Blame my 2AM brain - Books POV

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And there I sat, watching the most aggressive game of Uno. The school day had been horrible, as we'd expect. We didn't have enough information on the school for this year, so we couldn't form a plan. Scott had kept his promise of embracing the crop tops, and I'm sure that didn't help us.

We the longer the day went on, the more we got picked on, and the more detentions we had collectively earned. We needed a plan, and fast. I wanted to start thinking of one, but trying to focus when your friends are screaming some pretty wild insults at eachother is actually quite hard.

Jason had returned finally and slid in beside me with shopping bags in his hands. "Got the groceries. Uno?" He asked. I nodded. "I would sit somewhere else and form a plan, but the walls can't stop four people screaming very well." I sighed. "The mall's fairly quiet." He suggested. "Worth a shot." I decided. I pulled a notepad out of my pocket and scribbled something down. "Stewart gets the wonderful privilege of putting the groceries away. Lets go." I said.

And so, after putting the note on the bags, getting a backpack and grabbing a coat, we were off. The sky was dark with rain clouds. And then we got stuck in traffic on the highway. There was a huge many-car-accident ahead of us.

"We have two options. Sit here or pull the car over to the side of the road and walk." He suggested. I opened the door, leaned out and looked ahead. I remembered the layout of the city fairly well. "We'd have to cross the highway several times. We'd get ourselves killed," I sighed. "Then we walk through the woods." He decided. "You have the problem solving skills of a marble." I groaned as I shut the door again.

After about 20 minutes, We just sat on the roof of the car and looked around. "We aren't going anywhere any time soon, are we?" I folded my arms on my knees. "Theres an electronic billboard ahead of us." He looked over at me. "Yes. Yes there is." I smirked.

I watched it switch from ad to ad. "Any suggestions?" I requested. "Sexy anime catgirl." He suggested proudly. I stared at the board. It started flickering on and off. I stared harder. It turned off. I heard confused muttering from the other cars. Then a sexy anime catgirl Molly appeared on the screen. I don't think I've heard Jason laugh harder than that moment.

After a minute, I let it go again. "I thought you could only do small electronics." Jason wiped a tear from his eye. "I think I'm gonna pass out." I had a headache that reached levels of pain I didn't know I could feel. "Dude, lean on me so you don't fall off the car." He put an arm around me. "Move yer' legs, I'm using your lap as a pillow whether you like it or not." I decided.

At some point I must've passed out on him because the next thing I was aware of, I was leaning on the car door. "Welcome back to the world. Made it to the mall." Jason said. "Good." I wiped my mouth off. "Ready to go?" He asked. I nodded and we started walking across the parking lot.

If the water didn't bounce off our coats, then it dripped onto our shirts. Most of the water that ran down our coats dripped onto our pants. "This was a stupid decision." I said. "Does white hair look good when its soaking wet?" He asked. I turned to face him. "It just looks grey now." I told him. He cursed and we entered the mall.

After buying a clipboard, some paper and a pen, we sat at one of those random couches in the hallway. "Alright.. what do we start with?" Jason asked as he put his bag between us. "Well, as we know, we've been labeled as losers worthy of being picked on.. Lets divide this into each of us. Lets start with you. What exactly have the students done to you?" I scribbled his name down at the top of the paper.

"Uhh.. Insulted my coat, made fun of my hair several times.. Tripped me in the hall, tried to slam my head into a toilet bowl.. Picked me up and started calling me a tiny little rat, dragged me through the hallways in a very unflattering way.. and someone tried to cram me in their locker." He said. I wrote it all down as he said it. "Alright alright," I drew a line to separate the page into two sections. "How did you react to said situations?"

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