Disclaimer-Hey DC, we'll go to Canada whenever everyone's schedule will permit *Grins* Of course, even then, they still won't be ours...just like the aren't mine now.
A/N- First off, I'd like to apoligze to those of you who I sent a copy to of this, as you know, it was the copy I meant to delete, so this is pretty much the copy you read, with more details. I'm still not exactly sure I like how it came out, but I'll let you all decide. And of course, I have to give a special thanks to Arcadia for reading it and calming me down last night when I freaked out. Thanks kid!
Sticks and Stones
Chapter 2- What's Eating Jamie Waite?
Hank and Alex rushed out and over to Brooke, who looked pretty shaken. To the relief of everyone, the window by her was not the one that had been broken.
"What happened? Are you all right?" Alex exclaimed.
"Yeah fine, it just scared me is all." She replied blushing slightly. Tyler and Val peeked out from behind the counter in the kitchen.
"Where's Jamie?!" Hank asked scanning the room. Tyler and Val glanced at each other and then back at Hank.
"I think he was heading to do inventory..." Tyler began, his voice shaking. . Hank was already running down the hall.
"JAMIE?!" Rounding a corner sharply, he spotted him. Jamie was standing by the shattered window, staring out of it. A cement block sat next to Jamie's foot.
"Is everyone all right?" Jamie asked is a low voice, he was pale and clearly shaken.
"Yeah, we're all right, what about you?" Hank asked, glancing at Jamie in concern.
"I'm fine. It was Thomas."
"You saw him?" Hank's voice cracked slightly and Jamie shook his head.
"No, I didn't see him." Alex, who had been listening to the conversation sighed.
"All right, I hate to do this, but I'm sending you both home for the day." Both Hank and Jamie looked up, suitably shocked. "You've had rough days, and your not up to it right now, you'd be endangering people's lives. Go home." A slight smile tugged on Alex's lips as he watched the two boys glance at each other in surprise. Both boys were amazed Alex would even offer to let them go home early.
"You heard him, go on." Tyler called from behind him. Peering around Alex, Hank could see Val and Tyler. Val was trembling, her eyes wide with shock while Tyler had this undescribable look on his face. Glancing at Jamie, he could see the far away look his face, and imagined his own look was very much the same. The look of shock and fear.
"Thanks Alex." Hank said as he headed for the door, Jamie followed, still slightly shaken.
"Yeah thanks." Jamie echoed. Alex watched as the two boys moved outside.
"You think they'll be okay?" Val asked softly, still trembling. Tyler put his own shaking arm around her shoulders.
"I sure hope so Val." Alex replied with a sigh. "I better go call the glass repair."
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"Do you want to go get something to eat?" Hank asked suddenly, catching Jamie off guard.
"What?"
"Eat...you know...yum yum....food in mouth...chewing." Jamie couldn't help but smile a little.
"Yeah, yeah, I get your point."
"Well?"
"Sure, where do you want to go?" Hank smiled.
"Just follow me, I know the perfect place."
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Caitie sat in detention, she was already suitable bored, and it had just started. The door swung open and who else, but Thomas Kelly should walk in. Taking the seat beside her, he turned his attentions on her.
"Hello." He more or less purred. Caitie rose an eyebrow and had to fight back a snort of disbelief.
"Salutations." She replied, boredom obvious in her tone.
"I think I've seen you around." Thomas went on, oblivious to her obvious distaste for him.
"Maybe." Caitie replied absently. She was becoming increasingly uncomfortable.
"What are you in here for?" He asked.
"Oh just a misunderstanding." Caitie was getting annoyed now. He looked at her from the corner of his eye and she resisted a shudder.
"Do you know why I'm in here?" He asked slowly. She rolled her eyes.
"Even if I said no, you'd still tell me." He grinned.
"Yeah I probably would." He opened his mouth to speak again when Vice Principal Carlson entered the room. Caitie never thought she'd be grateful to see the man. She sighed in relief as Thomas quit speaking and pretended to be doing something. She glanced up at the clock and realized there was only half an hour to go. Glancing over at him, she realized he was drawing swastikas. Shuddering and her eyes widdening, she realized she'd have to bolt as soon as she got out if she stood any chance at all of avoiding Thomas, and she wanted to more than anything.
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Jamie sat across from Hank in the pizza parlor, pushing his food around. Something was still bothering him, and Hank intended to find out what it was.
"Spill it." Hank demanded. "What's eating you."
"Why were you so surprised I stuck up for you earlier?" Jamie asked, careful to avoid eye contact with Hank.
"People just usually don't." Hank replied.
"So it happens a lot." Jamie looked up sadly at Hank.
"Not a lot, just occasionally." The two boys sat in silence for a long while. "Thank you." Hank said at length.
"What for?" Jamie asked, clearly surprised.
"Sticking up for me when no one else would." Jamie let a small smile grace his face.
"No problem Hank. Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"Why aren't you more upset about what just happened?" Hank looked at Jamie in surprise.
"I'm upset Jamie, I'm just as upset as you are. I'm just better at hidding it."
"You shouldn't hide it."
"But I do. It helps me cope." Jamie nodded and let it go at that. The two finished their meal, paid, and headed out into the street.
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Caitie stopped by the station on her way home. "Hey Val, what the hell happened?!"
"Hi Caitie, Someone through a concert block through the window." Caitie's facial expression changed suddenly.
"You'll never guess who was in detention with me today."
"Thomas Kelly?"
"You got it in one, and he was late coming in."
"He was here just a few minutes ago, lurking around outside. Tyler and Alex scared him away." Val shuddered.
"He was drawing Swastikas Val." Val was still shaken from her earlier incident and couldn't believe what she had heard.
"He what?!" Caitie nodded. "You didn't move or anything?!"
"We only had half an hour to go so I stuck it out and bolted as soon as Carlson dismissed us."
"You should have told Carlson, he's obligated to stop behavor like that."
"Val, I know, but he's already after Jamie and Hank, I just wanna steer clear of him." Val raised an eyebrow. This wasn't normally like Caitie, but she had to admit, Caitie looked shaken.
"Your right." Val conceded.
"So is Jamie around?" Caitie asked.
"No, Alex sent him and Hank home for the day."
"Were they hurt?!" Caitie asked, thinking of the shattered window she saw the men replacing.
"No, just shaken." Caitie nodded.
"That's understandable. Listen would you mind if I hung around here for a while?"
"Do I ever?" Caitie smiled and seated herself next to Val.
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Hank and Jamie moved along the street talking animatedly with each other. The laughter was abruptly stopped when a shotgun blast echoed through the air......
Sorry you guys, but this story is proving to be more than a little hard for me! Sorry this part is so short, but I figured a short part is better than no part at all, and DC has been bugging me about it...actually she's been begging for everything, but this is out now DC, so leave your Auntie Bea alone. *Grins*
A/N- First off, I'd like to apoligze to those of you who I sent a copy to of this, as you know, it was the copy I meant to delete, so this is pretty much the copy you read, with more details. I'm still not exactly sure I like how it came out, but I'll let you all decide. And of course, I have to give a special thanks to Arcadia for reading it and calming me down last night when I freaked out. Thanks kid!
Sticks and Stones
Chapter 2- What's Eating Jamie Waite?
Hank and Alex rushed out and over to Brooke, who looked pretty shaken. To the relief of everyone, the window by her was not the one that had been broken.
"What happened? Are you all right?" Alex exclaimed.
"Yeah fine, it just scared me is all." She replied blushing slightly. Tyler and Val peeked out from behind the counter in the kitchen.
"Where's Jamie?!" Hank asked scanning the room. Tyler and Val glanced at each other and then back at Hank.
"I think he was heading to do inventory..." Tyler began, his voice shaking. . Hank was already running down the hall.
"JAMIE?!" Rounding a corner sharply, he spotted him. Jamie was standing by the shattered window, staring out of it. A cement block sat next to Jamie's foot.
"Is everyone all right?" Jamie asked is a low voice, he was pale and clearly shaken.
"Yeah, we're all right, what about you?" Hank asked, glancing at Jamie in concern.
"I'm fine. It was Thomas."
"You saw him?" Hank's voice cracked slightly and Jamie shook his head.
"No, I didn't see him." Alex, who had been listening to the conversation sighed.
"All right, I hate to do this, but I'm sending you both home for the day." Both Hank and Jamie looked up, suitably shocked. "You've had rough days, and your not up to it right now, you'd be endangering people's lives. Go home." A slight smile tugged on Alex's lips as he watched the two boys glance at each other in surprise. Both boys were amazed Alex would even offer to let them go home early.
"You heard him, go on." Tyler called from behind him. Peering around Alex, Hank could see Val and Tyler. Val was trembling, her eyes wide with shock while Tyler had this undescribable look on his face. Glancing at Jamie, he could see the far away look his face, and imagined his own look was very much the same. The look of shock and fear.
"Thanks Alex." Hank said as he headed for the door, Jamie followed, still slightly shaken.
"Yeah thanks." Jamie echoed. Alex watched as the two boys moved outside.
"You think they'll be okay?" Val asked softly, still trembling. Tyler put his own shaking arm around her shoulders.
"I sure hope so Val." Alex replied with a sigh. "I better go call the glass repair."
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"Do you want to go get something to eat?" Hank asked suddenly, catching Jamie off guard.
"What?"
"Eat...you know...yum yum....food in mouth...chewing." Jamie couldn't help but smile a little.
"Yeah, yeah, I get your point."
"Well?"
"Sure, where do you want to go?" Hank smiled.
"Just follow me, I know the perfect place."
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Caitie sat in detention, she was already suitable bored, and it had just started. The door swung open and who else, but Thomas Kelly should walk in. Taking the seat beside her, he turned his attentions on her.
"Hello." He more or less purred. Caitie rose an eyebrow and had to fight back a snort of disbelief.
"Salutations." She replied, boredom obvious in her tone.
"I think I've seen you around." Thomas went on, oblivious to her obvious distaste for him.
"Maybe." Caitie replied absently. She was becoming increasingly uncomfortable.
"What are you in here for?" He asked.
"Oh just a misunderstanding." Caitie was getting annoyed now. He looked at her from the corner of his eye and she resisted a shudder.
"Do you know why I'm in here?" He asked slowly. She rolled her eyes.
"Even if I said no, you'd still tell me." He grinned.
"Yeah I probably would." He opened his mouth to speak again when Vice Principal Carlson entered the room. Caitie never thought she'd be grateful to see the man. She sighed in relief as Thomas quit speaking and pretended to be doing something. She glanced up at the clock and realized there was only half an hour to go. Glancing over at him, she realized he was drawing swastikas. Shuddering and her eyes widdening, she realized she'd have to bolt as soon as she got out if she stood any chance at all of avoiding Thomas, and she wanted to more than anything.
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Jamie sat across from Hank in the pizza parlor, pushing his food around. Something was still bothering him, and Hank intended to find out what it was.
"Spill it." Hank demanded. "What's eating you."
"Why were you so surprised I stuck up for you earlier?" Jamie asked, careful to avoid eye contact with Hank.
"People just usually don't." Hank replied.
"So it happens a lot." Jamie looked up sadly at Hank.
"Not a lot, just occasionally." The two boys sat in silence for a long while. "Thank you." Hank said at length.
"What for?" Jamie asked, clearly surprised.
"Sticking up for me when no one else would." Jamie let a small smile grace his face.
"No problem Hank. Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"Why aren't you more upset about what just happened?" Hank looked at Jamie in surprise.
"I'm upset Jamie, I'm just as upset as you are. I'm just better at hidding it."
"You shouldn't hide it."
"But I do. It helps me cope." Jamie nodded and let it go at that. The two finished their meal, paid, and headed out into the street.
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Caitie stopped by the station on her way home. "Hey Val, what the hell happened?!"
"Hi Caitie, Someone through a concert block through the window." Caitie's facial expression changed suddenly.
"You'll never guess who was in detention with me today."
"Thomas Kelly?"
"You got it in one, and he was late coming in."
"He was here just a few minutes ago, lurking around outside. Tyler and Alex scared him away." Val shuddered.
"He was drawing Swastikas Val." Val was still shaken from her earlier incident and couldn't believe what she had heard.
"He what?!" Caitie nodded. "You didn't move or anything?!"
"We only had half an hour to go so I stuck it out and bolted as soon as Carlson dismissed us."
"You should have told Carlson, he's obligated to stop behavor like that."
"Val, I know, but he's already after Jamie and Hank, I just wanna steer clear of him." Val raised an eyebrow. This wasn't normally like Caitie, but she had to admit, Caitie looked shaken.
"Your right." Val conceded.
"So is Jamie around?" Caitie asked.
"No, Alex sent him and Hank home for the day."
"Were they hurt?!" Caitie asked, thinking of the shattered window she saw the men replacing.
"No, just shaken." Caitie nodded.
"That's understandable. Listen would you mind if I hung around here for a while?"
"Do I ever?" Caitie smiled and seated herself next to Val.
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Hank and Jamie moved along the street talking animatedly with each other. The laughter was abruptly stopped when a shotgun blast echoed through the air......
Sorry you guys, but this story is proving to be more than a little hard for me! Sorry this part is so short, but I figured a short part is better than no part at all, and DC has been bugging me about it...actually she's been begging for everything, but this is out now DC, so leave your Auntie Bea alone. *Grins*