Hey everyone, it'll be one month before I get to own a copy of Revelations 2, I have it preordered and paid off fully with a two year warranty of kicking ass. When I comes out, that'll consume my time and invigorate me write even more. Now my geek out is over, let us continue.
Anthony sat there as Jessica continued to make notes about possible subjects. The world is full of things and every one of them was at her mercy. Five minutes have past and Jessica didn't say a word to him. The pencil glided over the paper and didn't show any sign of stopping.
Billy watched from afar, and as much as he wanted to help, he has his own subject to work on with his partner being science fiction geek Quint Catchem. Calling for his attention, Billy returned to his work with his partner for the assignment.
"So Jess, are we going to decide on the project?" Anthony knew this approached was pathetic one.
"Don't call me Jess." If could hiss, she probably would've been doing it.
"I only said that to get a response, keep ignoring me, and I'll have to get creative." Anthony was half serious. His mechanical pencil was still in hand. He needed to write but didn't know exactly what to do yet.
"I want to do the Berlin Wall, the division of East and West Berlin." Jessica raised her gaze to look at Anthony. She had a stern expression of finishing her work or angry at the thought of having Anthony for a partner.
"Okay, I guess I work with that." Anthony wrote down the idea in his notebook.
"You guess or you know because I won't have liability weigh me down." Jessica didn't even have to look up to see Anthony frowning at her. As much as he wanted to taunt her, it'll get him nowhere and with Coulson watching, this isn't the place to do it. He breathed in the air and allowed the weight of his mind ease the tension he felt. He looked back at Jessica.
"Okay, so what do you want to do about the Berlin wall?" Anthony compromised.
Jessica mentally smiled as she knew that she would win this argument automatically. Anthony wrote down possible facts or events to mention in their report. He didn't expect on what would have been asked next so he wrote what come to mind first.
"So, how was the beating?" Jessica asked with changing her tone of voice.
"Hold on." Anthony continued writing down his current thought. He had a habit of not breaking from his thoughts until it was finished because he would lose it the moment he looked away. "It was quick. Can we change the subject?"
"So they didn't break any bones or make you bleed?" Jessica pressed on with her attack.
"No, no, and for the Berlin Wall, will we talk about the effects or the time before it was knocked down?" Anthony displayed his intentions as clear as day.
"It was really mean on what you said." Jessica continued her assault.
"Indeed it was, he got his revenge and we can all move on. So, I was thinking, we should write about the story of the life of a guard to make it seem different to those who would read it. You know?" Anthony made sure to write it down. The thought of Chris coming back with his punches. What really bugged Anthony was the realization that Chris probably was pulling his punches? (A term for a fighter not giving their all.)
"You do that. I'll research the finer points." Jessica learned she hit a wall on her own. She kept writing and had her thoughts drift into what could make the paper better. The two kept talking to a minimum as they continued to write down various notes and ideas to do. Because of the work they prepared for, it had the time in class pass by rather fast and Anthony couldn't feel any more relieved by the time the bell chimed.
Jessica packed her things. "I'll research the facts as you'll get the stories involving it, sound fair?" Anthony responded to her by giving a' thumbs up.' (In America, that means for a person going "okay.") Jessica got her answer and quickly left the room.
God this is going to be a long week. Anthony stood up as well and Billy paced slowly to the other side of his table. He watched as he didn't see the need to be a smart ass yet.
"How's it going with the girl?" Billy got right to the point. Anthony just scoffed.
"We have an assignment to work toward, she's already hates me, and it change my whole perspective on the matter as well." Anthony avoided rolling his eyes this time. Billy raised his hand and smacked Anthony's back.
"Well your charming charisma will do the trick. This'll be over soon." Billy didn't care that Anthony was aware of him giving false hope. But saying it just proved it to that he still cares.
"How's it going with Mr. Snowman?" Anthony lifted his bag and the two made their way outside to walk the halls. They passed the English teacher's room where Clive R O'Brian was busy trying to get the stupid copy machine to work. Adele just watched from the other side of the room and laughed. Anthony and Billy barely noticed as they walked by.
"Great actually, he wanted to do the Eiffel Tower. We hit it off and found a chapter in the textbook to work with. I think we're a halfway done already." Billy and Anthony continued to recap their time to ignore the halls because it was now lunch time. "I don't really have any idea on how I could contribute to the this little project."
"Hey guys." Sheva said as she walked behind the two. She seemed alert and excited to see her escorts. They seemed to have been the only ones that didn't bombard her questions of Africa and Europe. Not that she hated talking about it, but she wanted to experience America and not the worlds she left behind.
"So you guys rushing to the lines?" Sheva asked rhetorically.
"We're creatures of habit that way." Billy elbowed Anthony.
The three stood in line to talk about their days so far and Anthony left out the part of having to work with Jessica. Billy caught on to it and distracted Sheva before she tried to dig deeper.
"So guys, what do we have to work with today?" Sheva looked around into the crowd of students. Half kept to themselves but yammered on and on like chickens. They never stop "bock bock bockbockbocking."
"Alrighty then, brace yourselves." Hunk said as he took a gulp of his carton of milk. (In America, students are giving a half pint sized milk containers to drink with their lunches.) He was okay with talking again because he knew this would be a good distraction to the whole lunch period today. "Oh god." Billy rested his hand on his chin.
"A first we got, the older brother to Ms. Sherry Birkin, the brother Vincent Birkin. Tall, handsome, with a little scruff on his chin but he loves for the rugged appeal. He's intelligent enough to handle basic forms of confrontations. Not with scare tactics but he likes to express how he doesn't like to back down from a fight. His favorite hobby is eating various forms of food and is prepared enough to care pocket mouth wash when he comes across something he doesn't like. He also knows how to use a handgun." Billy and Sheva looked at Anthony. "You can tell by the way his palms are shaped, he doesn't notice it anymore but his palms are indented by the shape of a handgun. It's curved in meaning he's been practicing for a very long time. Another thing about him is that he knows how to give his sister space besides a certain someone." Hunk took another sip of his drink.
"Next up we have Helena Harper and her younger sister Deborah Harper. Helena is a Junior as well; she was trained by her aunt to be ready for any kind of combat. She definitely idolizes her aunt because of how much she acts like a hard ass toward anyone that comes close to her sister. She even saves up her money to buy formal clothing of dress shirts and pants. She has a phobia about spiders and isn't afraid to break her exterior to express it either. She's also part of the school's volleyball team." Anthony took a bite of his meal.
"Oh no, responsibility can make some become blind by their own love." Billy knew that line he said was some self-pretentious bullcrap, but it was obvious he really didn't mean anything by it.
"I'm sure Anthony here knows the answer to that." Sheva took a bite of her sandwich.
"No kidding, unlike Mr. body reader here, they all have something going on." Billy continued to eat. He didn't give any more credit than he had to, because he was interested in what Anthony had to say.
"Deborah loves to dance and watch hero movies. I'm not kidding, she dresses like that for school but deep down inside, she's a tomboy. Before you ask, I noticed one day, she had a Die Hard shirt under her jacket once and was afraid to show it. Of course her sister fails to see her hiding her hobby from the public. As a side note, she wears contacts for her eyes; I've noticed the eye drop bottles in the side of her bag. She is being pressure into the Volleyball team by her sister. Other than that I don't know much about her."
"Is there anyone else?" Billy asked before Sheva could.
"There's Keith Lumley and his best friend Quint Catchem. The two were best friends before they could speak. Quint is intelligent and shy while Keith has the self-confidence to do whatever he sets his mind to. Quint is the thinker and Keith is the doer. Quint has a hobby of bringing comic books to school as well as movies; Keith is just as much of fan but not on the level of Quint. They ditched class yesterday to catch the newest Evil Dead remake. Quint has been around the school several times but I don't know what for because it seems like he's been talking to everybody. Oh well."
"The next contestant is Steve Burnside. He's the one making the funny fashion statements because he loves to listen to all girl K-Pop bands. His newest obsession is Baby metal from the internet. But he isn't just that by the way. He wants to become a pilot because of all the aviation magazines he brings to the school over the years. He isn't afraid to express himself and has a crush on Claire Redfield but is too afraid to make a move because of her brother. He still makes the time to study because he's in most advance classes the school offers." Anthony took a deep breath.
"Wait, there's more?" Billy said for no reason at all.
"We got Excella Gionne and her pack of followers. They watch way too many 'reality' TV shows. Excella comes from Spain but was raised in France. Her Spanish accent is forced. She loves to make the newest fads reflect with the mindless zombies that faun over her. She prefers to keep her hair in a bun. She needs to have some sort of conflict with anyone, as long as she can pretend to be in the right and believes to be the proper one to crowd queen bee." Anthony felt tired from being the one who talked. "I think we're done for today."
"I was wondering, where's Selene, does she have lunch at this time as well?" Billy asked as he looked around the cafeteria.
"I'm not sure; maybe she's hanging out with someone else." Sheva answered.
The three sat in silence after that. None of them knew enough about each other to say anything to get a conversation going. Sheva was the one to make the first move.
"I was once able to shoot an apple mid-flight once." Sheva threw out there. She was lying of course but it got them talking about it. Billy learned of her hobby of archery and started to learn the basics of being an archer. Anthony had a tug in his mind of another person he knew.
Then in the corner of his eye, he saw her. The student that walked by and she didn't feel his gaze. Anthony hid it well since Billy and Sheva didn't notice. The student made to her closest friend whom was Claire Redfield. The two smiled and started to talk about something but Anthony didn't bother trying to understand because lip reading is a subjective study to learn. He looked down at the table and brought it his friends.
It didn't take long before lunch ended and then everyone went their separate ways. The day continued as it finally his chance to leave the school without any he knew that was watching. He exited the through the backdoor and walked to the sidewalk. No one made an effort to talk to him, just as he liked it.
He walked through the many routes he created for himself to get to his house. The time he spent walking would be longer but he didn't mind. He made it home without any trouble. He lowered his bag as he tossed it to the couch and he walked into his kitchen to get a bottle of water. The house was still quiet and he needed to release himself from the world. He drank his water in swing and wiped the leftovers from his lip. He walked into his room. After a minute, a figure appeared with Gasmask and he walked into the living room. The house around him was muffled by his breathing.
With a press of a button, a song blasted from the speakers in the living room. It was a song of a somber beginning and was brought up by the sound of trembling bass guitar and the drums blasted.
With that Anthony felt free, free from the world, the pain, and hidden completely by the gasmask was his smile. He knew that no one could think about anything at this moment. He air guitar with his fingers to go alongside the bass. The song echoed throughout the house and he walked to the staircase and jumped down mouthing the words.
When the song ended, Anthony calmed down and got his bouncy ball ready. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Anthony was completely confused by that, there wasn't anyone that needed to visit him. Probably a missionary to carry out their jobs of visiting all houses, he snickered at the thought of scaring one them away with his mask. So unlatching the locks, Anthony got a good look at the person. He regretted the idea to scare someone for a chance and instead, he was the one who was scared.
"Umm, is this the Silverstein residence?" The young woman asked. Anthony had no idea on what to do so without clearance from his brain, he spoke.
"This is it. Can I ask what you want Sheva?" Anthony didn't want to remove his gasmask just yet since his terror was easy to hide.
"Oh is that you Anthony? I guess the mask really had me fooled." Sheva placed her right hand on her head. "Well I didn't see you leave the school earlier and I wondering if you were alright."
"I'm fine." Anthony gathered his bearings, his blood started to slow down and he felt at peace from the situation so he slowly started to unhook the latches of his gasmask. "I didn't see you either, so I walked by myself."
"Oh okay." Sheva stood there. "Can I come in?" She asked.
Anthony knew this couldn't be undone or seen so didn't care about the thought anymore. So with him taking the moment to take the mask off, he nodded. "Sure come in."
"Wow this really is a lovely home. Are you parents here?" Sheva entered the house. She knew what to expect but chose to give a small sense of awe.
"No, they're away on business. I'm just here because I didn't want to go with them." Anthony gave the bare bones answer.
"Ok, well. What do they do exactly?" Sheva took a chance and she sat down.
"My mother is a manager to a small economics firm in Boston. While my dad works in Japan with a software company. He programs different systems for various companies." Anthony casually walked to his room and placed his mask onto the counter of the kitchen.
"Okay, I'm sorry for intruding on you. I was just that, Billy showed a lack of concern of your well-being and I couldn't leave this alone with good conscious. In a way I just had to check up on you." Sheva felt a little guilty for forcing her way to Anthony's home when what she just said was a lie. It was really a plot to see if she could learn anything from her guide. She didn't know exactly on what to think.
She walked to the door and left the house. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow morning."
"Yeah, do you need me to walk you to your house?" Anthony offered.
"No thank you. Good day."
"Um okay then." Anthony turned around. "What was that about?" He decided to think nothing of it. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Oh what is it now?
"Let me just get my shoes and I can walk you-"
At the door stood a tall muscular young man with brown camouflage pants with a gray t-shirt and on his head was red beret angled the right side. The young man stood there at the door.
"How's it going, Jack?" Anthony said blankly.
I think this story is really starting to truck along now. I enjoy the thought of making this over the course of time. Vincent Birkin is not my character, he belongs to Rayvn Shadowheart and his Original Character. I thought I would be cool o appear in the story as well. Thank you for reading as always, please tell me what you think? Response Corner time.
Roseimagine: I thought it would be cool to show Selene having a cool hobby for Japanese culture. I was just as surprised to find out you loved Howl's Moving Castle as well from your profile. I thought that tidbit on a whim. I'm glad you've enjoyed my portrayal of Selene and I thought she would make a cool friend to Sheva. Anthony and Billy are Juniors. Sheva is actually a year younger than them but her efforts in school made her grade level skip a year. So Sheva is a Junior as well. I thought I needed to ease it out with Anthony and Jessica, I hope I didn't disappoint you.