I hate change, things should stay the same.

Beck POV

Robbie shielded Sikowitz's view of me as I texted Jade, worried about where she was.

Hey babe, where are you? Did you eat bad pizza again?
-the Beckster

I smirked, remembering the last time she ate bad pizza. She sat by the toilet puking all night. It was that gross kind of funny.

My phone buzzed and Jade's name popped up on the screen. I tapped her name and read the message.

I'm all good, about ten minutes away from the school. What am I missing?

I clicked 'reply'.

Just going over-

I was cut off by the sound of the fire alarm, and quickly shoved my phone in my pocket before Sikowitz could see. We all lined up and exited out the door calmly. I could hear Cat whispering excitedly to Tori behind me, and smiled. Cat was always excited.

All within two seconds, I suddenly heard the sound of splitting wood and the crackles a fire makes, before the door right behind Sikowitz's suddenly burst into flames, spitting out burning ashes that hit a freshman in the arm, and she screamed.

My split-second reflexes automatically made me turn around and grab Tori and Cat, pushing them into the lockers and out of the way of the blaze. Of course, after that little fire display, all hell broke loose. People were everywhere (except for a 10 foot radius of the flames, which were shooting out even farther). Running, pushing, making sure all of their friends were together.

I almost slammed my head against the locker. I had forgotten about André and Robbie in my efforts to save the girls. Tori and Cat looked at me with scared eyes, questioning me about what to do. I swallowed my own fears, and tried to come up with a plan. Of course, the best plan I could come up with was, 'get out of building. Get friends out of building.' Even my mind was mush.

I just grabbed Tori's shoulder, and knew she would grab Cat before I pulled her away alone. Sure enough, just as Tori and I were about to disappear into the crowd, I felt ninety more pounds depending on me. Good, Cat joined my caravan.

I pushed past hundreds of people, who were still flooding the main hallway, and finally made it to the front door. We bounded out into the smoke-tainted air and I led them out to the back of the parking lot, being closely followed by at least fifty other students.

After about twenty minutes, the fire trucks finally came and I let out a sigh of relief as the glow of flames through the windows of the school dulled, and finally were gone completely.

Cat was crying and Tori was frozen, just watching the school. I was looking around, trying to figure out what exactly was going to happen next.

Everyone hushed as we saw principal Ikener walk up the steps to the stage over the Asphalt Café. He had a bullhorn, and it screeched as he turned it on. "Hello students and faculty. I'm proud to tell you that everyone got out of the building-" I breathed a sigh of relief, "and the damage was contained to the North Wing only. Repairs to the school will begin tomorrow, and they are estimated to be done in anywhere from three to six months time, and when we are done, you will all be welcomed back with open arms. Until then, you will all be going to public school. Your schedules, schools, and bus stops will be mailed to you by the weekend, and you are expected to be at school on Monday. We will be getting reports from your teachers. In the meantime, please call your parents and tell them to come pick you up."

Of course, all of the whispers started about who was going where and what would happen at normal school, when all of us were so used to it here.

Tori and Cat both got out their cell phones, but I pushed down their hands. "I'll take you guys home. I'll call André and Robbie and see if they need rides too, and find out where they are."

I dialed André's phone, and it was picked up on the second ring. "Hey, André, where are you? You need a ride?"

I heard a scream on the other side and a muffled, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS!" before the connection was broken.

I shook my head, knowing that André's grandmother just broke his phone, and typed in Robbie's number.

" 'Hi, this is Robbie. I can't come to the phone right now, but leave your name and number and I'll call back when I can.' 'He has no social life, he'll-' "

I shut my phone angrily and swore underneath my breath.

"LANGUAGE!" Cat yelled through her tears.

Rolling my eyes, I said, "come on, looks like I'm just taking you guys home."

They followed me to my car and Tori asked, "how was André?"

"And Robbie?" Cat tacked on.

"They didn't answer, but I'm sure nothing bad happened. André's grandma is doing great though."

We got into my car and I put my key in the ignition, before remembering Jade's text. I pulled out my phone and pressed speed dial number one, only to get her voicemail. I opened a blank text and quickly typed:

Don't come here. If you already are here, leave.
-the Beckster

I pulled out of the parking space, and the crowd parted like the red sea as we inched through.

I opened my mailbox and pulled out some bills, a check for my dad, and a thick letter addressed to me.

I put back the bills and the check and brought the letter into the RV, slowly unsealing it, as if my life depended on the multiple papers inside.

I pulled out a packet, and looked at the first page.

Addressed to: Beck Oliver. If this is not you, please mail this back to the return address and we will fix the mistake.

School Attending: Kalifte High School

Bus Stop: Car

Schedule:

1st period- Reading: Mr. Daren, room 316
2nd period- History: Dr. Logan, room 8
3rd period- Drama: Unknown, auditorium
4th period- Geometry: Ms. Sullivan, room 402
Lunch
5th period- Biology: Ms. Craft, trailer number 3
6th period- Chorus: Mr. Boylen, room 207
7th period- Woodshop: Ms. Reid, Career Center room 115

Locker: D18, combination 46, 0, 15

The Code of Conduct is on the following pages.

I ripped off the 'following pages' and taped my basic information to my white board, right under 'wear pants often'.

My phone buzzed on the table, and I realized I had two text messages; one from Jade and one from Tori. I opened Jade's first.

What school are you going to?

I pressed reply.

Kalifte High
-the Beckster

Opening Tori's I felt myself grow anxious as the message took forever to load.

Okay, so here are the schools:

Cat- Yeager High
Jade- Kalifte High
Robbie- Kalifte High
André- Yeager High
Me- Kalifte High
Beck- ? what high school are you going to?

I sighed, texted Tori back, and turned my phone off, laying on my bed in exhaustion.

Kalifte High.

Okay, so, I'm going to need some OCs for this story. No, I am not having a contest, and all OCs will be used unless it's like 'Brenna, prettiest girl at school, Beck leaves Jade for her'. Nope, that won't fly with me.

So give me YOUR character.