Thwack.
Thud.
After Ebony had found out about what Hazel had done, he had taken immediate action, dragging her away and locking her inside the nearest room.
Thump.
Hazel watched hopefully as the door rattled slightly on its hinges, but it stayed firm.
"Give up, Hazel," Ebony's voice came from the other side of the door. "I'm not unlocking this door."
"Let me out!" Hazel demanded. "I caused the problem, so I have to fix it!"
Trust her to say that Ebony thought.
"Hate to break this to you, but I honestly don't think you can solve the problem without making more of a mess."
"That's not true!"
Hazel once again, brought her shoulder crashing into the locked door.
"Easy, Hazel, you're going to dislocate your shoulder," Ebony said. "Listen, you've got two choices. Either you calm down and I let you out, so long as you promise to go straight home and not come back until this has blown over, or, you stay locked in here."
Another thump at the door gave Ebony his answer.
"Stay in there it is."
"You can't do this! You can't tell me what to do!"
"I think you'll find I can." A sudden thought made Ebony laugh to himself. "Well this is one way of making sure my secret about being gay doesn't get out."
"What will my Mummy and Daddy say about this? You'll be for it, Ebony!"
"No, you'll be for it, when I tell them how you mucked around with Jinx's boyfriend."
"I didn't! It's a mistake! Walter and I are only friends, I swear!"
Hazel, unlike Walter, felt absolutely no guilt for what had happened. It wasn't her fault, after all.
She did, however, have a feeling of frustration. Why did everyone have to blame her? If they had just shut up and listened to her, none of this would've escalated into the huge problem that it was now.
There was an eerie silence.
"Ebony? Are you still there?"
Still nothing.
"Ebony? If this is a trick, then it isn't funny!"
In truth, Ebony had got bored of waiting outside a locked door, and had sneaked off.
"Damn you, cuz!"