It was a bad day. When they had piled on to the back of the school bus this morning they had been surprised to find that Lotor wasn't sitting there waiting for them. They immediately checked their phones but there was no messages. They unanimously agreed that if he wasn't in by first period they were skiving off to find him. However half way through morning assembly Lotor appeared. His long hair was tangled and his brown skin had gone purple beneath his eyes. The clothes he wore were the same as yesterday's and a coffee spill stained his top. Assembly seemed to drag longer than usual as the girls waited for it to end so they could speak to their friend. Eventually they sung the school song and the headteacher let them go. They sprinted towards Lotor's hollowed form. They gently steered him away from the crowds and skipped first lesson to sit with him in an unused classroom. He collapsed into a chair and the others sat beside him.
"Mothers gone back to rehab." He said in a quiet voice void of it's usual sneer. Acxa was the first to give him a hug as he broke down in tears, the others quickly followed. Eventually they took him to the councillors office and they decided to spend the rest of the day with him in the support centre. When they came home, for once Thace didn't care about paperwork and let Lotor stay over. They watched Chicago till the sun rose.