hard to ignore, Davi, had coincidentally been in her Spanish class. She hated everything about him, from his gross black hair, cunning green eyes, intoxicating smile-
Grace rolled her eyes. " You know, if someone blocks you it usually means they don't wanna talk to you." Davi raised an eyebrow as he watched Grace walk out of the class and into the chatter filled hallway. He smirked.
" One of these days you won't get away so easy, sweetheart."

Grace had her lunch in her hands but didn't have the intent to eat it, she instead passed through the cafeteria and into the hall with her friends sixth period class. She groaned as she stopped in front of her old English teachers class. She opened the door, just slightly, to see her beloved best friend seated in the front row with their hand raised eagerly. Grace inhaled and entered the class.
" Excuse me, Mrs. Picket? Dani has been called to go to Ms. Johnson's room ASAP." Mrs. Picket turned her attention to Grace and scowled.
" What would the band teacher need with an orchestra student?" The teacher smirked, feeling as if she caught Grace in an act. Grace smiled innocently. " Well they are sisters so it might as well be a family emergency." Grace, who had her phone behind her back, sent a text to the band teacher to call Dani.
Dani snickered behind her hand but jolted when her phone started ringing rather loudly.
She pulled her phone out of her hoodie and held it up for Mrs. Pickets eyes.
" My sister called, I should head out." She didn't need to see the teacher nod as she was already pulling her backpack over her shoulder and walking towards Grace.

" What the fuck was that?" Dani laughed as she threw her bag in her blue locker. Grace smiled.
" So, what classes are Ian and Carter in?" Dani turned back to her. " Ian's in math right now, but he's a band kid so my sister could get him out. Carter on the other hand is in her advanced science class we'll have to figure something out." Grace nodded thoughtfully before heading to the bathrooms with the shorter girl beside her.
" Yeah I know it's the first day! Just call Ian out please I'll do the dishes tonight!" Dani whined through the phone.
" Fine fine. Don't expect this to happen all the time though." Dani said her thanks and hung up. " Didn't you guys just start your classes? Mine just got out!" Dani tolled her eyes at Grace. " You had lunch and we have a four minute passing period Grace it took you ten minutes to get there." Grace frowned but nodded.

Ian walked into the girls bathroom and waved at his two friends before plopping down in between them. " You know you guys interrupted right when she was about to re-explain the questions I was troubled with, right?" Dani rolled her eyes. " Just get my sister to help you after school, you know she originally wanted to be a math teacher." Ian sighed. " So what about Carter?" Grace turned to him. " I'm thinking Dani just walks in there and says some shit to get her out, she's really good at lying on the spot." Dani huffed at the idea before standing up. " I guess that makes sense, you two would screw it up after all." She smirked.

Dani strolled into the science class and turned to the teacher who jolted at her sudden presence. Dani walked over to the jittery male before pulling out her phone and showing him a picture of him and the principal sucking faces. His eyes grew wide before narrowing. He whispered threateningly.
" What do you want Dani." Dani laughed. " I play dirty and I have worse, wouldn't want your homophobic wife to find out would you?" He snarled. " Just take Carter and leave, good god." Dani turned to Carter with a bright grin and said, " Cmon, we're outta here!" Carter froze and looked around her at the questioning looks before standing and nodding shyly.

" Who are those four?" A chick asked her friend, who was a junior. " Those four? They send shivers up my spine honestly. I met them when we were just sixth and seventh graders. Scary kids I tell ya." The chick nodded in acknowledgment. " Describe them." The junior frowned and sighed.
" You see the boy? He's the biggest fuck boy you'll ever meet and he's just always been like that. He's got that big dick energy and somehow always gets the girls. Don't be fooled by his black hair and dark eyes, he's a softy for his close ones, but if you aren't close you're just a play thing." The chick whipped her head to her. " Seems a lot like the Senior stereotype."
" Yeah it's almost hard to believe from his also impressive height. Then there's Grace, the basic looking girl. People like to push stereotypes on her and label her based on how she dresses but she's, weird? I don't know how to describe her. She's funny but bitchy, she doesn't know what's good or bad but she's really strong and peaceful. She's like a real life oxymoron." The chick whistled and nodded for her to continue. " And then there's Carter, the one with the glasses, she's a huge nerd. Super smart, not so athletic. She's kinda shy and introverted at first but after getting to know her she's wild." " You're close?" " No, I used to be friends with Dani. Danis what brought all of them together and I'm not talking some main character shit, she just grew up knowing Carter and Grace. Since they were from different grades Carter didn't know Grace but she introduced them. She knew Ian from birth so she brought him into the mix."
" How'd you describe her?"
" A raging pansexual. She's probably gotten more pussy than the guys in our grade, she's just as fuckboy as Ian. You seen her type actually. However she's also sweet and sarcastic. She'll help you if you need it but she won't hesitate to punch you."
" They don't sound all that scary to me." The chick shrugged, ignoring her added statement. The junior laughed.
" No, I guess they don't. But when you take into account how incredibly strong Grace is, manipulative and intoxicating Dani is, how eerily calm Ian is when he's mad, and how smart and tactical Carter is, that's when you understand the fear they spread." The chick looked at her feet but the Junior had something to add.
" Also when you add that they drink and smoke so fucking much it can imply that they only get worse. But don't worry Clarity, they won't waste their time on people like us."