"Uh….no," she says taking her fingers through her hair nervously as she looked around biting her lip. "Where is he.." She says quietly. She didn't want to shout for him. Just in case anyone was still around. She didn't want then teachers knowing they were there.
Laura was nervous. "Maybe… he went back as soon as he heard the teachers?" She said hopefully.
Hayden saw his "friends'' on the ground. He went to stand, knowing the teachers were further in the woods now. But his shirt got caught.Then he heard them talking about him. He couldn't shout, because the teachers were near enough. He struggled, and with a tug, yanked himself free. He tumbled to the ground, and rolled over to the group, landing at someone's feet.
Lorelei stumbled down to the ground, looking around nervously. They wouldn't get caught, would they?
Laura let out a shriek when she heard a thud and rustling. If he were standing there, she may have grabbed Levi's arm. But he wasn't, so a shriek it was. She looked and saw the new kid tumbling towards them. "Is that…whatever his name is?" She asked.
Zanna looked at the guy at their feet and gave a slight nod, "Yep, looks like him."
CC looked down at the ground to see someone falling to her feet. A relieved smile appeared on her face when she realized it was Hayden. She knelt down, though pushing her skirt down (cuz MODESTY) "Hayden!" She says quietly. "Do you need help up?" She smiled at him as she held out a hand
Hayden was out of sorts. "You- tower…teachers… woods… Threw a stick… got stuck… what happened?" He asked making not much sense. Laura blinked and scrunched her brow. "I- sorry what?" She asked confused. Hayden took a breath. "You guys climbed the tower, and I saw the teachers. I ran over to the woods, to hide. I found a stick, and tossed it into the woods. They started coming at me with… guns, I think. I saw you all had gotten down, and the teachers had gone far into the woods. I tried to come out, but my shirt got hooked on a branch. What happened up there?" He asked looking at the group.
"We heard the teachers talking about some people as numbers I'm pretty sure," Zanna responded putting her hands in their pockets, "Then everyone freaked out cause we thought they caught us but turns out it was your stick."
"Oh thank the gods." He said taking CC's hand. He brushed himself off after he stood, and ruffled his own hair. He stretched a bit. "We… should get back… before they do.." He said shyly again.
"highly agreed!" She says not letting go of his hand. It was almost like a security blanket. That, and she loved holding people's hands. She didn't know why.
Laura nodded. "Do we have everybo- GOSH I sound like a kinder-garden teacher!" She said stopping her head count.
"Its fine. Yes i think we have everyone" Levi spoke up with an eye roll. Okay now quick lets go before they come back"
Laura jumped. "Um… okay.." She said getting into a steady running pace. She checked over her shoulder every few seconds to make sure they weren't being followed.
Zanna moved along the brush and kept going faster. She stuck low and kept going even if it meant leaving the others a little behind.
Hayden wasn't the best runner, and was tripping over his own two feet. He was not good when it came to anything athletic. He seemed to keep pace with CC though. So that was a plus.
Once they got inside CC let go of Haydens hand and tried to see if they had everyone. It seemed like it from what she could tell.
Levi turned to Laura "do we have everyone?"
Laura did another head count. "I think so." She said out of breath. She was shaky still from almost getting caught.
"Well that was a genius plan" Levi says sarcastically. "Hey! She didn't know that this would happen!" CC defended Her
Laura bit back the angry words she had for Levi. What had gotten into him? "Yeah, how wasn't I suppose to know? I don't know everything." She said with an edge.
"Anyway, what's your plan now?" He says ignoring her comment. He was only a tad stressed. He never did well under stress
She bit her lip, tears of frustration welling in her eyes. "If we have everyone, we'll go to our dorms, get something of a swim suit on, and go to the swimming pool. You down for that?" She asked annoyed.
Her eyes lit up with enthusiasm and a little twinkle when she said that, "got it! I've been dying to where this new suit!" She says with her stupid smile wiped across her face.
Levi looked at Laura, "what a weird and random idea. But alright" he thought to himself. "You guys better be clean as can be or else I'm not swimming. It's chlorine…right?" He asks her
She nodded still a little irked by him. "Yeah. It's clean. Nobody ever uses it." She said confident.
"Good" he says as he walked away.
Once he got into his dorm, he realized that he didn't really have any nice looking bathing suits. Maybe he wouldn't swim.
He stood in front of the mirror and slipped his shirt off, revealing scars upon scars. Burn marks in the shape of a hot iron, cigarette, and cuts. Whip marks. He had them all. He was truly insecure about them. But he never showed insecurities or weaknesses.
He put on some swimming shorts underneath his jeans just in case, along with.a black button-up.