After Jack had exited the room David told Spot which bed would be his. Spot was also assigned a space in one of the closets that had already been marked with his name. Spot threw his trash bag of clothes into the cupboard without bothering to unpack anything. Looking at his skateboard uncertainly he turned to David.

"How do I know people aren't gonna try to take my shit?" Spot raised an eyebrow at him skeptically.

"Well we've only ever had problems with new kids stealing. So really, it's the rest of us that should be worried about you stealing our stuff," answered David as he avoided looking Spot in the eyes.

"Well I'll take that poster there, and all that shit above that dude's bed, don't much like anything else. And any CD I find lying around that I like I'll probably lift too," Spot said, pointing to different things around the room, "It's their fault for leaving it lying around, they're asking for it to be taken."

"That's not how things work around here," said a voice coming from behind them. Spot turned to see the boy named Jack had returned and was leaning casually against the doorway. He was tall and well built, his brown hair was arranged into a short emohawk and he wore khaki low riding shorts and a fitted red T-shirt. "You're not the only badass around here Conlon," Jack continued "you dish it out, you'll get it back, and don't think we don't know how to deal with people like you."

Spot gave Jack a challenging glare, but before he could say anything something inside his head started telling him that he needed to be alone as soon as possible. His breathing started speeding up involuntarily, he needed a fix, and quickly.

Taking advantage of the thick silence, David broke in.

"The wall space above your bed is yours to do whatever you want with, and if you're really worried about something getting taken I'm sure my dad can hold onto it for you or something."

"Whaddya mean do whatever I want with the wall?" asked Spot, trying to think of a quick way exit opportunity. He figured a cocky diversion would be the best way out. "Anything I want, like…..this?" He punched a hole through the plaster, right at the foot of the bed. Of course it hurt like hell, but Spot kept his eyes narrow and challenging, and his mouth still. He slung his messenger bag over his shoulder and across his chest while he, stalked passed David. His mouth slipped into a smirk as he gave Jack an obscene hand gesture as he passed him and exited into the afternoon sun. The heat was a little uncomfortable as he walked to the edge of a small forest he found on the edge of the academy's property. The property was surrounded by an old style, wrought iron fence. There was no barbed wire and there certainly weren't guards or watchdogs. Spot knew he could easily run away, but he also knew that he would be found. He would last a month, maybe two, but he had tried running before. Running never worked, and besides, it was a coward's way out.

He found a tree that provided a good amount of shade and sat down, leaning against the trunk and lighting up a cigarette. He pulled a canister of pills out of a hidden pocket in his messenger bag. Dumping the blue pills in his hand, he popped one his mouth before he began counting the rest. Counting them helped calm him while he waited for the drugs to take effect. Yes, counting was good.

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Okay, that was super short and I'm really sorry, but it's an update. It didn't accomplish all of what I wanted to put in there, but I have to stop.

My sister is leaving for college Tuesday and she's having a party and she's being a super bitch. So now I have to clean for her damn party. Sorry, I'm super pissed at her right now. And she really hurt my feelings, I've been being nice to her all week, I've been making dinner and doing the kitchen all week so she could pack and get ready and shit. And she's probably going to read this and get even matter but I don't even care. And I actually was starting to get sad that she's leaving and was thinking I was going to miss her. Whatever, sorry, I just couldn't keep writing, but I wanted to update for you all.

Hopefully I'll get in one more update before I leave. Because I leave on Tuesday and I'll be gone till September and probably won't be able to update. But I'll definitely be writing so that it will be easy to whip out chapters when I get back. Hope everybody has a good weekend. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE CHARACTERS AND THE REVEIWS! Your characters will be introduced soon!

and AN's will be short to non-existent from now on! I PROMISE!