Finally done after what, a week or so?

Here it is! Chapter 2!


'… len… Allen…'

I slowly opened my eyes; I was in a hospital room. Mana was at my bedside, gazing over me whilst smiling.

'Ah, now you're with us.' he said. He ruffled my hair a bit with a hand. 'You took quite a fall yesterday.'

Wait, what happened yesterday? Oh yeah… the suspension beam broke. I glanced down at my arms; my left arm took most of the damage. Mana explained that a part of the broken beam fell on my arm and fractured it in two different places. My right only suffered a small sprain. And I suffered a small concussion, on top of it.

'That's it? I was expecting worse…' I said. What? I was.

Mana chuckled. 'From what I heard, a friend of yours acted right when the beam broke, and grabbed you before you fell directly on the floor.'

'So… that somewhat lessened the force of the impact?' I guessed. My eyes were wide from surprise. Though I was pretty sure it was Lavi who grabbed me.

'I suppose that's the best way to put it.' said Mana, scratching his ear. 'Anyways, you'll be in that cast for about 2 months; that's what the doctor said. The fractures weren't too bad.'

'Two months?' I cried. 'What about the hospital fee?' I asked nervously. I was well aware that Mana and I didn't have a lot of money, so I was concerned if this accident would really cost us.

'Taken care of.' Mana replied joyfully.

My expression turned blank. The room was dead silent for almost a minute or so.

'What?' I blurted suddenly. 'How?'

'Since it was the school's fault for the lack of inspection with the building's structure, they have paid for your hospital fee.' Mana clarified. 'So you have nothing to worry about.'

Well, that's certainly a load off my back. 'That's good.' I beamed.

Mana stood up and got his coat on. 'I've got to get back to work; my break is almost over.' he told me. 'But when I'm done, I'll pick you up something from the nearby burger joint. What would you like?'

'Usual.' I quickly responded. I had heard rumours that hospital food was gross, so I didn't really want to take any chances.

'Alrighty, I'll be back at around 4.' he said as he approached the door. 'Oh, by the way, you have some visitors outside.'

He opened the door and let them in. Lavi and Lenalee came bursting through. Mana laughed and left, leaving us alone.

'I heard about what happened!' Lenalee cried. 'Oh my god, I'm so sorry! I wish I had known about the beams before this occurred…'

I stared at her curiously. 'Why you? It's the principal's duty to make sure the school is stable, isn't it?'

'Well, yes…' She scratched her neck, seeming to be a little ashamed. 'But… Komui kind of needs to be… reminded of certain things.' she told us hesitantly.

That statement caused both Lavi and I to look at her incredulously. Lenalee swallowed and blushed lightly. Lavi shook his head in discontent.

'Enlighten me again as to how your brother became principal.' Lavi stipulated. Then he paused, looking as if he had said something that he shouldn't have. 'Actually, I don't want to know.'

Lenalee sat in the chair beside the bed, putting her bag down against the leg. Lavi decided to take a seat at my bedside.

'So… how long are you gonna be in that cast?' Lavi inquired.

'2 months.' Strangely enough, I felt that after hearing me say it rather than Mana, 2 months sounded much longer than it actually was. I asked myself how I could do things while my arm was out of order. Writing wasn't going to be a problem, since I'm ambidextrous. But doing something like getting dressed or taking a shower would most certainly be hard without both hands.

I breathed out deeply. Both Lenalee and Lavi gazed at me uneasily. 'Is something wrong?' Lenalee asked.

Life, that's what's wrong. 'No, no, I'm fine.' I answered, trying to sound happier.

'Well, you just seem upset…' Lenalee pointed out. 'Is there anything we can do for you?'

'It's fine, Lenalee.' I told her. 'I'm just a little on the tired side.'

Lenalee's bag unexpectedly began playing music. She opened up a pouch, and pulled out a small blue phone; a silver cross dangled from the cover. She slid it open and read the message.

'Aw, I gotta go; Komui's waiting outside to take me to gymnastics.' Lenalee placed the phone back in the pouch it was stored in and threw the bag over her shoulder. 'I'll see you guys later.'

We waved as she walked out the door and disappeared down the hall. The Lavi's expression turned serious as he averted his attention back to me. I had a feeling this was about yesterday.

'There's something I've been wanting to ask you since yesterday.' he stated; his voice seemed a bit angry. Yep, I knew it.

'What?'

'Why did you lie to me about your arm?'

The second he finished that question, it seemed like time had stopped.

'You… saw it?' I felt extremely overwrought as I asked that. Lavi nodded.

'As the paramedics were taking you out of the stretcher, I saw them ripping off the gauze on your left arm.' he told me. 'I was the only one who saw though, besides Mr. Chan.'

'Please don't tell anyone!' I pleaded, feeling my eyes tearing up. 'I just want to feel normal like everyone else! But right when they see my arm they want to stay as far away as possible! Please…'

Awkward silence followed right after that sentence was finished.

'I won't.' Lavi finally said. 'But listen; don't lie to me about stuff like that again.'

'I'm sorry.' I placed my hand on my arm self-consciously. 'I was just afraid… I didn't want you to hate me because of my arm.'

Lavi tilted his head down, intertwining his hands. 'Allen, can I tell you something?'

I sat up straight to listen to what he had to say. He looked back up at me. 'I wasn't assigned as your senior by the normal methods that they'd use to assign juniors and seniors together.' he said. 'Mr. Lee specifically asked me to be your senior during your first year.'

Specifically? 'Why is that?'

He flipped some of his long red hair out of his face. 'I don't really know exactly why, but he told me that he trusts me enough to be your senior. Perhaps he knew that giving you a different senior would have caused problems for you.' he explained. 'He did mention that you were quite different.'

I don't know whether I should take that comment lightly or not, I thought to myself.

'So when I saw you, I knew what he meant. No offence.'

'None taken.' Though what I just said was true, I did feel a small twinge of anger.

'Allen, I just want you to understand; I want to be your friend. And so does Lenalee. But you need to tell us about something like this beforehand.' said Lavi. 'If something goes wrong, we want to be able to protect you.'

I think my heart just skipped a beat. 'I… don't know what to say…' I murmured; I could definitely tell that my face was red now.

'You don't have to say anything.' Lavi smiled. The only thing I could do was smile back.

Lavi checked the clock; he stood up from the bed and stretched, and then picked up his bag.

'You're leaving?' I presumed.

'Yeah, the old man wanted me back home before 3; I got a lot of homework to do as well.' he told me. I was a bit disappointed; I wanted Lavi to stay a bit longer, just until Mana got back. Lavi waved to me and left through the door, leaving me all alone in the silent hospital room.

I decided to close my eyes and sleep until Mana got back, since I couldn't do anything else.

My eyelids flit open at the sound of the door closing; an hour seemed to pass by quickly, as Mana had already returned with dinner. I sat up, feeling glad that he was back. He placed the bag of food on the end table by my bed; I took almost no time rummaging through it for food and digging in.

'You must've been hungry.' Mana laughed.

'Mm-hm.' I mumbled; my mouth was full of burger. I started coughing a bit as I swallowed.

'Easy, Allen. Eat slower or you'll choke.' I smirked innocently; I was hungry, Dad. 'Anyway, how was your time with your friends from school?' he wondered.

'Good.' I responded. Then I started feeling a bit sick from guilt, remembering how Lavi was mad at me for lying to him. I put my burger aside and leaned against my pillow, looking at the window instead of Mana.

'Well now, I've never seen this happen. Something on your mind, kiddo?'

I hesitated. '… I'm just feeling guilty.' I told him crestfallenly.

'And why's that?' he asked. 'I told you earlier, the hospital fee is covered, and it's not your fault that you got hurt either. So you have nothing to worry about.'

'That's not it…' I muttered. 'I lied to Lavi… about my arm… and he told he saw it as the medics were taking me away.'

Mana frowned, holding his chin with one hand. 'What did you say, Allen?'

'I had my arm wrapped up in gauze before gym started…' I began. 'Then the teacher told me what to say if someone asked. So during class, Lavi asked me about my arm… I said that I had surgery on my arm, and I wasn't supposed to take the gauze off until it was okay.'

'And?'

Man, he's good. 'And then he asked me what happened that caused the need for surgery. I told him that it was in an accident, but I couldn't remember exactly how it happened because I was knocked out.' I continued.

'I see…' Mana's face became a bit disappointed. 'So what did he say while he was here?'

I gulped loudly; the weight of the guilt started to feel a bit heavier with that question. 'He seemed kind of mad…' I replied. 'He said he wouldn't tell anyone, but he didn't want me to lie to him again.'

'I guess it was better than you expected, huh?' he chuckled. 'But Lavi is right, Allen; you shouldn't lie about yourself. Lying doesn't make you friends that easily.'

'Dad! You know I feel uncomfortable about my arm!' I exclaimed. 'When most people know they immediately dislike me!'

'I understand, Allen. But you need to learn to feel happy in your own skin. And before you make your rebuttal, I know that it can take a long time to do, but it's your job to make it happen. There will be people who will shun you because of your differences, but you have to let them know that you don't care about what they say, because you are you, and nothing or no one other than you can change you.'

I gazed down sadly at my left arm. Feel comfortable in my own skin? That sounds like a near-impossible thing to do in my case. I groaned heavily and continued to eat my dinner until there was nothing left but wrappers and a brown paper bag.


September ended with the local construction company starting the work on replacing the suspension beams in the gym, which apparently was long overdue, according to the school board's safety and building inspection sector. Judging from the tone of Mr. Lee's voice on the P.A. system when he announced it, he didn't sound that happy about it. He seemed rather miserable instead. I wondered whether or not it was because it would cost the school a fortune for the repair, or possibly because he got an earful about not doing it sooner from his superiors.

'About damn time.' said Lavi. 'I still can't believe that the suspension beams would break like that while you were still climbing.'

I shrugged. 'Well, it can happen, I suppose.' I finished off the can of pop I had, crushed it, and threw it in the recycling. 'But the chances would be slim.'

'Hey, how's your arm doing?' he asked.

I stared down at my left arm, and lifted it in front of me. Instead of a regular cast, my arm was supported by a plastic brace. I could move it around and write with it still, but gym was out of the question right now.

'It's better, but not fully healed yet.' I replied.

Lavi stretched his arms out and put them behind his back. 'That sucks.' he frowned. 'We're starting our soccer unit soon; you could probably kick Yu's ass, seeing as you almost knocked Daisya out and landed the ball in the goal all with one shot.'

'Don't remind me.' I groaned. 'Besides, I think it was just a lucky shot!'

Suddenly Lavi seemed like he had an idea. I swear, if it's another idea that has to do with pranking someone, I thought irritably.

'Hey, do you wanna go out to Main Street with Lenalee and I?' he wondered. 'It's only like, 5 minutes away and we have another hour left of lunch.'

'I dunno, what do you guys do there?'

'Well, since October is here and Halloween isn't that far, we're probably going to go down to Krorykins' costume depot.'

Krorykins? Weird names just keep popping up from this guy everyday, I said to myself.

'Sure…' I said.

'Awesome!' Lavi abruptly grabbed my wrist and dragged me with him to the front doors. Lenalee was waiting patiently until she spotted us approaching her.

'You guys ready to go?' she asked.

'Wait a second…' I gave them both an annoyed look. 'Were you planning on taking me, either way?'

Lavi grinned mischievously. 'Yup.' he replied.

'You've been through a lot in the past month, Allen.' said Lenalee. 'So we figured that you needed a bit of a break.'

I placed a hand in my hair, almost wanting to hide it. 'But… my white hair and scar…' I reminded them.

'Aw, who cares, Allen!' Lavi continued to drag me outside by the wrist while Lenalee just giggled. 'Everyone at school has already seen you! But have they done anything? Nope! So it's most likely gonna be the same deal on Main Street!' He finally managed to get me through the doors. I glanced up and noticed that it was overcast today.

'C'mon guys! We don't have all day!' Lenalee exclaimed.

Guess I have no other choice, I told myself as I stopped struggling. We walked off the property and made our way to Main Street. Everything was always busy there, no matter what time of year it was. There would always be festivals or events going on, or it would be busy just by itself, even when there was nothing major going on. I remember that Mana took me here once to get his clown costume tailored.

'So Allen, have you ever been to Arystar's costume store before?' asked Lenalee.

'Arystar?'

'His name is Arystar Krory.' she clarified. 'Although Lavi's pet name for him is Krorykins. So have you?'

I shook my head. 'No. I actually don't come to Main Street that often.' I told her. 'I've always been too afraid…'

'Better get used to it!' said Lavi. 'We come here pretty often!'

Great. 'Well… maybe no one will care.' I murmured.

'That's the spirit!' Lavi lightly punched my shoulder. I grimaced.

Lenalee quickly spotted the store. 'We're here!' I followed them up the street, to a rather dark-looking store. The sign simply said "Costume Depot".

The minute I walked through the door, I jumped when a ghostly shape came rushing towards us. Then I quickly realized that it was ghost decoration tied to a pulley that ran along a line, starting at the ceiling and ending just in front of the door to scare the patrons. I stood right there, frozen with shock, while both Lenalee and Lavi just laughed.

'He got you good, didn't he?' Lavi chuckled. He pushed the ghost aside like it was nothing. 'Oi! Krory!'

Nothing happened. 'KRORYKINS!' he called out louder.

A door in the back opened. A dark figure stretched his arms and yawned loudly. 'Ugh, Lavi… do you have to keep calling me that?' he complained. A tall man, who strangely resembled a vampire, approached us. 'How are you today, Lenalee?'

She smiled brightly. 'Good, thanks.'

Arystar then turned his attention to me, and stared at me curiously. 'Who's this?'

'This is Allen.' Lavi replied. 'He's a new friend of ours from school.'

'Nice to meet you…' I felt that his image was a little intimidating. His eyes widened, like he was surprised.

'Are you… afraid of me?' he wondered, cocking his head to the side.

'Allen, Arystar isn't mean at all.' Lenalee told me. 'In fact, he wouldn't hurt a fly. So you don't need to worry about him commenting about you.'

'W-well, I wasn't really…'

Then Lenalee interrupted me. 'Anyways, Arystar, were you sleeping on the job again?' she asked, sounding disappointed.

'Nope. Not at all.' he answered rather quickly. That sounded more like lying, I thought.

'Krorykins… you do know that if you sleep while the store's open, someone might come in and take something, right?' said Lavi, folding his arms.

'Right…' he muttered, looking more miserable now. So he was lying.

'So, has the shipment of new costumes come in?' Lavi inquired, dropping the previous subject.

'Yes, in fact, they came in just yesterday.' Krory responded. His face brightened up right after he had asked that. 'I just finished putting them up, so that's why I was tired before you came here. You three can go ahead and have a look.'

'Great! Thanks Arystar!' said Lenalee.

Arystar showed us to the costume aisle. Literally, the whole aisle contained everything for costumes; from whole outfits to makeup kits to realistic-looking fake weapons. My jaw gaped from awe. I had never really told anyone this, but Halloween was one of my favourite holidays. Not just because of the large amount of candy that one could get, but because no one cared about what others looked like.

'What to be, what to be…' Lenalee scanned through the shelves like nobody's business. I noticed a chart of models wearing each of the costumes. I called them over and showed them.

Lavi eyed the model wearing a pirate costume. I figured that he thought it would go well with his eye patch.

'I like the cat costume.' Lenalee chimed. The costume consisted of ears, a very short black dress, a tail, boots, and a pair of oversized paws. I wondered how her brother would react to such a skimpy costume.

'Uhh… I don't think that would be the best idea, Lenalee…' I spoke up. 'Your brother m-'

'Oh pshaw. My brother can't always dictate me over what I should or shouldn't do, or what and what not to wear.' she smirked. I have to say, her boldness was definitely admirable, but I can't say I didn't warn her. 'If anything I'll just wear some leggings underneath.'

'That sounds a bit more reasonable.' Lavi thought aloud.

I nodded. 'I agree.'

'Alright, alright.' she huffed. She went to go find the costume while me and Lavi remained at the chart.

'So what do you think you want to be?' Lavi asked me.

I continued to examine the chart; I found something under the clowns' section. "European Whiteface Clown", it read. It had a furry cloak with an intricate mask, along with a bit of makeup, a pair of white cartoony gloves. The clothes underneath it didn't really seem that clownish, but the whole thing still kind of passed, I believed.

'That clown one seems interesting.' I stated.

'You're into clowns?' Lavi asked.

I nodded. 'My dad is a clown. I worked it him a bit when I was younger, so yeah.' I told him.

'Can you do a trick or something?'

'Not right now! I don't think Arystar would like it if I messed up the store.'

'Aw, c'mon Allen! Just juggle or something! Nothing major.' he pleaded.

I looked around for something I could juggle and not break if it was dropped. I found a bin full of small spongy balls, and took out five of them.

'Five? That's crazy.' Lavi laughed. 'This'll be something.'

As I began to toss them in the air, I focused hard on maintaining a pattern in which the balls wouldn't fall out of my hands. Behind me, I heard the sound of Lenalee's high heels clacking on the floor, heading towards the fitting rooms.

I did a few more juggles before I decided to stop. I caught two balls in each of my hands, and as the fifth one fell, I tilted my head up. In one quick action, I caught the last one with my teeth. I spat it out and rubbed it on my shirt before putting it back in the bin.

'That's amazing! I didn't think you'd be good at something like this!' Lavi beamed.

'Well, like I said, I did work in the circus.' I reminded him.

Lenalee then came bustling out of the fitting room in her cat costume. 'How do I look?' she wondered, looking at us.

I could feel blood swarming to my face as Lavi and I glanced at each other. It was, indeed, very skimpy.

'Uhh…' I started, trying to avert my gaze away. 'You should probably go with wearing leggings, for your own sake.'

She rolled her violet eyes. 'Oh all right.' she pouted. Lenalee went back into the fitting room, and hastily came out in her uniform. 'I'll be right back.' She hurried off into another section of the store to find some leggings.

'Well, I'm gonna go find that pirate costume.' declared Lavi, and took off into the aisle. I decided to search for the clown costume I wanted as well. I looked along the shelves and hangers for the costume, but when I found it, it was all the way at the top shelf.

I looked around for something like a ladder or a hook. Leaning against the wall was a 10-foot hook. I picked it up, hoping Arystar wouldn't mind me using it for a couple of seconds.

The hook picked up the hanger with the clown costume, and I brought it down. Without hesitation I gingerly placed the hook back in its spot, and made my way to the change room.

CLANG!

That sounded bad. I stopped in my tracks, turning to find the hook lying on the floor. Nothing broke, to my relief, but there were several items lying on the concrete floor. Arystar came as quickly as he could to see what happened.

'What happened?' he asked.

I turned to him. 'I'm sorry!' I apologized. 'I just used it for a minute and put it back quickly, but it must've fell…'

'Ah, well, no harm done.' He started to pick up the fallen items on the floor. 'But just let me know next time you need something.'

'Okay. Again, I'm sorry.' I told him.

He nodded and continued with cleaning up the items. I bolted to the fitting room, and locked the door shut behind me. I changed out of my uniform and tried the costume on. It looked good, but I felt that it was missing something. I walked out and examined myself in the large mirror against the wall.

'That looks good.' said Lenalee, coming out of her fitting room. This time, she was wearing black knee-high leggings with her costume, which looked much better and more appropriate.

'Thank you.' I smiled, and turned back to the mirror. 'Although I feel like it needs something else...'

Lenalee contemplated about it for a moment. She approached me and lifted the hair on the back of my head up, to my surprise. I was about to question what in the world she was doing, but then I realized what she was thinking.

'Well, for a wild and crazy costume, you should have wild-looking hair, right?' she proposed.

I nodded in agreement. 'You're right.' I replied. She let go of my hair; I brushed it back with my hand to neaten it again.

'Well, we're not going to actually go out. We're a little old for that now.' Lenalee sighed. She seemed a bit depressed about it.

'Then why did we come here?' I asked.

She smirked. 'Arystar has the best costumes in town, Allen. Since 2 years ago, we've always came here during October.' she told me. 'Although we don't come to buy costumes anymore, we do come by to say hello and to try out the costumes for fun.'

I looked in the mirror again. Now that I knew what I was missing, I kind of wanted to keep the costume. But Mana wanted me to help out with the next circus performance in November, so it gave me an alternative reason why I should buy it.

'I'm going to buy this.' I stated.

Lenalee gazed at me curiously. 'You're going out?' she assumed.

'No, no.' I quickly replied, shaking my head. 'My dad asked me to take part in one of the circus' performances in November, and I need a new costume. So yeah.'

'Oh, I see.' Her face lit up after I said that. What is she thinking now, I wondered. I went back into the fitting room, locked the door, and began unclipping my cloak.

'So what do you do at the circus, Allen?' asked Lenalee.

'I do different things.' I told her. I removed the rest of the costume and threw it on the floor. 'This time I'm on the tightrope.'

I became startled when I heard someone bellow like a pirate. The scream coming from Lenalee was so high-pitched and loud it was piercing. Then I heard Lavi laughing. Of course. Only he would truly get into character like that.

'Lavi!'

Lavi continued to laugh. 'Oh man, I got you good!' he declared. I could easily predict that Lenalee was pouting at him now.

After I got back into my school uniform, I stepped out to find Lavi in a pirate outfit. It suits him, I thought. I was being both honest and sarcastic there, for the record.

'Aw, did I miss seeing your costume?' Lavi wondered, frowning. I shrugged, somewhat indicating that he was right.

Lenalee pulled out her phone and slid it open, quickly closing it again. 'We only have 15 minutes until the next bell rings.' she informed us. 'You should probably get out of that costume so we can get going.'

'Kay.' Lavi walked back into the fitting room. I could hear the rustling of clothes afterwards.

I marched towards the cash register, where Arystar was reading a novel. He saw me coming and put the book down on the counter.

'You're buying that?'

'Actually, can I put it on hold?' I requested. 'I don't have the money right now, but I can come by later after school to pick it up.'

'Of course.' I handed him the costume; he took out a tag and wrote my name down on it, putting it on the rack behind him. 'I'll keep it on hold until tomorrow, if you don't show up today.'

I thanked him and waited for Lenalee and Lavi to come to the front entrance. They showed up a couple of minutes later, and we left together after saying goodbye to Arystar.

'What are you guys doing for Halloween?' Lavi inquired.

'I have a gymnastics tournament that day.' Lenalee replied.

'Nothing really.' I said.

Lavi sighed, seemingly in deep thought. 'Hey, Allen?'

'Yeah?'

'You wanna hang out that day? Seeing as we don't have anything to do.'

I averted my eyes to him. 'And do what?'

'Umm…' Guess he didn't think about it enough, I said to myself. 'We could go see that new movie everyone's been talking about. "Bloody Halloween" I think it's called?' he suggested.

Lenalee made a face. 'Ugh… I wouldn't want to go, even if I was available.' she stated. 'It's too gory for my liking.'

'Isn't that not out yet?' I remarked. The TV ads did say it wouldn't be out until October 29th. Oh, wait.

'Yeah, but it'll be out on Halloween.' he said. 'So we'll be able to go.'

I wasn't too fond of scary movies, but it was true that I had nothing better to do. It's just a silly movie, I thought. I figured that I might as well give it a chance.

'Okay.' I answered. 'Sounds like a plan.'

The school building came into view. The clock outside showed that it was only 5 minutes until the next bell rang. We waved to Lenalee as she left for her next class, while Lavi and I headed for gym. Mind you, I did say that I wasn't ready to participate in gym yet: doctor's orders. You did remember that, right?

As we entered the boys' change room, Lavi stayed behind to get ready. I just walked straight through, trying not to look at anyone. The gym was empty since everyone was still getting ready. I took a seat on one of the bleachers when Mr. Chan came out.

'Good to see you, Walker.' he greeted. 'How's your arm feeling today?'

'Just another month and it'll be all healed.'

'Excellent.' He grinned. 'By the way, we won't be using those ropes again anytime soon. We got in trouble for not having anything out in case someone fell from the ropes.'

I looked up at the suspension beams. The workers didn't come until after school ended, but you could tell they were there since there was a long ladder leaning against the wall and some other equipment left behind by them. They were currently in the middle of taking down the beam that my rope was hanging off of before.

'Are you planning on using them again?' I asked.

'Not until the end of this semester.' Mr. Chan replied. 'After the repairs are done, we have to meet with the main school board to file some papers that'll give us permission to use them again.'

'What're you guys talking about?'

Lavi appeared from the change room. Mr. Chan explained the current situation with the suspension beams once again to Lavi.

'Sucks that we can't use them.' said Lavi, who clearly sounded like he didn't really care about whether they used them or not. I had a feeling he didn't really like the ropes. 'But it's good that they're taking responsibility for this whole thing.'

'Yeah.' I agreed.

Lavi turned back to Mr. Chan. 'So are we starting the soccer unit today?' he asked.

'Yep.' Mr. Chan handed Lavi some keys. 'Can you go open the storage room and grab the big bag of soccer balls?'

'Yes sir!' And with that, Lavi took off.

'If you'd like, Walker,' Mr. Chan began. 'You can be the referee. It'll give you something to do since your arm's out of order.'

'Sounds good.' I said as I leapt off the bleachers. 'But can you explain to me what I should do or look for during the game?'

Everyone was eventually out on the gym floor and practicing kicking as Mr. Chan explained to me about the ref's job. When he was finished, he blew the whistle and divided everyone up into two teams that would alternate players every 5 minutes. After everyone was in position, I walked up to the two players at centre court and dropped the ball when the whistle blew again.

Then Halloween came.


And that ends chapter 2! What'll happen at the movies? (no, we're not there yet, eager beavers) And will Allen's arm heal by November's circus performance?

Find out when chapter 3 comes out!

P.S; expect Kanda to play a lead role in the next chapter!

Until next time,
LMC