Daniel had spent his walk mauling what Tim had said around in his head. At some point he'd come across a can which he kicked angrily as he walked until he managed to send it down a sidewalk drain. With a loud sigh the boy examined his surroundings, the only reason he risked being out at night was that he was in gang territory. Still, park benches were no substitute for a mattress and he resorted to his usual backup plan of staying at the motel a few blocks from the school, yeah it was a piece of shit but at twenty bucks a night you couldn't say no. He entertained the idea of taking a shower before bed but after seeing the condition of the bathroom...he figured he was better off showering in the licker room at school.

The next morning, Chris woke up early as his alarm went off at 6AM. He got up from bed got himself something drink and went to the bathroom. Since it was Friday, that meant today was core training and push-ups. For the next hour that is what he did as he used resistance weights and by 7:30 AM, he was covered in sweat and in a dire need of a quick hot shower.

"Alrighty then...time for school," he said as he picked up his back, double checked that his homework was there, and went to school.

Daniel had asked the manager to give him a wake up call around 7 A.M, to the manager that meant 7:45 A.M. Considering the fact that it took the boy around ten minutes to will himself out of bed, Daniel found himself leaving the motel at 8:00 A.M sharp, now that may have raised some alarm but the first class of the day was gym, and it was too damn early to be running around after shiny red balls. Besides, while everyone was out in the field that gave him the perfect opportunity to use the showers without having to explain his tardiness or be drafted into participating. Daniel got to school at 8:30, fifteen minutes later than usual since he had to take the scenic route to avoid the field but he still had plenty of time. Sneaking in through the back door, the boy made his way to the guys locker room where he proceeded to undress become hopping into the shower and turning up the water to a zillion degrees like he liked it.

First class at 830 wasn't too bad since him and a few others turned in their assignments or math. However Chris could tell that the teacher didn't really care if he would if turned it in. One of his classmates asked to bum the answers off of him and instead he tried to show them how to do the work. After that was done the teacher talked about how they needed to prepare for the future and most of the class either laughed or scoffed.

(If you want to add characters, be my guest. I am not sure what to do with Daniel besides just letting him shower)

Daniel finished his shower and got dressed as his leisure, keeping a close eye on the clock. Sure enough he managed to slip out of the gym seconds before the bell rang. School was a major drag, he didn't care for the vast majority of the people there and he never did jack shit so he always got chewed out by the teachers, luckily a good number of them just didn't bother anymore. As Daniel made his way to his next class he spotted the kid from the bar, he looked really familiar. Daniel had brushed it off as seeing him once or twice in school but couldn't shake the feeling. Part of him wanted to ask straight up but that would be hella awkward, instead the raven haired decided to shadow the familiar stranger to his next class, maybe catch up with him later in after thinking of a suitable excuse to talk to him.

Next class for Chris was ironically enough gym. It was one of his favorite classes since he did sports for most of his life. He ignored a lot of his classmates, but there were one or two that he could call friends in school. He was happy that he didn't work that night, but Saturday he had a full shift, which didn't bother him.

"Yo my man! Ready for me to kick your ass today in P.E?" Said a tall black male as he went and rested his arm on top of Chris's head.


"Ha ha real funny, Tyrone. I would like to see you try," Chris smirked as he moved out of the arms way.


"Hey now. We all know I'm awesome so don't be jealous," he smiled showing off his pearly whites.

Daniel followed him down to the gym, much to the raven haired boy's frustration. "Fuck it." He mumbled to himself as he went into the gym, mixing in with a large crowd of kids hanging by the bleachers. Daniel didn't even remember what class he had next but figured that it wouldn't matter in lieu of his "stellar" attendance.

"What're you doing here?" Asked one his classmates with mixed curiosity and suspicion.

"I didn't feel like going to math either." Daniel replied matter of fact and was met by an acknowledging nod from the querent.

Under the pretense of needing the bathroom Daniel took the ipportunity to change while the locker room was empty. There was also the risk of getting aroused if his eyes wandered about. He energed from the locker room wearing a black tank top, baggy basketball shorts, and a pair if worn converse shoes.

Gym class started with stretching before they began to run around the track for two miles. The teacher didn't seemed to have anything planned as he brought out basketballs for the kids to shoot hoops.

"Some water man?"


"Yeah that would be great," said Chris as he took the water bottle and gulped half of it down.

Daniel scanned the room carefully, at which point he noticed two things. The boy he was loking for and the awful stretching. Bitimg down on his lower lip Daniel made the tough descicion to go run the track. He hated running, like a lot. Walking up to the boy Daniel broke the ice as smoothly as possible. "Hey, y-you walking the track too?"

Chris wiped his mouth when he heard a voice from the side and took a look. "Hey there guy. You go to school here too?"

"Ya know him Chris?"


"Not really, but I met his yesterday for a brief moment," replied Chris as he handed his friend the water bottle. "Nah, I'm done with the track right now. Going to shoot some hoops, want to join?"