The circus arrives without warning... I'M BAACCCCKKKK!

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Sleeping in her bed was Tessa, and the boy pouring water on her face was Will. Tessa shot up from her sleep, "What the hell?" She swiped the water from her face fiercely. The first thing she saw was his black hair. "What was that for, Will?"

"It's time to get up," replied Will with a shrug.

Tessa swung her legs over the side of the bed and stretched her arms out in front of her. "How did you get in here and where in the world did you get the water from?"

"Through the door. By the way, you should really start locking that thing." Will walked toward the window. He was wearing a loose black sweater that was the color of his hair and a pair of dark jeans. Tessa could see that it was obviously raining. "As for the water," said Will as he closed the window, "I got it from outside."

"You know, you probably shouldn't go barging into an almost-stranger's room. It really doesn't make a very good impression on most girls or, really, on most people in general," Tessa said matter-of-factly. Her face softened as she remembered the events of last night. "Is Jem doing alright?"

Will scrunched his face and shrugged his shoulders, "Just checked on him, he's fine and still sleeping."

"Why did that happen last night? Does he have some sort of illness or something?"

Will's expression darkened. "It's hard to explain, but he isn't contagious," stated.

"So he has some sort of illness, but what exactly does he have?" asked Tessa.

Will turned to Tessa with a dark face, "Can you please stop with the questions, Tess?" His voice sounded rather harsh to Tessa. "Hurry and get dressed. I'm going to go wake up Cec. I'll be back in a few minutes," he said with finality as he walked quickly towards the door and nearly slammed it shut behind him.

Tessa dressed in a flowy tank top that was speckled with flowers. She slipped on some obviously distressed jeans and white flats to go with it. She looked at herself in the mirror. Her makeup was smeared all over; lip gloss was up to her nose and her eyeliner made her look like a raccoon. Then, she went to work on the bird's nest that she called hair.

He stormed his way into Cecily's room slamming the door shut behind him. Cecily bolted up like a jack-in-the-box from under her covers. Her hair stood in black points from all directions on her head. When she saw that it was only Will, she sank back and buried her face into her pillow. "What do you want?" she moaned.

Will stated with an obvious tone, "It's time to get up." She swung her legs over the bed and rubbed at her temples that felt like they would explode at any second. He walked over to the window and pulled open the blinds then turned his eyes to Cecily who looked a mess and obviously had a headache. He narrowed his eyes and walked toward her as he felt a sort of rage growing inside of him. "Do you have a hangover?" he inquired as his voice rose in anger.

"I don't exactly know," she said with a confused look in her eyes, "I barely remember what happened besides Jem bringing me to my room."

His face contorted into an agitated one. "You can't just go around and get drunk, Cecily. You're only 13 and barely able to be here. The swim team is already in trouble because of what a couple of stupid kids decided to do last night! What in the world did you think you were doing?" fumed Will.

Cecily's head rose up from her chest. Cecily retorted, "It didn't look like you were very sober last night, either." Will's face softened and he bowed his head.

Will turned his body away from Cecily. "Get dressed. I'll get some aspirin and water," said Will rushing out the door. Once the door had slammed shut, Cecily rose from her covers and shuffled to the open window. There didn't seem to be anybody where there had been a few figures last night. No trace of anybody ever being there at all, even. But it was the day after, there shouldn't be anybody still there, right?

Cecily tried to forget about the whole thing and proceeded to get dressed at her closet.

Tessa was putting on the last of her makeup as someone banged on the door. Before she even had the chance to say 'Come in,' Will came bursting in. "Well, it's getting better, but it's not quite there yet."

"Oh, stop, Tessa. I'm sure today we'll have more worries than people barging in and out of your room. And you still haven't learned how to lock it yet, either," retorted Will.

"What are you talking about?" responded Tessa.

"Well, turns out a few kids on the swim team decided to have too much fun at last night's initiation and they got drunk, high, blasted, wasted, whatever term it is that you kids use…"

"Okay, Will. I got it. Now get on with it," said Tessa impatiently.

"Long story short, they took socks and an iPod and took them into Headmistress Branwells' office. There they rigged the socks so that it apparently looked like they were singing Bohemian Rhapsody," said Will with a light smirk on his face.

Tessa giggled. "Do they know who it was?"

Will's face darkened a bit. "The administration doesn't, but rumors on the swim team have been saying it was Gabriel Lightworm and a couple other kids. Apparently now they're making Branwell our new co-head coach to keep an eye on things."

Tessa face fell into one of confusion. "Does she know much about swimming?"

"Oh, yes," Will responded, "She was a four year senior swimmer for IAG when she went here."

"Hmmm, I wonder why I didn't know that," said Tessa.

"Well," said Will, "you've only been here for a couple of days."

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Heyyyy! Long time no see! :D I'm really sorry guys! My depression and anxiety worsened towards the end of the school year and as soon as school slowed down, I started writing again! Thank you for all your kind messages and support and for sticking with me! More chapters every Sunday starting the 27th because I'll be out of town this weekend. Visit me on tumblr for more updates and stuff. It's in my bio! I love you all so much!

THANKS ~Calliope Ferrer