Hi guys! Here's the next chapter for you! I've been on a roll lately with this story! Not sure how long it'll last, but I'm gonna ride it while I can!

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!

Ok! So, I've got a lot of praise for my back story for Sebastian and how detailed and thought through it is. Especially the piece with V and what happened to Seb that made him need to transfer. Before this goes any farther, I need to make something clear so that I don't get in trouble for it later. The piece with V was inspired by a movie I saw a while ago. I will not say what movie until I reveal Seb's back story, as to not spoil it (though if you want spoilers feel free to message me and I will tell you), but I needed to make it clear that there are some ideas and pieces in the story that I borrowed from the movie. Seb's back story doesn't follow the plot movie exactly, but there are specific plot pieces I will be using in my story. I am the type of writer who tries her best to give credit to the people truly responsible when I use things in my writing that are not exclusively my own, even if it is just little ideas. I'm not always perfect about it, but I do try. Otherwise I'm plagiarizing someone else's brilliance which is NOT ok! Not only would that be most likely against the rule of this site (which could get a story removed/ account deleted), but also could be considered illegal (which could mean getting sued/arrested). Though, for me it's more about my own morals and beliefs than the rules and laws. I've had my work stolen before and it's the worst feeling ever! PLAGIARISM IS NOT OK! So I'm making it clear now that not all of things in Seb's back story are my exclusive, original material. Most are, but not all and I refuse to pretend to own something I don't.

Thank you!

Now that I've had my little rant/disclaimer/warning, without farther ado, let's return to our boys!

He looked to the Dean again. "Mrs Mirren, there is SMOKE coming out of your office! Something in there is on FIRE!"

The room was dead silent for a minute before erupting into panic.

"WHAT?!" Isabella cried.

"There is smoke coming from the dean's office!" Emanuel repeated.

"The school is on fire!" Nick squeaked.

"We're all gonna die!" Andy screamed.

"Oh god! Oh god! Oh god!" Lincoln whimpered.

Many of the boys started screaming and crying in fear.

Wes tried banging his gavel to get order, but even that didn't work.

Seb, strangely calm, got up on the council table. He put his fingers to his lips and let out a long, loud, shrill whistle. This caused the room to go silent.

"Thank you Sebastian." Wes sighed. He looked around at his boys. "OK! First of all, the school is NOT on fire yet! There is smoke coming from the Dean's office. That is a small isolated place on this huge campus. It very well may be a small trashcan fire that can be put out in seconds! We are NOT going to die! However, for the sake of safety, we all need to evacuate the buildings and call the fire department. David! Thad! You two take the boys out to the parking lot, and pull the fire alarm on the way out. Mrs Mirren and Isabella can evacuate the staff buildings. Amiri and I will evacuate all the nearby dorms. NO ONE goes to the Dean's office to try to play hero. We just got ONE Warbler out of the hospital. We do NOT need another one going in! Am I clear?"

"Yes sir!" They all nodded.

Wes nodded. "Alright! Then let's go! NOW!"

45 minutes later, and the Warblers were all gathered out in the parking lot. They were slowly being joined by other students. They could hear the fire alarms blaring inside.

Thad and Sebastian were talking to Emanuel and some of Seb's other lacrosse team members. Just as Seb had predicted, they thought the wheelchair prank was hilarious and weren't mad at all. The boys were now telling them all that had happened with Hunter. They all looked adequately appalled by what they were hearing. Emanuel reached over and hugged Sebastian tightly.

"I'm so so sorry Seb!" Viper whispered, "I should've seen it! I should've done something! I'm the Vice President of the student council for crying out loud! This stuff is my JOB!"

Seb hugged back. "It's ok Emanuel. You couldn't have known. It's not your fault."

"There are SO many things I'm going to do to that boy next I see him..." Emanuel growled.

Thad smiled. "Well, hopefully that won't be for a while. He got expelled tonight and leaves campus tomorrow."

Emanuel sighed. "Thank god for that!"

Jeff and Nick were curled up in the back of Amiri's truck with Puss on their laps. Jeff's ankle had started bothering him and he'd need to sit down. The two were now tucked up together under a spare blanket, looking at the stars above them.

"Nicky?" Jeff asked softly.

"Ya Jeff?" Nick turned to look at him.

"There's something I've been wondering." Jeff said, shifting a little closer to Nick. "The day that Hunter broke your hand...did...did you hear any of the things I said to you?"

Nick sighed. He wanted to say yes and make Jeff feel better, but he knew the blonde would see through any lie he ever told. "No Jeff. I didn't. And if I did, it got blacked out of my memory with all the rest of the incident. I remember him grabbing me...then just this white pain...and then it's all blackness...and then I was waking up in the hospital with you next to me."

Jeff gulped and nodded. "Ok...maybe that's good. From what I saw...it's not something you'd wanna remember."

Nick nodded and petted Puss, who was purring in his sleep.

Wes and Amiri had finished evacuating the dorms long ago. They were standing with Mrs Mirren and Isabella, who had evacuated the staff already. They all watched as the firemen pulled up and rushed into the building.

"What do you think it was, Aunt Judy?" Isabella asked softly.

Mrs Mirren sighed. "I don't know, Izzy. I really don't know."

"Hunter probably." Amiri said, "Checked his room when I was evacuating his hallway. Room is trashed. Toilet plugged with pissed on Dalton gear. Trash can full of trashed gear and massacred cat toys. Saw the cat bed floating in the lake out the window. The cat food was still there...but I think we'd better chuck it out. It looked way too untouched for Hunter NOT to have pissed on it or poisoned it or something. And the kid is gone. Must've snuck out sometime when we weren't watching."

Wes sighed. "I think we need more proof than a trashed dorm room to label someone an arsonist."

Isabella pointed to the firemen coming out of the building. "I think we have it."

They all looked to see the smoking, charred remains of Puss's litter box being carried out of the building.

"Flaming cat poop on my doorstep." Mrs Mirren sighed, "You'd think Hunter could've at least been a BIT more original."

Andy and Lincoln were sitting in the grass with Trent and David.

"Ten bucks says Hunter had something to do with this." David snorted.

Trent nodded. "20 bucks says he set the fire as a sort of 'last goodbye' to Dalton."

"50 bucks says he's already skipped campus." Lincoln smirked.

"Gambling is bad! Stop it!" Andy scolded. "What would Wes say?!"

They all nodded, going silent.

Andy sighed, "Besides...It's pretty obvious Hunter did this." He gestured to the fireman carrying the burned litter box, "And that he's has skipped campus. He's the only Dalton boy not out here. I've watched." Andy shook his head and leaned back against Trent's shoulder, "And...I'd bet 100 bucks that this isn't his 'last goodbye'...this is only the first thing on his hit list."

*Ominous music*

Until next time dear readers!