Phineas Gage, page 104!

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Fria sat in the library at exactly 7:50 in the morning. She had books laid in different directions in front of her, not that she wasn't really reading any of them properly. The girl just liked to skim through books before school to some-what fill her head before the exhausting day started.

It was the morning after Halloween and Joeyd, at that moment, was asleep in bed.

His sister had forced him to get loads of sleep before school, although she had originally tried to force him to stay home altogether. He had sent her out of their room without permission and she had given out to him for what must have been twenty minutes for using his powers on her.

Joey really loved school for some reason and wouldn't miss a day to save his own life, a moral Fria could never wrap her head around.

The grand oak door of the library aggressively banged open to her left. The librarian, a stout, curly black-haired woman, lifted her head, which sported big raven spectacles. In walked Dustin wearing a blue, red and white baseball cap and jeans jacket over a yellow top with something printed on it.

Fria spotted him but really wasn't all that bothered by his appearance. She'd have to leave in a second anyway or else she'd be late to her first period which was science again. Mrs Holland was to drop Joey off at school, so he'd be there waiting for her.

A few minutes passed. In that times Dustin had gone up to the counter to take home some books but was denied for some reason. He then attempted to run away with the books but was stopped when an elderly person walked into the library. He was forced to stand aside so that he wouldn't knock the poor woman over. The Liberian caught up to him and angrily snatched the books out of his hands.

Defeated, he took a seat at one of the reading tables. He looked around the room as he kicked his feet like a toddler as they didn't reach the floor.

Fria focused her attention back onto her book. It was an old mythology novel on ancient legends from different countries. Each page of the story had random sketches of grotesque monsters and beautiful sirens that were paired with a few paragraphs about said drawing. One particular page that had Fria intrigued displayed a glamorous, seductive-looking woman who appeared be melting on one side of her face. The page was titled at the top in loopy messy writing 'The Navajo'.

Fria began to read captivated. She jumped suddenly when she felt a sharp jab on her shoulder blade.

"Hey Fri" Dustin greeted awkwardly."How are you?"

"Fine" She responded ten times more awkward than Dustin. "Why?"

"Oh nothin" he sighed taking a seat beside her. "So how have you been liking Hawkins so far?"

"Good," The girl said. She was really suspicious and uncomfortable.

"Nice tattoo," He said pointing at her bare wrist with the numbers 003 visible. "My friend has one just like it"

"What? Oh, that thing yeah" she muttered pulling down her sleeve quickly. "Someone from my old town dared me to get it done"

"Cool, real cool"

"Where are the books?" Fria asked realizing exactly why he was talking to her.

"I-Uh what?" He asked genuinely confused because of how blunt she was.

"Where are the books? the ones you wanted to take home" She questioned. She spotted the books beside him where he had quietly laid them on the table. He must have picked them all off the shelf's again once the librarian had put them back on the shelves. She snatched one and looked at the cover. "'Eastern reptiles and amphibians' great read actually"

"Really?"

"Do I look like the type of person to read about frogs in my spare time?" She asked him sarcastically."Anyway, why do you want to?"

"I can get into that later. Av room, lunch, Kay?" Dustin said hurriedly.

"Mmmmh," Fria said grabbing the other books. "Meet me outside"

Dustin stood out and walked out of the library slightly mystified as Fria walked to the counter, all five books in hand. She handed the woman the books nervously though she attempted to hide it.

The woman gave her a suspicious and disapproving look as she recognized the books to be the ones she had just denied Mr Henderson of only minutes before. Reluctantly she handed the books to the girl and said her farewells. Fria grabbed her plastic bag and walked out the door to see Dustin twiddling his thumbs and leaning against a wall.

"Here ya go," the girl said proudly, handing over the books he so desperately desired.

"Fri you're actually the best!" He said hugging her excitedly. He plopped them into his bag and swung it over his soldier. The clock above the library's oak doors chimed loudly above them.

"Shit we're late" Fria murmured.

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After a few hot minutes of continuous running on behalf of both Dustin and Fria, they finally reached the school. Slowing down outside the front of the building they painted like tired dogs before starting at a sprint once more.

They reached their science class quickly. Before Dustin opened the door Fria stopped him. "Won't it be weird if we both come in late together?" She asked him. He shrugged his shoulders in response before violently throwing the door open and running into class, Fria trailing behind but at a slower pace than he friend in front. The lights were turned off and a project shone on the wall exhibiting a skull with a large line through it.

"I'm so sorry Mr Clark, really"Dustin panted as he took his seat.

"Yeah, really sorry" Fria added.

"Please continue with the class, don't mind me. please continue".

He took his seat near the front beside Lucas, in front of Will and diagonally from Mike. Fria took her's beside Joey and Max at the very back of the class.

"Where the hell were you?" Joey whispered when Mr.Clarke started giving out to Dustin for attempting to mime something to Max.

"The library," She said pretending that she was extremely interested in Mr.Clarkes speech about a man's personality changes after having a crowbar stuck into his skull.

"With Dustin?"

"Not with him. I saw him in the library, there's a difference," she muttered angrily.

"And you just so happen to be late together?" He questioned.

"Shut your fu-"

"Fria! Joey! Care to join the class?" Mr Clarke asserted making everyone's heads turn in their direction.

"Yeah!" Fria said, happy that something would keep her brother from pestering her.

"Phineas Gage, page 104. Focus" Mr Clarke said.

Fria got her book and opened it landing on page 104. She hardly heard a word her teacher was saying before Dustin turned round to herself, Max and Joey to mime the same thing again.

Av club, lunch.

~authors note~
Another chapter in one day I'm on a roll!

Thanks to all of you who read this It means so much to me and until next time!

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