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<11/16/2012 - 10:30 | Cage High School (Biology), Austell, GA, USA>
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So long as I had Lumina with me in school, there was hardly ever a dull moment to spare. If ever we got bored, we would make the day interesting in our own way, whether it involved me sneaking out of class just to talk to Lumina, or getting overly involved in a science experiment. Of course, nothing about biology interested me that much, even though it was not Lumina's personal specialty.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztb2T9oHRM
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"No fancy lab coats and goggles today?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnnFGEfqKl
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"Nah, just more homework. I'd have it done already, but I slow down on projects that bore me."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhLt0x7afL
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"I thought you loved science."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Xp4MRvHZh
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"I love physics, not biology."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyXbjla4zg
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"Physics? Any particular reason?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIIGFFrA2O
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Doesn't Lumina know why already? There are lots of science concepts to start from, physics, biology, Earth science, chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy; the list could go on forever. "Because it's the most relatable topic for all science. They look at the bigger picture of everything along with the small details to express how the universe is likely to function. On top of that, I have you teaching me all these cool facts about outer space, which I'm sure to excel in once I do make it into physics class."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQw5wXFGSY
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"True, but that concept is probably not a big part of this class."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSp1xBMFL6X
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"Must you remind me? Anyway, it's fine enough for now. I still have at least one person I'm sitting next to that I don't hate completely." To ensure Lumina had the context of what I was talking about, I let my head tilt to my right, revealing Zero writing things down on her homework while priming her cellphone for something. I didn't care what she was up to, just seeing her sitting right next to me again after so long felt relaxing. Plus, ever since Lumina and I hooked up, I've had no difficulty at all talking to Zero without being impeded by her natural pretty charm. Going by looks alone, Zero is a total knock out, yet I don't care, because I'm in love with somebody else. Of course, there were still a few other barriers that made speaking to her difficult.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eqROg6TY4
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"But you and her never talk to each other anymore." Lumina wasn't really wrong about the assumption. Zero and I get along with each other and even have a general mutual understanding of each other. However, it's still rare at all if we exchange more than a general greeting, even after racking my brain to think of something to say.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpTt5sbYED
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"It's not on purpose. She and I don't have a lot of classes together. When we do, we still struggle to say anything interesting to each other, because we are both very shy people, at least towards each other." I feel like I may have butchered the explanation to Lumina, but I still understood the main issue. Of all the people out of the entire school, I feel closest to Zero, like I'm somehow most similar to her. So, when I try to get behind the goal of turning her into one of my best friends, the pressure not to say anything too awkward or stupid floods the gates of my mind, causing me to clam up. It's a most similar situation to how a guy gets too nervous to talk to a girl, but in this instance, I simply don't want to risk losing her as a potential friend. I have no interest in dating her, and Zero herself doesn't make me nervous. I just wish I knew what to say sometimes.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvy66ews0wa
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"If you say so Reed. I thought she was part of Banarus's group."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUsXTuwGvW
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"Interestingly, Zero does hang out a lot with Banarus, but not as much as she used to. Plus, she doesn't seem to click half as much with the others in her group. Maybe it's just my imagination, but I get the sense that Zero is coming to her senses about how Banarus, Ashly, and Maddison really are. Either way, I don't dislike Zero's personality, and she's also intelligent enough for me to want to hang out with her."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNvPTLLans
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"At least one problem is solved, sort of."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl32CJapG2r
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I know Lumina wants me to make friends, but she doesn't have to babysit every last detail in the process. I can still take care of myself to some degree.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2ukCuZHY9
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Before I decided to give it any more thought, my own smartphone started to buzz on vibrate in my right pocket, which certainly startled me a bit, since my phone never gets alerts or calls from anybody. It's a symptom of not having any close friends, I simply don't expect anyone to buzz my phone. "Who would be texting me now of all times? Let me look." First I had to confirm our teacher was looking the other way before pulling out my own phone. When I checked on the screen for the text body and sender ID, I quickly became puzzled, letting it show. "Huh."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblkOkxi2PL
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"What is it?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgW2QjQp2N
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"I don't know what this message means. Plus, I don't even recognize the phone number... What is this?" The message body seemed like some kind of advertisement or some kind of program, but why would I get such a text like this in class? Who sent it?120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xQP75JGRB
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"Hm, let me see..." Without a care in the world, Zero leaned over to my side, cupping the back of my phone in her hand to read the phone number plastered onto my screen. Her decision took me by surprise, but I didn't stop her fast enough.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrLQMAtUFl
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"Can't even mind her own business?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMI6YNU6J2v
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"Actually, it's my fault for talking out loud again." I realized it while Lumina tried to analyze everything, that my words had somehow slipped from being telepathic to physical, quiet as I was.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLivSEc4kyF
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"Oh, I know that one. It's Maddison's number."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3M50IBTyx
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"Eh, it is?! Are you sure?" I noticed too late that I revealed my shocked expression to Zero, not knowing whether this would bother her or not. But of course I was surprised! Why would Maddison of all people text me out of the blue? And what is it with this promotion about gold stars?120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj94IZh1hp
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"Yeah, I remembered what her number is."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToDSCeXZJ0
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"Guess they are both buddies after all."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzVW1GwAzH
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"Do you ever get tired of being right?" I wasn't thrilled to hear that Zero and Maddison were still in close contact. The reason I didn't recognize the number was because, all that time ago, I erased Maddison from my contact list. I should explain that part to Zero though. "I must have deleted her contact and forgotten about it."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lubuiTjlR
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"Yeah. It's just another stupid message about her advertisement for gold stars, part of some program." Zero sounded mildly annoyed to have to bring it up in the first place, which sent me mixed signals about how well the two of them got along.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kFxR8Zzvn
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According to Zero, the message is stupid. She doesn't have that happy face on right now either, quiet as Zero is. I have seen Zero hang out with Banarus a lot, but she and Maddison have not been seen together since late middle school. "Hm. I don't think they are buddies Lumina. That kind of reaction from her seems mildly hostile, not that I mind." "Gold stars? The hell is that even for?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmdcdzuLgH
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"I don't even care."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkHUThf06o
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As nice as that is to hear, it doesn't solve my problem. "Well I don't want people like that advertising stupid stickers to my phone." I knew I should have blocked her number instead.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZalsRmckAm
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An expression lifted in Zero as she slid her eyes back onto me, grinning with a naughty idea. "Yeah, well, you should just tell Maddison to shove her stupid stars up her ass."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6rWmWLDQG
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"Wow!" Lumina chimed in. "Zero isn't the pure princess I thought she was."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQoEqkgcPK
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"Ha! Is that a bad thing?" I resisted the urge to chuckle though, since piecing together a new revelation was more exciting. With her bold request, I was sure Maddison and Zero didn't get along. No, it must be worse than that. Those two must have had their own personal falling out that I never heard about. Of course, knowing Maddison, the feeling for me is mutually understood... "I don't see the harm in that plan." I picked up my phone, already texting in the exact message that Zero hinted I should use, and I made certain it was coming only from my voice. All things done, Maddison should shove those stars up her ass.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtH193Cjb6
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Before I could even finish the message, Zero's eyes lit up with glee as she started laughing at my choice. "Wait! Seriously? You're going to text her that?!" Her smile was impossible to dissolve, which told me that Zero wanted me to send this kind of message to Maddison. She simply wasn't expecting me to do so, citing the suggestion as a joke.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5e0kgCHqSs
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Joking or not, I am that crazy, because I don't give two rats one way or the other what will come of it. Might as well make school more interesting. "Only in those exact words. Let's face it. I don't care enough about Maddison to want her contact in my phone. But, I also want nothing to do with her stupid stars. Ergo, she should go shove them up her ass."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5gcEzhtmx
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Zero chuckled some more, still in disbelief I would actually be brave enough to send such a message. "If you actually text that to her..."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkklbqwL52
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I smiled back at Zero while hitting the center button on my phone. "It's already done." Then, I gently set my phone down right in front of her face, just to prove that I would go as far as I felt necessary.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzenULzTR9
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"Yes! That was awesome Reed!" At the risk of attracting unwanted attention, Zero was too excited by what I had just done, no doubt dying to see the look on Maddison's face when she reads that text, if ever she responds to it.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN3ELkui81
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"So then," Lumina concluded, "she despises Maddison? I wonder what happened between the two of them."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9XNSGnBIb
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"At least we're on the same page about this. Zero isn't the only person Maddison has betrayed."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1a7sK8fnhk
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Still in a minor laughing fit, Zero perked up, putting all of her attention onto me. "I can't believe you just sent her that! You know what, you and I are going to be friends for this class."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZPSMSdJip
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"Wow. That didn't take long."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxc4OYQcbv
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As happy as I was to hear her say that, I knew I had to act cool about the moment. "Sounds good to me. It's obvious enough that you dislike Maddison as much as I do."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTZWyD9HxE
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"What did she even to do you, if I might ask?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXEM3uSxdT
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I wish I could just tell Zero the whole truth right here, but I'm not ready for that right now. "It's a long story. Suffice it to say, she doesn't seem to care about anybody's feelings, no matter what is happening around her. I know that the situation with her family is a little screwed, but I don't even think she cares about her own self. Either way, it will be interesting to see if I get a response from that text."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAwBBwvUm9
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"If you do, I have to see it!" I've never seen Zero this excited in a long time. Is it really that shocking that I would be so blunt with another person for fun? Life is too short to dance around bushes all the time. I'd rather be direct about everything where possible.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5nkTXJuxM
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"Congrats Reed. A new friend at last."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RjJ6YRZD4
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Is it really that simple, so soon? "It's just one, but I guess I can work with this." "I wonder what parts of life we missed out on sometimes. What happened to you during the summer? What I mean is, how have things been?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKb7A7sK0e
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Even though I still struggled to muster together a few sentences for Zero, I did my best from here on. Even if it would take time, I saw the potential for something better than the way things have been before. I want Zero to be a good friend of mine, a person I can trust to tell anything to without fear of being shamed for it. Maybe one day, I'll be ready to tell her everything about the Altiri, but that day isn't today.
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<11/16/2012 - 14:42 | Cage High School (Stadium), Austell, GA, USA>120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5Dk9JQgT0
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My mood earlier would have dwindled to nothing if I had known where I would be ahead of time. There is one aspect of high school I hate more than anything in the world! I'd rather take tests all day long speaking to nobody than to be out here right now. Though I sat in the far rear of the metal bleachers overlooking the football field, nothing I did managed to muffle out some of the noise around me. The cheerleaders were cheering, the band was playing out on the field, and every idiot in a ten foot radius of me was shouting at the top of their lungs. Their cheerful attitude to volume only made my veins hang out more in silent rage.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJvN1LTyUv
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Many recognize this school event to be a peprally. I refer to this as, the most convoluted, dumbest idea in all history. Why do I say that?120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5ZsERmFep
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Between the crappy banter, the advertisements, and the decorations of the football field, it's painfully obvious that the only relevance a peprally has in our lives is sports. I don't have any problem with people who do enjoy sports, but then why am I being forced to be dragged into this when it's not my thing? "Seriously! I don't even care about football, whether it be linked to a professional state team or this school. Why did I have to get dragged into this?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBDRsMEI5u
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"You can complain after it's over Reed. I know it sucks, but you literally dragged me into the same hell you are in."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9ulMH2cWx
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"That's because all of this would be unbearable without you, Lumina."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7pMEcfJqB
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"Whoo-hoo!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84Av9m4voE
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"Go team! More spirit!" The guy beside me and his buddy stood up once more, shouting at the literal top of their lungs, which pierced my own ear drums.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiMJWtFHD7
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After face planting my head into my hands before holding my ears closed for protection, my blood continued to simmer hotter. Everybody around us started clapping in synch to the band music, coercing everybody to do the same with some kind of magic I could not fathom. "Bunch of fucking morons! How can anyone get excited about a ball going through a goal post?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6DvY1hRkK
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"You have to use your eyes Reed. The sport isn't being played. It's merely being celebrated."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpw8q4UvRVT
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I knew this much already, but the anger festering inside me was only rising to critical levels. How dare I be forced out here onto the stadium with everybody else! How dare my time be wasted away like this! "It's a complete waste of my time in every sense of the word!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJB20JGvYE
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"It's only for half an hour. You'll be fine for that amount of time, right? I mean, this isn't going to cause UAD, right?" Lumina needed my assurance to put such a fear away, but I gave her no such assurance.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqS50JqxPXz
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"If I do get UAD right here, it might be fun trouncing on these idiots." I suddenly started laughing like a lunatic, ensuring I sounded as evil and sadistic as possible. "I mean, that would be the only way left to let out some frustration. Hahaha!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GrNkKQI2j
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"... Okay, I can see why you needed me here."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7oPqHNr8A
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"Oh, looks like they're bringing out the cheerleaders too. Not that I care. Why even bother going through all of this? It's so pointless and boring!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwV8DIQC82t
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"Ah, shut up!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxr6S0uD56
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"Number one target for having his face rearranged! Stupid heathen! I'll show him what a real rumble is!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroHjGvxTYR
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"I'll keep you company if you just relax Reed... They are using cheerleaders. My guess is, the cheerleaders are supposed to be hot, and their performance attracts the male students? Do I have that right?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fpr2KFKh9
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I wasn't sure if Lumina was really curious about this aspect, or if she was desperately trying to curb my rage away from the forefront of my focus. Despite knowing it wasn't going to be enough, I did manage to hold onto my own sanity for the time being, just to ensure I could reply to Lumina. "If that did turn out to be the only purpose behind them, I would rather just go home and navigate to Cheerleadersandbottomlessadventures.com."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLkfkAsKSc
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"Really?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQ5ZkL9n08
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"Why not? I am a guy. I can do that much." I had no trouble bringing up the idea of such topics with Lumina after long enough. My declaration was only meant as a joke, but I was dead serious if ever the choice presented itself to me. There really isn't a point to any of this!120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ3AYAXOp0
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"Now that you mention it, I do wonder what site you go to these days, and what all of it looks like."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIrEOGLhUf
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"Not this again." It isn't the first time Lumina has recently requested I expose her to all the smut available on the internet. As a guy, it's my job to make sure she doesn't see all the crazy photos out there, mainly because she doesn't need to know what wild aspects of it turn me on. I mean, me, watching porn while Lumina just hangs back and watches like it's some kind of movie? It's the weirdest thing I can think of, but she doesn't seem to see it that way. "What? Are you interested in joining the fap party?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqD3k4hVSh
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"I'm just curious about what kind of stuff you look at online."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1u2cY2umfi
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Why is it suddenly up to me to teach an alien about the principles of the pornscape and why we all fall for it? I'm not going to be doing that while she's connected to me. "Whatever... When will this crapfest end?!" I shouted to the top of my voice, giving these heathens a taste of their own medicine. The guy closest to me didn't like it one bit.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2DzBHE6M1
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"Ah, go shove your head in a toilet!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKm7sWM4QL
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"I'll break his face too!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqmRQGZd3t
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"Okay! Okay. Let's just take this from the top. Is there some other way for you to just leave?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTkNlisuUe
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"I wish there were, but they have all the exits here guarded as strictly as Fort Knox! It would take some creativity to leave the school. I know for a fact that my dad wouldn't mind picking me up if I duck out of this bullshit early. He doesn't like peprallies either." When I spoke about the possibility, it became all I wanted to pursue.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhjHRVxSKS
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Lumina on the other hand was simply going over all my options. "So, what if you instead move seats and sit with the people you know? Maybe you can hang out with Zero?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQW41xNEySX
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"Zero and the others are down on the field! That's what they're doing here; they're part of the marching band. But even if they weren't, they can rot in the stadium for all I care, if they really care about this peprally that much."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1I4C6VJ8d
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Before I could be warned about it, the announcer, who had his lips firmly attached to the largest megaphone in the stadium area started shouting. "Are you ready to support your team?" Following his very question, the entire crowd started screaming wildly in cheers.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0nwBv01sa
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I unfortunately was forced to cover my ears from the uptick in noise. I know I have sensitive hearing, but this was absolutely ridiculous! At this rate, I'll go deaf, or develop a headache from the noise level alone! The custodians can't do this to me! They can't force me into a situation that medically screws my entire life up! It's just plain wrong!120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkilmG6luK
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"I can't hear you!" screamed the blaring blow horn of the peprally control center. Of course, the crowd fell into the pattern of chanting and cheering the motto again, altogether in disgusting harmony with the last announcement.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnntbSnQvG
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"Somebody better tell him to shut the fuck up! If he can't hear at this volume, he needs to be sent to the nearest nursing home for rehabilitation."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOI1qjxPn38
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"I still can't hear you!" Following the annoying chant, the patter still had the entire crowd under full spell and control, with the noise level getting louder than it ever did before. My only issue was, it wasn't necessary at all!120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHHCEPor0O
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"That is it! Fuck this! I'm out!" With enough residual force to disintegrate my backpack, I airlifted myself right off the seats of the bleachers, and started marching down the steps, my arms and fists tight enough to turn air into diamonds!120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqaG2UkhYT
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Lumina seemed a bit shocked by my sudden reaction, but in knowing what might come next, she simply sat herself down and concentrated more on my senses. "This I have to watch." I detected the hint of enjoyment from her, but all of my focus and hatred was directed at the school staff instead, for allowing this madness to continue dragging me down.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qwYxjW5iJ
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Before long, I was approaching one of the idiots in charge of defending the back gate leading away from the stadium and back to the front of the school. With his stance, it wasn't hard to imagine him in full riot gear, though the tall male was nothing more than another custodian, and I knew as much. The moment I got near the guy, he stood firmly in my way, nodding his head and pointing back behind me as if I were a real prisoner.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV7v4xP62J
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"Sir? You can't leave until the peprally is done." This is the mentality that most of the custodians have, which is actually the reason I'm so angry about everything right now. Why is it a requirement that everybody attend the peprally? Who wrote God on their badges and crammed it so far up their ass?120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoBuGoIxuy
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"And I have to use the bathroom, so you better let me aside."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Gbz3kXbx
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"Ah, the old fashion bathroom technique strikes again. It's the one excuse no guard can say no to."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfLhVMMoN4
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"You are going to have to hold it until the end." The guard at the gate wasn't taking my excuse for an answer, putting shame to Lumina's estimations.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGoVsjRIeN
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But it is I who will not take no for an answer! I've stuck up for as many of the stupid rules as long as I possibly could, trying to live a school life under their chains within reason. Now things have gone too far. "If I don't get to use the bathroom right now, I'll pull my pants down and piss on everybody in the bleachers!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMkl2SUoPz
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The guard winced at my promise, while Lumina caved to the ridiculousness of my burned patience, falling to the floor in a strong, loud, laughing fit. I had to ignore her presence to focus on the situation at hand, because I really wasn't kidding about my promise to this guy. If I stay here any longer, my only options are to take out my anger on the heathens promoting this trash, or to let myself fall into UAD. I'd rather stay true to my word and urinate on everybody I don't get along with.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5EYWMUpgN
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Of course, the guard remained silent for too long, sealing the fate of everybody here today. "Fine then. After I'm dragged into the office, I'll be sure to explain that I wasn't allowed to use the restroom. I'm not peeing my own pants you know." I only turned around halfway before the man suddenly spoke up.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wZFVPExw2
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"Fine! But you have to be back in five minutes! You'll be in serious trouble if you skip out of this."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhG99OcU6t
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I kept my mouth mute, marching in anger past the guy who finally stepped aside. I could care less if I would be punished for this later. Anything was better than this torture. I didn't look back at the guy, certain he was watching and gauging me for any hint of deception. Before long, I made it back into the school, where all the halls were so quiet without the students here to fill them up.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIha0PDmTa
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"At last! Yes! I am free of that crap!" I had no intention to use the bathroom of course. Stage one was getting out of that hell. It's easier for me to avoid a particular area of the school than it is to escape one heavily monitored area. With the silence surrounding me, most of my anger dripped away.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKToottzIZ
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Lumina, who had been laughing hysterically all the way until I was back inside the school spoke to my plan at last. "That was so awesome. You still have to leave the school though."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvSyTYLs7J
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"Already on it..." I've done this once or twice, depending on the context. I've ducked out of class countless times, but leaving school altogether was more difficult, especially at the final hour of the day when most would try to. Of course, I observe my surroundings and notice every little pattern when I care enough. I glanced around the next corner leading to the entrance hallway, noticing another guard standing right outside the front door. "There's another guard at the front entrance... But nobody is guarding the side door." As I expected, security for the perimeter of the school was stretched thin since they were more interested in allocating their forces to guard the exits of the peprally, including the well-known path leading directly between the stadium and the parking lot. Getting inside of the school and leaving to the side exit for the parking lot has a totally different patrol path, one where the patrols can't be active due to the reallocation. I'm not about to learn anything useful for the rest of the day anyway, so there is zero purpose of me staying here. If they would have simply made Peprally optional, I would have played nice and stayed in the library or something. But no; if anyone does catch me leaving, I'll give them the double middle finger solute!120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwk04aY2HXY
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However, when I made it back outside, the whole area of my own navigation path was totally clear of all pests. It would be a longer walk from here to the parking lot, but even from this distance, I could see that black car waiting for me, my means of escape. As far as I'm concerned, I'm home free! "So there you have it. If any of these clowns counts this as an absence point, or has a problem with me leaving their stupid ass shitty event, I'll just give them a piece of my mind, yours and mine both!"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsseDLE7TEz
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"I don't like seeing you this upset Reed. But I have to admit, I kind of like this side of you a little. You got out of that mess easily, and that bit about peeing on the heathens was funny."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73RdZ9ejHO
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"Well those morons aren't funny to me. How dare they waste my time like that!" It's the number one sin of my life. Wasting time, even just minutes of it is an inexcusable offense, punishable by any extreme measures. I get just as upset at myself if I do it somehow.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSSK6FLyGi
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"Face it. You're a rebel, Reed. Ducking classes to spend more time with me, lying to chaperones to stay away from stupid events..."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoiGL4Wa2b
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"Of course not!" Lumina shook her hands as if to wave them in front of my face, nervously believing I got the wrong idea, which I nearly did. "I just... I think it's kind of sexy is all."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcvLjScpYe
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"Well I..." I stopped in my own footing, only halfway down the parking lot. What Lumina said to me didn't register as quickly as it should, but I still heard what she was saying. "Oh." Like an idiot, I started to blush like a tomato. She didn't say it was strange or cool, she said it was sexy. But why? Because I break school rules from time to time? She couldn't be the type who loves bad boys. If so, then she stole my thing! I'm the one who can't resist a girl in a hot leather biker jacket cursing down the road on a motorcycle; such passion, such storming energy and independence!120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKZJIKa4uo
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"Does that really shock you?"120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8QvDRWiRw
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"Lumina? Be honest with me... Is it weird or bad if I think I might enjoy it more if you pretend to be loud, crazy, annoying, and a little bit meaner?" What am I even saying? This is what I get for exploring the female domination tag on that one website.120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4cRqrPngf
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"I don't have to pretend Reed. I can be as nice or as naughty as I want. Maybe I should learn to just play it by ear, the way you do it sometimes."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMK2HJGIPN9
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The point is, something like this will happen again, I'm sure of it. I've been ducking out of classes and events either to avoid UAD or to spend more time with Lumina where needed. So long as I maintain a passing grade, the methods of my learning shouldn't matter. I've never done any of that explicitly to please Lumina though... Come to think of it, what kinds of things is she really into? She must have certain feelings about those forbidden topics too, right? What am I even saying?! By the time I noticed how absurd and embarrassing my own thoughts were, I shook my head in a nervous blush, trying to refresh my current task of escaping the school. "Let's just put a pin in this for now."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXyq1kB5Id
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"When you and I get a chance, we should experiment more together... And I know you know what I mean by that."120Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRuAWu09ln
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Why must she push these things? Doesn't Lumina realize normal couples don't watch porn together...? Or do they? Whatever. If I decide I'm ready for that kind of experiment, it will have to be on my terms. "Yeah... We'll see."
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