Chapter 12-Revelations

A/N:-So before anything, I just need to say that Life is Strange before the storm was fucking sick! I played it the second it released (Pre Ordered download cus I'm cool) and I am just in awe of how good of a game it was. This ain't no review so don't expect one, I'm just saying expect stories with influence from it in the future. Shout out to Steph and Mikey for being my favourite characters, the scenes with them were so fucking cool and I enjoyed them a shit load.

So, now that's out of the way, I present chapter twelve. Enjoy.

Brooke sat at her desk as she wrote out her homework for the week. The paper she was currently doing was on red shift and she had already written three full A4 pages and still wasn't done. Her right hand was supporting her head as her left hand scrawled across the page, writing down everything she needed to include. The music from her headphones offered comfort as she sat there, bored out of her mind.

The only light that was present was the one that was illuminating from her computer screen. The blinds were closed and all other forms of light was absent from her room. Brooke liked working in the dark; she was unable to be distracted due to the fact she couldn't see anything that would distract her. Music sometimes offered its own distraction, that's why Brooke had her headphones around her neck rather than on her head.

She let out a loud sigh as she stopped her writing and started to stretch the muscles in her left wrist. She was midway through her fourth page and was slowly losing the will to carry on. The paper didn't have to be in until Friday but Brooke wanted it done and out of the way so she had time to herself. She looked at her watch; ten past five. She had been there for almost an hour and couldn't wait to finish this bloody paper.

I guess mister angry isn't coming; good, I don't need that kind of extra baggage getting in my way. I've got too much to focus on as it is and I don't have enough time to help that spoilt little brat sort himself out. Brooke thought as she sat up and stretched her neck.

Technology was her forte, not science. She preferred all things mechanical and would choose them over beakers and powder any day. She wanted to limit how much science she did so she'd have more time for the more technical side of things and babysitting Nathan Prescott wouldn't help that.

The silent hum of her computer screen and ambient background noise from her headphones were the only sounds present in Brooke's room. She was fully engulfed in her studies even though she really was bored of them at this point. She just prayed for a distraction to present itself so she'd have an excuse to put her pen down.

As if by magic, there was a slow but sturdy knock on her dorm room door. She slowly took her headphones off from around her neck and placed them down on her desk before turning to face the door. "It's open" She called out before dropping her pen on her notepad.

Standing in the doorway was none other than Nathan Prescott, the last person she'd expected to see. He was stood there with his bag on his back and a rather glum look on his face. He almost looked sad, as if he was upset about something.

The light from the corridor brightened up Brooke's dorm room for the first time today. She had to cover her eyes with her left arm so the sudden burst didn't fuck her vision up. She was really shocked to see Nathan took up her offer...slightly pissed too because now she'd have to spend more time on Physics.

"Sorry I'm late, I had shit to do" Nathan stated as he entered Brooke's room, he dropped his bag by her couch, just on the right side of her desk.

"It's cool Nathan, whatever. Now grab that chair and pay attention, we got a lot of shit to cover" Brooke replied with almost no emotion. "I just wanna start off by saying that you can cut the rich shitty attitude. Whatever is happening in your life outside of this room is to stay there. I'm just here to tutor you with Physics, that's it so cut the crap"

Nathan was shocked and didn't know what to say; Brooke seemed to not care about anything and her emotionless delivery of both sentences made Nathan think whether or not she'd care about anyone. This is gonna be fun Nathan thought as he pulled his notebook out of his bag.

"I uh, thanks...y'know...for helping me" Nathan said as he looked down at his empty notepad.

"No problem..." Brooke trailed off; she'd never seen Nathan so...quiet or anything other than hostile. "First off, it gets hot in here, I have the windows closed and the heating turned up so feel free to take your jacket off or whatever if you feel warm. If I'm telling you something, I suggest you right it down and go and learn it cus I wouldn't say it if it wasn't important. Don't talk when I am and if you have a question, wait for me to finish before you ask it"

Brooke was no-nonsense and Nathan respected that. He was glad to have someone teach him that would be committed and not waste his time. He didn't like the fact he had to spend time with some loser and that he had to do more physics but he'd rather this than the alternative that he hadn't been able to stop thinking about all day.

The two continued to work in silence all night; Nathan actually kept his mouth shut and listened to what Brooke had to say. Nathan hated the idea of doing additional Science work but knew that he had to do it. This evening had been gruelling but he knew that it was only the beginning.


Friday, the same week.

The rest of the week passed without anything worth noting; Friday had rolled around and everyone was tired from the long week that they had endured at Blackwell.

Aaron grunted as he caught the football that was crashing towards him before throwing it back with equal force. Zach had to jump to the side to catch it as it propelled through the air towards him.

"Good throw man, you have a good arm on you" He called over to Aaron who composed himself for the next catch.

"Thanks, you're not so good yourself, it's almost like you're on the football team (!)" Aaron joked as Zach threw the ball again.

Zach chuckled as the ball left his grasp: "You're a funny guy Aaron, that's what I like about you. Yo dude, you should totally try out for the football team! Me and Logan could have a word with Coach and you'd be in"

"I don't know man, Varsity football isn't something I see myself doing. Besides, don't you already have a line-up sorted?" Aaron asked as he hurled the ball back at Zach.

"Well yeah but with that throw of yours and how long you can run for, you'd make the main team no problem dude" Zach replied as he placed the ball under his arm and began walking closer to Aaron.

Aaron had thought about football a few times but never followed through with it. True he enjoyed the game but didn't really want to do it full time. His nightly activities certainly were a benefit and people, like Zach for example, had already taken notice of his resilient stamina and physical power.

"I don't think I'm built enough for football bro, I'm far too skinny"

"Don't be crazy, we'll build the weight on over time. At least consider it though? You'll be just what we need to win the season" Zach really liked Aaron (so did most people) and enjoyed playing sport with him. Naturally, you'd want someone like that on your team.

"Ok man, I'll think about it and get back to you. I gotta go to that extracurricular shit they're making everyone do so I'll catch you later" Aaron said as he fist bumped Zach and made his way to the main building.

"If you were playing football, you wouldn't have to do that weeb shit!" Zach called out, getting Aaron to smile in response. "Logan, get up man; you better not lose the ball again" Aaron heard Zach say as he made his way out if the boys dorm rooms and towards the main concourse.

As the autumn season was in full swing, Blackwell's senior management had decided that everyone should undergo some form of extracurricular activity. Aaron just signed the first form he saw and still had only found out what he was doing yesterday. If all of this goes to shit, I guess I could do football Aaron thought as he walked across the grass and made his way to the main doors of Blackwell.

Mr Keaton's Drama class was not something Aaron saw himself doing but he figured it would be a laugh. He was anxious to find out the basic things like who would be in the class, what play they'd be doing and if he could actually act at all.

As Aaron entered the class, he looked at who he would be working alongside every Friday afternoon and recognised a few. Dana and Hayden conversed idly up on the makeshift stage, Luke was lurking by Mr Keaton's desk with his head hidden amidst the screen of his phone, Victoria was yapping on while Taylor listened desperately over by the stage props and Max who emerged from the dressing room.

Aaron knew this wouldn't be the whole class but at the same time, plays didn't need very big casts. It would mostly be the crew side of things they'd need extra people for. He was glad he knew such a large number of people so he couldn't complain.

"Ok, all of you gather 'round" Mr Keaton announced as he entered the room and made a B line for his desk. "I know not all of you want to be here but all I ask for is your co-operation. You do your bit for this play and I'll see to it that you get everything you'll need for a scholarship" Everyone muttered something in agreement before Mr Keaton opened his folder. "Due to the lack of success from the previous plays over the last two years, we will be reverting back to Shakespeare in hope we can create the same amount of success we had with the Tempest"

"It just sucks Rachel won't be here; we'd really need her for this one" Hayden spoke up from his position in the crown as he lowered his head.

Several people there who knew how well Rachel could act would agree with Hayden to no end. She could really make a scene feel real. The entire room fell silent in a sombre moment of acknowledgement.

"Yes, it's a shame our angel won't be here…but nevertheless, we still have a vital role to play here at Blackwell"

"What will we be doing this year, Mr Keaton? I hope it's Romeo and Juliet" Victoria called out in her usual ass licking tone.

"While an excellent piece in its own right, I have decided we will be perusing the lines of revenge alongside the Prince of Denmark himself" Mr Keaton replied as he scanned the new batch of actors that stood before him.

"A Prince is coming to see the show?" Taylor asked, having an obvious blonde moment.

"He means Hamlet, the play we're doing is Hamlet" Aaron chimed in, correcting her.

"Thank you Mister Heartfield, yes-we will be doing Hamlet for this year's Christmas production. Today you will act out scenes and scenario's that I have prepared so I can get a feel of how you perform and what role to cast you in. I want you to then decide who you would like to audition for and you'll do that for me during the next lesson. A list of characters will be placed out by the end of the lesson of the parts that are available. Now if there are no more questions, I'd like for us to get started" Mr Keaton finished as he clapped his hands together.

"Sorry I'm late" Nathan Prescott grunted as he hurried through the door to the classroom. Had some business to do" the rest of the class was oblivious to what said business was and Nathan wanted it so stay that way. He couldn't comprehend how badly he wanted to keep the fact he was getting tutored in physics a secret.

"Not a problem Mister Prescott, now if you'll join the rest of the class, we can finally begin" Mr Keaton replied as he closed the door behind Nathan.

The hour dragged on as Mr Keaton had them doing engaging exercises that was meant to make them more relaxed and trusting of each other when all it really did was make them feel uncomfortable. The group was fairly shy as none of them wanted to make a fool of themselves in front of the rest of their year, especially with people like Victoria present who would relish in the fact of making someone's life hell.

Aaron was not one of those people; as he didn't give a shit what people thought of him, he just tackled the activities head on and didn't bat an eye when he was asked to do something. Of course he played it off in a way that made everyone seem like he didn't care about what he was doing, only adding to how cool everyone thought he was.

He was a living juxtaposition and that was probably why he intrigued most people. All eyes were on him whenever he carried out an activity for the simple fact that he was the only one who actually did it. People like Dana and Hayden who had experience in the drama department and Victoria who wanted to kiss as much ass as possible were able to do it without a care in the world due to how used to it they were but the fact that it was Aaron's first time, drew the question of why wasn't he shy like everyone else.

Certain people like Max knew that Aaron was not a shy person and understood almost immediately why he was able to just flow with it. She wished she could be that oblivious. She wished she wasn't so afraid of everything she did and wished she could just say 'fuck it' and do something because she wanted to and not be held back by thinking about what other people would say.

It was thanks to this conundrum that she thought about Chloe; the girl she'd been avoiding. How does one actively avoid their best friend for almost a week?! Max needed to find the answer fast even though this was something you couldn't rush. She realised this would be her 'fuck it' moment

After the hour of the autumn term's first drama lesson finished, everyone was anxious to see what part they would be going for.

"Ok, here's the list of roles" Mr Keaton said as he hung it up on the back of the door. "Decide carefully and next week you will audition for them on Monday's lesson"

As everyone made their way out of the class, Aaron approached Max and nudged her playfully on the shoulder, gaining her attention. Max smiled as she saw Aaron and pulled her headphones out to engage in conversation with him.

"Hey Aaron, what's up?" Max asked with a smile.

"I was just curious, you volunteered for Drama?" Aaron called back through a small laugh. "I just didn't take you for an open kinda girl"

"What's that supposed to mean?" the smile on Max's face was now replaced with a look of confusion.

"Well, y'know, you're sort of an introvert and I just didn't figure this would be your thing is all" Aaron replied as the two continued to walk down the corridor.

"Well sorry we can't all be mister doesn't give a shit" Max said, causing Aaron's mouth to hang in an open smile. "Just because no one can hate what you do, doesn't mean the rest of us are immune to it"

The two loved bantering with each other, it really made them smile.

"So I was thinking, did you wanna do some music later? I haven't got any homework or anything I need to do" Aaron stated as he placed his hands into his jacket pocket.

"Oh, I uh, I'd love to Aaron but I'm gonna speak to Chloe later, I think I'm ready" Max responded, causing her and Aaron to stop walking.

"Say no more, I completely understand. I hope this all works out for you Max and if it doesn't, you know where I am and we can have a big cry and watch really shitty movies"

Max smiled, she knew she could always count on Aaron and despite knowing him for like a month, she already thought he was the best type of person she could meet.

"I'll let you know how it goes later and we could, I don't know, work on something for our auditions maybe?" Max suggested.

"That sounds great, Max; I'll look forward to it"

The two went their separate ways as their conversation came to an end. Aaron reckoned he could maybe play some more football or even see what Warren was doing, his day was nowhere near over, he just needed to figure out how to fill it.

Max knew what she was going to do; she'd call Chloe and tell her to meet her at her dorm room and they'd talk it out. She knew how she felt about Chloe and decided not to hide and shy away from anything but rather to go out and do something about it. Looks like spending time with Aaron's rubbing off she thought with a smile as she pulled out her phone to message her blue haired friend.


Victoria was at under a tree with Taylor and Courtney, Hayden and Nathan as they discussed the drama lesson they just had. Despite Courtney not even being part of the class, she goes wherever Victoria goes so she had to endure the budding thespians talk about all things theatrical for however long they'd feel like.

"I honestly didn't expect Aaron to be there" Hayden said as he rolled a joint from his position in front of the tree. He was using the log as a comforting rest for his back as he ruffled the papers in between his fingers.

"I know right, I figured he'd have said something about it" Taylor imputed as she looked up from her phone. "Then again, he's like that, isn't he-just keeps himself to himself, and surprises you when you least expect it. That's kinda sexy"

"It doesn't matter if he's here or not because we're gonna outshine him" Victoria spat in an unusually hostile tone. "He has no experience and Mr Keaton knows what to expect from us and just how good we are. Aaron probably chose this because he sucks at everything else"

"I don't know Vic, Logan told me that him and Zach are trying to get him to join the football team" Courtney chimed in.

"Yeah, and rumour has it he can sing really well too" Hayden started.

Victoria was frustrated by how she wasn't the talk of everyone. It bothered her how she thought Aaron was just better than her. The only other person who had this effect on her was Rachel Amber and since she's been missing, she figured there would be no competition but Aaron keeps making her question herself.

"What do you think of our resident celebrity, Nathan?" Victoria asked.

Nathan had been sitting down in between her and Hayden, idly looking at the floor and passively listening to the conversations going on around him. He couldn't stop thinking about all the extra work he'd been putting into his physics lessons and if anyone had found out. He'd had the sessions with Brooke once a day for the past few days and all he could think about would be the embarrassment if anyone found out.

"I don't really know the guy, V; I've met him like twice and he seems alright. Why do you hate him so much?" Nathan said, speaking for the first time since the group sat down.

"Uh, I don't; I just don't like how everyone seems to idolise him all the time" all eyes were on her so she had to think of something to change the subject. "Could you believe Max Caulfield is there though?" Nice save Vickie

"Oh my God, I know! Little miss shy and quiet must finally be coming out of her shell" Taylor commented as she started laughing at her own comment.

"She's probably gonna get a background part with like no lines" Courtney added.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah-we can talk about all this later but as of right now, I'm gonna go smoke up. You guys are more than welcome to come or you can stay here and carry on bitching" Hayden commented as he stood up.

The group followed but Nathan's mind was occupied with his secret lessons which he'd have to go to later this evening and the paranoia from the weed wouldn't help. Victoria was worried about how she could be losing the throne she'd so desperately wanted to steal from Rachel Amber. She couldn't help but feel the usurped throne she was currently sitting upon would slip from her grasp.


Max sat on her bed with her vision fixated on her legs and floor beneath her as she waited patiently for Chloe to arrive. She had made up her mind on how she felt about her best friend, what her feelings towards her really were and she just needed to put things right.

The seconds seemed like hours and the minutes seemed like years as Max waited and waited. Her room was silent; the only noise was whatever was being said outside her room whenever someone walked through the corridor. She knew she wouldn't back down now, she had to do this.

When the bluenette finally arrived, Max felt her heart in her throat. This was it. Chloe just stared at her with a blank expression. She looked as if she hadn't been sleeping well this past week due to the strain on her facial expression. Max hated seeing her friend like that so without waiting; she stood up and decided to talk.

"Look Chloe, I needed time to think, to sort my head out and decide what I really want. You've waited long enough and I'm ready. I've loved you all these years as a friend but I think...I could maybe...love you as something more"

Chloe's face seemed more awake when she heard what Max said. It was the response she wanted but didn't think she would hear. Chloe was stunned and struggled to stay standing.

"Wow Max, I don't know what to say. I honestly thought I fucked things up with us for good there"

"No Chloe, you didn't; I just needed to make sure this is what I wanted and it is. I'm sorry if I hurt you"

"Shut up you dork" Chloe said as she walked across the room and hugged Max. "I've missed you"

"I've missed you too, not seeing you for a week really killed me" Max replied as she buried her face into her taller friends shoulder.

The two just stood there in silent embrace, holding onto each other for dear life. Time seemed to stop around them as they held onto each other.

"I love you Max" Chloe uttered as a lone tear fell down her left cheek.

"I love you too Chloe, I always have"

Chloe never thought she'd ever hear Max say those words but now she head them, she couldn't help but feel something inside her as she hugged Max even tighter. The two were finally together.

A/N:-ok, I make no excuse for the shit upload. I went on holiday at the start of September and when I came back had no inspiration. Add a broken laptop screen on top of that and you have a very shit author and I do apologise. The quality in this chapter was not what I had hoped for but felt like I needed to get it out as soon as possible. Please Review, follow etc, etc-you know the score by now. The more love I have for this story, the more time I can put into it and I really wanna upload more regularly.

If you ever want to recommend any OC's for me to use, feel free to drop me a PM and we can certainly discuss it! That's not limited to this fic, if you have any ideas for OC's in any of my current ones or future ones, don't be afraid to let me know. Catch you all in a bit.