This is my take on what will happen in 8x23
8x23- 'Dynasty is determined to win the school chess tournament. She wants to prove she's not just a pretty face, and wipe the smug smile off Kevin's face. However, she's distracted when ex-boyfriend Steve-O turns up at Waterloo Road. After a stint in prison, he's going straight and wants to make a fresh start with Dynasty in Liverpool.
Steve-O's charm offensive works and Dynasty decides to drop out of school. Her friends are shocked, but Kevin shows little reaction to the news, which hurts Dynasty. Tom tries to make his promising student see sense but she's resolute - she's leaving school. That is, until she discovers Steve-O isn't quite the changed man he claims to be.
Later, when Dynasty turns her affections towards Kevin, she unwittingly puts the schoolboy in serious danger with a jilted and embittered Steve-O.'
Basically, this is what I think will happen and, more essentially, what I want to happen.
Breathing heavily, Dynasty grabbed a makeup wipe from her bag and determinedly started wiping the cut on her cheek with it. How could she have been so stupid? Of course she couldn't have trusted Steve-O. Had he ever been trustworthy- ever? Dynasty had been a fool for believing that he'd changed and part of her was beginning to hate herself.
No matter how much she tried to stem the flow of blood oozing from her red cheek, it would not stop bleeding. Vaguely, Dynasty heard the sound of the school bell which signalled the end of lunch however she seemed to here it from far away almost as though she was distant from the building. She looked up into the mirror of the girls' toilet. A hollow shell gazed sullenly back at her. Even Dynasty's thick layer of foundation could not conceal the dim shadows hanging beneath her eyes.
Well, at least the cut had stopped bleeding now. Dynasty quickly dropped the now deep crimson wipe into the bin before leaving the toilets in order to proceed to her next lesson. She just had to keep her head down and ensure that no one noticed her fresh new scar- she didn't want questions to be asked. To ensure that it was not visible, she tugged her hair around her shoulders and covered the sides of her cheek with it. If she didn't raise her head too high, no one would notice the cut that Steve-O had so generously given her. The school corridors seemed much longer than usual. It took ages for her to reach the classroom.
Squinting through the door, Dynasty saw that most of her classmates were already in the room and that the lesson itself had begun. Looking down automatically, Dynasty opened the door and entered the classroom, muttering as she did, 'sorry I'm late.'
'That's okay,' murmured Audrey, surveying Dynasty in a kind concerned way, 'just as long as you don't do it again.' Audrey's eyes were clouded with suspicion. Could she tell that something wasn't quite right with Dynasty's tone of voice. So as not to attract anymore unwanted attention, Dynasty went to sit at the very back of the classroom, away from Imogen, who she normally preferred to sit by. During the whole of the next hour, Dynasty did not take in a word that Audrey was saying. How could she? Her mind was too busy to acknowledge anything else.
She felt like her heart had been crushed- she had been so willing to believe that Steve-O had changed since his stint in prison that she'd completely forgotten that, realistically, he was just as nasty as he'd always been. What was more, he was even more vicious now. He'd given Dynasty a deep cut with a single swipe of his hand and that made him dangerous. What was Dynasty going to do with him around? He was a danger to her and, perhaps, her friends and those closest to her. What if he hurt Imogen or Kacey in order to get revenge on his rejection? Dynasty would never be able to forgive herself. 'Dynasty?' hissed Imogen from the front of the classroom. Dynasty looked up slightly. She caught a glimpse of Imogen sitting next to Connor, looking curiously at her.
'What?' Dynasty spat back, sounding a little harsher than she'd intended.
'Are you okay?' Asked Imogen, her brow furrowed. Dynasty merely nodded in reply and, thankfully, Imogen's forehead unknitted and she accepted her word for it. To distract herself from Audrey's endless droning, Dynasty stared out of the window.
The sky seemed much greyer than usual as clouds rolled in, mocking the landscape. To her horror, she spotted a hooded figure standing by the gates. It was Steve-O. Great, he was still here, probably waiting for the school day to end and for Dynasty to exit the building so he could corner her and confront her… or worse. She clenched her fists, terrified and uttered a small gasp. Kevin, who was sitting a few desks to the left of Dynasty, spotted this unusual outburst and looked questioningly at her but she didn't look at him. He didn't care whether she left for Liverpool or not so it was obvious that he didn't give a toss about how she felt either. If Steve-O did something to Dynasty, then Kevin probably wouldn't even care. In fact, he'd probably be ecstatic as it would give him a better chance of winning the chess competition.
The last lesson of the school day arrived way too soon. Where had the first part of the afternoon gone? It seemed way too early to be in last period. Dynasty was dreading the next couple of hours. How was she going to escape the school without being spotted by Steve-O? He knew her too well for her to attempt to blend in. There was only one thing for it: Dynasty would just have to wait until Steve-O left the school grounds himself before departing herself. She wasn't going to let him get her, even if she had to stay in school overnight.
As soon as the last lesson ended, Dynasty grabbed her things and made her way over to the hall where she would hide, behind the stage, from Steve-O until he had given up trying to locate her and leave the school- leave Scotland if that was what it took. No one was backstage which meant that Dynasty could hide alone. Once completely hidden from the rest of the hall and everything beyond the stage curtain, Dynasty rested herself on a bench, preparing for a long evening.
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