AU where Will's dumbass gets detention... And accidentally forces a reunion.
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"So. What are you in for, Big Guy? Eating in class?"

Not a second after the door closed behind the teacher did Will flip around to the candy cane sucking boy behind him. He was getting close to Alice, so naturally he wanted to keep an eye on him... But Will wanted to be able to say he could play nice between people. Besides, why not be... Nice?

"Will, we're not supposed to be talking." Lou whispered. Earning a raspberry in retaliation as he turned to her, making her huff.

"We'll be fine. Let's pretend we don't hate life for a second and just share, yes?" He suggested with a grin. Earning a begrudging nod from her as she crossed her arms over her chest, turning to where they sat.

"Well then. Gray, why don't you start us off." The curly haired boy smiled wide. "Or would you rather I start?"

Grayson leant over. Pulling the candy cane from between his lips to point it at Will. Brow raised and a similar smile on his lips.

"I'm more curious on how King Loser got in trouble, than me normally getting stuck here. So by all means. You go ahead." Grayson hummed before resuming his candy eating.

"King Loser?" The boy raised a brow, a light giggle falling passed Lou's lips before she put a hand over her mouth. But it only made Will smile wider. "I kinda like that."

He hummed as he took a candy cane Grayson offered him. Lou taking one as well as he quickly unwrapped the sweet. Trying to think of a good way to explain without sounding like... Well. Himself.

"Alright. So. I was hooking up with Jamie during study hall-"

"Wait wait, actually I don't want to hear the story." Lou put both hands over her ears as her face went red. He pouted, not even getting to explain that he was actually in here for breaking a desk.

"Aw, and it started off so well too." Grayson snapped his fingers, looking around the room at the other bored souls holed up in there with them. Gabe seemed rather chatty. Though that Matt kid looked like he was going to burst into tears the more he talked to him.

"Gabe, what did you do to waste a day like this?" Gray couldn't help himself to ask to save Matthew from his buddy. He didn't know that kid too well. But be looked like he would break if he was forced to answer another question.

"I might've fucked up and broken a window." He smiled cheekily. "I can only guess what you're in here for-"

"Shsh." Grayson lifted a finger to his lips, making Will frown. "Let's not talk about it."

"Fine," Will rolled his eyes, crunching through his candy cane without much thought. "What about LouLou. I can't think of a good reason you might be in here."

She froze for a moment. No longer fiddling with the candy in her hands and looking away. Taking in a shakey breath.

Will's smile faltered for a moment. Swallowing hard before regretting mentioning it. He was about to take it back. About to say something different to change the subject, but he pulled up a blank as everyone fell silent.

"I was crying. So I was late to class." She mumbled weakly. "I'm sure you can guess why."

The curly headed boy swallowed the lump in his throat. The missing member of his group coming to mind. And the mass text that had him shaking in his seat too. Mainly with anger.

They all fell back into their silence. Gabe clearing his throat before looking Grayson's way for some very much needed assistance with the mood.

"Uhm, well-" Gray tried to pick up where things went to hell. "I'm going to go check out the restricted section. If anyone wants to leave this dea-" He dragged his 'a' out as both Will and Lou sent him a glare. "-aaaaarly suffocated, uhm, air. You should come with, we might as well explore while Mr. what's-his-face is across the hall."

Gabe happily hopped off his seat, not even bothering with Matt anymore as he gestured for the other two to come along with them. They didn't really seem to be the rule breaking types to him, but they were already here, weren't they?

"Why not?" Will pushed himself to his feet. Trying to shake it out of his head. "I've got nothing else to do."

Between his teeth he cracked through the last of his candy cane. Following after them as Lou  did the same.

"If I get in trouble again, I'm not talking to you guys the rest of the year."

"Aw, don't break my heart like that Lou- We'll be fine."

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The back of the library was one not many students of Rosedale were familiar with. Will was always assuming kids snuck in there to make out in peace, Grayson thought it just had books too old to throw away, but not interesting enough to read, Lou thought they just had things they weren't supposed to talk about in school. Gabe didn't think about this area much.

They ran their fingers along the sounds of old books. Eyes roaming across the rows of book spines and shelves. Trying to see what was so restricted about such a place.

Someone giggled, which made Will giggle. There was nothing funny, but he always caught laughter easily.

The lights flickered as Lou glanced at her phone with a frown. Raising it up as their signal seemed to just cut.

They all turned to the boy at the end as something squeaked. Scaring all four of them as Will looked at what he stepped on.

"Huh?" He muttered as he looked at what he stepped on. A small red clown nose just under his sneaker. He scoffed in a laugh, picking it up to show them, even going so far as to put it back on as someone laughed again.

"Heh, guys it's a red nose, weird that it's in here-" He was about to start laughing with them too as it seemed to just intensify, just until he looked at all three of their faces. Horror struck, and soundless.

He felt the breath fan across the nape of his neck. The laughter louder, more manic now as the others took a step away from him in fear. The boys blood running cold as he found himself turning to look at who had joined them.

Face turning pale as the sight of the clown made him nearly collapse.

He fell to the ground as Lou let out a piercing scream. Grayson grabbing Will's collar to drag him away from the horrible clown as it continued to shriek laughter. The beaming lights over head flickering in the same deranged manner as the boys scrambled to their feet. The lights going black as they scrambled to where Lou and Gabe ran. Only for Will's leg to get caught as Grayson tried to tug him along.

"Will-" The look of sheer panic on his face as he used nearly all his strength to try and pull him away from whatever made him stop.

"RUN!" His voice shook as tug came to pull, the lights switching back to only Grayson standing right where they both where.

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He prayed to God. For a moment. He prayed his horror wasn't true. And that for once. God would listen to a plea.

His face was so close to his, the breath that mixed with his smelt disgusting, wretched sewer water mixed with sickly sweet candy as the paint around it's lips cracked and flaked with each foul breath that passed through those unbelievably sharp teeth. Will wanted to throw up. He wanted to scream.

"Don't ask for favors from what's already abandoned you."

William trembled, he shook from the pure terror that struck him as his only true fear manifested before him. He never asked himself why he hated clowns, but now didn't seem to need much of a reason.

It raised a hand up as the lights continued to flicker, gently tracing a hand over his face as it's eyes trailed over it, the things it was thinking of clear as his slimy tongue licked across it's lips.

"Such a foolish boy to think playing nice will help. I've seen who you are on your own. You don't know how much fun I had when you where little. Oh, how delicious I know your blood can be-"

Tears streamed down his face. Shaking more violently now, shaking his head as memories resurfaced, memories he never wanted to think of again. His face, back then, everywhere, he was-

"But they taste better when they're young."

The monster, the monster, the monster, the monster. It was real. It was real.

His nightmares, his brother, his blood, those teeth. No. Not again. Not ever.

"Next time, you can choose not to be on the wrong side."

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Will bolted up and nearly hit Grayson as he screamed. Cold sweat over his skin and nothing but terror in his eyes. Lou was crying over Gabe, who seemed to have passed out as well, but with a nasty bite to his leg.

"What the fuck happened to you, Will?" Grayson ran over, grabbing him by the shoulders and trying to shake him out of the panic that grasped him. Only for the boy to tightly grab him, clinging to his chest as he trembled. A sob shaking his frame as he couldn't say a word.

I don't want to be on the wrong side.

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