<div class="floatleft">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/emma-roberts-empire-state.jpg)</div><br/>A lot of voices were echoing from the room she was approaching.  Some sounded angry, others just sounded annoying.  She had seen Stef enter as Jessica had crested the stairs which made her weary of just what was within the room ahead.  She momentarily thought about waiting for Stef and everyone else to exit the room, but she decided to enter.<br/><br/>What lie within was a peculiar sight.  It seemed like the heads of different cliques had all decided to converge in one spot.  Odd, but not unheard of.  Blue eyes quickly took in the setting, read the tension and body language.<br/><br/><strong>"Hey, guys.  What's going on?"</strong>She looked at Brad and Stef first, then Raye and Paul, Max, Nate, Red, and finally Dyllan.<br/><br/>Her smile faltered briefly seeing Dyllan.  Judging from slight redness to his eyes and his submissive posture Brad had been at him again.  That was likely what had Nate's back up.  Red was stuffing her face with a candy bar, like always.  Max seemed to be the only one not perplexed as he seemed to be merrily juggling four balls.  Jess wondered how long it had taken him to learn that.  Her eyes moved to Raye and a well manicured brow quirked questioningly.  Why hadn't Ms. Hall-monitor gotten everyone out of this room already.  Try to rely on someone to do what they always do and you get let down.  That seemed to be the norm.<br/><br/>Still, she was rather curious what had brought them all together and a few more minutes in the "out of bounds" area wasn't likely to hurt.