Nathan's shoulder keep throbbing. Rachael is not wrong . His shoulder was ht lightly .
Her hand are still in it , light patting away as if trying to sooth a kid of his pain .
Nathan feels like he is in a daze . Half annoyed and half impressed by her quick reflex .
Somewhere in that haze Rachel says something. May be she is asking. Nathan doesn't pay attention.
He remembers coach's words earlier this morning. True , he is not some immature younge man who is just petty .
Carter's voice form yesterday also rings in his ear.
" I didn't do it " Carter's burning glare boring hole into his skin .
Oh how irritation had creeped up into him , and still kept his voice low not yelling.
His parents had no idea . And thanks to Ms Miranda now they know .
Especially the fact he has to volunteer at the drama club .
" What about your reputation ?" And " now you won't nt have enough time for practice or study " .
These two phrases had repeatedly had came up in hour long lecture at home .
He had tried explaining his side . He really did . But there's no proofs . It made him wonder for a second if he actually did write notes , that he lost .
His father's face comes to mind " you ! Rewrite your notes for that i know. But still , you wanna bully someone?if anything that will reduce your score ?"
A sharp yell right at his ear , and Rachael brings him back to present.
" you okay ? " Rachael asks as he blinks eyes open .
He stares blearily at her .
And he feels so damn angry . She is enjoying life . Meanwhile he...he is miserable. Yes he is miserable. It freaking tough to stay top of everything.
It's like whenever he looks back he is standing on edge of a cliff. One loose stone and he is falling. And falling. Down to a rabbit hole none seen the other end of .
He swats Rachel 's hand off him " I am fine "
Rachel looks taken aback for a second but shrugs lightly.
" Help me ? Would you please?" She tries again.
Nathan doesn't refuse . A rational part of him tells him just quietly volunteer for these four months and he will be free .
He swears quitely , I will never see this club ever again.
And so another 18 minutes. Few more bones turn up . One alna , another ball socket joint . Some part of skull .
Rachael just moves around through most of the boxes , muttering something about why they fumbled the skeleton here .
Nathan doesn't utter a word. Does exactly like he did the day before. Rummaging through all of it .
Rachel sits stiffly on the floor, hand wipinga sweat bids off her forehead.
" Nah " she sighes , defeated " let's go by your logic "
His logic ? That bomb blast one ? Since that was logical to her ?
He questions it " thought you said it's school property?"
Rachel nods still sighing" well i suppose we will cover it up or some shit . "
A smirk crawls his face " my god !? " He replies completely ignoring rachel's annoyed expression" how scandalous? I thought you were an honest person unlike me ? "