My R [TordEdd, High School AU]

Chapter Twelve

Tom put the megaphone into his deep blue backpack, a triumphant smirk on his face. He was going to class and continue his schedule, but he was stopped by his tall boyfriend. Matt did not look happy at all. In fact, he looked angry.

"Look Tom, there's a difference between a bit of gossip and way too much. And this time, you went so over the line, that the line is a dot to you." Matt scolded, glaring down at his short boyfriend.

Instead of apologizing like the real Tom would, Tom returned the glare right back at Matt. "I don't care. The other students are loving all this gossip, and as a leader of student council, it is my duty to keep the students happy." Tom retorted.

Matt was done with his boyfriend's sick attitude. Without thinking, he responded with anger filling his voice.

"We're done." Matt hissed. "It's over. Get out of my sight. Now."

"Fine!" Tom shouted, storming away from his former boyfriend.

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Edd was home, sick, with his older sister taking care of him the best she could. To his dismay, he had heard from both Tom and Matt that his two best friends had broken up, and according to Tom, Matt was being stupid, but according to Matt, Tom was gossiping about some fire that Paul set to his house and that he was currently in the hospital.

On top of that, Edd hadn't heard from Tord in weeks. Well, it felt like weeks. In reality, it was only two days, since that Halloween party Paul hosted. Paul invited Edd, but unfortunately Edd had gotten sick with an awful virus. The rhino virus, to be exact.

Why Edd missed Tord so much? Edd had no idea. Well, maybe he did. Just a little.

Recently, Edd had developed ... something of a crush on Tord. It could be called a crush, but Edd argued that it was just his gay thoughts getting to him. Though, Edd doubted he had a chance with the Norwegian boy. He had a girlfriend, apparently. And that tiny fact made Edd jealous. Oh so jealous.

That little feud aside, Edd was slowly (but surely) recovering and would make it back to school within a few days.

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Tord was in the bathroom, trying to process all that had happened the previous night. He broke up with Tora, almost had sex with Terra, and his best friend set a fire and burned down his house. His Squip appeared in the mirror, seeming annoyed.

"Oh come on Tord, don't tell me you're chickening our now! The play is in two days!" The mechanical-sounding voice of the Squip complained. Tord knew this tone of voice; the Squip wanted something from him.

"What." Tord retorted.

"Fine, fine." The Squip said. "You were always quite the cool kid, Tord. But I invaded and you upgraded!" The Squip reminded him, making Tord cringe at how smooth this computer was.

"Tord, it's true that I found you, but look around you!" The Squip explained, waving his light-projected arms around in the air dramatically.

"All your peers are just so incomplete!" The Squip stated as Tord began to leave the bathroom and walk throughout the hallway, where his classmates were. Most of them were smiling.

"You can't see it but they're all in pain!" The Squip sang. It snapped its digital fingers and the world became darker, revealing that most of the students were crying.

"Their operating system's obsolete, so let's complete the change and get inside those brains!" The Squip shouted, although no one but Tord could heere it.

"Let's save the pitiful children!" It yelled, repeating itself twice.

"Let's teach the pitiful children, who just haven't a clue, just what to do," the Squip exclaimed. "Help them to help you."

Tord managed to ignore the Squip until he began to pass Paul's locker. It was decorated in get well cards and other bright things, but the thing that caught Tord's eye was a faint bluish green glow from inside the locker. Out of curiosity and impulsivity, Tord opened the locker to find a box full of Squips. He gasped.

"There's got to be enough Squips in here for the ..." Tord began but he didn't finish the sentence.

"The entire school?" The Squip finished his sentence with a question. Tord simply nodded in response to the Squip.

Tord spotted Tom walking through the hall, his head downcast and his shoulders drooping. Tord approaches him and placed a hand on one of his slumped shoulders.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Tord asked.

"I make it my business to know everyone's business. But does anyone mind about mine?" Tom answered with a question. Tord heard that Tom and Matt had broken up that very day, just proving that gossip could spread like a wildfire.

"Oh. So sad. But you can help him!" The Squip suggested, resting both of his light blue hands on her shoulder.

Tord reluctantly took a Squip out of the box. Tom gave Tord a disappointed look. "Is that like, drugs?" Tom asked, rolling his pitch black eyes.

"Nooooo ... yes!" Tord corrected himself, according to the Squip's actions.

Tom shrugged. "Whatever." He ate the pill, swallowing it whole. Tom looked unimpressed. "I don't feel anything."

"Oh wait! You have to take it with this!" Tord handed him a bottle of green Mountain Dew that he conveniently had in his pocket. Tom shrugged again and drank it. He dropped the bottle and screamed in agony, the Squip already going through his blood. The screams turned into happy singing as he let the effects of the Squip kick in.

"Can't you see the vision clearly, Tord?" The Squip asked. "Users embracing, and interfacing," the Squip paused to make a weird button click sound.

"Shiny, happy people singing sweetly." The Squip continued, while Tom added some odd noises for effects. "Gone is human error and fear." The Squip explained.

"Every issue tucked away so neatly," the Squip smiled. "If you feel a sob or tear, turn the knob and switch that gear!"

"Let's save the pitiful children!" The Squip announced. Tord shivered as the students began to repeat it. Tom added some 'yeahs' for special effects.

"Let's save the pitiful children!" The Squip repeated, with Tom still doing the weird, unnecessary noises.

"Let's teach the pitiful children, who just haven't a clue, just what to do," the Squip quieted down. "Help them and soon this will be you."

"Let's save the pitiful children," the students said. They sounded like they were dead inside. "Let's save the pitiful children," they repeated.

"Let's teach the pitiful children, who haven't a clue, if that's what you do, if that's what you do ..." the Squip sang.

"Then everything about us is going to be wonderful," the students smiled. "We love everything about Squips!"

"Everything about us is going to be so alive!" The Squip shouted, causing the students to sing: "we could never live without Squips."

"You won't be left out or unsure, not pitiful children anymore!" The Squip yelled. "Because Everything about us is going to be cool ..."

"When," the students and Squip paused. "We," they paused once more. "Rule!"

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Sorry for the inactivity lately.

Should I do a face reveal or no

I'm bored

Sorry