Alex had spent Sunday out and about with Emma, only really coming home to sleep. She had promised him he would come to all of his games, he liked that. Baseball was something he had grown to really enjoy, being on the team certainly helped. It was also where Alex now held most of his friends considering everyone else thought he was some kind of monster except for the select few who had enjoyed watching Rick getting the shit kicked out of him. His face was still completely "messed up" according to some and the doctor's had said that his nose would never be the same. Rick also hadn't had to opportunity to get the fake teeth put in by the dentist yet and so was walking around the school looking like a banged up hillbilly.

Monday had rolled around quicker than expected and all Alex wanted to do was hang around all day with Emma again, he was infatuated and so was she. However, the pair had agreed they wouldn't skip any classes to see each other, mainly because Emma's parents would probably not let her see Alex anymore if they were caught. Emma's father was strict, some high ranking officer in the United States Army, he'd apparently seen a lot of Iraq before he was taken off field duty and given more of a "desk" role. Her mother was a nurse, the ordinary kind out in the local hospital or one of them, Alex couldn't remember which. He hadn't met her parents yet but Emma had expressed how much she would love if he would so it was something that was on his mind. 

He was wearing dark, straight leg jeans and a branded t-shirt, soda co. that read "Don't be Brave, Do not Trespass" around a printed red indian's head. It was a t-shirt his mother had bought for him when she was out shopping, she said it matched his personality and that he was like a Soux Indian, brave and determined. He liked that.

Today was not like other days, there was a malicious intent going around in the air so thick that Alex could almost taste it, it was Emma who broke the news to him. Alex had ran around the school frantically asking where Riley was and decided to break boundaries when he entered the girls bathroom, all those pouting and putting on make-up in the mirror leaving. He knocked on the only closed stall and crouched down, leaning his back against the wall.

"Riley?" He asked, "You in there?"