The Original Six

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Veronica's POV

10 minutes have passed and we're still just sitting here waiting for the teacher.

By now, Cyfier has put his headphones back on, Aiden is writing in his notebook, Alluly is doodling on the floor, and the rest of us are just sitting here.

I hear a bookbag zipper and look over to see Lake begin to roll a joint. I raise my eyebrows and say "Wow, you smoke?"

She stops what she's doing to look up at me. "Nah bro, I'm just doing this shit for the fun time." Her lips curl into a small smirk as she says it.

I give a little chuckle. "The fun time? Let's go to the bathroom, and we'll have a fun t-".

"WHAT she means is that she's a certified pothead and would like to smoke with you" Remmè says before I could finish. I look at him from the corner of my eye to see him giving me the 'stop trying to get in her pants' look. I return my own look that says 'Shut up hoe'. He rolls his eyes at me while we both turn our attention back to the person who's finishing up rolling.

Lake just gives us an amused look as she puts the rest of her materials in her bookbag.

"So do you or don't you want to smoke? Cuz' I'm about to go." She asks.

"Yeah sure, I'll smoke with you, Lake." I say, "Where do you wanna go?"

"I usually go to one of the janitor closets but something tells me that we shouldn't..." She trails off.

Instead of saying what I wanted to say, I nod in the direction behind her. "It's a little pantry closet thing in this room; we can go in there since you think I'm gonna maul you or something."

She nods, and we get up.

A small voice pipes up, "Uh, do you mind if I come too? I need to get high."

Everybody stops what they're doing, even Cyfier takes off one of his headphones. All the attention is on Alluly now.

Remmè and I look at each other at the same time. We both burst out laughing.

"Hahaa, merch you smoke Alluly, hahah- I can't hahaha!" Remmè says in between laughs.

She ignores him as she looks at Lake with her eyebrows raised, as if to day 'I'm asking you because it's YOUR joint.'

Lake glanced at me, then back at Alluly, and shrugs. "Yeah sure, come on."

We make our way to the little room inside the room and I hold the closet door open for them. The space was small, so they had to kinda squeeze past me. Nevertheless, Alluly went inside first after nodding her head at me in gratitude. Lake was next to squeeze in, but not before she slid her body across mine to get in.

I inhale sharply.

After a few more breaths, I go in and close the door behind me.

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20 minutes later, us, along with the smoke, pile out of the closet space.

We return to our seats and continue to wait on, this now very tardy, teacher.

I lay my head on Remmè's lap and pull another chair to put my feet on.

Back to the silence. Think V, think. What's a good icebreaker? It hit me before I could even think it, thanks to Reason.

"Aye guys, let's play 20 questions." I interject into the silence.

In silent agreement, everyone shrugs and scoots closer into the circle. Remmè shakes his head slowly with his eyes closed, "Poor humans, they don't even know what they're getting themselves into. All of your games somehow end up way different than how they start." He mumbles.

I turn my head so he can't see my evil smile. Yeah, let's see.

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