Blake and Phoebe were standing in the foyer discussing some homework for a class they shared when they saw Shylow stalking into the room with a very pissed off look on his face. They followed his eyeless gaze to see that he was focused on Nicky, the elder of the two Crestler twins.
Nicky was seated on the stairs with a couple of his friends when he noticed Shylow headed toward him. The elder boy was about a foot from the younger when Nicky opened his mouth to say something. Shylow held up a hand in what everyone in the room aside from himself and Blake thought to be a silencing manor.
Blake however narrowed her eyes and spoke to her friend in a scolding tone.
"Shylow don't you even think about it!" She called when she saw his hand begin to move. A moment later his appendage lifted and the blonde headed boy in front of them went flying into the air, suspended several feet above his friends' heads.
"Shylow stop!" Blake warned him again brows furrowing dangerously.
"No…" He whispered softly, Nicky who had been squirming against his looked up with wide eyes as Shylow swung his hand to the right sending Nicky flying across the room slamming hard into the wall. Before Nicky could fully rise Shylow walked over to where he lay propped up on his elbows.
"I hope you're happy!" Shylow told him gritting his teeth before he rushed away leaving the blonde to scrape himself off the floor.
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Max hadn't left his room all morning and all of his female friends were beginning to worry. Trinity, Phoebe and Ruby were sitting on floor closest to the door when Layla and Mari came over to join the group. Mari had a glass of water in her hands which Tabitha took one look at before snatching it away and flinging the water in onto the floor behind her. She then handed Blake the glass since she had the best hearing of the whole group.
Blake moved over to the door holding to the glass to the wood and placing a finger to her lips silencing her friends. She sighed heavily as she heard the sound of soft sobbing coming from the other side.
"Trinity you should probably go on in there and check on him…" Blake told her shapeshifter friend seeing several concerned looks.
"What's wrong… is he ok?" Trinity asked her softly.
"…He's in there crying…" Blake told her making the blonde go wide eyed.
"Kitty can you phase her through, Max locked the door…" Ruby asked the female Phaser who nodded before grabbing Trinity's shoulder. She closed her eyes in concentration and shoved the blonde through the door.
Trinity blinked for a moment before rushing over to her friend's side. The boy's quiet lamenting silence for a moment before he looked up at Trinity.
"What happened Maxie…" She asked him softly as her sat up and hugged her tight.
"He left me…" Max Whispered to her before the sobbing began again.
"I'm sorry… did he say why?" Trinity asked the boy as she softly patted his shoulder to which Max pulled away and scowled.
"He said that if I wanted to mess around with Nicky so badly then I was free to do so cause he was done!" He told her hiccupping once before he began again, "I don't even like Nicky… and Nicky doesn't like me either we were just playing around… God I can't believe I trusted him so much!" He added rubbing his head slightly, he had given himself a headache from crying so hard.
"What do you mean?" She asked him looking a little confused.
"Shylow and I did… stuff… over Christmas" Max told her sighing and looking away.
"You had sex with Shylow!" She gasped, "And then he dumped you a month later… what the fuck?" She added looking angry.
"I don't know I just feel like a huge moron for thinking that was a good idea…" He replied softly.
"Well trust me sweetie, it isn't your fault!" Trinity told him giving him another quick hug before she reached over and handed him a tissue. He blew his nose somewhat loudly in a way that almost sound like a goose making Trinity giggle.
"I'm just gonna hang out in here today if you don't mind… Will you just tell Beast and Psyloche that I'm sick or something, Please?" He asked her smiling sadly. Trinity nodded before she told him that she had to go, she smiled and squeezed his hand before exiting the room. Trinity ended up telling the other girls a quick summary of what had happened as they headed off to class but decided to keep the information about Max's sex life between them. He would tell them if they needed to know.
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Shylow was sitting outside by himself with his eye closed thinking about everything that had went down that day when he felt a presence behind him. He peeked up and all he could see was a face with two toned eyes and a set of elfin ears.
"Don't you think you've done enough?" He growled hearing a slightly gasped and a hushed voice reply.
"I'm sorry… I'll go!" The voice chirped before its owner began to turn away. When Shylow heard the voice he realized that it hadn't belonged to Nicky Crestler as he had originally thought causing him to turn and look at the boy who had approached him.
"Nat wait!" He called seeing the elfin boy turn to look at him once more, "I'm sorry I thought you were your brother…" Shylow added making him sigh and nod. Nat plopped down beside Shylow with a nervous and fearful look painted on his face.
"What's wrong?" Shylow asked him curiously making Nat smile softly and look shyly at the ground.
"You just went through a break up and you're asking me what's wrong… that's either really sweet or really messed up!" The younger boy told him chuckling softly.
"I'm ok…" Shylow spoke before laughing a little and continuing, "I'm not ok but I will be… are you ok?" He asked the younger who shook his head.
"I'm sorry about all of this…" Nat told him eyes still position on the ground.
"You literally had no part in all of this… Why do you need to be sorry?" Shylow asked him flipping his hand over and moving it to hover above the other boy's lap making eye contact between the two. The younger blushed and looked over at the others face frowning slightly.
"Somebody needs to be responsible for my brother's actions!" Nat told him sighing heavily. Shylow shook his head before smiling at the other boy.
"Nicky should be responsible for his own actions, that isn't your job!" Shylow replied before standing and holding out a hand for the younger to join him. After helping the other rise to his feet Shylow spoke again.
"I have homework I need to do but if you ever wanna talk… about your brothers responsibilities or whatever just come find me!" Shylow told Nat giving a smirk before the two said goodbye.
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Ok so that was sad but it'll be ok in the end… It's the dark before the dawn right now!
-LB