[center][color=f26522][b]Helia - The only one with a pair apparently[/b][/color][/center]

The reception for her idea was far from what Helia would call excited. She could swear their social group has lost their drive since Tommy moved out at the end of last school year. The ginger has tried to keep some of the energy going, but in the last few weeks it seemed to be more and more obvious that their group were 'Tommy's posse', and once their kingpin was removed, they started drifting apart. If only she could find some glue to hold the party together!

[color=f26522]"Oi come on! I'm not saying we should go cave diving or anything crazy,"[/color] she rolled her eyes at the worries about safety, [color=f26522]"Take a casual stroll, [sub]walk off a bowl of fries[/sub], poke our head into a hole in the ground if we see any to check if someone lived there a very very long time ago."[/color] she explained her idea a little better. Fortunately Andrew arrived to the rescue and seemed to have talked everyone into going, not taking no for an answer.

It would have to do.

[color=f26522]"Right-o. I'll go clear up with the teachers that we'll be staying after we finish here then!"[/color] she said, forcing a bit of a cheer into her tone and a ghost of a smile on her face. She managed to keep it that way until she turned the corner. She was now faced with a difficult choice which teacher to approach. She could go to OhPleaseDon'tHurtYourselves Kendall, or she could go to DinosaurBonesRule Oliver - and promptly Helia walked in the direction of the jacked up science teacher.

[color=f26522]"Dr. Oliver?"[/color] she made her presence known.

[color=ed1c24]"Helia."[/color] he nodded to her, [color=ed1c24]"What can I do for you?"[/color]

[color=f26522]"Well, me and a group of others would like to stay when we're done at the museum to look around a bit and then hike home. Do you think that would be possible?"[/color] She proposed, [color=f26522]"We want to go look around to see if we can perhaps find any artefacts still lying here somewhere. Bits of pottery, cave paintings and the like."[/color]

She could see Dr. O was happy with the intention having to do with exploring history and not a poorly veiled attempt at smoking weed or some such thing - he's already had to confiscate a bag from Skull today. Good thing principal Randall was not accompanying them here, or he would have been expelled on the spot. [color=ed1c24]"Well, I would be happy to let you go, but there is the thing that the school is responsible for your well being until we return. You'll have to get on phone with your parents, if they confirm you can stay, I have no objections. Heck, I'll give you extra credits if you do find something prehistoric."[/color] he smiled, and have Helia the phone number to call.

She returned to the group in actually good mood. [color=f26522]"We're a-okay to go, provided your parents call Doc Oh and give him a head nod. You guys need the number?"[/color] She asked, texting her mother to do so as she spoke, praying that the woman was not too drunk to forgot how to read. Last time she checked there was only wine around the house, and it was still early. Sighing, she hit the send button. A weight lifted off of her shoulders when a minute later, a text saying 'done' came back.