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Chapter 5

Ryan woke up with a sour taste in his mouth and rushed to the bathroom. He puked his guts into the bowl. He took a shower, brushed his teeth, and got dressed. Usually he would sleep in on a Sunday, but he had to make sure that Jaden hadn't gotten caught the night before. Before he left, he took one last look at Alexis before leaving the room. The obvious place to look would be his room, so he set off outside. He pushed the button for the elevator, and then he flashed back to the night before, particularly his dance with Alexis. Why did fucking Crowler have to show up? The door to the elevator opened and to Ryan's surprise, Jaden stepped out.

"Hey, I was just comin' to look for you," Ryan said.

"You seen Lex.," Jaden said concerned.

"Yeah she's in my room," Ryan said looking at the ground, fearing Jaden might ask questions, but he didn't.

"Good, come on," he said walking in a rush towards Ryan's room, causing Ryan to have to run after him.

"So where did you go after Crowler broke it up?" Ryan asked when he finally caught up.

"My room of course," he replied laughing as usual. Ryan couldn't believe Jaden's optimism, the party had been broken and he was still in a good mood. The two reached the door and Ryan unlocked it. Jaden immediately rushed to her side. He stroked her hair for a little while. "I was so worried about you," he kept saying to her sleeping form.

"Hey Ryan," Jaden whispered.

"Yeah," Ryan replied

"I . . . just wanna say . . . I appreciate you lookin' out for her last night. I don't know what I would do without her," he said.

"I know how you feel," Ryan said.

All of a sudden Chancellor Shepard's voice came over the P.A. system. "Will all students report to the Auditorium at noon," he said. He seemed very pissed off. Jaden looked at the clock, it was 11:30.

"This should interesting," Jaden said sarcastically.

"Bastion, Bastion wake up," Ryan said trying to wake his roommate.

"I'm up, I'm up," Bastion said groggily.

"Yo we gotta go to . . . a meeting.

"Is this about that dreadful party," Bastion said yawning.

"I'm afraid so," Jaden said standing up.

"Well I'm telling you right now if this hurts me in any way, both of you are going down," Bastion said steamed. Ryan and Jaden waited on Bastion while he bathed and got dressed.

"What about her?" Bastion said pointing to Alexis as he put on his blazer.

"Let her sleep," Jaden said as the guys headed for the Auditorium.