Detachment

[Olesya]

End of the school day...a students favorite part of the day. The bell rang in the halls, and Olesya was among the masses bolting for their lockers to grab their things. Throwing her homework into her bag, she slung it over her shoulder as she simultaneously closed her locker door with a light snap.

Heading down the hall, her gaze drifted to an area of dented lockers, it looked like someone had been thrown into them. Where were the pillars to stop all this fighting? Nowhere, that was where. Students were taking notice and taking charge. Bullying was at an alltime high, and it made the ex-pillar sick. Something had to be done.

"Ow."

A sharp pain pulsed at her temple, and she rubbed her head, trying to make it go away. She'd been getting a lot of headaches lately, so many that she felt her short term memory getting blurry in places. She zoned out in classes and when walking down the hall. Oddest thing.

Olesya joined the moving crowd toward the door, noticing an odd gap in the people. Normally she was bustled about just like the rest of them, an elbow here, a shoulder there. But today, it was like she almost had a bubble around her, no one dared touch her. And on top of that, she was getting some really odd looks. Was there something on her face? Her teeth? What? Ugh, Les shrugged it off, people were dumb sometimes.

Reaching the outside, Les squinted into the sunlight as she skipped down the front stairs, beginning her walk home..

[David Blaze]

David kept a distance.

See, he had continued about his day as usual. Doing his work, monitoring the halls. But, throughout the day, he couldnt help but think of a certain female he had seen and spoken to recently. She passed him now- giving him the oddest feeling. She didnt notice him, obviously, which was fine. He didnt want to be seen. But the look on her face was a definite fright spiker- a look of total normalcy. She looked at the lockers and walls as if they were totally unknown to her. He couldn't help but wonder what the hell was going on with her. He followed her outside, ducking inside an alley that she knew she would have to pass. As she came around, he reached out, grabbing her and pressing her against the wall.

He would gauge her reaction.

Normal Les would probably push him off or shout in surprise- crazy les would either attack him or verbally abuse him. Either way, he had a different motive. Now, outside prying eyes, he could talk with her openly.

"Tell me what the fucks going on Les- i deserve to know after how you treated me in there."

Okay, maybe not wise, but he was slightly upset.

She was just going to pretend it never happened or something? Like she was blocking it out?

Not if he could help it.

[Olesya]

Les was taking her normal route to her home/family cafe, Gabri was staying after school for drama club practice so she was walking alone. As she passed one of the many alleyways between the school and her house, someone reached out and grabbed her, pulling her aside and pinning her up against the bricks of the building behind her. The girl shrieked in surprise, eyes going wide and her hands flying up reactively....until she noticed who it was.

"What the- holy fuck, David, what are you trying to-"

"Tell me what the fucks going on Les- i deserve to know after how you treated me in there."

"..What? I haven't seen you in months, and this is how I get greeted? Nice to see you too."

She grumbled, swatting at his hands that pressed her against the wall to let her go. What the hell was his problem, treating her like that.

"I could ask you the same thing, what's with the third degree?"

The pain spiked in her temples again and she cringed, rubbing at her head again in an irritated matter.

[David Blaze]

Okay, David was now confused as hell.

The look on her face plainly showed that she didnt remember anything. What he wondered was why. Or, more importantly, how. How could she suddenly forget thrashing a Quarterback? How could she forget threatening him. He pulled himself away a little, looking at her as though wary- or like she was a crazy person. Perhaps she was- He couldnt tell. He watched he rub her temple, and took note of it. Headaches may just be headaches- still, with her acting so weird, he would watch her every movement. Every itch she scratched every time she rubbed an eye- he would keep track of it all. He noticed the slight pain she was having, and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Maybe you should sit down..."

He took a deep breath.

"Les, a couple days ago you beat the hell out of a jock and then threatened to beat the hell out of me." He would watch her reaction.

"Are you saying you dont remember that or something?"

[Olesya]

When David looked at her like she was crazy, Olesya returned the favor. Quirking her eyebrow, she lowered her arms when he backed away. She was confused as well, it seemed like 2 and 2 was making 30 in this equation.

"Maybe you should sit down..."

Les looked at the ground, littered with trash and a few shiny bits of broken glass.

"No I'm good, thanks."

She replied, looking at his with a mixture of confusion, curiosity, and...more confusion.

"Les, a couple days ago you beat the hell out of a jock and then threatened to beat the hell out of me. Are you saying you dont remember that or something?"

The juniors face broke out into a grin and she laughed, the 'you're crazy' look lingered in her eyes though, but her reaction was more of that like she had just been told a funny joke.

"I think I would remember something like that, Blaze. That's a good one. You should probably stay out of the sun for a while."

She moved past him to get back to the street. They can walk and talk at the same time right? And who knew, if they got to the cafe, maybe she would give him a muffin on the house. FLASH. FLASH. The crash of something large colliding with metal. FLASH. Muffled voices, like they were talking underwater. FLASH. Olesya rubbed her forehead again, it felt like someone was turning a crank on a vice attached to her head. Maybe she should grab some aspirin once she got home.