Tags: Marceline Location: The woods
The smell of fresh rain and wet, decomposing leaves hung in the forest. It was a cool, autumn day. The sun didn't look like it would be making an appearance today, leaving a gloomy, misty fog to cover the school grounds. Students weren't technically allowed to wander off into the woods outside of the fence, but many did anyways. Olivia and Marceline were no different. Besides, this weather was perfect for collecting new worms!
"Here's another one, Marcy," Olivia held out a thick, squirming worm and plopped it into a paper cup they'd brought with them. Her black boots were absolutely covered in fresh mud, and her tight fitted black jeans were not much better. But it was okay; she was used to scrubbing earth off her clothes. "But yeah, they were trying to tell everyone she got in a car with some random guy. Can you see Lisa doing that? I sure can't."
The subject of their missing classmate, and the school's lazily crafted excuse, had come up. Olivia was sure it was just that: an excuse. She'd heard plenty of them since starting at Vinehurst. Suddenly, the quiet, reserved boy decides to get drunk and go swimming at the beach? Yeah, okay. The straight A student girl decides she wants to run away one night? Sure. But then...what was really going on here?
Olivia glanced back towards the school, the tallest tower still watching over them from beyond the trees. It was barely visible in the fog.
