Haley's face dropped and her eyes widened in what could only be described as absolute terror. [i]What. H-he's dead![/i] The word [i]dead[/i] lingered in Haley's mind as she watched students head up to the stand and get their costumes. She stood up and headed after Lucas her hands shaking, she was out of it slightly but was still able to recognize that Lucas had gestured to her. She then dug her phone out with her trembling hands and would present Xavier with the pictures. She weakly grabbed her costume and tucked it underneath her arm.

She had nothing to say to Xavier or Lucas and she eventually retracted her phone. Heading back to her seat and taking a look at her costume. She had hardly know the boy so her grief was no where near as bad as it should have been, but a silent tear did creep its way onto her face. She wiped it away and looked down at her costume. She couldn't make out what it would look like for curtain but she was sure it would be alright. She looked over at Meruem who she could tell from just looking at him that he was effected by Baxter's death far more then she was. This made her question herself thinking if she had reacted in a disrespectful way.

[i]What does it matter...[/i] She thought sinking in her chair slightly. [i]He's gone... And there is nothing I can do to help him now... But maybe... No... That would be reckless...[/i] She forced her thoughts to stop and shook her head, rather violently actually. She the looked up and she began to push the sad thoughts from her mind. She felt that Baxter wouldn't want them to feel sad for him, but she hadn't know him well enough to make that call. This made her face falter slightly but eventually she tensed up and forced a smile.