(open)Day One: Finding Friends

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It was her first day and already she loved the feel and the atmosphere however she hated that her parents told her about the drawbacks of her powers and the conditions she must uphold. Why are powers such tricky things?...Especially mine! She skipped into the dormitory lobby hoping there'd be people there...however there weren't as many as she had hoped or expected. 

She sighed and looked around. What could she do until people started arriving? It was her first day so there'd probably be someone who wanted to be mean to her but that didn't bother her one bit..despite the fact that a bully is what landed her at this school in the first place.

Did she despise the bully? Not really. She disliked bullies but she would never hate them enough to become as low as one to hurt them. She would try to befriend them and she would never hold a grudge against one. Heck if someone she disliked was hanging off the edge of a cliff she would help them even if they pushed her off as soon as they were up.

She went over to a lounge and sat down. She looked around the lobby some more. So bored...what should I do while I wait for people to show up so I can go say hi? Why is it always the first day that takes the longest? She sighed, but remembered she had a book she could read while waiting. 

She pulled out the book and began reading. The book was a small blue book and had golden writing on the front. She opened to where she had finished off the last time she read it and continued reading.

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[ALEX PYOTER VETER]

Running down the hallway with a wicked grin Alex skidded to a halt as he came to a crossroads. Glancing back he could hear the angry grumble and quick patter of feet drawing closer down the hallway, crap. Left or right, god his sense of direction sucked and under this much pressure he could hardly remember which corridor led to where. The call of “GODDAMIT VETER, GET BACK HERE!” had hurtling down the left corridor and a resounding call of “WE’RE GONNA GET YOU.” Had him falling through the door into the lobby area he certainly didn't want to get caught, his handsome face didn't suit a plethora of bruises. Tripping over his feet Alex stumbled past a group of giggly girls – who seemed to break into another cacophony of shocked giggles as they took in his dishevelled appearance.

He knew they wouldn’t be too far behind him – hell they’d have sussed where he was going, quickly he searched for a familiar face but none came to memory – crap. He was doomed, biting his lip nervously he spotted a girl reading to herself. Hurrying forward he sat in the seat next to her and kept his head down. Pretending to be deep in conversation with little blonde.
“Sorry!” he said apologetically “play along!” he whispered, keeping his head tilted as if in conversation he kept a sly glance on the two boys that grumpily stormed through covered in a sticky composition of flour and water, as they left – seemingly not noticing him he turned to the girl with a grin, letting out a sigh of relief.
“That was a close call,” he said exhaling after holding a long baited breath. “Thanks for not telling on me. “ it then occurred to him he hadn’t met the girl before, holding out a hand for her to shake he introduced himself as Alex was nothing if he wasn’t friendly, and manners cost nothing!
“I’m Alex by the way, nice to meet you…” he began prompting her for a name.

[GREYSON SHAWN MOROSA]

Greyson hadn't been doing very much in recent days. Not much aside from hanging out in the library, anyway. He snuck out most nights now, too. And he sat out by the pond instead of sleep. So, when his tired form made its way down stairs finally he smiled seeing Alex, and with a girl no less! He chuckled softly inwardly before moving to sit on the other side of Alex with a falsely conflicted face, and he put a fakely possessive arm around Alex. "What's this, Alex?" he asked forcing his voice to sound somewhat jealous. "Are you cheating on me??!

He held the fake jealous boy friend type routine for a moment, struggling to suppress his laughter. This was definitely something he could only do with a best friend like Alex. He just wondered if the other male would play along or what, and slightly where the young girl had come from. Not that he minded at all, she was pretty cute. Just, Greyson knew Alex was gay, so he was curious. He broke a small smile then, but he didn't want to give up the nature of his trickery just yet, so he kissed Alex's cheek. "No, I know you aren't cheating on me." He smiled brightly then, unable to hide it. He hoped the kiss would excuse it, though.

He went ahead and playfully put both arms around Alex possessively with that and grinned at the girl. "Hi, I'm Greyson." he informed her lightly before adding, "And Alex's life partner." He nudged Alex lightly, hoping he might play along for a little while. This was definitely something he couldn't have done with anyone else, but this wasn't anyone. This was his best friend. So he continued with that brilliant grin waiting to see how Alex would react.

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Neo smiled at the newcomer laughing a bit. She closed the book and placed it neatly in her lap. "It's okay! However you brought it upon yourself so I had no obligation to defend you. Oh...I'm Neo...Neo Yu- Neo Tenshi." She cut herself off from saying her full name. She shook the outstretched hand smiling brightly then looked slightly confused as another male appeared at Alex's side. 

She smiled at the second male giggling slightly. "I'm Neo Tenshi. It's nice to meet you. Both of you. How long have you two been at this school? I enrolled yesterday and started today." She said brightly and cheerily. She stared at them a little then her eyes started looking around the lobby. "Is it always this empty? I thought more people would be around." Neo looked back at Greyson and Alex. Her eyes were shining and she was happy. She met two people and they seemed really nice and really kind. She hoped they'd be her friends. 

The lobby smelt of fresh flowers or was that one of the boys? Who knows...she couldn't exactly tell...but she doubted it would be one of the boys because flowers are for girls...especially smelling like them.

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[ALEX PYOTER VETER]

His eyes scanned the area, and although his face read determination and mischief there was a hint of fear in his olive coloured eyes. It seemed as though they’d left – stupid Greg Andrews was an even greater bigot than his father he and his homophobic ass wipe cronies. A part of him had thought to leave it waged a war with his impish nature urging him to ignore him and move on – but how could Alex, it would have been a crime against himself to turn a blind eye and so he’d opted for revenge. He never really did think things through – recklessly acting upon impulse he’d been easily caught and so the chase had begun. He stared at the opposing door for a moment as if waiting for them to return. They didn’t and finally Alex began to relax, sinking into the comfy arm chair and turning back to the little blond who’d helped him hide.

He opened his mouth to speak but froze for a moment as he felt the sofa shift in weight beside him – his fears were quelled however when an arm draped over him and Alex felt his eyes roll and a smirk form across his lips. So that’s how he wanted to play it – weirdo.
“Well with a face like mine you’re going to have to learn to share.” teased Alex sarcastically who snaked an arm around Greyson’s own waist as he leaned into his friend. “I joke of course.”
Ah, so they we’re life partners now well that was an interesting new development – he thought to himself dryly. Deciding to play along he smiled mischievously up at Greyson.
“Course not, this lovely lady just saved me from getting beaten up.” Said Alex his smirk faltering for a moment, he smiled at Neo.
“Nice to meet you Neo, I’d shake your hand but I’m kind of stuck.” He said gesturing to the way Greyson was draped across him. He feigned shuddering as Greyson kissed his cheek and stuck his tongue out, “Ew germs.” He joked

Alex tilted his head and glanced across the room, noticing the clear lack of students.
“Meh, it’s just a slow day,” said Alex with a shrug, patting Greyson gently on the head “normally you can’t find a seat.” Or hear yourself think, he thought to himself.
“I’ve been here for about a year and a half now.” Said Alex, “It’s not to bad, once you get used to it, good thing I had Greyson here to help me through it.” Said Alex in a mock simpering tone. He felt ridiculous and it was completely cringy.

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[GREYSON SHAWN MOROSA]

The male was very pleased when Alex played along, even if it was sarcastic. He chuckled lightly and let go of his roommate, his best friend and smiled over at Neo. She didn't seem so bothered by it at all, which was actually a little disappointing, but oh well. He offered a hand with a grin. "Well, its great to meet you, Neon!" he winked a bit with that and grinned to Alex. When asked about how long they'd been at the school Greyson gave a small shrug. "About 3 years for me." he told her lightly. And those three years definitely had there ups and downs. It wasn't so bad though. Not really.

The young man glanced back to Neo moving back from Alex slightly, and after studying her for a moment he couldn't help but give a small smile, then turned his attention to Alex. He gave a small playful pout. "You know I'm not good at sharing! How unfair." he picked back before laying on Alex a little. He gave him a wink before he mentioned being beat up. For that, he sat up and lifted a brow to the other male.

"What'd you do this time?" he asked curiously. It wasn't uncommon for them the get into those situations, but it was never less worrisome. "You better not go getting beat up. We need that face of yours to stay pretty!" he gave another playful chuckle before adding a bit more seriously, "But really, if someone tries breaking into our room I'm waking up." He gave a small shrug, but it was really bull threat.

If someone tried breaking into their room or bothering Alex, he would be the first to jump up and help. Alex knew that, he was sure. Many times before they had been in foolish situations of the same type. Normally they did just fine though. Partially because they worked so well together, and partially because they were both decently smart.
There was a small smile after that to Neo. "Thanks for helping him," Greyson said lightly before sitting back and leaning on the couch. "Also, I'm only joking about the life partner thing. We're just good friends so you can flirt with him all you like." He gave a teasing chuckle with that before winking at Alex. He was going to kill him before anyone had a chance to break it, Grey thought to himself with a small chuckle.

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She couldn't help but smile brightly at the two. Even if Greyson wasn't being serious they were so cute together. "Flirt? I would never want to mess with your life partnership." She winked her smile widening and a small giggle escaped. "As for helping him, it was nothing. I would hate for anyone to get hurt. Speaking of...are there bullies here?" She asked her expression darkening slightly.

If there was one thing she despised more than anything, it was those who prey on the weak. Neo knew what it was like to get bullied. She experienced it a lot. If anything like that existed here, she would do all she could to lower the chances of those being bullied. 

Her expression lit up again shortly after her question. No use dwelling on it no matter the answer. She was just an innocent little girl with a bit of cheek after all. A few bullies wouldn't phase her. Besides these two seem like good people, if anything she could probably count on these two to help her out if she needed it. 

Alex and Greyson. The first two people she met and her first two friends. She looked around the lobby and realized it was starting to fill up as students slowly filed in. What time was it anyway? She only arrived a few hours earlier before she met Alex. 

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[ALEX PYOTER VETER]

Alex shook his head hoping he hadn’t worried poor Neo. Bullies – well he guessed they were bullies they just seemed to make a beeline for him when he caused some sort of trouble. But like he’d thought earlier how could he have let a nasty comment like that slide.
“It was just Andrews with his usual homophobic bullshit.” Said Alex with a frown, he’d literally been walking down the corridor minding his own business when the spotty bastard had hurled a torrent of abuse at him with (familiar words Alex’s own father used in his temper tantrums) spitting terms like fag, and ugly poof.

“Nothing I’m not used to,” he said a little too coolly, “So naturally I had to get my revenge,” he grinned wickedly as he remembered his plan. “So if you see em running around covered in flour know that’s my work.” He said with an impish smirk. He was glad for Greyson, his best friends braveness was a trait Alex wished he had more of. He was learning though, a couple months ago and he would have let the comments slide – maybe he was a work in progress. He liked that idea, he was pending.
“I’m putting the book case against the door just in case.” He joked, hoping that no one did try and break in. He was a heavy sleeper, which meant he was surely a gonna.

“So Neo, how are you finding you’re first day?” he asked with a smile. “Don’t worry about bullies, I’m just a walking talking target, they just can’t appreciate how utterly hilarious I am.” He said with pretend arrogance.

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