Chapter 12
Midnight - Outside
Cole creeps around the corner of the infirmary lifting his backpack onto his back; he pauses outside the window and stares at the broken window confused. Hoisting his body up, he peers in, his eyes focus on a body lying near the window, with a pool of blood near the fallen hand.
Cole's heart beats loud in his ears as he returns back to the ground outside the building. Thoughts running through his head, he leans against the wall. He sighs and looks at the road, his escape route, only a few metres away. He swears out loud and runs towards the teacher's dorms. Picking up a stone he hurls it at a window and breaks it.
Cole: Help! Infirmary!
One second later the lights turn on and by the next second, Cole's escape route is blocked by alarmed teachers. They run towards the infirmary as Cole fades into the bush and disappears.
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Peter races towards the door, having just been woken up. The doctor comes out of the infirmary, closing the door behind himself.
Peter: What's happening?
Doctor: He lost consciousness for a few minutes, but he hasn't lost enough blood to go to hospital, he'll need to rest for a few days, then he'll be fine.
Peter: Did you try to kill himself?
Doctor: It's hard to tell, but there's a distinct possibility.
Peter: Ok, thanks. (He turned to hear someone crying. Sophie and Ashleigh walked into the room and over to Joey. Peter watches as Ashleigh goes into the room and he turns to Sophie.)
Peter: What did you tell her?
Sophie: Everything.
Peter: Rob thinks it could have been suicide.
Sophie: (nodding) Do we know why?
Peter: No, but I'll talk to Joey tomorrow. (He pauses as he looks in on Ashleigh who is sitting next to Joey's bed.) I won't tell her what we think; I don't want to upset her anymore.
Sophie: Ok. Oh and June mentioned that she hasn't seen who alerted everyone, do you know who it was?
Peter: No, I. (He stops and looks towards the dorms.) Cole. He's run! (Peter runs out the door and Sophie follows.)
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Cafeteria - Morning
Auggie: (to the girls) Yeh so now Peter's looking for Cole and Joey'll be in the infirmary for a few days, Ashleigh's with him.
Tara: (looking bored) Yeh well I'm sure there's more interesting things to talk about than that stupid drama queen.
David: (ignoring Tara. Talking about Cole.) He's just chucking a Scott, as soon as Peter finds him he'll come crawling back. (Scott, who's been quiet for the whole time, looks at David then stands up and walks off.)
Daisy: Asshole. (David grins at her but she gets up and walks off towards her dorm. David watches her confused.)
David: (yelling after her.) It was a joke! (Tara, fed up walks off.)
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Tara smiles as she watches the boy stack the books, his punishment for fighting. She'd done her homework and concluded that he was perfect.
She steps through the classroom door and closes it behind herself.
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Yeh I know it's boring and I took too long to write it, but I'm getting to the climax and my muse is only just hanging on with its fingernails. I know the plot, but I'm still trying to think up ways to get to it.
Coming up:
Tara goes too far, or does the boy.
Cole runs and makes a mistake, will he survive.
Joey tells all.or does he.
Scott isn't happy.
(I know, very soap opera, bare with me.)
Please review.
Midnight - Outside
Cole creeps around the corner of the infirmary lifting his backpack onto his back; he pauses outside the window and stares at the broken window confused. Hoisting his body up, he peers in, his eyes focus on a body lying near the window, with a pool of blood near the fallen hand.
Cole's heart beats loud in his ears as he returns back to the ground outside the building. Thoughts running through his head, he leans against the wall. He sighs and looks at the road, his escape route, only a few metres away. He swears out loud and runs towards the teacher's dorms. Picking up a stone he hurls it at a window and breaks it.
Cole: Help! Infirmary!
One second later the lights turn on and by the next second, Cole's escape route is blocked by alarmed teachers. They run towards the infirmary as Cole fades into the bush and disappears.
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Peter races towards the door, having just been woken up. The doctor comes out of the infirmary, closing the door behind himself.
Peter: What's happening?
Doctor: He lost consciousness for a few minutes, but he hasn't lost enough blood to go to hospital, he'll need to rest for a few days, then he'll be fine.
Peter: Did you try to kill himself?
Doctor: It's hard to tell, but there's a distinct possibility.
Peter: Ok, thanks. (He turned to hear someone crying. Sophie and Ashleigh walked into the room and over to Joey. Peter watches as Ashleigh goes into the room and he turns to Sophie.)
Peter: What did you tell her?
Sophie: Everything.
Peter: Rob thinks it could have been suicide.
Sophie: (nodding) Do we know why?
Peter: No, but I'll talk to Joey tomorrow. (He pauses as he looks in on Ashleigh who is sitting next to Joey's bed.) I won't tell her what we think; I don't want to upset her anymore.
Sophie: Ok. Oh and June mentioned that she hasn't seen who alerted everyone, do you know who it was?
Peter: No, I. (He stops and looks towards the dorms.) Cole. He's run! (Peter runs out the door and Sophie follows.)
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Cafeteria - Morning
Auggie: (to the girls) Yeh so now Peter's looking for Cole and Joey'll be in the infirmary for a few days, Ashleigh's with him.
Tara: (looking bored) Yeh well I'm sure there's more interesting things to talk about than that stupid drama queen.
David: (ignoring Tara. Talking about Cole.) He's just chucking a Scott, as soon as Peter finds him he'll come crawling back. (Scott, who's been quiet for the whole time, looks at David then stands up and walks off.)
Daisy: Asshole. (David grins at her but she gets up and walks off towards her dorm. David watches her confused.)
David: (yelling after her.) It was a joke! (Tara, fed up walks off.)
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Tara smiles as she watches the boy stack the books, his punishment for fighting. She'd done her homework and concluded that he was perfect.
She steps through the classroom door and closes it behind herself.
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Yeh I know it's boring and I took too long to write it, but I'm getting to the climax and my muse is only just hanging on with its fingernails. I know the plot, but I'm still trying to think up ways to get to it.
Coming up:
Tara goes too far, or does the boy.
Cole runs and makes a mistake, will he survive.
Joey tells all.or does he.
Scott isn't happy.
(I know, very soap opera, bare with me.)
Please review.