Life is Strange 2: Unexpected Trials
Chapter 3 of Episode 1 of my Life is Strange 2 story, enjoy.
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Episode 1: Secrets
Chapter 3
Friday 28th October 2016
Sean yawned as he woke up to yet another day, yet as he stretched he paused as he remembered what day it was.
'28th, Friday...the day of the party...glad I got everything ready last night.' He reflected with a small smirk.
So, with everything in mind he gathered up all he needed, making sure to pick up his bag, as well as a spare which carried his party supplies and costume, to spare him the hassle of coming home.
He nodded. 'Right, that's everything, now...' He thought before he got dressed for the day.
Once dressed in a light red T-shirt, brown pants and sneakers and a matching red beanie, he left his room, ready for the day ahead. Meanwhile, in his own room, Daniel bit his lip, lost in thought. He was already dressed, in a yellow T-shirt, light jeans and simple sneakers.
He was thinking about last night. 'I just, I hope things will be okay. I'll see Chris again and try to talk to him, if things get...out of hand, I just need to remember what dad said.'
With that he also left his room. Seeing each other the brothers hurried to meet up at the door.
"Daniel, you're early, I didn't have to hurry you." Sean joked.
Daniel just rolled his eyes. "This isn't the time Sean, I mean...is Dad still…?"
Sean sighed. "I'm afraid so, I'm worried too, but I'm not sure what else we can do."
"I guess." Daniel said. "Well, we, better hurry, we don't wanna be late, right?"
Sean just nodded at that, not even joking that Daniel of all people was saying that and with that they hurried out and caught their respective buses, easily making it to school on time.
Arriving at school Daniel smiled lightly as he looked around. He was actually early for a change and while normally that would make him bored or restless, today he decided to continue with what he had been doing yesterday. It wasn't hard to find Chris, his shyness actually made him stand out as he avoided the crowd of other students. He was wearing faded jeans, a dark purple T-shirt and sneakers today. Daniel approached him and smiled once more.
"Hey Chris."
Chris turned and smiled back. "Hi Daniel, what's up?"
"Nothing much, you?"
Chris nodded. "I'm good."
They began to hang out and Daniel noted that, especially compared to yesterday, Chris seemed more relaxed and became even more so as time passed with them talking. Daniel thought for a moment, he wanted to hang out more with Chris, for them to become better friends.
"Say, today, after school...you wanna, come around to my house, hang out more?" Daniel decided to ask.
Chris looked surprised but then smiled. "Sounds fun, I'll have to ask dad, but I think it'll be alright."
Daniel smiled at that, nodding, certainly already hopeful. At that moment the bell rang and they headed to their class, ready to begin the day, for once Daniel was determined not to let his mind wander and actually focus on his work this time.
Later in the day, at lunch time, Daniel met Chris and they began hanging out again, eating lunch and chatting away. It was shortly after they finished eating that Daniel spotted them.
"Uh-oh." He muttered.
Chris lifted his head. "What...oh?"
He bit his lip, looking worried. It was Michael, dressed in a dark orange T-shirt, brown slacks and boots, leading his group towards them.
"Oh no, not again." Chris muttered.
Daniel immediately recalled his father's advice. "C'mon Chris, we can't stand for this."
"What, what are you…?"
"We're going to talk to a teacher, it's the best way, c'mon." Daniel insisted.
Chris looked hesitant, but agreed and they quickly found their way back inside, before the could be accosted by Daniel and his group. It luckily didn't take them long to find a teacher, a man roughly approaching middle age in a light blue button up shirt, khaki pants and brown shoes.
Daniel recognized him as teaching the grade above his. He quickly led Chris over, asking to speak to the teacher privately. The teacher regarded them with slight surprise but agreed and led them to his office. Once there he sat down and spoke.
"Now then boys, how can I help you?"
With that they began to tell their story, including what happened the previous day. As they did so, the teacher's expression darkened.
"Why am I not surprised that Michael Foster is involved." He muttered. "They have done this before, I thought they'd have learned their lesson. Leave this to me."
With that Daniel and Chris waited as the teacher went to call Michael and his group in, ready to deal with the matter at last.
Daniel shared a look with Chris and saw he looked worried.
"Hey, it'll be okay." He tried to reassure.
Chris bit his lip. "I hope so, I mean, I..."
Shaking his head Daniel spoke. "I'm sure the teacher can sort something out, so, let's just wait and see. We've explained what happened, we just need to remember that we're the ones telling the truth."
"Right, yeah, you're right." Chris replied.
It was just after that the teacher returned, with Michael and his friends, Michael glared sharply at Chris and Daniel but Daniel didn't even flinch and, seeing this, Chris steeled himself too.
"So, I think we all know why you're here." The teacher remarked, as he sat down. "Now I've spoken to each of you before this, about how you behave towards other students here. This bullying..."
Michael predictably spoke up. "We didn't do anything, we were just trying to make friends with the new kid, but Diaz there, had to..."
"That will do, I am all too familiar with your attitude and behaviour, Michael Foster." The teacher remarked sharply. "Consider this a warning, I will be talking with the Principal and we'll likely have to involve your parents in this matter...all of you are on your last warning, you do not want to make things worse."
Even Michael was struck speechless at the severity in the teachers tone and Daniel and Chris both felt glad they were not the ones in trouble here. They were permitted to leave then as the teacher continued to speak to the bullies and so they quickly left, happy in the knowledge that things were being taken care of.
With school finally over for the day Daniel smiled as he stood outside with Daniel.
"Here, in case we wanna call and hang out more." He said, handing over his home's phone number to Chris.
Chris laughed and then held out his own slip of paper. "I was, kinda thinking the same thing."
Daniel laughed too and they took the numbers, it was then Daniel spotted a man walking towards them. He was tall and had blue eyes, close-cropped brown hair with uneven side-swept bangs, and a light beard and moustache. He was clad in a grey T-shirt under a dark blue windbreaker, faded jeans and boots. It was then Chris saw him and smiled, hurrying over to him.
"Dad!" He called.
Daniel was slightly surprised but then followed, maybe they could talk to Chris' dad about Chris coming over after school today earlier than they thought.
Sean couldn't help but grin as he worked his way through the crowded hall. A lot of people had turned up for the party and already the place was packed, the music loud and people were getting drunk, high or simply eating. In short, it was his view of an amazing party.
'Gotta keep my wits about me though, don't wanna make a fool of myself.' He thought to himself. 'Need to stay focused if I want to accomplish my wishes here.'
He looked around, smirking slightly, everybody was putting in some real effort with their costumes and he was quite pleased with his own. He had gone with a Game of Thrones theme with a Gendry Waters costume. One person stood out to him thought, thanks largely to their lack of effort.
'Typical Harv, only shows up to drink or smoke, never gets in the actual mood.' Sean reflected.
It was true, Harv was not in costume, just wearing a tight black T-shirt, brown pants and sneakers.
"Hey Sean, care to join us."
He turned as he heard Ellery's voice and grinned when he saw him, along with Eric and Adam. They had clearly gone for a group theme dressing as the Three Musketeers, using the more recent TV show as their inspiration.
"I'd like to guys, but I've uh, got something I need to do, maybe later?" He called back.
They all smirked at him and urged him onwards, Sean rolled his eyes but continued to work his way through the hall.
He was looking for Jenn, hoping to talk to her, also hoping his stumbling yesterday didn't mean this was going to end in embarrassment for him.
"Gendry Waters, at least pick someone who is a main character."
He rolled his eyes and turned. "Hello to you too Lyla."
She smirked as she stepped up next to him, clearly she had gotten into the spirit of things, yet her comment about hoping to score also played true, for she had chosen a sexy witch costume. She was wearing a purple-and-black blouse dress with a light purple ribbon cross-stitched in the center, a black cat standing on a silhouette stand in the yellow moon, purple coloured pocket on the right side of the dress part, red cross lines on the front and back, a black witch hat with two purple diamond shapes on the front, black and purple striped high heel socks going pass her knees, black slip in high heels, and a witches broom held in her right hand.
"Nice touch." He said with a smirk.
"Oh I think it works for me." She shot back. "Say, I can tell you're worrying, look, Jenn didn't think anything bad about you stumbling over your words yesterday, trust me, she's still interested in talking to you. Now go talk to her."
"I will, once I find her." Sean replied, feeling better.
Lyla nodded and soon they went their separate ways, with Sean preparing himself to finally talk with Jenn.
He stopped for a moment, grinning widely when he saw her, he was amazed at what she had done, yet she was still instantly recognizable to him. She had her hair down and had dyed it violet and turquoise with pink roots. She had opted for a cute and somewhat sexy cat costume too. She was wearing a black short dress with puffy black fluff underneath, a pink ribbon cross tied in the front of her dress, a lining at the bottom of her dress with a leopard spot pattern, two finger-less gloves in the leopard pattern with a pink ribbon on the surface, two high heels with the leopard pattern as a colour, a leopard tail attached to the dress on the rear end, and on her head was a cat ear headband and painted on cat facial features.
'Wow, she looks, amazing, I...okay, this is it...' He thought to himself, before starting to move, then stopping suddenly. 'Huh…?'
He froze when he saw Jenn wasn't alone. A tall young man around the same age with short black hair, blue eyes and fair skin, as well as a reasonably toned build stood next to her, dressed as a mad scientist. He was smiling and chatting away.
Sean recognized him at once. 'Derek Anderson, what is he doing...no...'
He froze as he saw the expression on Derek's face and realized right away what was going on, he was flirting with Jenn.
Sean froze, shocked and conflicted; he knew Derek Anderson well enough to know that there was a very good chance of Jenn choosing him as a boyfriend. He grimaced, was this life playing a cruel joke of him, making him witness his missed chance.
While downhearted he did not want to cause an issue, especially in front of Jenn. So, dejected, he turned and began to walk back the way he came. He ran into Lyla as he did so and she smiled.
"There you are, so, how did..." She began but trailed off.
Her enthusiasm disappeared as she noted Sean's lack of joy.
"Sean..." She began, worried.
Sean shook his head. "I'm actually, kinda tired Lyla, goodnight."
With that, he left the party, not once looking back.
Epilogue
Daniel and Chris both smiled, laughing together as they sat in the living room of the Diaz house, watching TV. Just then the front door opened and Sean entered, Daniel leapt up and prepared to introduce Chris to his brother but then stopped. Sean looked rather dejected, as if something terrible had happened. Before he could say anything, Sean, who didn't seem to be paying any attention to his surroundings, left for his room, closing the door behind him, leaving Daniel and Chris to share a confused look.
At the party, Lyla bit her lip as she looked at her phone, she was worried as she had been trying to reach Sean, but he wasn't answering. Just then Jenn approached her, looking confused and caught her attention, Lyla immediately began to talk to her, the two of them sharing their confusion and worries.
Back at his home, Sean lay on top of his bed, still fully dressed, staring at the ceiling in a dark mood. Meanwhile, in his own room, Esteban paced back and forth, clearly panicked about something.
Next Time on Unexpected Trials:
Sean approached the book, lying haphazardly on the locker room floor, it looked like a journal of some sort. Curious he picked it up, noting the name on the cover, Derek Anderson. He held it open in front of him, at the pages it had fallen open to and read them. At once he froze, horrified by what he had just read. He couldn't believe it, the sickening truth laid out in front of him.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
