it was 2:55 PM, exactly five minutes until school is cancelled for the week, Mason Hawthorne looked out the window of the school, a storm would be on its way soon, mason waited patiently at his desk as people around him started gathering their things but mason had already done so 10 minutes ago. The rain began to hit the windows outside, mason took out his notebook and turned to the front page, on it was a photo of two people:Mason when he was merely 3 years old, and a man who looked to be about 26, he was wearing a gray t-shirt, his eyes were a light brown and his hair was entirely white, this man was Masons father.

Juliet looked at the clock as she slowly packed her items, leaving a thick notebook on the center of her desk. A neat pile of two binders, one being the ELA binder and the other being her own customized one, and a pencil case was now on the top right corner of her desk. She kept a mechanical pencil out and opened the notebook, flipping through already covered pages of colored drawings until she got to an empty one. Julie looked up at the classroom door for a few seconds, thinking about what she should do after school. For once maybe she could wander the hallways for a bit. After all, the week was going to be cancelled so people had some time to talk to each other after school before leaving. She puffed some air out of her nose, pushed her glasses into place, and looked back down to her notebook to start sketching.

5 minutes until the week off, and that wasn't necessarily a good thing for him. Not only will he get any requests for some minor pickpocketing but he won't be able to see some of his classmates either who he frequently talked to when he was bored out of his mind. He was done fixing his things so he leaned back with two hands behind his back, his eyes closed. A paper was suddenly on his desk and then he opened it. Ah, so he wanted it now.

He looked back, towards the end line of the chairs and saw him staring at him, excited about something. He took the box containing the necklace he wanted and then threw it towards him. He was, no doubt, happy about his work and gift. He passed something again and it ended up on Will's desk again. It was the money; he hid it away and then continued to relax again. Although oddly, he didn't seem too affixed on getting out with the wave of people. No, he has no umbrella but he could always just run around without it, no big deal.

Backpack already on her back, Nina was eager to get out of class. It wasn't because she had a hatred for school that many kids had, but the idea of snuggled up at home for a week while the rain fell from the sky. Her bright hazel eyes darted to the window as the rain began pelting down against the glass at a high speed. "Damn." Nina mouthed, dreading that she would have to walk home in this when the bell rang. The thought of asking one of her friends for a ride home crept into her mind instantly.

Jasmine was sitting politely at her desk, packing up what school work she had into a binder that was clean and organized, She didn't really care about school, if it was her choice she wouldn't go, but her parents had a big fit every time she skipped class. High school was too easy for her, each class was predictable as hell, Each class was extremely easy for her, and to her, extremely easy translates into extremely boring. She was eager to get out of class, she hated being bored.

Outside it began to rain, and Jasmine noticed it immediately and smiled, she knew it would rain today, She'd predicted the weather for every day of the month, and took a umbrella with her everyday she believed it would rain. she looked around the classroom and noted the reaction of all the other of her poor classmates that forgot their umbrella's, and had to stop herself from laughing. the look on their faces were simply hilarious!.

The school bell finally rang, and the teacher looked up from their desk. They got up and dismissed the class, saying have a good week and simple things like that. Fortunately they had no homework to give out, just an option of reading a book and telling the class about it after their break. Juliet watched her peers push and shove to get themselves out of the classroom and into the hallway. She patiently waited at her desk, usually being the last one to get up and leave, and continued to draw. Once most of the students were out she closed her notebook, and took it with her stack of items.

While holding all of her items under her left arm she'd fix her hair, revealing a hood she had hidden underneath. Julie could hear the rain outside but wasn't affected by it. Even if she didn't have a hood she'd still casually walk through the rain anyway. As she went around people to get to her locker, Juliet would hear a few conversations about plans. She wasn't planning to do anything over the short break. Maybe she'll get a new schedule while walking through the hallway...

Juliet opened her locker and grabbed her black and blue striped backpack. She put the classroom binder she had next to the others, and put her drawing notebook and customized binder inside the bag.

The bell rang, which gave mason a chance to get out of here, every one around him was all to happy to trample one another for the fruitless privilege of getting out of the doorway before someone else. "what's their problem?" he muttered under his breath as he put the notebook back in his bag, the rain was now pouring outside, mason pulled the snow white hood over his head as slung the bag over his shoulder and walked out the door. He stopped outside the hallway at his locker and grabbed his phone out of it, this was the one place alone he would store it, he wouldn't trust a teacher with it if his life depended on it.

When he closed the door to his locker he saw a friend, Juliet. he wasn't to sure if she could see him but he waved to her reguardless as he walked past her "hey Julie."

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The bell's ringing was music to his classmate's ears and then they started rushing out of the door like hungry animals getting out of their cage to hunt for some prey. It was stupid really. They could just stand up and then leave the classroom quietly and that would have been absolutely fine. But no, they wanted to get out of the school they think of as 'hell'. No matter, it played perfectly to his advantage. He stood up, being the last one to do so, and headed towards the wave. They were too focused on getting out that they didn't notice Will's hands entering their pockets and taking some lunch money.

He quickly slid some into his own pocket before stepping back, putting on a face that showed his great displeasure towards how they were acting. But he did see someone familiar who wanted to get out of the class as much as the next guy. "Oi Nina, what's the rush? You're quite eager to get out of here." He asked as he placed his hand on her shoulder. His classmate and one of his friends besides the ones in the lower years. Most have actually wondered why he was friends with the group. Given his good looks, he could actually join the more popular groups but Will didn't seem like he agreed to that idea. After all, he was a pickpocket and that wasn't something he could do when he's surrounded with a lot of people.

There was a certain something in the group that actually made Will want to stay with them. He didn't care what it was though as he had quite a lot of fun despite their contrasting personalities. He turned his attention back to his classmate. "Didn't think you of all people would love to get out of school in this horrible weather." He said before gesturing back at the windows which was being pelted with raindrops.

"Oi Nina, what's the rush? You're quite eager to get out of here."

The familiar voice of Will was heard in Nina's ear as she felt the weight of his hand press against her shoulder. She had wanted to get out of the classroom only because she wanted to take her pants off and watch Netflix and read the book assigned to them for a good week. She turned her head, her eyes bright and her teeth showing in a friendly grin. She stopped, moving out of the way of the charge of students running over one another to get out of this place.

"Didn't think you of all people would love to get out of school in this horrible weather." He commented as she looked to the window with his gesture. "I suppose you're right. I don't have a ride home and i'll have to walk home in that." she sighed, with a small shrug. "It's better than sitting in school I suppose." she admitted. "What's it to you anyways Will?" she teased, looking towards the diminishing crowd at the door.

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Will couldn't help but return the grin with a smile of his own. Charming in it's own way but Nina would probably be used to that. He stepped aside as well, not wanting to get pushed around by the rushing students who he earlier stole from. Hope they won't notice that or something. Well even if they did, he had some dirt on some of them so they wouldn't dare tell the teachers or the police officers.

"I have some extra money here. I'll lend you some and you can get a taxi back home." He offered. Might as well put the dirty money to good use. Will took some of the money from his pocket and rested it on his open palm, showing it to his friend. Oh, did she just tease him? "Well, considering that you did plan on leaving without even saying a word to me did sting a bit." He said, obviously putting on a hurt face to tease her back.

These back and forths were what he enjoyed the most when he was with Nina. Both weren't teasing in nature but somehow, when they meet, they end up teasing each other at least once in their whole meeting. "Well, seriously though, I worry about how you're planning on going through that rain without an umbrella or a jacket at the very least." He said as he crossed his arms and leaned on the wall beside him.

Jasmine still sat patiently at her desk, unfortunately for her she was sitting right next to the door which translates to every rushing, sweaty little high school kid bumping into her from time to time, Jasmine wanted to scream, she hated crowd's. She hated everything about crowds, if you were thrown in a pool, you could swim out. if you got stuck in mud. well you can simply stop lying down in the mud. but if your stuck in a crowd, you get the pleasure of being pushed around by a billion people.

Jasmine out of the corner of her eye, spotted Will pick pocketing students. Jasmine didn't bother about this although, She didn't really care. it was the victim's fault for participating in this massive cluster of a crowd.

out of the blue, Some kid banged into her desk by accident. That was the last straw for Jasmine, She got up and grabbed her stuff, and felt a force push her to the ground from behind, Jasmine hit the ground face first, giving herself a bloody nose. Some kid had accidentally pushed her, and didn't even bother to apologize, Jasmine was furious, if she was alone she would yell at the student for 5 minutes straight, but She didn't want to make herself look bad infront of her friends. She simply grabbed her stuff, ignored her bloody nose and approached Will and Nina, hiding her bloody nose with her right hand, She tried to strike a conversation with the two Hey everyone!, thank god school is finally over huh?.

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"Yeah but I can't say I don't enjoy-" school. Will had cut himself off. He didn't really notice Jasmine be pushed down and fall and then land square on her face but he did immediately notice her covering her nose. There was a moment of hesitation. He didn't want to say it as it may further anger her. He could guess that she was pissed off when the crowd rushed towards the exit as she was part of the unfortunate group who had their desks near the door which meant every single body was rushing near you and you just end up as collateral damage.

Just like what happened to Jasmine. His hesitation disappeared and he grabbed her right hand that was covering her nose. "Who did this to you?" He asked as he saw the bloody nose she had. He didn't get angry but he was worried for the younger girl. He took a step back and then looked at the exit; it was empty now as the students managed to squeeze themselves out. That meant that the one who pushed their friend down was probably already in a school bus or walking home by now. He sighed.

"Er Nina, you got something to stop her bleeding?" He asked. Yes, they could leave it alone but no one would like to see a young blonde girl walking down the hall with a bloody nose and the teachers would swarm her asking if she got into a fight or something. And he did not exactly want to be held up by things like that.

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The girl looked up at the call of her name when she recognized the voice. One of her friends, Mason, was walking off to the end of hallway. Juliet quickly put her backpack over her left shoulder, slammed her locker closed, then quickly speed walked through the other people to get to Mason's side. "H-hey!" she stuttered at first, "Have any plans for the week?" She wanted to see if he had anything scheduled to invite anyone somewhere, which didn't seem likely to her, but she asked anyway. After all, she didn't want stay cooped up alone in her house due to her dad going out most of the time, and not having any siblings.

When they got to the exit she quickly turned back to see if she recognized any of her other friends, and in the distance could see three other people outside of the English classroom they both got out of. "Wait, Mason. Lets go over to Nina, Will, and Jasmine and talk to them!" Juliet would gesture her hand towards their direction as she weaved through the remaining crowd to get to the small group, leaving the boy at his place.

"I have some extra money here. I'll lend you some and you can get a taxi back home."

Nina shook her head to Will's offer. "No no no, I don't think so." she denied his offer as they teased back and forth a minute before Jasmine; another of their friends walked over, her hand covering her face. Hey everyone!, thank god school is finally over huh?" Nina turned to speak to the girl and mouth gaped in shock instantly. "Jasmine!" Nina panicked, worried about her friend's safety as she threw off her backpack to the ground and started searching for a small pack of Kleenexes that she would have.

"Er Nina, you got something to stop her bleeding?" Will asked and Nina nodded her head, "Yeah, I'm looking!" she answered, finding the tissues at the bottom of her bag as she opened it up and ripped several out, leaving the small container practically empty. "Are you okay Jasmine?" Nina asked worried, handing over the tissues and using one to wipe off a small trail of blood that ran down Jasmine's hand. "Which one of those assholes knocked into you huh?" Nina asked, worried and slightly upset about how no one really cared about for another's safety these days.

@Polaris North@MissCapnCrunch "Who did this to you?" Just some kid who accidentally bumped into me, it's fine really Jasmine answered to her friend Will, That was a bit of a lie, she wanted nothing more than to go and beat the crap out of whoever pushed her, but the logical side of her knew that she would get in a crap ton of trouble for it, not to mention her friends would see her as a ball of rage waiting to explode. She overheard Will offering Nina stolen money for a Taxi Cab. I guess you could call him a modern-day Robinhood She thought.

Nina's overprotectiveness had made her want to laugh (it's not a good idea to laugh at people), Nina might as well become a doctor, It's okay mum. It's just a flesh wound She told Nina, Jasmine gradually began to forget about being pushed, Her angry thoughts replaced with Will's shenanigan's and Nina's overprotectiveness.

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"W-Well, if you could just tell me the name then I could probably get something precious from him." Will offered. His group knew about his stealing tendencies. Of course, he was more than willing to do it for free if it meant his friends being happy or obtaining their revenge through it. He wasn't buying her answer though. Fine? If he knew Jasmine, she would probably want to get out, see that kid and punch him square on the face. Should she turn down the offer though, he'd have to drop it.

He smiled as he placed his hands in his pockets as Nina tended to the younger girl. His eyes caught another familiar moving person. "Juliet!" He practically yelled as he waved at her with a grin on his face. "Not going home yet?" He asked out of curiosity. He wasn't really expecting any of the members of the group to just get up and then leave quickly without alerting any of them.

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mason finally caught up with Juliet and made an attempt to finish what he was going to say "i have nothing planned over the weekends, but if you like, you could come over" he offered, he wasn't sure if she had anything planned but still told her, mason typically stayed at home, he entirely had the entire house to himself, this would be one of those days "what about you Julie?"

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Juliet stopped herself by turning her feet sharply to keep from crashing into her three friends. "I'm just hanging out a bit before leaving, she replied to Will. So, uhh.. what are you guys doing?" She inspected each one of them with squinted eyes through her glasses, looking mostly at Jasmine. She turned back to Mason after looking at the situation and replied, "Watching T.V. and playing games on my computer. That's about all I'm doing. I'll tell my dad that I'm going to your house though." Julie would turned back to Nina, Will, and Jasmine, finally processing what happened.

Before continuing to talk she stood properly and took off her glasses, lazily cleaning them on her hoodie before putting them back on. "I don't think something like that is to be worried about, especially when stuff like that happens every day. Just clean up." She looked around the now empty hallway, the small group of friends the only ones left plus a few teachers tidying up their classrooms.

@RainbowFactory "alright, that's fine with me" he flashed a smile as he finally met up with the rest of his friends "hey everyone" he then noticed jasmine looked hurt"hey jasmine, you okay?" knowing her, she was probably in a fit of rage but he still wanted to see if she was okay, they were friends after all@elfenlied123

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"I suppose we did overreact..." Will said before rubbing the back of his head. "Bastard didn't even say sorry though." He muttered before placing both of his hands inside his pockets. "I'm actually heading home but both of my guardians aren't there for the rest of the week, don't ask why I don't know too, and I'll be bored out of my mind." There were so many things to do alone but that couldn't sate Will's boredom.

He then looked at Mason. "Mind if go to your place to Mason?" He asked with a grin as he looked at his friend.