Early Afternoon
Tori hopped out of gym class before Dustin stood there. She typed in a note to Broken Soul and did not await his reply. She latched onto Dustin's arm and the two skipped down the hall (not literally). They walked into math and sat in the same seats, giggling away at stuff they were discussing in the hall.
"Morning giggle puss." Shane joked
"Hope you're not laughing at what happened yesterday." Hunter joked.
"Of course I am, she's a butthead. It's not like I've been threatened before. 'One more time and you're fired', I've heard that like everyday for the past two years." Tori laughed.
"She even tried to fire me once and I didn't even work there." Dustin kidded.
"Yeah, that sucks huh Broken Soul?" Shane laughed.
"Man, that's why I hate Mel so much, she stole my stupid phone and..."
"Figured out who you were." Tori finished.
"Basically."
"So..." Dustin stated.
"Knowing her, she'll try to go to the ball as this girl and wait for me where I'm supposed to meet her. If no one else shows up..."
Tori tuned out and watched the three boys gossip over nothing really. She was bored of school and just wanted to go home to work on the project. Her stomach was feeling weird. She knew she was in trouble but didn't know what to do. She raised her hand and waited for the teacher to point her out.
"Um...may I go to the nurses office, I don't feel so good." Tori lied.
The teacher nodded and the not so sick blonde gathered up her stuff, glancing at her cell. It was signaling a text message and she shoved it in her bag farther, hoping to escape her nightmare. What if she wasn't what he expected or even wanted?
"Did you need some help?" The teacher asked.
Hunter jumped with excitement. Anything to miss math was fun in his books. Tori rolled her eyes and swung the bag over her shoulder. She walked out of the room followed closely by Hunter. Once they were out of range of the math room, Tori looked around.
"You okay?" He asked.
"You know what, I'm not sick. I just really want to go home." Tori blurted out.
"I know what you mean, but then there are others who have to suffer through the annoying classes." Hunter joked.
"Like you?" Tori asked with a hint of a smile.
"Guess it's an advantage to being on your own huh?"
"Yeah but I'd rather suffer through school than live without my family or anyone, I guess I only have one person left I can count on, no wait, I have a whole diner full." Tori stated, hesitating and thinking in between words.
"That's life."
"Did you want me to take the long way to the nurses office so you can miss more equations?" Tori joked.
"You would do that for me?" He asked teasingly.
"Yeah well, you're soul is broken, is it in a 'Permanent State' or can it be fixed?"
"It can be fixed, Mel was a loser." He laughed.
"No comment." Tori replied.
"On Mel, not a lot of people have those, she was mean to...most...all...anyone."
"So now you understand the life of 'Diner Girl'." Tori joked. "With my 'Diner' job, crappy car and no money for cool stuff. Just about as good as it gets."
"Fun." Hunter laughed a bit.
"Well, this is my stop. Have fun at the dance, hope you meet your dream girl." Tori stated.
"Oh yeah, you too."
"Me, I'm not going." Tori remarked.
"A pretty girl like you?"
"Really big English thing, due tomorrow." Tori answered.
"But it's not 'cause you don't have a date, is it?"
"No. I was supposed to meet somewhere there but I can't go." Tori shrugged.
