Fillan nodded slowly as Kludd spoke, but he wasn't really registering what he was saying. Right now, he was preoccupied with his math problems, especially problem #36. It was a word problem and he was scanning the small paragraph on his sheet for any clues as to what he was supposed to do for this problem. A lightbulb went off in his head and he lifted his pencil when he heard someone shout.
 [indent]Fillan glanced up from his paper to see a cookie rolling on the floor, where it settled there. One of the girls had a furious expression on her face and she was pointing, he realized, at all the male students at the room, including him and Kludd. Things were looking really tense between the girl and the guy with long hair who had arrived several minutes ago. Afraid that a fight was going to break out, he tugged Kludd's sleeve,
"Do you um, think the headmistress is um, going to do anything about this? I um, hope things don't get out of control here..."[/indent]

[indent]He trailed off as he noticed behind him, a boy with stark white hair and a green scarf was mumbling something. He could only catch a few words of it and it didn't make any sense. Fillan realized he was staring at the guy and quickly looked away, only to hear the boy burst into laughter. [i]What does he find that's so funny? It's probably the scene unfolding right here. That doesn't make any sense though, why would someone laugh about that?[/i][/indent]
[indent]Fillan saw he was standing and it looked like he was going to approach the group when suddenly, he stopped. [i]What made him do that? Is he afraid of them? Has he thought better of approaching that girl?[/i][/indent]
[indent]He turned back to his packet, the word problem still awaiting an answer. With a blank look on his face, he realized that the solution he'd come up with had slipped his mind.[/indent]