"Am I late?"
"Show hasn't even started yet, but it looks like you already are feeling like this isn't going to go well."
"I..."
"Your face."
"Oh.
..Oh!!!
Oh that. It's nothing. Just death stuff you know."
"Death stuff? I don't know what you're talking about, but whatever it is I don't think you should be walking around then. Have your friends cleared you to walk?"
"They don't even know I am gone."
"They...what?"
*Knock, knock, knock*
"Ruby, I brought you some tea and a little bagel that Serenity made. Just a little something to help you regain your....Where's Ruby?"
"May I sit?
…Being surrounded by so many helping hands made me...."
"Feel sicker than you already were?"
"Yes."
"What can be sicker than death?"
"Imitaiton of death. Suffocation.
You know you're not dead, but you know you're not yet alive either."
"Let's just hope that Theo isn't experiencing any of that. For his sake...or ours."
"WECLOME...…..LADIES AND GENTELEMAN."
"Ooo..Oooo...it's starting. I can see him. He's sitting in the 'waiting' chairs section."
"Kids, would you like a bowl of popcorn?"
"How did you...."
"Do that?"
"Right out of thin air!!"
"......I take it you rather mersmerize if this is real or not instead of tasting it for yourselves."
"Nope. Give it here. I want to taste it. I want to taste it. I want to taste it."
"That's what I thought. Now…"
"Shh. I can't hear, Ruby."
"Mrs. I..."
"Until you grow, I will still treat you as one of my own."
"Yes, Ma'am."
*Crickkkle…cricnkkle…..crinkkkkk.*
'Name: Ariel.'
"Who is it? Who is it? I want to see. Who did you get, Stephanie?"
"Uh…..*Criiiisssscchhhkk*
You know, 'whoever it is, I can handle.' "
"That's the attitude. The girl I got.....I know I can handle. I could…."
"We know what you mean by handle. I am happy for you, Emma."
"I got the Bookworm."
"Rogue Jackson? Good luck."
"You know what? I am not going to need it, cause this will be fun."
"Fun? How is a bookworm fun, Lily?"
"Well, I can provide the creativity as you all know I can; and then use her to make sure nothing goes wrong.
Steph?"
"Glad you are able to see the bright side to any situation."
"You have to. If not, then the darkness will suck you in without you ever being able to bat an eyelash.
What's that crumbled ball in your hand, Stephanie?"
"Oh, this? This is nothing. Just a ball of trash.
*Whiiishhhh*
*....Ting*
"You missed."
"Did I?"
"Ummm…yes. Yes you did."
"I didn't look so I don't know."
"Ummm…Stephanie, why don't you pick up your….
Crinnklle….crickk….crick….. Name: Stephane. Grade: D
Hmmm. Let's see who she was partnered with.
Ariel, just throw the trash away. It's not your business to find out.
Shut up, Conscious. I know you'd do the same thing if you were in my shoes.
'Name:............Me!!!!!!!!!!!'
But….but....that.....that can't be right. There must be a...what does mine say?
'Name: Stephanie Taylor.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"