Strange Days at Blake Holsey High

Chapter 3: Wondering

Ary looked at the man whom Vaughn had called 'Dad.' He was a mid-aged man with black hair and a goatee. He looked at Vaughn for a second, and then to Corrine and to Aryn.

"Yes, Vaughn? You know we were just speaking about you. Come in, come in all of you. Miss. Baxter, what a nice surprise, and I don't believe I know you..." He trailed off.

"This is a new student of ours, she is Miss. Cahill. I am sure you'll find her satisfactory, she made straight A's at her old school and a part of the NJHS. How much more do you want to know, Mr. Pearson?" Mrs. Durst seemed to want to keep talking about her, probably to get the attention off of herself.

"No, that is sufficient, for now." The principal's face frowned at his idea, and heightened Aryn's ideas. "I should let you continue with your business, but I will return to finish this matter later. Good day, Mrs. Durst, Miss. Baxter, and Miss. Cahill. Come by tonight, Vaughn, I have some matters I need to discuss with you." And with those words, he left.

Corrine turned to the principal and said, "Mrs. Durst, you seemed to put Aryn into mine and Josie's room." The principal blinked and bobbed her head. "Yes, that's right. Is there a problem?"

"No, well yes. It's just that there isn't a bed for her, or a dresser, or a desk, or.... well, you get the idea." Corrine said. Aryn watched Vaughn, he looked sad and far off. He didn't seem to be on good terms with his dad. Sounds familiar.

"Oh, oh dear. That must be dealt with accordingly! I will call the janitor, and get a bed and everything else she needs to be put into your room. This will all be settled by curfew, so before then I suggest you don't go to your room. Today is a sunny day, enjoy it while you can." Mrs. Durst started rummaging with the piles of papers on her desk. Aryn looked a t Vaughn who held up her bags.

"Uhh..Mrs. Durst?" asked Aryn. Mrs. Durst looked up. "What do I do with my bags?"

"Bags? Oh yes, well you can leave them here with me, and I'll have them taken up to your room for you. Now, off you go." Mrs. Durst smiled at them as they left.

"That was weird," commented Corrine. Aryn bobbed her head. "Hey! I have an idea, since it's your first day and all, why don't we show you around? How about it Vaughn?" asked Corrine.

"Can't. Football." He mumbled. Corrine said, "Oh, okay. Well we can do it just us..do you know where Josie is Vaughn?" Vaughn shrugged his shoulders and waved goodbye and departed.

"So? Where to?" asked Corrine.

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Corrine and Aryn walked around the school building, and Corrine showed her everything. By the time they got back to their room, it was ten minutes till curfew. They walked into the room, and inside was a red-headed girl.

"Josie!" Corrine exclaimed. "Where have you been? We've been looking for you everywhere! And where are you? In our room!" Corrine started laughing. "Oh yeah, this is our new roomie. Aryn, Josie Trent. Josie, Aryn Cahill. I am so beat." She said as she flopped onto her bed. Now that there was an extra bed, dresser, and desk the room looked much smaller than it did before. Aryn waved her hand at Josie who was looking her up and down.

"Hi. I am Josie, so you're our new roommate, huh? Well then, nice to meet you. Have you met Vaughn, Marshall, or Lucas yet?" she asked pleasantly.

"Yeah, well I met Vaughn. He ran into me when I was meeting with the principal this morning..literally. I have the bump on my head to prove it. But, no, I haven't met this Marshall or Lucas. We didn't see them, did we Corrine?" asked Aryn as she turned to her.

"No, we didn't. Marshall told me that him and Lucas were going somewhere today, and they'd be back tomorrow for classes." Corrine was sitting at her desk looking over something.

"Well I guess that's that. Oh, we're both in the science club, along with Vaughn, Marshall, and Lucas. Do you wanna join?" asked Josie.

Aryn looked at her for a second, and glanced away. "Uh..sure, why not? But I must warn you that Science is my least favorite subject, due to some bad experiences. I'll give it a shot though, if you want me to. What do you do in the science club anyway?" Aryn asked. She noticed that Josie and Corrine shot sideways glances at each other before answering.

"Oh..you know...stuff. To do with...science." Answered Corrine without looking at her, and rummaging through her desk, apparently looking or a non-existent item.

"Okay. Curfew was...almost fifteen minutes ago. What do we do now?" asked Aryn on more softer ground.

Josie smiled and grinned, but Corrine answered. "We're supposed to go to sleep. We have an early day tomorrow anyway. Are you tired, because I know I am. I am going to bed, wether you two are or not." Corrine turned off the light on her desk and changed her clothes quickly and hopped into bed. Josie shook her head at Corrine, but did the same. Aryn wasn't tired, but she changed and hopped into bed too. She lied awake for some while thinking about these three new people. She wondered what Vaughn and his dad talked about, she wondered why Josie and Corrine were so protective over answering her questions about the science club, and she wondered why she liked these people.