Astral High - Chapter 28
#29 of Astral High
Wow, I need to just sit down and ignore everything around me for like six hours and binge write ten chapters. And then upload all of them in one go to annoy everyone.
Me and Seth were headed down the hall to the cafeteria, Titus, Jeran, and Garrick following behind us. We got out of the lunch line in just a minute, and they all went in seperate directions. I kinda wanted to go be with Titus- especially since he just went and sat down at a table all by himself. Ted and Daniel got to us, and they wanted to go eat with some friends they'd met in fourth, but I complained- hooray for wimpiness- and we ended up sitting next to Titus.
"Oh, you guys don't wanna be caught sitting here." [Titus]
"Well I don't wanna be sitting here at all, so-" [Ted]
"Oh fuck off Ted." [Me]
"No! He's an asshole!" [Ted]
"Ted, listen! I was the first one to call you Teddy Bear, but think back! Who was it said you were as wimpy as one? As pathetic? As useless? As worthless?" [Titus]
"What did you just say to him?!" [Daniel]
"No, wait, he's right." [Ted]
"But he just-"
"He didn't. He was just reminding me of what Tanner called me."
"Thank you, so much..." [Titus]
"You still called him a teddy bear." [Daniel]
"Which is a name that I now give to you, his boyfriend."
"... Okay, you're a good person."
"Right, and why shouldn't we sit here?" [Seth]
"Because of this." Daniel handed his phone to us and Seth hit the play button. It was just watching a closet door, until a hyena opened it. I recognized Seth and a girl who looked like Marko- wait, no. That girl is Marko, there he is taking off the wig, there they are shoving Titus around... Marko kicked him back into the closet and kissed Tanner on the cheek. I handed the phone back to Daniel.
"... Hey, Titus, you wanna help me punish Tanner?" [Ted]
"Wait, really?" [Seth]
"Yes, more than anything." [Titus]
"Okay, we're gonna need your drums, though." [Ted]
"You've got to be kidding me." [Me]
"Are you seriously thinking about-" [Titus]
"Beating him at his own game? Yes. I've got a voice and guitar, you've got drums, we're set." [Ted]
"Every good song needs bass, though."
"Ever met Garrick?"
"Wait, Irish margarita guy?"
"Yeah." [Seth]
"Huh?" [Daniel]
"Well, yeah. Wait, so he plays bass?" [Titus]
"He's in our advisory class, and wonderfully admitted to having a bass. And guitar. And electric guitar. In fact, if you think I'm good, you need to listen to him talk about it. He grew up in this fucking musical ass family. Basically, name an instrument, he can probably play it, name a major instrument, and he can play it better than any high schooler here. Except vocals, his voice is like iron on grit." [Ted]
"It didn't sound too bad to me." [Me]
"Then you're tone deaf. Wait, when did you hear him sing?"
"He came in singing some song called Irish margaritas during fourth." [Seth]
"Oh, good song. Although, you're still tone deaf."
"He's just got kind of a rougher voice, he just needs to sing more." [Seth]
"Singing more is probably what gave that to him actually. But yeah, I guess it's settled. Get Garrick in on the action, and we'll be ready to destroy Tanner." [Ted]
"And I'm the one who gets off to having power?" [Titus]
"Ha ha, yeah, sure I do."
"Hey, it's okay, Napolean was a cute German shepherd. He was stupid and short, but cute none the less." [Daniel]
Ted just started laughing, and from there we kept adding to the joke. Thanks to us, we finished eating like five minutes before him. Afterwards, Titus lead us into the auditorium, where a few other kids were hanging around in the seats. It was nice seeing how big and open it was, and it surprised me by how much money the school must've payed to get this big of an auditorium.
"So this is where you go after lunch?" [Ted]
"Yeah, ever since they put that video online." [Titus]
"Dude, that sucks. Tanner needs to learn a thing or two about how the world works." [Seth]
"He knows how the world works, you should see his science grades. Hell, you should see all his grades! Ever since last year he's been this fucking straight A student-"
"You mean gay A, right?" [Daniel]
"... Never punish us like that again. It gets worse though, even Marko's getting A's. I mean, sure, in psych it makes sense, his dad's the fucking teacher, but Marko does not get A's in math, or science. Since before second semester last year they've been getting A's in everything. They also started saying weird shit that doesn't make sense." [Titus]
"Like telling people they're destined for suicide?" [Seth]
"Oh my god." [Me]
"Don't worry-"
"Yes. Exactly like that. It was so fucking creepy, Tanner went up to this girl I was about to ask out and told her to take three steps to the left the next time she saw a husky. Not a hyena, a husky. As I was approaching her, a husky shoved me out of the way and they both leaned up against the wall in sync. It was fucking bullshit!" [Titus]
"What? How did he know?" [Daniel]
"I don't know, but it was probably in spite of me. One time they were talking to this one avian, she was so cute, but really clumsy. Her lunch tray was still falling from her hands when Tanner just happened to be there and kept her from dropping it. Then, he told her to wait seven seconds before getting into any vehicle. Apparently it was important, because the next day she kept bragging about how Tanner saved her life in a car wreck! What does seven seconds have to do with anything!?"
"Dude, you're getting really worked up over this, it's probably just them being weird and lucking out." [Me]
"No, they're hiding something. Everything they say that sounds weird or out of place, is either true, helps someone, or hurts someone less important. Marko stopped a guy who broke into the school by getting into a really, really riscae make out scene with him. It was actually, kind of fun to watch, because Tanner got mad and yelled at him. Said something about a river."
"Dude, you're crazy." [Seth]
"Yeah, seriously. It's like you think they're time travelers or something." [Daniel]
"That's really suspicious coming from the guy who's parents work at Theorium Industries." [Ted]
"Okay, if we haven't even touched teleportation, than how can we master time travel?"
"Anyways, I don't think they're time travelers, but, something's up. They always know what's going to happen, and they always play it to everyone's aid. Except-" [Titus]
"Titus, you're being ridiculous." [Me]
"I don't care! It's annoying me! How is he so fucking perfect?! How does he do that?!" [Titus]
"How are we supposed to know?!" [Daniel]
"Why are you getting so angry about this?" [Ted]
"I... I don't know..." [Titus]
"Well, it's not a big deal. I feel like it's just you making connections between things that don't have any correlation." [Seth]
"Y-yeah... probably..."
"Hey, it's okay." [Me]
"I... Alex, I... I need to thank you. You're the only person who actually gave a fuck about me. Who actually tried to-"
"Back off my boyfriend, Titus." [Seth]
"I-" he was cut short by the class bell going off, and Seth ushered me to my third floor class, despite the fact that his was on the first floor.