- - S a s h a -

It would be cool to trade and battle with someone. And it would be even more fun if she could help him get the hang of the card game, while most traded for fun, she loved the skill behind making an awesome deck and the tactics that went along with the cards and luck of the draw. Sasha hoped she could do something nice for Garret, he'd been so cool to her already. And that's what friends did right? Good things for each other? "Your mom is so nice." Sasha said after they were given something to drink and then left alone again. At her offer for him to come over, Garret was slow to reply but soon he did and began to call out towards his mom for permission but she hurried in and interrupted her son with an enthusiastic response that he'd love to go. "Great!" Sasha said. His mother then ruffled his hair and told Sasha to tell her if Garret did anything wrong. "Oh haha, I don't think he will but okay." Sasha laughed.

Garret was quick to bring up the movie and Sasha nodded. "Thanks." She told Garret's mom before she hurried after the blushing boy. She knew how parents could but and it made her a bit relieved that she wasn't the only one who could be embarrassed. When she joined Garret, she took a seat beside him as the film started. The movie went on and they were given snacks to have and they were left alone, save for Ashes wandering over every so often to get attention. Overall, the afternoon had gone pretty well. When the movie finished, Sasha took the books Garret had let her burrow and called her mother to pick her up. It seemed her mom and Garret's mom talked on the phone, probably getting addresses and stuff. Sasha and Garret headed to his room in the meantime.

To be honest, she was pretty nervous about him coming over tomorrow. But she wanted to make sure he had as much fun as she did. About ten minutes later, her mother arrived and called for her. "Oh I guess I better go." Sasha said to Garret as they headed out to the see the two women chatting. Sasha blushed a little and looked to Garret, not sure how to exactly say goodbye. "Well uh see you tomorrow?" She waved a little awkwardly. Her mother then spoke up, saying Garret could come over at noon and they could have lunch and hang out. "Bye. Thanks for having me over." Sasha just said and headed out before anything else happened. On the ride home, her mother began to ask questions about how things went but Sasha wasn't sure what to say, not wanting to make too big of a deal of it. Even if it kinda was.

When she got home, the blond girl hurried to go make sure her room was clean because if it wasn't, she was sure Garret wouldn't be allowed to come over. And she didn't want her mother messing things up. For dinner, they had pizza and talked about the school day as well as the visit to Garret's house. Her father didn't seem too worried though it was the minor preview to many more males coming into his daughter's life which would worry any father of a young precious girl. Her mother was more vocally supportive and talked about how wonderful Garret and his home were. Before bed, Sasha finished brushing her teeth and did a bit of reading from [i]Coraline[/i]. While she couldn't relate to the main girl, it was still an interesting read. The following morning, she got up and got dressed in a simple blue dress with blue little polka dots. Then she went to the park with her mom for a bit and soon came back around ten or so. 

Garret shouldn't be arriving for another two hours so in the mean time, Sasha was told to do her homework. When noon rolled around, Sasha couldn't help but feel more nervous. Was this a good idea? Guys and girls weren't friends for a reason right? The blond was tempted to call it all off but the doorbell rang and her mother answered it with a smile. "Hello there, come on in." She said to Garret. His mom said a few words and Sasha's mom said she'd call when the kids were all done. "We'll take great care of him." She assured the woman who went back to her car. With the front door shut, her mother turned to her daughter and classmate. "How about some grilled cheese sandwiches and some fruit salad?" She suggested. It wasn't as cool as pancakes. Now it was Sasha's turn to be annoyed with her parental unit. "I'll call you down in thirty." She said to the kids and waved them off.

"Sorry about her." Sasha muttered and tugged at Garret's sleeve. They went upstairs and passed by her older brother's room which was shut. Her brother was in his third year at the local high school, he was nice and they got along well. But he was currently out with his friends so at least they wouldn't have another person bugging them. Her dad of course was working and Sasha secretly hoped Garret wouldn't be around to meet him. For some reason her father wasn't thrilled for her new friend. Sasha continued down the hall and got to her room and walked in. It wasn't pink, nor was it covered in flowers. The walls were a gentle lavender color and everything seem fairly basic. She had a desk with books piled upon it. She had several low rising bookshelves around the perimeter of the room. She had a bed and a dresser and a small tv sitting atop said dresser. Everything was a dark brown wood and it was fairly neat, upon her mothers request. But the most prominent thing were the books and journals everywhere. 

On the shelves of books were pictures of her family, her pet cat who seemed to be in hiding, ribbons for writing contests, and other trinkets. She even had an action figure of Ash Ketchum holding a pokeball with a small Pikachu sitting by it, ready to attack. "Well there isn't much here." She admitted, now in the same quicksand as Garret was the day before. What could they do? They could play a board game but to her that sounded stupid. Or they could go to the park but she wanted to do something that Garret wouldn't be able to do on his own or without her. Otherwise, what was the point of having him over? "Or we could..." Oh pressure! But she didn't want to resort to movies. "I could teach you how to play pokemon cards. I can lend you a deck for the time being?" She offered him.

- - D e v o n -

He didn't feel bad at all for beating Amity to the top. It wasn't much of a race but still, he won fair and square and she was just a slow poke. He smirked a little but it faded away soon enough. They had things to explore now that they were on the second floor of the building. Amity asked what sort of trophy he was looking for. She rambled on about something but he was already tuning out. Just the notion of English was putting his brain to sleep. "I'll know it when I see it." Devon just said faintly. They looked around and he wondered what he could do. Sure, he could ponder about his future but for now, he had to keep hit wits about him and just think about his task currently and that was to get a prize for himself. Ami already snagged a dull textbook and he needed a trophy of his own. 

Ami then asked about what they may be taught. "Probably." He frowned and headed down the hall. There were fliers taped on the walls, some talking about plays or tutoring and some were about clubs and other things. Devon came to the last classroom on the left and just motioned for his partner to hurry along. He opened the door and found it empty, thankfully. He was sure he could charm his way out of anything if a student or god forbid, a teacher was around. But it was good to not be under the pressure. He saw a book on one of the desks and it seemed like a novel of sorts. "Sweet." He grinned and walked over to it. It was called [i]Cather in the Rye[/i]. To him he precised it as something to do with sports. He shrugged and picked it up. "Well we may need to read this someday. I might as well take it now." He gave Ami a smirk and looked to her, ready to get moving again.

If they lingered somewhere for too long, they were likely to get caught. And the guards were already nearing them, one having gone upstairs while the other remained down but went back outside to check the perimeter once again. "I think we better get going." Though he didn't specify if he meant go someplace new or leave the school entirely. Either way, the boy hurried back to the door to take a peek and see if anyone was out there. "Okay, the coast is clear." He told her, another jolt of adrenaline pumping through her. They exited the classroom and found another set of stairs they could take. "I'm still jonsing for something to eat." He whispered to her as they crept down the stairs. Upon making it back to the first floor of the school, Devon paused to check on Ami. "Okay so I think once we get a snack, we better hurry and leave. The last thing I want is for my parents to find out about this." He said in a hushed tone.

Making their way down another hall and turning left, they finally reached the cafeteria. They went inside and saw nothing they could grab and munch on. What a bummer. "This sucks." He kicked his foot against the hardwood floor under them. It was polished and clean of course, but it still showed its vintage age. He saw no vending machines, which wasn't much of a surprise. "Nothing at all." He frowned and saw a small door leading outside again. "Come on. We may as well eat something like ice cream." There was an ice cream truck that did its rounds around the area so they could at least get themselves a treat for being so sneaky. They headed out of the large but dull cafeteria and then hopped the closest fence to get out of the prison. Devon helped give Ami a boost up and then he followed her lead thanks to a running start. He planted his foot against the stone wall and pushed himself up.

Just as he did, he heard someone yelling at them. "We're going, we're going!" He waved at the guards running towards them. "Come on!" He shouted and jumped down the other side, now off private property. He and the girl took off town the street, having not gotten caught, well literally caught. They had been spotted and manged to evade the loser guards. "Their job must really suck." He said as they came to a slow jog after two blocks of fleeing. They were safe for now but their fun game had been awfully short lived. Devon looked around, not sure how else they could spend their time without getting into trouble. "We could just walk around. I'm kinda bummed we didn't get to see any of the students. I'm sure they were around." He would have loved to check out their stupid uniforms and relish in the fact that public schools would never demand them wear clone clothes. 

As if he had summoned it himself, an ice cream truck came around a corner, carrying its usual cheery tune. "Oh hey!" He flagged it down and turned to Ami. "My treat, what'll it be?" He said to her. He got a chocolate cookie ice cream sandwich and they sat down on the edge of the sidewalk to eat. "So tomorrow, you wanna hang out?" Devon asked her as he was taking a break from his cold treat. He needed to be careful and not give himself a dreaded brain freeze. "We could play laser tag or something." He offered. "Or we could go to the park." He wasn't sure what sorts of things girls liked. Part of him was sure that they could find something in common though. Had they not just been to the amusement park, he would have suggested that but knew his boring parents would say it was too expensive and he had just recently gone. "Or we can go to the arcade, do you like video games?"

To his knowledge, most girls didn't like that sort of stuff but it seemed like Amity didn't mind the idea of laser tag. "Cool, it's by that pizza place downtown, where the waffle place used to be." He commented. "We can go and shoot some aliens." He grinned. It was agreed they would meet there at two. "Well I better go. See you." Devon grinned and got up. He wiped his hands on his pants and headed off towards his place, hoping that his parents wouldn't care much about the plans he had made without their permission. The following day, Devon was a bit anxious to go and meet Ami. It was just laser tag though, no big deal. His parents fed him lunch and gave him some money before he took off for the laser tag establishment. Thankfully they didn't mind if he walked around on his own, he was getting more freedom as he neared teenage status. He got to the meet up point and waited outside, wondering if Ami would blow him off or not. He didn't think she'd do that though, she didn't seem as mean as the other girls in their class.