Chapter Three: The office

Hirro sitting in the chair in the office where the kid next to him held a tissue to his nose from a nose bleed. The Principle walks into the office and Hirro stands up in front of her. "How's Lucia? Is she okay?" Saying with worry in his voice. "She is fine but she is asleep still and we are hoping she will wake soon before her mother comes to pick her up...I will see you two in my office now." Putting her arm out guiding them to her office Hirro and the other kid got up and walk with a slouch to her office as she followed behind. Hirro sitting down in the open seat in front of her desk and the other kid next to him she shuts the door and sits down behind the desk. Typing in there names in the computer there records come up and Hirro inpatient and antsy to get out the other kid glare at him with a dirty look. "Okay now...who started the fight." "He did...he threw the first punch and I defended my self. I will admit that." Saying Hirro. "No he did. If he had looked where he was going I wouldn't' had thrown it." Saying the other kid.

"All right enough.... Now I got a student saying the same as Hirro...And a teacher...Hirro you are good so you can leave while I write Mr. Bordor a suspension slip for 5 days." Saying the principle. "What you can't do that...This is bullshit!" Saying the kid. Hirro gets up and walks out of her office and heads over to the front desk. "Excuse me but is it all right if I go see Lucia...I was the one that brought her to the nurse's office?" Asking Hirro with a hurry and out of breath to his throat. "Umm sure I guess just knock on the door and I will write you a 15-minute late pass." "Thank you." He waits standing they're waiting for the pass. She hands him the pass and he rushes out of the office and down the hallway. He enters the nurse's office and asks the woman that sat behind the desk where Lucia was. She points to a room with a door half-open the light dimmed. He walks over to the room and opens the door. Seeing her lying on the bed with a bandage tape on her cheek and a small ice pack. He sits down in the open chair and moves it closer to her. Seeing her face turning black and blue he picks up her right hand and holds it in his. His hand starts to shack some and she opens her eyes, his face brightens up some seeing her waking. Sitting up he lets go of her hand and stands up. Looking up at him and taking off the ice pack that was on her face she smiles some and then frowns. "What happened?" "You where hit in the face by the other kid. And I brought you to the nurse my self." "Oh...Owe...my face!" Screaming out in pain as the nurse heard her. "Shh...Calm down...It is gonna be okay." Saying to her trying to comfort her some. The nurse walks in and turns the lights on all the way. Hirro looking up at her she points him out of the room and he leaves. "Lucia...I will be at your game tonight...Get better!" As he left the room the assistant nurse takes the pass he had and signs it again making him go to his next class. Leaving he saw the door being shut and he frowned. The nurse took her temperature to see if she had a fever and she took another look at her cut on her face. Lucia sitting there enduring the pain pretty good she fisted her hand when the nurse sprayed some antibiotic and peroxide onto her face. Her face squints up and she closed her eyes grinding her teeth down taking the pain more like a man would. The nurse saw her expression and laughed some. "It's okay if you want to scream from the pain...Most students do anyway." Smiling with a laugh under her breath. "No I am fine the way I am...Where did Hirro go?" "To his next class." She whipped her face and put a new bandage tape on her cheek to cover the wound. "Okay...Do I go to my next class now?" Asking with a low tone in her voice. "No your mother is coming to pick you up so you can go home for the rest of the day." "Wait...do I still get to play at my game?! I gotta play they need me. It's the next township and if I am not there we will get beat!" Saying with furry. "Don't worry. Your still playing...but you just might want to go home to get ready a little early.. Maybe to practice." "Okay..." Frowning again she lay back down on her side and stared at the wall. The other nurse came in and talked with the other nurse. Reminding the dream she had earlier with that strange room and all she began to dreamt about it again. She woke up in a different room and it was cold but there was light but no source of it. She looked all around and began to shack from the lack of heat. Walking around and a circle rubbing her arms to keep warmth she heard a voice and saw a door open in front of her. A man walks in and two other people. She stopped and watched them come to her. Fisting both hands she didn't know what to do but wait. The one mans about two feet away from her she lunges at him throwing a punch to him in the face. He stepped to the side and Lucia falling face first puts her hands in front of her making the fall not as bad. Scuffing her hands she looks up at him and the other two men came to her and each of them grabbed an arm. Lifting her up to her feet they didn't let go of her arms and she looked at the man in front of her. She spits at him right in the face and he just smiles whipping her saliva off of his face. He backhands her and it formed the same cut on her face as the one that the kid threw today. Feeling weak she nearly feel to her knee's but is held up by the two large men. Feeling like a doll she passes out and is shacking to wake up. She opens her eyes and it was her mother standing next to her waking her up. "Wake up...Time to go home Lucia." Saying with a pleasant tone. Her mother with grace and beauty she helps Lucia up and guides her out of the room and points to an open chair near the door. The bell rang for 6th to end and 7th to begin. She looked over her shoulder and saw everyone looking at her and pointing at her as they walked by the window to the nurses' office. Her mother walks back over to Lucia and hands her, her black messenger bag. Lucia looking up at her with a daze she takes the bag and stands up to her feet not bothering to put the strap over her head so she wouldn't have to carry it in her hands. She walks out of the door and heads to the lobby. Her friend Katty walks up to Lucia and hands her a note. She walks away not saying a word and Lucia just stands there with a dazed look to her face and her mother puts her hand on her shoulder and pushes her some to get her moving again. They walk outside and Lucia head over to the passenger side of the red truck. Opening the door she tossed in her bag on the floor and gets in sitting down tilting her head back some and closes her eyes till her mother turns the engines. Lucia sits up straight and turns on the radio on her favorite station and stares out the window of the truck. Hearing a song come on by Yoko Kano she smiles some and looks at her mom and smiles. "So what happened today?" Saying her mother. "There was a fight in school today and it was my friend.... I had to stop it Becuz no one would...I didn't want my friend to get the shit kicked out of him." "Ahhh.... I did that once when I was young...you did a good thing...But don't do it again okay...it's dangerous okay?" "Yeah...." She frowns some and her mother smiles as she turns down a street. "You want to go to the mall before your game starts to buy some clothes...I know you want that." "Yeah...Sure that would be nice...I need some new tees anyway." Smiling as her mother turned the volume up on the radio listing now to Avril Lavigne- Anything but Ordinary. "Is it enough. Is it enough to breathe. Somebody ripped my heart out and leaved me here to bleed!" Lucia singing almost like Avril her mother laughs and joins in at some points trying to sing along but stops to listen to her own daughter. "Sometimes I get so weird...I even freak myself out...I laugh myself to sleep.... It's my lullaby!" She sings more and as soon as the song was done they arrived to the mall. Getting out of the truck she walks with her mother inside and they both head towards the escalators and they go on top to the second floor. Lucia separates from her mother in a candle store and she walks into a Hot Topic store picking out some tees. Taking a few looks at some Emily shirts she goes to the register and pays for her new tees. Back in school Katty and Casey were sitting in their last period class. Sitting nest to each other they both wrote notes back to one another.

"Hey, I feel so bad on what happened to Lucia today at lunch...do you think she is okay? Maybe that cut on her face would give the band some new depth maybe...Hey is she gonna be at the game? If not...We are doomed!" Saying Katty. She slides the note across the table and onto the floor kicking it over to Casey. Casey picking it up she began to read the note and wrote back.

"Yeah I know....I feel so bad for Lucia. She got hurt so bad...man I wish there was a way we could go back in time and make that fight never happen. Hey dun talk about Lucia's cut like that...The band is fine the way it is and we dun need to be bringing things up like that. And yeah she will be at the game dun worry." Replying back to the first written message she tossed it over her head and it lands on Katty's desk. Katty laughing to herself she opens it up and reads it quickly to write back.

" I know...Hey I gave her that note that we all wrote for her to get better, And sorry about that whole thing about a new look for the band. I hope she will be there...Maybe we shouldn't do the band practice after the game...Maybe Lucia doesn't want too? Hey what ever happened to Hirro?" Folding it back up she tossed back over making sure that the teacher doesn't see her do it and she laughs. Casey picking the note up off the desk she reads it.

"Yeah, you did well...that's been a very big help. And it is okay that you said that becuz I know how Lucia always wanted the beat up look to herself and towards the group as well.... She always wanted that punky beat up look to herself. No we are gonna have band practice today after the game...Lucia was talking about it all day and I know she wouldn't want to pass this by. I dun know what happened to Hirro but we better get back to work before the bell rings."

Folding it back up she tossed it back over her head and went back to work. Katty opening the note up she smiles and puts it in her back pocket getting back to work herself. On the opposite side of the hallway Carrie and Hirro had their note rite along. Sitting there she finished her last question in her textbook and leans back relaxing some. Carrie thinking about almost everything in the book about life to death and time. She shuts her book and pulls out a loose piece of paper and starts to write down some lyrics. Thinking on what to put down she leans forward and rest her head into the palms of her hands and thinks. Looking up at Hirro she smiles and begins to write.

"I don't like it when you touch her face like that... I don't like it when you talk about her more then me... I don't like it when you rather be with her then me...

I hate it when you say you love me till death do us part... Well my time has come and death has knocked me down face first in the dirt...You stand there to laugh and watch me go off as she wraps your arms around her...You said you loved me...you said you wanted to be with me...you said you wanted to grow old with me...your nothing but all a lie!"

"Hey Hirro, Sup? I am done my work how about you? I heard you were the last to see Lucia before she left school today. I feel so sorry about what happened to her and you. What happened? Did you get in trouble at all..Are you suspended? If you are I am sorry but you didn't do anything."

Folding the paper she had on her desk into a small airplane she looks and watches the teacher for a bit making sure she wouldn't get caught and tossed the plane into airborne over to Hirro. Missing his desk it landed next to the trash can near the door. Smashing her hand to her forehead everyone looks at her and wonders. Hirro turning to look she points towards the trash can and Herro gave a bewilder look then looked over to the can. Seeing the airplane he smiled and took a piece of loose paper and crumbled it up and walked over to the trash can and thrown it in. Bending down he pretends to tie his shoe and picks up the plane. Sitting back down at his desk he unfolds the paper plane and begins to read it. Smiling he begins to write back and laughs some.

"Hey nice lyrics. Who are they for and what about? Yeah you could say I was the last to see Lucia before I left I am not sure though. She looked really bad and not to fit. I didn't get in trouble or anything I just told the truth and I got out and the other kid got in trouble. And dun feel sorry for Me...I am okay and you got nothing to be sorry for."

He folded the paper back up into the airplane and waited for the teacher to walk by. Seeing there U.S. History teacher go by he tossed it over his head and it glided it a crossed the room like there was wind lifting it up in mid air. It landed back down on Carrie's desk. Looking at it and then at Hirro where he went back to work, she smiled. Unfolding it she began to read it and then looked up at the time above the door of the classroom. The time read 2:15 p.m. one minute before the class was over. She gathered all of her things and sat on the edge of her seat ready to leave. The bell Rang and she got up and turned in her paper as the rest of the class still gathered their things. She started to walk out of the class and stopped where Hirro sat. "The song was about a love relationship of mine that went soar....I didn't know what happen but yeah Why should I be telling you this I sound stupid now." "No no it is okay I asked didn't I...So I got what I needed to know..." "What's wrong?" "I am worried about Lucia." He looked away and sat there still thinking as she put his backpack over his shoulder and stood up. "Oh well we are all worried about her...Hey gotta fly talk to you at the game right?" "Yeah tell Lucia I will be there and tell her I won't be late." "Okay." As Carrie said leaving the room heading to her locker then outside to wait for her bus. Walking out of the front doors Casey and Katty stood there looking at her. All of them walked out to the center strip where they sat down and talked for a while. Hirro Walking away from his locker and down the stair well he walks out of the doors and Katty saw Him. "Hey guys be right back." Katty gets up and runs over to Hirro holding on to her backpack from falling off her shoulder. She reaches him and walks with him to his bus. "Hey Hirro. Sup?" "Hey Katty...Nothing much...I gotta wait for my bus it's not here." He sits down on the center strip and Katty did next to him. She smiled and punched him in the arm. "Owe!...what the hell was that for?" "For not protecting Lucia and that you didn't' back off when she told ya too." "I know...And I feel terrible about it ya know." "Me know." Standing up she waves to her friends and smiled as Hirro stood up and with a quick thrust to his arm Mina as on it. Holding it tightly Katty turns around and saw her with his arm in her grasp. Her mouth gasped open with somewhat of a shock and she started to take a few steps back. Hirro looks at Mina with an anger look to his face and then at Katty. "Where you going? Get off Mina!" Tugging his arm out of her grasp she latched back on to it and he grew more anger. "Ugh I just remembered my bus is here...Haha wouldn't' you guess...Umm BYE!" She ran off back to Casey and Carrie where she told the story to them. Herro looking at Mina he ripped his arm out of his clutch and looked at her. "What the hell are you doing?" "Hirro I want you back! You don't understand!" Pleading with all her might. "No...Not unless you change...you have grown different and you hurt me Mina...I can't be with someone if they take pleasure out of pain...Meaning mine...now bug off before I get more mad." "Hirro please give me another chance...I need you!" "Leave me be Mina." He walked off to his bus that arrived shortly he stood up with Katty. Standing there She looked to cry and he got on to the bus sitting down in the second seat near the front and stared out the window and saw all of Lucia's friends get onto there buses.