Hey guys, welcome back.

I am so sorry that this chapter was delayed for so long, I've had a crazy amount of work to do but I promise that I won't abandon this story. For the next two weeks, I'll have a lot of other stuff to do (school mainly, but other things as well) so the chapters will be slightly delayed. I've also been slightly depressed, having to deal with some emotional stuff and writing makes me feel happy and free, unfortunately, most of the writing is for school. Sorry if you're now angry at me but that's just how it works.

This chapter I was hoping to go from someone else's POV but I didn't know who, I thought about maybe doing Ripred but what I want to write for him will spoil what I have planned for later on in the story. So I decided on writing from an OC's POV.

Again so sorry for the late update and for the next late updates but it will hopefully only be for two weeks, and for the cringy title of the chapter.

Disclaimer,

I do not own the Underland Chronicles or any of the amazing characters Suzanne Collins has created, only the plot-line of this story and the characters I make up!

Now on with the chapter.

Chapter 5- On the bus

Kevin was woken by his phone vibrating madly and playing his favourite song, Moonage Daydream, by David Bowie. He slowly pulled the bed covers off of his body, one layer at a time, as slow as humanly possible. "Why does school have to start today, I'm so not ready for the first day of 11th grade." He got out of bed and picked up his phone to see a text from his boyfriend, Adam.

Hey, you ready for school today?

Of course, he didn't use text language, Adam always spoke with correct grammar, even in texts. It was one of the reasons why he liked him so much. He started punching out a response when his dad knocked on his bedroom door.

"Kev, It's time to go to school, the bus will be here any minute, you ready?" His dad's voice was deep and melodic, ever since Kevin's mom died his dad had been left to take care of him. Very much alone.

"Yeah dad, just texting Gregor, be out in a bit" He didn't like lying to his dad but he wasn't ready to tell anyone who he was. Yet. He finished writing his response to Adam and sent it.

Definitely not, but it'll b better when I c u

Kevin had short black hair that was parted on one side. It was neat and he never had to do much to it 'till he was 'camera ready'. He had a skinny face and thick eyebrows and deep blue eyes. He usually wore a sweater vest, black jeans and white converse high-tops, like he did today.

He stuffed his backpack with his school books and his laptop, make sure he had his wallet and his phone, then left the bedroom, grabbed an apple and jogged out the door to the bus. He stepped onboard and walked straight to the back to meet his best friend Gregor Smith.

"Hey, Gregor, what's up?" He said. His friends head was looking at his hands, something was wrong. Kevin had known him ever since he moved to Virginia and enrolled in Creekwood high, he had always been emotionless but now he was completely empty, just gone with nothing left. "Gregor? What's wrong?"

"..."

"Gregor c'mon, I hate seeing you like this" He was prying for information and he knew he would get nowhere with it, but that didn't make him stop.

"No," A faint voice was barely heard "not now, not today,"

Kevin gave up. If Gregor didn't want to talk there was no convincing him otherwise. The bus stopped again and a group of 4 girls got on, one of them split off from the rest and made her way to the back of the bus where Kevin and Gregor were sitting. She had dark brown wavy hair that was well past her shoulders, tanned skin and bright green eyes. Today she wore light blue ripped jeans, a green top that matched her eyes and deep blue ballerina flats. Kevin knew that she liked Gregor but it was obvious that he didn't feel the same way, that fact made it even more annoying when she sat down on right next to Gregor and started yapping away about how her parents nearly made her miss the bus.

"Hey Ella, do you mind not blabbering away, I'm trying to focus and stay calm. After all, it's our first day in 11th grade," said Kevin.

The ride to school was always boring but today Kevin wasn't bored at all, in fact, most of his time was spent either waiting for Adam or making sure Gregor was ok. All of this nervous energy made him hungry and he pulled out a candy bar from his bag and munched on it.

The bus finally arrived at the school gates and everyone got off, everyone except Gregor, Kevin and Ella.

"Gregor? Time to get off the bus, you coming?" Ella's voice was high-pitched but sweet and made Gregor's head move slightly upwards but not enough to see the worried look on both of their faces.

"Y-yeah" Gregor whispered "soon"

Kevin didn't really want to leave him on the bus but he had no choice. He got off with Ella behind him and took one look back towards the bus and then walked towards the double doors that lead to Creek wall High. He got to the notice board and saw that he had the same homeroom class as Gregor, Ella and to his surprise, Adam. Kevin was so happy that he would be able to see Adam soon that he didn't notice Gregor walk up next to him.

"Hey," said Gregor. His voice was a little quieter than normal but he still had the familiar croak in it.

"Hey, you wanna talk about the bus or nah?"

"Later," and with that Gregor walked to room 38 and left Kevin and Ella to chase after him.

I am so sorry this took forever to post, I have been unbelievably busy and so incredibly stressed. I have one more week of school till the holidays and then I'll be able to write more frequently but I'm not promising anything.

This chapter was kinda boring and it was going to be longer but I asked a kid in my class about it and they said that I should split it up into two chapters. So sorry about the wait and the length of it but that's just how it is.

The next chapter will be about Gregor going to school and planning, maybe even end on his return but I don't know right now.

That's it for now,

C'ya later,

-El Cerdo Solitario