As the group turned the corner Claire made her way up to Bender.
"How do you know where Vernon went?" she asked.
"I don't," was his response.
"How do you know when he'll be back?" asked Claire.
"I don't," responded Bender. "Being bad feels pretty good, huh?" he said with a smirk before he turned forward again.
"What's the point of going to Bender's locker?" asked Brian.
"Beats me," said Andy looking around the hallway.
"This is so stupid. Why are we risking getting caught?" he asked.
"I don't know," said Andy.
"So then what are we doing?" asked Brian.
"You ask me one more question and I'm beating the shit out of you," was Andy's reply.
"Sorry," said Brian as Andy walked a little faster.
"Hey, Brian," said Angela walking up next to him. "This is Bender we're talking about," she said with a smirk. "You're a genius, use that brain and figure out what could be in Bender's locker," she said with a laugh as she caught up to Bender and Claire.
They had finally got to Bender's locker. As the locker opened a small guillotine slid down and sliced the toe off a shoe at the bottom of the locker. Bender continued to fiddle with the locker until the small top door popped open.
"You're a slob," said Andy.
"My maid's on vacation," said Bender as he searched for something.
He pulled a large greasy bag out of his locker and proceeded to pull slightly smaller bags out as he unwrapped them. When he got to the last bag, Brian's eyes had gone wide.
"It's drugs," said Brian looking at the group.
"Screw that, Bender. Put it back," siad Andy as Bender shoved the bag in his pocket.
"Drugs. The boy has marijuana," said Brian as Bender started to walk off.
"Boy genius strikes again," said Angela as she patted him on the shoulder as she followed Claire and Bender down the hall.
"We'll cross through the lab, and then we'll double back," said Bender.
"You better be right. If Vernon cuts us off, it's your fault, asshole," said Andy.
"What did he say? Where are we going?" asked Brian.
"You gotta learn to live a little, Brian," said Angela. "I won't steer you wrong," she said with a smile.
"I find that hard to believe," said Claire.
Angela turned around and looked at her, "And yet you blindly followed the burnout out of the library on a trip to get his weed," Angela said, crossing her arms and staring at the red head. "Keep your comments to yourself, unless asked," she said before turning to catch up with John.
John was leading the group around the school. He has just walked through one set of doors before he stopped short and back tracked behind the wall.
"What the hell, John," said Angela as she walked face first into his back.
"Vernon is around the corner," he said quietly.
Angela peaked around the corner. "He's walking in the opposite direction, make a run for it."
Bender took off running to the other side of the hallway. The rest of the group followed suit, with Allison bringing up the rear, at a slow walking pace. She no sooner got to the other side of the hallway and the group had turned around and was running back in the opposite direction.
They continued to run through the halls trying to get back to the library and not get caught. At one point they ran down one hallway and had to quickly turn around and run back, the whole group sliding across the floor. Bender caught Angie as she slid a little farther, and pulled her into his chest and spun them around so they were hidden from Vernon.
"Wait, wait, hold it," said Bender. "We need to go through the cafeteria."
"No, the activities hall," said Andy.
"Hey, man, you don't know what you're talking about," said Bender.
"You don't know what you're talking about," said Andy. "We're through listening to you. We're going this way. You go where you want, mother hen," said Andy as he turned and took off down the hall towards the activities hall. "Come on!" he shouted and Brian, Claire and Allison took off after him.
Angela turned and looked at Bender, "What's the likelihood of them getting caught going that way?"
Bender just looked at her and then over to where Allison was walking backwards and still staring at them. He turned back to her and grabbed her hand and took off after the rest of the group.
As they reached the activities hall, they saw a gate had been pulled closed and locked in front of the doors.
"Shit," said Angela as Bender grabbed the gate and shook it.
"Great idea, jag-off," said Bender, turning to look at Andy.
"Fuck you," said Andy.
"In the interest of us avoiding getting caught, let's save your argument for a later time. Vernon is gonna show up any second and we need a plan," said Angela stepping in front of Bender and putting her hands on his chest.
"Fuck you!" Claire shouted at Andy. "Why didn't you just listen to John!"
"We're dead," said Brian, leaning on the gate.
"No, just me," said Bender looking down at Angela.
"What do you mean?" asked Brian.
"Get back to the library," said Bender, grabbing his weed out of his pocket and shoving it down Brian's pants. "Keep your unit out of it." he said before turning around and running off.
"John!" shouted Angel running after him. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"I'm gonna draw Vernon away, and you guys are gonna get back to the library," he said with a smile. "I'll be back, don't worry," he said with a cheeky grin before he kissed her quickly on the lips. Angela just stared at him as he ran off down the hall again.
"Come on!" shouted Andy.
"You're not leading us anyway," said Angela. "You're the reason why we're in this mess in the first place. We are going this way," she said, pointing to a different hallway.
As they ran through the hallway they could hear Bender singing the Airborne Ranger song at the top of his lungs. Angela shook her head as they finally made it back to the library. Claire and Andy quickly ran to their seats and sat down. Allison wandered around before she, too, sat back in her seat. Angela turned to see Brian walking funny. She couldn't help but laugh and stick out her hand. Brian gave a sigh of relief as he pulled the bag out of his pants and handed it to Angela before he sat down.
"What are you gonna do with it?" asked Andy
"I'm gonna hide it," she said.
"Where?" Andy said before glancing at her boobs.
"As big as they may be, Andrew," she said glaring at him, "Not there."
"Then where?" asked Claire.
"Same as Brian," she said with a smirk as she shoved the bag into the front of her baggy jeans and sat down.
Suddenly the library door jerked open and Bender walked in with his hands on his head and Vernon behind him. Vernon pushed him when they got closer to the tables. Angela stiffened up and Bender shook his head at her. SHe frowned but relaxed in the chair.
"Get your stuff. Let's go," said Vernon as he pushed Bender again. "Mr. Wise guy here's taken upon himself to go to the gymnasium. I'm sorry to inform you, you're going to be without his services the rest of the day."
"B-O-O-H-O-O," said Bender as he sat down at the table in front of Angela.
"Everything's a big joke, huh, Bender? The false alarm you pulled Friday-False alarms are really funny, aren't they? What if your home…what if your family…what if your dope was on fire?"
"Impossible sir. It's in Johnson's underwear," said Bender with a straight face.
Brian's face went pale white and Angela started laughing. Bender and Vernon turned to look at her. Bender narrowed his eyes at her and she smiled and slightly looked down to her own lap. Bender couldn't help but crack a small smile before Vernon started talking again.
"You think he's funny? You think this is cute? You think he's bitchin'? Is that it?" said Vernon looking at her. "Let me tell you something. Look at him, all of you. He's a bum. You want to see something funny? You go visit John Bender in five years. You'll see how goddamn funny he is."
"That's profiling, sir," said Angela with a straight face.
"Don't start with me, missy," said Vernon.
"Well, it's the truth. You're assuming that because you call him a delinquent now that's how he's gonna be the rest of his life," said Angela. "Well, if that's how you see him, I'd love to know how you see the rest of us. Because I know that the outlook is going to be better for them than it is for me or Allison, so why don't you share your feelings on us too?"
"Keep quiet or you'll be the next one out of here," Vernon said raising his hand slightly
Angela flinched but didn't stop staring at him as he walked over to where Bender was sitting.
"What's the matter, John? You gonna cry?" asked Vernon as he got in Bender's face. "Let's go," he said, reaching for Bender's arm.
John stood up quickly and jerked his arm away from Vernon, "Keep you fuckin' hands off me! I expect better manners from you, Dick." As he walked past Andy he stopped and put his sunglasses down on the table in front of him, "For better hallway vision," he said before patting him on the shoulder.
"Why do you have to do things like that?" asked Claire. "Why do you have to push his button?"
"Claire, he had no idea who I was until I ended up in his office yesterday," Angela said looking at the red head. "And it's people like Vernon tha rub me the wrong way. He thinks he's better than everyone else because of the position he holds."
"Do you get hit a lot?" asked Allison quietly.
Claire turned to Allison, "Why would you ask a question like that?"
"Because she flinches," said Allison, staring at Angela.
"It doesn't matter, after this year I am out of here," she said, grabbing her bag and walking back over to the couches. "Maybe y'all should work on your essays."
The group settled into a calm silence for a while. Claire and Andy started talking quietly while Brian continued to eat on his left over lunch. Allison would occasionally look over at Angela, while Angela had her head draped over the notepad she'd had all day.
The group had been on their own for about thirty minute when Angela suddenly looked up and frowned. Her brow creased together as she listened to the random creaking she was hearing from the ceiling. Suddenly one of the tiles fell from the ceiling, and along with it came a screaming John Bender. Everyone had turned and looked at this point. John came walking down the main stairs to the second floor.
"What? I forgot my pencil," he said as he walked over to the tables and grabbed a pencil in front of Brian.
"God damn it," said Vernon as he neared the door.
Everyone looked at the door and then to Bender. It was Angela who spoke first as she jumped over the couch. "John, under a table," she said, shoving him towards the closest table.
Just as Angela sat down, Vernon came walking through the door.
"What in God's name is going on in here?" he asked, tucking in his shirt as he walked.
Everyone collectively shrugged their shoulders.
"What was that ruckus?"
"What ruckus?" asked Andy.
"I was just in my office and I heard a ruckus," replied Vernon.
"Could you describe the ruckus, sir," said Brian.
"Watch your tongue, young man. Watch it," said Vernon pointing at Brian.
Bender, who was under the table that Claire and Andy were sitting at tried to sit up and hit his head on the table. Andy quickly covered and started tapping his hands on the table. Bender responded by hitting it again. Angela was trying to keep a straight face during all of this. When Bender hit the table Allison quickly slammed her feet on the ground.
"What is this?" asked Vernon as Andy made a zipping sound. "What is that? What-what-what is that noise?"
"What noise?" asked Andy.
"Really sir, there wasn't any noise," said Claire.
Angela was splitting her attention between Vernon and Bender, who she could see slightly under the table in front of her. Suddenly Claire stopped talking and she could hear a groan from under the table. Claire started sneezing loudly and everyone, Angela included, started coughing and sneezing as well.
"That noise? Was that the noise you were talking about?" asked Claire.
"No, it wasn't. That was not the noise I was talking about, said Vernon crossing his arms.
"Have you considered the fact that your hearing may be going in your advanced age, sir?" asked Angela.
"Detention, next Saturday," said Vernon.
"Actually it would be the following Saturday. I've already got one for next week," she said with a smirk.
"Let's just add the week after that one too, and make it 3," said Vernon. "Now, I may not have caught you in the act this time, but you can bet I will."
Allison suddenly laughed and Vernon stared at her. "You make book on that, missy. And you!" he said pointing at Claire, "I will not be made a fool of," he said as he turned and walked away.
It took everything in their power not to break out in laughter when they all saw the sanitary ring for the toilet sticking out of the back of Vernon's slacks. Once the door was closed Angela and Allison started laughing and Claire started smacking Bender as he crawled out from under the table.
"It was an accident," he said with a smirk.
"You're an asshole," said Claire.
"Sue me," he said before walking over to Brian. "So, Ahab, can I have my doobage?"
"Uh…uh…." stuttered Brian.
"Catch," said Angela as she tossed it at Bender. Bender smirked as he caught the bag and walked off towards the couches.
"Yo, wastoid, you're not gonna blaze up in here," said Andy.
Claire turned around and looked to where Bender had walked off to. She turned back to Andy and Andy shook his head. SHe glanced back one more time before she stood up and went to look for Bender. The others, excluding Angela, had a silent conversation. Brian was the next to stand up and follow Bender. Allison and Angela watched Andy mutter to himself before he stood up and followed them. Angela turned to Allison with a small smile.
"Go," she said, nodding her head to where the group had gone.
Allison stared at her for a moment before she grabbed her bag and walked away from the tables. Angela sighed deeply before she grabbed her bag and pulled out a pencil bag full of color pencils. She turned in her chair so she was leaning against the wall and could look left to see the group and right to focus on her notepad. She closed her eyes and sighed again as she tried to clear her mind and focus on what was in front of her.
A/N: Two Chapter in a couple of hours! I'm proud of myself. I'm probably only going to have a few more chapters left. We are coming to the end of the movie and the end of the story. It will probably carry past the end of the movie a bit. But as always keep on the look out for new chapters. I'm starting chapter 7 soon, so if i'm lucky it will be posted in a few hours as well! Until! ~Kat
