The classroom was silent from then on, but the air in it was tense. Electrified with a sort of energy that had everyone on edge because of the chemical alteration due to the swapped seats. Atem was with Jonouchi and Terry practically standing in the path of a missile with a giant neon sign that was the size of a continent. There was no way she would be getting out of this one, but the class wondered if she really intended to. From her posture alone she was unfazed and she had called them out on her own. She had thrown the ball in their court. Some found this impeccably brave, others undeniably stupid. Seto had no idea where to place this anomaly of a person.

She really knows how to draw attention. When you least expect it, she pulls some crap that has everyone curious-great showmanship. She certainly has more balls than some of my security. Seto flipped the page of his textbook out of formality, the remedial math lesson something he was forced to humor due to curriculum. When the bell rang, signaling the end of class, no one seemed to move. Rolling his eyes, he stood up from his seat and stepped out in to the hall with his phone hand. He would be a part of the senseless fear that the rest of the weaklings shrouded themselves in.

Terry looked up at the sound of the door sliding open and shut with quick snaps, finishing the last of her notes. She had barely noticed that the teacher had stopped lecturing them. The distinct feeling of being watched started to creep up on her. A feeling she really had not felt since the beginning school. A few months in now, she had become part of the norm which led to less and less curious gazes.

I guess some people are that thrown by me sitting here…well I'm sure they'll grow accustomed to it also. She closed her notebook and glanced at the classroom. Everyone was looking at her. Ok, maybe not just some. She raised her hands up by the wrists, waving them with and smiled at the class. You'd think I took an innocent person's place for death or some sort of martyr thing.

There is the sound of a chair scrapping the tiled floor suddenly, the back of it knocking into the desk behind it, echoes in the pin drop silent room. The sudden thwap for a notebook slapping the floor follows soon after and Anzu is leaned in to Terry's face.

"Can I help you?" Terry asked, her voice calm with a simple raised brow in otherwise unaffected expression on her face.

"Yeah, quit being a nosy ass bitch or we will really fuck you up." Anzu snapped as she reached to grab a hand full of hair to yank. The grab is intercepted and the smack is heard, Terry's hand which was on her desk was now in the air in defense and the hand that was lunged at her thrown off course to the side.

"The day that happens will be the day you learn some proper manners." Terry looked her dead in the eyes as she spoke. "There's no need for me to sit back idly and just let you bully someone who no longer wants to deal with you and your scumbag of a friend. If you have a problem with me sitting here, move. I'm not going anywhere." The declaration caught the attention of everyone, the silence that followed shattered by the lone applause that starts up. Everyone turned to see Jonouchi clapping without fear. Soon Honda and then Minako who was quickly followed by Ryuji.

"You heard her, move your seat if you got an issue. No one wants to deal with your crap anymore, the both of you!" Jonouchi shouted and the others voiced their agreements. Little by little more people started to join in. Anzu turned back to Terry, glaring daggers and the look she got back only fueled her anger. With a guttural sounding roar she rattled Terry's desk and knocked it a little out of place before Kyohei grabbed arm.

"Ignore her Anzu, let's bail. She knows what she signed up for, bitch will regret it soon enough." He growled, Anzu fixing herself a little as she regained her senses and left the room with Kyohei's hand bluntly groping her rear. Terry looked straight to Atem only to find him looking at her instead of the two who made a spectacle as they walked out. She gave small thumbs up and he slouched forward in to his seat with a heavy sigh. She laughed in response and began to clean up the small mess that was made, thanking the neighboring classmates who helped her gather her things.

For the rest of the school day, the two are not seen and peace is restored in the classroom with an underlying note of anxious energy. There was more to come, the students and faculty just did not know what and how to prepare. By the final bell, a level of normalcy was reached and as per usual Seto was gone in an instant with his usual gaggle of fangirls behind him.

How they can handle being ignored and rejected so consistently is beyond me. I don't know if I'd have the patience for that ever. Terry gathered her things and stood from her seat. "Shall we head to the train station Jojo?" She grinned looking up to find someone very different. Atem had beat Jonouchi to the desk and he did not look all too pleased at present. The questions and lectures were as clear as day on his face and she found herself for the first time confused and unsure. After the little fiasco at lunch, she really had not expected to speak to him at all let alone stand up to the two and take his seat. Well…this is…awkward. He opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by Jonouchi who slung his arm around Atem from behind across his shoulders and yanked back.

"C'mon you two, the train is waiting and I really don't wanna be here longer than I have to." He wrinkled his nose and dragged Atem off with Terry not too far behind them. She was curious to know what he was going to say, but she part of her did not want to know. Not yet anyway, if it was him trying to stop me it's better that he was cut off. He may not like me…but I do consider him a friend. Small pinpricks of sadness started to poke at her heart at the thought. She was quiet for the ride home, giving Jonouchi every chance to lead the conversation and catch up with Atem on various things. Terry barely registered them arriving at home let alone the words, looking up to see Jonouchi and her at the door and Atem nowhere in sight.

"You ok Ter-bear? You were really quiet?"

"Me? Yeah, just tired from the excitement of today."

"Yeah, sure. Excitement is what you call that." He rolled his eyes and she nudged him. "What? You know I'm right! Seriously though, if you need help with them you aren't alone. You at the least have me." He smiled warmly at her and the pricks of sadness ebbed away at the smile.

"Yeah, I know. Thanks, I'll definitely keep that in mind."

"The cavalry is never far," he ruffled her hair as they shut the door behind them and greeted her father. The issue with Atem slid away from her thoughts for the rest of the evening, her father telling them of funny student stories during dinner and studying kept her mind busy enough that when her head hit the pillow the world had gone dark in an instant.