TJ was very worried when Spinelli didn't come back to class after the end of recess bell rang. Sure she was in a bad mood and all but he could never remember a time when she didn't at least come to class to pointedly ignore the group at least. He let out a sigh as he looked out the window willing her to come back in. He was afraid that she was going to be found out and get into big trouble or something. Plus it was just unnerving having a member of his group missing, what if something happened to her? TJ nearly growled in frustration as he took off his cap so that he could have easier access to his hair. He scratched it as he replayed their latest fight in his head and then started to pull at it as he looked up at the clock wondering why school was taking so long to be over.
TJ was nearly ready to distract Miss Grotke and wind the clock forward himself but as he looked around at his group he realized that it wasn't going to work. That was because everyone seemed to be quite preoccupied.
Gretchen was engrossed in the lesson as usual except for the fact that she kept biting her lip, showing TJ that she was trying very hard not to think about Spinelli's disappearance. Vince had his head on his desk and was staring at Spinelli's empty seat while tapping his foot on the floor as quickly as a rabbit. Mikey was holding on to the eraser that Spinelli had let him borrow yesterday and looked about ready to cry. And Gus was nearly curled up in a ball in his seat.
None of them was in a state of mind to pull of any mission at the moment, not unless it had something to do with bringing Spinelli back into the class or helping her out.
As a leader TJ knew his gang best. Right now he was just going to have to let it go. It was best not to get the whole group in trouble for one member, even if that member was Spinelli.
'I just hope she doesn't get into too much trouble and that she gets over this bad mood as quickly as possible for all our sakes.' TJ thought, and with that he tried his best to forget about Spinelli for now, but even as he tried he could have sworn that he saw an orange ski cap flit right across the window.
