Noah woke up and stared at the amazing ceiling. That ceiling was always there when he woke up. Oh, the fantastic, white ceiling that stared back at him...

"Oh who am I kidding?" He got up and dressed himself and walked downstairs for breakfast. It was a normal day again, nothing interesting, and he walked off to school. When he got to the school the dork that was in love with the goth came up to him, like always. Never anything new. The boy sat at his seat as usual, and the lessons start at the bell, as usual. At the end of class was when things started.

Noah grabbed his bag and almost left to continue his mundane life until the dork called out his name. He gave the "what do you want" look to the boy. The dork backed off, staring, and continued talking, "I-I wanted to ask if you wanted to play a game with u-"

"Games are for children. Now if you don't mind, Cody, I'll be going home."

"N-Noah, wait," Cody quickly went after Noah out the door, "Please? I've got everyone but you, Noah."

"Well, count me out. I have no time be playing some dumb child's game." I lied, I have plenty of time, but why would I play some dumb game? I can just sit and read my books.

"Just this once, Noah, please?"

"Absolutely not." Noah closed the door on Cody as he walked inside his house. He wandered around at first, but eventually sat down with a book in hand. He continued the afternoon as normal, as well as night. The next morning was almost the same. He got to school and felt an awkward "aura" in the air, however, everything appeared normal, so he ignored it.

Cody attempted to get him into the game once again until Noah finally asked, "What stupid game is it anyways?!" Cody whimpered, "It's Heads Up, Seven Up."

"I'm definitely not playing that. Now, leave me alon-"

"But with different rules, you see!" Cody exclaimed before Noah could say anything. "I don't really know what the new rules are, but he told me that there were different rules and... and something after that, but I don't remember."

Noah raised a brow, "What? Who told you? I thought you were the on-"

"Well, I've got to go, now, Noah, but I do hope you play..." Cody interrupted lightly and ran off as his cheerful self.

Noah was starting to get annoyed with Cody, what with the interruptions, but he got intrigued by what Cody said. Maybe joining wasn't a bad idea. Looking toward the sky, he went home. The next day, he told Cody that he'd join. Cody jumped and pounced Noah to the ground with a hug. "Get. Off. Cody. NOW." Cody picked himself up and later helped Noah up. "Now, then, where exactly are we playin-"

"Everyone to their seats! Hehehe. Today we are going to learn about the boring history of other countries! Now get your books out, and I'll burn them! We'll be going to the gym instead to play flag football!"

Noah was getting very annoyed with all the interruptions. Wait, did he say flag football? Everyone in the class groaned. History was boring, but playing games with Mr. McClain... is the worst, and hearing his dumb laughter was even more worse than playing the games, so they all dealt with him. When lunch came around, Noah went back to Cody and continued the little chat, however the dork was too busy being filled with envy because "Gothic" Gwen would always go to Duncan. Cody hated Duncan with a passion, so why did he invite Duncan to the game, and how did he- well, actually he could have convinced him with Courtney and Gwen, but why have him in the game in the first place?

At the end of the day was when he finally got Cody's attention, yelling,"Cody! Come here!" Cody turned over to Noah, much to Noah's relief. Noah approached Cody to fasten the pace and finally asked where the "event" would take place. Cody replied, "Well, somehow that guy managed to 'borrow' the school for the game, so we have any place in the school."

"What guy-" Noah was stopped once again before he could finish. Cody whispered, "I'm sorry, Noah, I'm sorry. I can't tell. I can't. I just... can- Ah, well, I should go, now! Bye, Noah!~" Noah paused, trying to apprehend what Cody was telling him. He couldn't even say a farewell correctly. Why was Cody acting that way?

The game was today, and Noah was beginning to regret his approval to come. The air today was horrendous; everything felt different, so... wrong, yet his surroundings looked normal, happy almost. It was choking him slowly. What did he do? All he wanted to do was to sit and read a book like he has always done on the weekends, but now he had to go to school again. He went on towards the school and went in like it was normal.