Maya looked compassionately into Melisha's eyes. "It's okay. No one's gonna hurt now. My name's Brooklyn." It'd be safe to stay with the same story with everyone she met. "Do ya think ya could sit up a li'l, now?" Maya gently sat her up and gave her more water. She drank it greedily. "Sorry, thaet's all the water I have. We need ta go ta the high school. I have some friends there." Maya looked at the bruises on Melisha's face and arms. "Well, maybe I could get a few things. People might get curious if you came. Ya...do ya understand my meanin'? I don't mean any offence."

Declan walked across the school hall, he noticed his two friends, Logan and Peter, talking to a stranger. Declan diverted his way to class to now walking up behind them.
"Hey guys!" Declan said, "How's it going?"
As Declan approached, the stranger took off running towards History class. "What's with Speedy Ganzales?"
"Well, I got to go to History class," Declan said, "I guess I'll find out in class."

Micah had already taken his books out in History class, when he saw the same strange looking boy, who approached him and those two boys...Peter and Logan? Peter seemed nice and like he cared about others. Still, anyone could be a spy for his dad. Logan seemed a little arrogant, causing Micah to wonder how he and Peter could possibly be friends. Peter had said that boy's name who approached him. What was it? Declan? Such friendly people here! Would they be so friendly if they knew what he did?

Logan made his way with Peter to Gym class, reaching a slight dilemma once they were there. Peter immediately sat in an empty seat next to Brian, but the seat beside him was taken by another kid. Logan noticed that the seat next to the other kid wasn't taken; but Logan didn't want to sit there, he wanted to sit with his friends. Flipping his hair and grinning, Logan reached his hand out politely to the unknown kid. "Hey man, I'm Logan. What's your name?"

"Joey..." The boy responded, curious as to what Logan's motives were. He took Logan's hand and shook it.

"Hi Joey," Logan said with a genuine smile, and then, gripping his hand, he pulled the unprepared Joey up from his seat. "Thanks for saving my seat," Logan said as he quickly stole the now empty seat next to Peter, and pointed to the other empty seat next to him. "You can sit there."

Joey looked perturbed at first, but he quickly got over it and sat down. "Whatever."

Logan turned to Peter and Brian, and motioned toward Joey. "Great guy." Then he sat back and waited for class to start, pleased with his accomplishment, chatting a bit with Joey and Peter as he waited.

(((OOC: Joey's not a new charrie or anything, I just used him for this post. )))

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Peter heard Logan say "nice guy." He chuckled, unsure of what Logan did this time. There was never a dull moment around him. He decided he might just like highschool with his friend, Brian and his new friend, Logan. He wondered if any of the Sophomores or Juniors remembered him the way he used to be, though. What if there were other kids here, who didn't know he became a Christian a year and a half ago and that he was different? He was relieved, when the coach said they were gonna start off by jogging around the indoor track. He whispered to his friends. "Let's race."

"You're on." Andrew said with a grin, and started speeding up in his jog around the gymnasium, but tripped as a few steps later. He heard someone in the background yell, "not as coordinated without that board are you?"

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Logan saw another boy whom he hadn't met yet trip on the track, and heard someone yell out about him not being coordinated without a board. His ears picked up on the reference immediately, and he jogged over to the other boy. He offered his hand to help him up, as others passed him by. "Hey... I'm Logan. You like to skateboard?" He asked, bluntly getting right to the point. In the city, Logan had had several skater friends. "Some friends and I are actually planning on hitting the skate park this afternoon." He left the implication open, waiting for a reply before he invited the boy to join them.

"I'm actually a proffessional skateboarder," started Andrew with just a hint of arrogance. "Don't suppose you have room for one more in your car? I'm always down to shred with new people!"

Logan was shocked to hear the boy say that he was a professional skater, and for a second, he worried that his skills wouldn't match up. But then again, back in the city there had always been one or two guys who were better than Logan; it just gave him a chance to better himself. "Whoa, you skate pro? Nice! Maybe you and me can show some of these other guys how its done, huh? You can definitely come. So, what's your name?" He noticed the coach kind of glaring at them for standing still and talking, so Logan began jogging, and motioned for the other boy to jog with him so they could talk.

Meanwhile, Jen whispered to Emmy in class. I saw this mysterious dude in the hall. He seemed to be watching over his shoulders alot. What do you think this could mean?"

"My names Andrew," Andrew puffed as he jogged alongside logan, "Yea, I went pro almost a year ago. It's sick to finally see some reward for all the hard work I've put in. So does this park have a good street course? I've been skating handrails mostly these days." He gave a wide, toothy grin.

Logan smiled, glad to have someone who he could talk about skateboarding with. "I actually don't know what the park's like, haven't checked it out yet. I just moved here like three days ago, on Saturday. But before that I lived in Ditto Monstropolis, they have some pretty awesome skate parks there."

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Emmy shrugged, and whispered back. "I don't know. Do you think he's trouble, or something?"

Jen whispered, "As much as I hate judging a person by thier looks...maybe he's in trouble? I saw Peter and your brother talk to him, but he just took off." She wondered if Peter would know. She planned to ask him as soon as she saw him.

"Oh rad, we'll make an adventure out of it!" laughed Andrew. "Let's take a road trip up to Metropolis sometime and skate those parks, I haven't been there since a contest a couple years ago."

Logan hesitated for a moment at Andrew's suggestion. A part of him would love to skate those parks again; but the rest of him knew how impossible it would be to go back there. When they had left, they had left for good; they'd been practically forced out, really. What with the huge scandal and hullabaloo over what had happened. The chances of his mom allowing him to go back were slim.

Logan pushed the thoughts away, and just smiled. "Yeah, sounds sweet. We should totally do that."

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"If Logan was talking to him, I don't blame him for running off," Emmy said, rolling her eyes at the thought of her brother trying to prove to yet another person that he was extra special. She noticed that class was about to start then. "Maybe we'll find out more after class," she whispered, and took out her math book.