Ok. Well, I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. I will try to make it better than what I have been delivering to you. Tell me what you think.
Chazz slowly walked back to his dorm. It had been a while since he had rested there. He couldn't wait to lay on his bed and go to sleep. What he really wanted, though, was to see his friends. He knew he couldn't. He wasn't allowed to. It hurt him so much to think that. Why should he be punished because he finally found happiness? Was it a sin to be happy? Or maybe Chazz was cursed. Maybe he was to be damned for all eternity. He would be miserable for the rest of his existence. He imagined a world where he could be happy and no one would try to stop him from being happy.
"I'm just a hopeless dreamer." He whispered.
He had tried to end his miserable existence. That effort had proved to be a worthless attempt. He wouldn't try it again. If he tried it and survived again he didn't know what he would do. He couldn't handle that.
Chazz continued to walk in the middle of the hall. He thought he heard something ahead of him. He looked up and saw Bastion and Alexis standing there. Both stood with their arms crossed and stern expressions on their faces. Chazz just stared at them, and then shook his head.
"How did you get in here, Bastion? This is the Obelisk Blue dorm. Go back to Ra Yellow." Chazz said harshly.
Bastion just glared at him. "Don't act like a tough guy. I know a lot of things about you, Chazz, so you better be nice."
A look of anger and annoyance crossed Chazz's face. He sighed and tried to walk past them but they stopped him. He continued to stare at them. He waited quietly for them to start talking but neither of them said a thing.
"What do you want?" he yelled.
Alexis just shook her head. "I'm worried about you, Chazz. I wonder how much longer it's going to take for you to realize that we want to help you. You're making everyone so uptight. We all wonder what you're going to do tonight. We don't want to leave you alone. We want you to be happy. Why can't you see that?"
A stab of guilt hit Chazz in the heart. He knew that his friends wanted him to be happy. He knew that they cared about him more than anyone else. He couldn't tell them, though. He couldn't tell them about his brother's threat. He didn't want them to confront his brothers and get hurt. He couldn't put them at risk.
"Please, just leave me alone." Chazz said in a low voice. "You deserve better than me. You deserve someone who doesn't make you worry all the time. That person isn't me."
Bastion took Chazz by the shoulders. He stared him in the eye and spoke in a gentle voice. "We don't want anyone else. You're Chazz Princeton, our friend. It's hard to replace a friend. We can help you if you let us. Tell us what's wrong."
Chazz shook his head and pushed in between them. "Just go, all right? Leave me alone." He went into his room and slammed the door behind him. Bastion and Alexis looked at each other. They turned around and headed toward the Slifer Red dorm.
Professor Banner sat on his bed with Syrus and Jaden looking at him from the ground. They sat in silence trying to come up with different reasons why Chazz tried to commit suicide. Syrus had a list in his hand of some reasons they had come up with.
"I think his grades aren't really a problem." Syrus said looking at Jaden.
He shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe his grades are so awful he just got depressed."
"His grades are not bad. He makes wonderful grades. They are not the issue. Mark that off the list, Syrus." Banner instructed. Syrus did so. He moved on to the next item on the list.
"I don't think he has a broken heart either." Syrus said.
Jaden glanced at the list. "We don't know if he has a girlfriend. Maybe she dumped him and he misses her."
Everyone looked up as the door opened and hit the wall with a bang. Bastion and Alexis made their way inside.
"Don't be foolish, Jaden. I think we would all know if Chazz had a lover. I doubt that's his problem." Bastion said.
Alexis took the list from Syrus and studied it. When she was done she looked at the three men and gave them an odd expression. "These are ridiculous reasons. Who came up with these?"
"Jaden…." Banner and Syrus said in unison.
Alexis rolled her eyes. "Figures…."
"I think it's his brothers. I think they did something to him. He was fine until he went home for the break." Banner said.
Bastion nodded in agreement. "Now that is a good reason. What do you propose we do?"
A smirk crossed over Alexis's face. "I have an idea."
That's it. By the way there are no pairings in this. Just thought I would let you know.
