<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">Art stood there and waited for the coach to leave. He was going to say something to Dark but the poor girl bolted before he had the chance.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#8000ff"> “Well then, that just leaves...” </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">he muttered as he turned back to Kori. He didn’t like or trust her, but she had helped him keep Dark out of trouble. So she deserved thanks for that, at least that’s what he thought before she called him a ‘fucking prick’. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#8000ff">“Stuck up bitch!”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> He shot back as she turned away, he didn’t care if she heard him or not, as far as he was concerned she had just proven to him that she never cared for Dark and was leading her on for some ungodly reason. Now all he had to do was prove this to his gothic friend and all would be well. A small smirk crossed his face as he thought how easy that would be while he slipped quietly into his next class and sat next to Alley.<br/>
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Dark meanwhile ran to the nearest bathroom and locked herself into a stall where she proceeded to bawled her eyes out, </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">“What the fuck did you expect? That she would be your friend? Ha ha! That’s a laugh! A freak like you will never have friends like her... you would just pull her down..."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> she cried as she drew out the picture she sketched earlier that day and stared at it. Dark spent the rest of the period locked in that stall, she was reasonably sure she would get in trouble for skipping class but she didn't care. Better to suffer in silence then let the whole school know she was in pain.</span><br/><div style="text-align: center"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> ----------------------------------------------------------------------</span>​</div><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">The following weeks preceded with no big disruptions to the routine of the school. The different sporting groups and extracurricular activities began to form and everyone appeared to be falling into there normal spots in the rhythm of life. The only odd one out was Art, he seemed distracted most of the time and he was growing more and more annoyed at something. Every time Kori would see him he seemed to be looking for someone and anytime the two locked eyes he would always scowl at her. However he said nothing to her, nor did he try to use his team to make her life harder, but it was clear his feelings about her had not chang.<br/>
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As for Dark, she became more of a shadow than before. Although she and Kori shared two classes, she made sure to stay away from the beautiful redhead. The day after the incident with Art and Kori, Dark moved from her normal seat in their English Literature to a spot in the back that Kori would have a hard time seeing her unless the athlete actively tried looking for her. The second class they shared was also the last class of the day, gym. This was admittedly harder for the goth to hide in though not impossible. For one thing, she was reasonably sure that Kory didn't even know that they shared this class as Dark made a point of always being the last one out of the locker room to start class and the last to go in to wash up. Still, she tried to continue Kori's naivety by staying as far away from the popular girl as could given the limitations of the class.<br/>
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Casey and Jannes were also unhappy, there grand plan to have Jared break up with Korina was not happing as fast as they thought it would. They had both seen Kori flirting with Dark the first day and had hoped to play that up and make it look like the gymnast was sleeping around on him, but sadly she seemed to stop caring about the stupid goth the next day.  Casey was not giving up though. She saw some hope in her plans because it turned out that Art had not been seen anywhere near Dark for weeks, this was a great opportunity to try and get with the football star. Jannes however still wanted Maddison's help so she was overjoyed when one day at breakfast when she skimmed the school paper and read one of the short stories that had a protagonist who was a dead ringer for Kori. The pice had an obviously fake author name but that didn't matter to Jannes, she knew just how to spin this to get what she wanted. With a satisfied smirk on her face, she walked up to Jared and handed him the paper, </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#660033">"Looks like someone knows your girl almost as much as you do, wonder how many others know her that well?"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff"> She said as she pointed to the story.</span>