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  1. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "At least it gets them to take this seriously," Lex remarked, but she sat back with one arm around Toby to watch Dark. She wanted to know the answer, too. Ned and Mike scoffed and shook their heads. "Come on, it's not that bad. Victims? Seriously? It's not like we're a bunch of serial...
  2. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "As much as I want to agree," Lex said through gritted teeth, "I think suspension should be kept on the table. For repeat troublemakers or those that are a danger to themselves and others. But it shouldn't be the only thing. And if we can't punish the..." she looked at Ned's father, "rowdy...
  3. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    Lex threw up her hands. "Of course it does! If it's not one specific academic that holds all the sway, it's the sport team." "Are you saying that sports aren't important?" Ned's father demanded, glaring at her. Lex matched him glare for glare. "I'm saying no one aspect should be more...
  4. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    Lex folded her arms and glared. "And what, exactly, is that 'only so much' that can be done? From what I've seen so far, the only thing this school does is some mild scolding and suspending people. I don't see the teachers doing a lot, and I can't say I blame them when it seems nobody has...
  5. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    For a moment, no one spoke, staring at Dark in surprise. They hadn't expected the silent mountain to speak so eloquently. Austin's mother looked saddened yet oddly relieved as she glanced toward the screen again. Jud's mother looked confused, as did Micky's dad. "I didn't think it was this...
  6. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "Thanks," Xander said quietly, a little surprised at the apology. He waited for Dark's nod and then slipped out. He waited for the secretary to write his pass, and then he went to look for his phone. Hopefully, no one had spotted and snagged it yet. "Please, Mr. Dark," Ned's father snorted...
  7. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "I had nothing to do with any of this," Xander repeated, his tone flat but only slightly annoyed. Honestly, he was too busy being relieved that for once his innocence was proven fact! Not that he was often innocent, but the times he had been, no one had believed him. Now they did...
  8. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    At first, it was just the usual scene of teens hurrying to get to class in time, and as the hallway cleared, Ned and Mike were left loitering at their lockers, slowly putting books away and getting some out. It was clear when they spotted something, their body language changing. Toby came onto...
  9. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "Eyewitness accounts are never reliable," Lex agreed solidly. "I'd like to see that footage, too, if you please. And I want to know what exactly happened to my boy." The other parents muttered their agreements, nodding with varying degrees of emphasis, though a couple were stealing nervous...
  10. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "Nope," Xander confirmed. "The most I had to do with any of this was to push people away when they fell into me." For a moment, Ned and Mike looked like they wanted to argue if only to get Xander into trouble, but Micky and Jud were already shrugging and nodding in confirmation, so they...
  11. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    The others, except for Toby and Austin, looked at Xander. "Oh, I know that boy. You get into it a lot, don't you?" sniffed Jud's mother. "One of the riff-raff. Obviously, he was a part of this. I have never been to this school without seeing him in the principal's office awaiting trial."...
  12. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "La," Xander muttered in response. He started to add more in Arabic, but Lex arrived just then, winded and clearly having sped a bit, her eyes blazing. SHe'd changed out of her usual work attire and was in black pants, black shirt, and jean jacket, and therefore slightly more respectable. "I...
  13. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    Just then, both of Ned's parents and Micky's father walked in, already arguing with each other in quiet, snipped tones. All three of them looked as though they likely ran in the same circles as Sloan's parents, and they split off to join their sons. "What is the meaning of this? I left a...
  14. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    ...who had miraculously quieted when Dark entered. One finally spoke up first. "Look, it's all a big misunderstanding." "Misunderstanding my a**," muttered the other. The first, Ned, ignored him. "We were goofing around, Mike and me, and Tommy and Austin came by." He meant Toby but got his...
  15. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    Lex scrambled to get ready, seething internally. If Toby had started this fight and was an instigator, he was in a world of trouble! But she knew her boy, and she knew for Toby to be involved in something like this, something big must have happened. In which case, if the school tried to...
  16. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "Physical altercation?" Lex blurted in shock, Hot Pockets forgotten. "I don't understand. My boy was fighting with someone? Toby never fights. What do you-" She caught herself and waved a hand, forcing her tone into a calmer register. "Never mind. I'll be there soon as I can to get all...
  17. BookKnight

    When Ruins Reply [1x1]

    "Rats are usually pretty good at figuring out what is okay and not okay to eat, so if we set them out for him, he should be able to figure it out." She hesitated, watching his expression as he watched Tucker. Tucker had warmed up surprisingly quickly, so hopefully that meant that the rat...
  18. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    "You are," Lex said cautiously, shifting the phone to her other ear as she put the piping hot hot pockets on the counter. Luckily, she'd just taken a break for her own lunch or else she might not have heard the phone ring. "I take it you are not calling me for anything good or at least...
  19. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    Xander tried to protest, but he was quickly drowned out by the four footballers all protesting as loudly as they could. Even Austin tried briefly to protest. Only Toby didn't even try, looking oddly heartbroken despite the swelling black eye. The group shambled their way to the principal's...
  20. BookKnight

    How Green Becomes Wood

    Most of the day was quite a regular day as far as Monday's went. A little off-kilter because what Monday wasn't, but decent enough. The twins stayed together for lunch and had a good time talking to friends, and then headed to class. Xander needed a bathroom break, so he sent Alec ahead to...
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