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Miss Veronica Skylar walked the halls, hustling a few students whom had sneeked off back into the cafeteria. "Get your buttocks in that room before I make them get it there!" She said, half jokingly. She nodded to Ms. Espinosa and Mr. Kiyoshi, as they passed with Conall. Oh, Veronica knew Conall all right. She continued down the hallway, a ruler in her hand. She had picked it up off the floor, being sort-of a safety freak. If the principle was't around, and she wasn't in the view of any cameras, she had no problem giving a student a swift knock across the head as punishment. She closed her eyes as she prepared herself to enter the chaotic cafeteria, no doubt filled with dramatic scenes and dreaded teenagers acting foolishly in front of their peers. Lovely.

As she opened the doors, a few near-by students that were in her class waved, herself just giving them a nod. She also looked in the direction of Mr. Chen, whom she believed taught art. She had heard good things from his class, since most of her students were in his class as well.

At least Miss Popularity isn't here. I don't think I have enough Advils for that.. She thought, almost showing a smile. She passed a few tables, checking to see if the students were behaving. Soon it would be time to put the tables away, and the night watch would begin. Veronica herself was on the night watch, since spending those co-op nights at the hospital had left her with no problem not sleeping for a couple of days. Just as long nothing like the Renji and Lucy incident happened.

Josh patiently waited for Star, but got signaled over by some people from his Chemistry class. He looked back at the table, but decided to leave Star with them, and now that Miss Skylar was here, he didn't have to worry about anything happening to her. Josh went over to the table where the other chemistry folk were and they asked him to join their discussion. Josh smiled and accepted, then sat down with them.

((and now Star...))

Star nodded once Brian realized she had spoken, then noticed Josh leave to go sit at another table. Why would he leave? I guess he's not worried about me anymore..that's a relief. Star thought, then realized the one teacher who had passed their table as Mr Kiyoshi took Conall away. It was Miss Skylar! One of Star's favourite teachers, since music was an awesome subject with her teaching it.Star smiled at her, then completely forgot about the card game and went to walk with her.

((back to Veronica..))

Veronica sighed as Star joined her. "Miss Ferns, you should really get back to your group. Unless, of course, you'd like to join you're brother." She said, without a hint of emotion.

"Nah. I wanted to talk with you." Star said politely.

"What could you posibly want to talk with me about? Miss Ferns, you are completely ahead in my class and get straight A's." Veronica said, basically describing Star's preformance in all her classes.

"Well..." Star started, not sure how to ask Miss Skylar for more help. Miss Skylar had been the one who had arranged her after-school sewing times. Also she had helped Star basically lie to her parents, telling them she was staying after school for various reasons.

((ooo. now it's colourmafully colourful!))

One they were far enough from the teacher (whose name she still didn't know), Adrienne turned to Shirou and thanked him, still blushing from the commentary. "Honestly, we still have to take care of the kids! What a silly teacher." Composing herself, she then turned to face Conall and looked him dead in the eye.

"I don't like judging a book by its cover. But when there is hard evidence..." Her voice trailed off and then she frowned. "What I'm saying Conall... is that there are some pretty..." Sighing, she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Do you do drugs anymore?" She hadn't discussed this with Shirou, but something this serious could get him expelled. Adrienne wanted to hear the truth from his own mouth, but she still didn't know what to believe when they had found hard evidence.

Maybe she wanted to see if he would lie or not.

((Tis cool. I just got finals done not too long ago myself, so I feel your pain with how much time it takes up.))

Kiyoko heard the announcement, and sighed heavily. Great, now her mother won't sleep tonight with both of her kids still stuck at school. She rested her head against Ray's shoulder, suddenly feeling the fatigue flow through her. Mabye she would sleep tonight; today seemed to wear her out completely. She watched quietly as the others talked, also noticing the food being brought to them in strange bags, starting by the other side of the room.

Shriou noticed that Conall seemed to be telling the truth (although he couldn't help but notice that it took him a moment to remember; it was most likely a blur).

"Have you been bringing any pot, or anything, to school?" he asked Conall. If he lied about this, he was doomed; they had enough evidence to get him expelled, which Shriou would hate to see happen. However, he had no chocie if it went through like that; he was only a teacher, which isn't enough power to stop it if there was evidence that was believeable and solid.

Hearing his answer made her frown even more. How could he possibly be telling the truth when they found cocaine in his locker? She was extremely pissed. What if he was a dealer? What if he was letting other kids get hooked? But she had to hear his side of the story before the principal had her way with him. One more chance...

"So you've only brought pot to school this year?"

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After eating his bag dinner, Al stretched and set his cards down. "Yo, I'll be right back, I need to use the bathroom." He walked out of the cafeteria with a teacher's permission and headed off to the boy's room which was down the hall.

He reached for the door and stopped when he heard voices. "...brought pot to school a few times. Other than that, nothing comes to mind..."

"So you've only brought pot to school this year?"

Al recognized Conall's and Ms. Espinosa's voices. 'Did he get in trouble?' Slinking along, he hid behind a few lockers in order to get a better vantage point.

((The group has to find out somehow XP))

((No problem! smile

If you all need any help catching up, then please, let me know! I know what it feels like to play 20-30 page catchup, so I'd like to avoid you having to do that as much as possible. Wouldn't be very fair to you all, since we all have lives. xd ))

Kiyoko smiled at Ray's question; despite the troubles with his cousin's relationship, he still kept his voice soft and sweet. "Yeah, one could say that." she agreed. "As for the room, mabye it depends on how people behave during the whole school-round of shower groups and what not. I hope so though; it's noisy here." She looked at Celia and couldn't help but look at her worriedly: something was definiately up with Conall, and it was taking a toll on Celia's emotions. Perhaps it wasn't a good idea for the two to go together.....

But she too tried to look on the bright side; she'd get to spend the night with new friends, and especially Ray. It tried to outweigh the bad situation at hand, and she stared at the ground for a moment, until she heard footsteps. As the food bags got to them, Kiyoko watched silently as each one in the group got a bag dinner (one of the ladies sat one next to the distressed Ceila). Wanting to take her mind off of things, she sat up and opened her bag; a banana, grilled cheese sandwhich, and a chocolate chip cookie. She began to eat with the others, devoruing her sandwhich completely before heading to the fruit and cookie. This was helping her to wake up a bit; she'd usually have a midnight snack if she had to/wanted to stay up late for some reason.

Shriou rose an angry eyebrow at this info: he had been bringing pot to school? He had promised him he'd quit altogether. He spoke in agreement, unaware of Al's presence. "Are you positive that's the only thing?" he asked him, the usual kind and caring tone completely disappered from his voice. It gave Shriou a rather scary appearance; this plus the fact that he was a pretty lienant teacher that most kids tried not to tick him off. Sure, fun and games he could handle; heck, Ray he could handle (that's saying something!). But bullies and drugs he could not.

Kiyoshi sighed heavily; Conall made the beginning of the year sound like months and months ago, when it's only day three right now. He decided he might as well tell him at this point. He glanced up and down each hall; they had taken him to a deserted hall, and there appreared to be only various teachers in sight.

He looked at Conall straight in the eye. "Conall, I've been beyond patient with you. You've promised me as not only a student, but a friend, that you would quit. Yet, you seem not to care about yourself, nor those around you especially." he mentally referred to Celia, who must be worried by now.

"Now, I'm going to show you something we found in your locker, which is in this box." He said, pulling out a small box. This was mainly not to spread rumors about the school, since it wouldn't be the bag of cocane in plain view. "After you've looked in it, I'm going to give you exactly 45 seconds to tell me WHY this is in here, and what brought you to bring it. I want the truth, do you understand me? If you lie, I'll expell you myself." he answered, his voice cold but normal in tone.

Mr. Kiyoshi smirked; Conall finally seemed to be listening, for once. He hoped he wasn't scaring Adrienne away, but this was school business with a stubborn student; he had no choice but to grow cold. Not to mention he'd spent previous months and months with Conall, trying to get him to change and quit the drugs. He knew from his brother's experience that that wasn't easy, but it would bring the old Conall back, just like his old brother (which he knew he would never see again; the drugs did too much to his attitude. He had seen the old Conall once himself, a long time ago; he was a pretty nice kid once. The kind that Celia would love......

"Alright; I'll believe you on this. Just don't break that trust, k?" he said, his voice slightly smoother and less cold, but not by much. He untaped the box carefully, opened it up, handed it to Conall.

Kiyoshi took the box back, but kept his eye on Conall. It took strengh to control the anger welling up inside him. That was just the answer he was secretly expecting.

"Look, think of the facts for a moment. You are the only one who knows you're own locker combination; you're not supposed to tell anyone else. If you did give it away and someone else is using it, you knew the risks from the beginning. We can't throw the blame on anyone else because it's in your locker to begin with!

And I wonder if I do know you, Conall: you've changed so much over the years since you started drugs. You've promised me for months on end that you'd quit drugs, alcohol; you even suggested that pinky swear thing once, I've yet to see you at least try to come through! You've also got a record on you, Conall; while the school is lienant, there is a breaking point! You've lied to teachers, you're hurting your friends, and you're hurting yourself! Why can't you see that?!" at this point, Kiyoshi's mind broke, and he was half shouting at Conall, without even realizing it.