Lenore, as usual, entered the school with her friends and cousin, but she noticed Lee sitting in front of the lockers, and ditched them to meet up with him. She crouched down to his level, but soon noticed that he was VERY sick. She scooted back a little, and then talked.
"Lee, you look sicker than a wet dog!" Lenore exclaimed, adding in a small look of pity.
"I-" he sneezed "-know"
"You shouldn't even be here, this place is so dirty, I'm sure it will only make you feel worse."
"My mom wouldn't let me stay home, even if I was dying, so…." Lee said, sneezing, and then almost sneezing, again.
Lenore extended a hand to put on his shoulder, but Lee sneezed again and she quickly took it back. Lenore was quite the germaphobe, and didn't want to catch the Flu herself.
"Anyways, I have to listen to this hypnotic prank song, to figure out what it's deal is."
"Hypnotic?"
"Yes, Lenore, hypnotic. It hypnotized you."
"And when did it do that?"
"At the party on Friday?"
Lenore tensed up, at the mention of the party. The first thing that flashed through her mind was the guy she'd slept with, and how much she'd regretted it. Lenore had found out, luckily, the guy didn't go to A. Nigma, so there was doubt that any rumors related to that would spread. Of course, even then, the school seemed to be more absorbed with making rumors about Lee and Lenore…which is why Brandy had been targeting Lenore even more so. Brandy seemed to want to keep a tight hold on Lee, for reasons of status, but Lenore, apparently, was throwing a wrench into that, which is why, Brandy had been doing little things, like tripping her in the hallway, or spreading rumors that Lenore has pimples on her back. Petty things.
This surprised Lenore, as, to date, Lenore honestly thought she was pettier. Lenore, herself, has been the starter of a few rumors directed at people she doesn't like. And Lenore did dance with Lee at the party, solely because she had been angry at Brandy pushing the two of them around, and trying to keep Lenore away. Lenore knew she was probably an awful person, however, so maybe that was the trait that made Lenore not as bad as Brandy.
Lee, who was partially out of it, due to being sick, just blinked at Lenore's sudden tensing.
"Even if it does mess me up, I have to listen to it."
"Hm." Lenore just commented. She yawned. It was still pretty early in the morning, and Lenore kinda drooped, and leaned on Lee. Of course, a sneeze from him, as well as a few people laughing and pointing quickly made Lenore back up. Lee sighed.
"And it's not like it could make me feel any worse right now." Lee added onto his previous statement, which was rather fitting, since being completely ill, and being laughed at in the hallway did, indeed, make his mood not so great. He played the song and closed his eyes, to listen closely, and then he seemed to notice something. "What was that?" He was about to ask Lenore to listen, to see if she noticed, but then he remembered what had happened at the party, which made him change his mind on that. He didn't want Lenore to get jacked up like at the party, and throw some weird crazy fit, like Cyrus did the previous day. "Is someone saying 'switch the bag'?" Lee asked to himself.
The bell rang, and Lee and Lenore went to class.
~u~
"I can't believe she ditched us!" Ainsley said, as she walked to class with Deidra "I mean, for crying out loud, we're the only ones who don't care about her TRASHY behavior!"
"Eh…." Deidra didn't like the insults towards Lenore. "Maybe we shouldn't call her bad things behind her back…she isn't a bad person, Ainsley!" Deidra tilted her head. "She just has a…crush…" the last word made Deidra go to a more hushed tone.
"All she seems to care about is her little 'crush' on Lee Ping! She didn't even notice or care about him before that god damn prank!" Ainsley entered the classroom and took her seat.
"Well…she didn't have a reason to, he's not in the art club like us, and he tends to stick with his group of friends and…" Deidra trailed off, and Ainsley just gave her a bitter look, that kept her shut up for the rest of class.
~u~
First period of the day was full of sick kids, and Lenore's germphobic tendencies made her want to scream and run away. Lenore, now more than ever, tried to distract herself with drawing. She swore, when she got home, she was going to bathe herself, and all of her belongings, in hand sanitizer.
On the school news, as you'd expect, they addressed the flu outbreak, and principal general Robocop ended up having a fit, live on air! Probably the most amusing thing that morning, except, well, the fact that no one was allowed to go home. The only thing more amusing than that, was maybe Chaz "Most Annoying Man in the World" Monarainian, flipping out about some "space zombie flu" type of bullshit. As if. There is NO SUCH THING as space zombies!
Tina "Also Very Annoying" Kwee tried to assure everyone that Chaz was full of shit.
After class was a warzone of sick. Lenore tried to catch up to Lee and his friends, but was stopped by Ainsley blocking her.
"Ainsley, I need to catch up to Lee!"
"No. I'm not going to let you! You keep ditching us for that boy! We're supposed to be YOUR FRIENDS Lenore!"
"This is not the time!" Lenore tried to find her way around Ainsley, but damn, Ainsley was tall, and rather bulky for a girl. Not that bulky, as she was still fairly skinny, but Ainsley did have some muscle to her. Almost, as if, she could fight someone, if necessary. Not that it would be.
Lenore, however was a tiny, and scrawny girl. Not as tiny as her cousin, Corona, or even her friend Deidra, but she was much shorter than her friend who was blocking her. Lenore tried to go around, but just bumped into Deidra.
"Deids, c'mon, let me through!" Lenore whined.
Deidra, who was very scared of confrontation, did as Lenore asked. Ainsley practically growled.
"Deidra! We went over this! You weren't supposed to let her through!"
"I'm sorry!" Deidra squeaked.
Ainsley just sighed, and grumbled to herself.
~u~
It seemed, by the time Lenore had walked over to Lee and his friends, he was hallucinating from being sick. All Lenore could do was pity this poor boy. She wished she could hug him-nay-kiss him better-but of course that would just make her sick…and also she couldn't do that for OTHER obvious reasons.
Lee's friends were being of no help to him, as they just seemed to back up in fear, whilst babbling about space zombies. Lenore was honestly in complete disbelief that the two of them actually BELIEVED Chaz's bullshit.
Lenore just got closer to Lee.
"Whoa, step back, Chiquita, or Lee will, like, chomp all over your cute Chiquita brains!" Cam tried to warn Lenore, who just looked at him and rolled her eyes, with a slight sigh.
"You two CAN'T be serious." She crossed her arms.
"There is no space zombie flu!" Tina walked over, and crossed her arms as well.
"Wow, I can't believe I'm actually agreeing with Tina Kwee for once." Lenore commented to herself.
Tina just glared at Lenore, and rolled her eyes. The two girls stared at one another with looks of absolute venom. The only thing missing would be Brandy, and then the trifecta of poisonous staring would be complete.
"And Chaz is never right." Tina added in, turning her glare back to the two boys.
"Oh really muchacha? Because I read ALL EIGHT books in the trilogy, uhn-kay? And everyone knows if you read it in a book, it has to be true."
Both Tina and Lenore rolled their eyes.
Then the hazmats came in and put in more cameras.
Lee and Lenore both realized they were late for detention, and went.
~u~
At detention, nothing of interest was happening at first.
Apparently, Biffy had double detention, AND his cat was apparently female and had kittens, so he was making more sweaters for them.
"Lenore, cover your ears for a sec." Lee said to Lenore, and she did so.
Lee played the song for Biffy to see if Biffy had noticed anything, but all that happened was the tazelworm nabbing Lee's phone. And then Lee went on a wild chase for it into the vents.
Lenore assumed this meant she could take her fingers out of her ears.
~u~
Deidra and Ainsley were stuck with four kids they barely knew, while trying to escape the school. Of course, Deidra already knew one of them.
Holger gasped. "Adorable kitty eared girl!" Holger hugged Deidra, who gave off a happy 'nya'.
"I thought I'd never see you again!" Deidra giggled.
"Holger thought the same! Holger is VERY happy to see you again." The Nordic ball of sunshine patted the much shorter weeaboo's fluffy hair.
Cam was trying to think of what to do, and eventually due to Holger's suggestion, came to the conclusion to go to the roof.
Holger eagerly grabbed Deidra's hand and pulled her up into a piggy back ride and took her with him.
Ainsley rolled her eyes, and followed, tapping away on her cellphone.
~u~
They were well up the stairs when Cam peered into a hallway, and then did charades.
"Popcorn is ready, but shoes are too tight" Holger guessed the meaning, but Cam just sighed.
"No! Bro, the EXIT!" Cam gestured.
They went into the hallway and were walking, when the bell rang, and sick students all came out, walking like zombies. Five out of six panicked, and the six, which was Ainsley, just thought they were all idiots.
The idiotest of them, which was Chaz just threw himself on the ground, and started filming himself with his phone, as if he was actually going to die.
"Will you shut up already!" Both Ainsley and Brandy said at the same time, and then shot each other weird glances. They were both in agreeance that Chaz was full of shit.
"I'm supposed to be the drama queen!" Brandy said.
Ainsley no longer agreed and just rolled her eyes, and went back to tapping away on her phone.
Cam did more charades.
"Ja. I would like the ham sandwich, thank you please!" said Holger.
Cam just looked frustrated again.
"NOOO! Grab those soakers bro!"
Cam and Holger grabbed the soakers and started blasting anyone who was sick that came near them. Deidra hopped down from being piggybacking off Holger.
They all ran out, and headed for the stairwell to the roof.
~u~
Cam had started sneezing. "No! It's not what you think man! It's Chaz's cheap cologne!"
No one bought it. They all knew Cam was really getting sick.
"What are you waiting for Holger! Soak him!" Chaz yelled at Holger.
Holger didn't want to soak Cam. But he was being pressured.
"Come on Holger, you want to go to the space zombie premiere thingy or whatever…SPRAY HIM!" Brandy yelled at Holger.
Holger just looked down at the soaker, and made a sad "hm."
"Holger want zombie mask." He said, still staring at the soaker.
"Come on, do it! Put him back inside with the other zombies! It's the only way to stay safe!" Chaz said.
Both sides (although the other side was literally just Cam) tried to argue on whether Holger should soak Cam or not. Holger stared at Deidra, expecting her to be the cat of wisdom.
Deidra shrugged.
Holger sighed. "Cam, you're my BFF til old man times, but…" Holger was about to soak Cam, when the bell rang, meaning school was over. The doors opened, and everyone ran out, while the six on the roof watched what was happening down there. Holger lowered the soaker.
Chaz ran out and fell down the stairs, while Ainsley and Brandy also left.
~u~
Lee found himself passed out at a desk, with Lenore and Biffy literally staring at him. His phone fell out of the vents.
The vice principal walked in, just as Lee had coincidentally been sneezing and coughing.
"Goodness, Lee Ping, you go straight home, right this instant. You're way too sick for detention today."
Lee left. Biffy attempted to convince the vice principal that he was also sick, to no avail, to which Lenore rolled her eyes. That was a boring detention day for Lenore, who just doodled in her sketch book.
Just another, completely uneventful day. Just another, completely uneventful chapter.
