Life is Strange 2: Unexpected Trials
Chapter 3 of Episode 2, enjoy.
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Episode 2: Doubts
Chapter 3
Monday 31st October 2016
Arriving at school, it was Monday, the start of another school week, Sean smiled lightly as he approached Lyla who was waiting for him. They'd both dressed up for the mild day, Sean in dark blue jeans with matching colour sneakers, a red T-shirt under a black windbreaker. Lyla wore a dark orange T-shirt, whitewashed jeans and sneakers.
"Hey." He greeted Lyla.
Lyla smiled. "Hey there. So...another day, another boring week huh?"
Sean shrugged. "I don't know, things are still hopeful huh, might be more dramatic if you think about it."
"What makes you think that?" Lyla asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Just a feeling I have." He remarked. "I have to admit I'm feeling better after the weekend, what about you?"
"Same." Lyla admitted.
Still smiling they made their way inside the school and soon spotted the rest of the group. Ellery, clad in a dark red hoodie with grey sweatpants and sneakers, Eric in his black pants, sneakers and white T-shirt under blue and white plaid shirt. Adam and Harv stood facing them, their backs to Sean and Lyla, clad in a grey T-shirt, cuffed jeans and boots and a white collared shirt, black pants and boots respectively. Sean and Lyla made their way over and Ellery and Eric spotted them at once and alerted the others who turned.
"Hey guys, there you are." Eric greeted. "Um, you okay Sean, you disappeared Friday and..."
Sean shook his head.
"I'm fine man, just..." He replied. "There was a misunderstanding is all."
They all nodded, but didn't say much more, uncertain.
Looking to change the subject, Sean turned to Lyla, only to notice her expression had changed, she was looking off to the side, slightly slack-jawed. Ignoring the snickering of the others as they noticed her expression, Sean followed Lyla's gaze and soon spotted the reason for her reaction. It was a sixteen year old tall girl, around five foot ten, with tanned skin, dark brown almond shaped eyes and long brown hair styled in bangs, as well as an average figures with freckles dotting her face. She was dressed up in red pants with a black belt, a black T-shirt and simple sneakers.
"Lyla." Sean said gently, getting her attention. "Is that Natalie Evans?"
Lyla bit her lip but nodded. "Y-yeah, that's her."
Sean smiled gently. "It's okay, remember what I said yesterday."
Lyla nodded and, clearing her throat, she made her way over to Natalie, just to talk. But that didn't stop the rest of the boys looking impressed. But before they could turn to Sean to congratulate him, Sean faced his own issues and bit his lip. For at that moment he saw her, Jenn Murphy. She looked as radiant as ever, although her vibrant red hair still had it's violet and turquoise dye from the party in it, even though it was in her usual bun. She was dressed in light blue shorts, a white top with see through lace shoulders and simple slip-ons. Before a smile could appear on his face, another figure appeared, clad in black pants, a white football jersey and boots, it was Derek Anderson.
This time, rather that let himself be overwhelmed, Sean watched carefully and realized Lyla was right, Derek was clearly flirting with Jenn, but she didn't actually seem interested. But that put a fresh worry in his mind.
'He seems, oblivious too her disinterest, he just keeps flirting, I just hope he doesn't...I hope he can keep a handle on himself.' Sean thought.
Shaking his head at the enquiring looks from the rest of the guys, Sean focused on the rest of the day as the bell rang to the beginning of the school day, he headed for his first class of the day.
At their school, Daniel and Chris sat waiting, both dressed up in cargo pants, a dark blue T-shirt and sneakers and black pants, a yellow T-shirt and sneakers respectively. They were seated outside the Principal's office with their fathers. Esteban sat by Daniel, clad in brown slacks, a grey button up shirt, while Charles, wearing a dark green shirt, dark blue jeans and simple shoes, stood by Chris.
'Uh-oh, here we go.' Daniel thought.
The reason for his thoughts was the arrival of Michael Foster, along with his father Scott, both of them glaring, especially at the Diaz father and son. Michael was clad in brown shorts, a dark blue T-shirt and sneakers, Scott wore jeans, a light red polo shirt and brown shows.
"So, why am I not surprised." Scott spat as he glared at Daniel and Esteban.
Luckily, before things could get any more intense, the door to the office opened and the Principal stepped out, a tall dark haired man with dark eyes and fair skin, clad in a green and white plaid collared button up shirt, khaki pants and brown shoes.
"Good, you are all here." He remarked. "Let's get started, come inside, now."
With that he turned and headed back into his office, the three boys and their father's also entered the office and soon the boys were seated before the desk, their father's behind them and the Principal on the other side of the desk, all ready to begin.
Looking at them all carefully the Principal spoke.
"Now, we all know why we're here..." He began.
Scott cut in. "Yeah, these punks causing trouble and..."
The Principal silenced Scott with a look. "That's not the report I hear. We are here Mr. Foster, because of your son and his friends bullying Chris Eriksen and Daniel Diaz."
"Yeah right, I never did anything like that, they're just trying to cause trouble." Scott snapped. "They're the ones trying to pick on me, making things up."
Scott nodded. "Wouldn't surprise, what kind of place are you running here, letting that little invader run wild, mixing with his betters and polluting them."
"I was just trying to make friends with Chris, but that Diaz wouldn't..." Scott added.
Daniel grimaced as the two were about to begin their usual tirade, it was clear already they were letting their racist views be known.
"That's not true, Michael was bullying me." Chris cut in. "Daniel helped me, we're friends and Michael kept trying to bully us."
Michael looked outraged at this. "What's wrong with you Chris, you're taking that spic's side."
The atmosphere changed at that outburst. The Principal glared but Michael remained unrepentant and Scott nodded.
"You see what I mean, just like his grease-ball father, trying to ruin us and..." He began.
Charles rolled his eyes. "Like father like son huh, even in racism."
Scott turned, about to lose his temper with Charles.
But then the Principal spoke and order was soon restored.
"ENOUGH!" He bellowed. "That will do, I don't know if you two are aware of this but this behaviour does not help your case in the slightest. You are trying to make me believe you are the victims here, yet act in this manner?"
Calm returned and Scott turned to glare at the Principal.
"You cannot seriously be taking their sides, they..." He began.
The Principal shook his head. "I do not take sides, I listen to all sides and determine what happened and deal with things fairly."
With that he turned to Daniel who, along with his father, finally got a chance to tell their stories and finally, after some time, talking and finally managing to get things explained without any more interruptions.
"Well, having heard everything, considering the students records already and what was revealed by other teachers, I have reached my conclusion." The Principal stated at last. "There can be no doubt that Michael Foster was responsible for his own actions and as punishment for his actions, will be suspended indefinitely from school."
Scott snarled. "You hypocrite, you said you don't take sides, yet you take the side of those filthy Mexican..."
"You do not want to finish that sentence Mr. Foster." The Principal remarked coldly. "Otherwise the police will have to be informed of your actions, understood."
Finally recovering from his shock, Michael glared at Daniel furiously but said nothing, instead leaving the office and the school with his father. Leaving the office, Chris and Daniel said farewell to their fathers before heading to class. They were both amazed and relieved at things working out, but they had.
Sean breathed slowly and steadily, catching his breath after an intense gym class. He was actually late getting back to the locker room as he had also helped tidy up afterwards. After quickly showering and getting changed back into his usual clothes he paused when he spotted something.
'Huh, what's that?' He wondered as he approached the object on the floor. 'Some sort of book…?'
He picked it up, noting it to be some sort of journal. He paused when he saw the name on it. 'Derek Anderson'. He then turned it over, holding it open at the page it had fallen open on.
He couldn't deny his curiosity. 'Wonder what this is about, hmmm...what the fuck?'
His curiosity turned to shock, horror and disgust as he read the journal. In it Derek had detailed a plot by him and a number of other boys in the school, mainly from the football team, to sleep with as many girls as possible. The truly deplorable part of it was that apparently, there was a 'points' system involved, with some girls being worth more than others. He then noted something else, a list noted as the 'Big Ten', apparently the ten best girls in the school, who were worth 'bonus points'.
'This is sick, I can't...' Sean began to think, but then anger overtook him again.
It nearly exploded inside him as he beheld the list of the top ten girls. It was the top three names especially that made him so angry, even though name number two would have been unknown to him before yesterday. Those names were Jenn Murphy, Natalie Evans and Lyla Park.
Sean shook his head. 'Now I see what you were up to, bastard.'
It now made sense, he now realized exactly why Derek had been so earnestly flirting with Jenn.
There was no true attraction there, it was all part of the sick game, Derek just wanted the 'number one girl' so he could rub his 'victory' in the faces of the others, without even caring what Jenn thought. Without caring about her feelings. Just as Sean was wondering what to do with this discovery he heard someone approaching the locker room, heard Derek's voice.
"Shit." He hissed.
He knew he needed evidence and acted quickly, pulling out his phone and using it's camera. He quickly got pictures of what he needed, the pages detailing everything, including the list. He then put his phone away, but could not put the journal down before Derek entered and saw him. Instantly Derek's face clouded and he glared before stalking over and grabbing the journal away from Sean.
"If you dare breathe a word of this, Diaz..." He threatened.
Sean stood his ground however. "Don't even think about it you sick, twisted prick. You won't get away with this."
Sean then pushed past Derek and left the locker room. Now he was more anxious than ever and even furious, wondering to do.
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