"Wow...." Alex said, scratching his head. "Guess I didn't miss much." Ivory considered it. Even with the 'action-packed' days they've been in, there really hasn't been much action besides the few queer hating people.

"So, anyways" Caroline said, her voice flat "When is Thomas getting here?" Caroline was eager to see her girlfriend kick the buttocks of someone else. She was now used to being her girlfriend, and was perfectly able to do so to other people.

People kept a respectable distance away from there, at least out of earshot. They seemed highly interested in the strange, pumpkin colored wolf that appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Still, they said nothing, not wanting to offend Ivory or Caroline any more than everyone else has.

"Should be soon..... He probably would've left around the time that I did." Alex said, frowning. He too was ready for Ivory to beat the stuffing out of him. Thomas was dead to hm for all he cared.

"Oh.. Hi?" a questioning voice said, smooth but filled with worry. Alex looked behind him to see a small, grey rabbit. About his size, but much skinnier. Charlie had an eyebrow raised, but nothing more than curiosity.

"My names Alex" He said smooth as silk. "And who are you?"

"Names Charlie, Ivory's new friend." Charlie shrugged, not knowing if he could be considered her friend, they had just met three, almost four days ago. He considered the orange wolf, and knew from the way he held himself, that he was much stronger than he seemed.

"Hmm..." Alex thought, and gestured to the seat next to his, obviously implying for him to sit down on it. Charlie was just about to, when he heard an almost deafening screech, and Isaiah's horrified voice apologizing over and over.

"Oh no..." Sam said, looking down painfully. While he liked Isaiah a lot, he couldn't help but feel annoyed when things like that happened. He thought that they happened way too often. He, once again, chalked it up to him not paying attention to his surroundings.

Ivory immediately shot up from her seating, and rushed to where she heard the commotion. When she got there, she wasn't quite prepared to see what she did.

Isaiah was backing up from a lion. The lion had a stark stain of brown etched on her shirt, which seemed to be from coffee, which Isaiah was going to get from the cafeteria lady, since they had apparently been friends beforehand.

"I'm sorry! It won't happen agai-"

"Don't you tell me that it won't!" The lion stretched, her voice havocking into different pitches. Her tail whipped wildly, and seemed to make even more angry as she saw Ivory run up next to Isaiah.

"You girlfriend had to come save you? How pathetic!" She snapped, her eyes burning with indignation and subsequent wrath. Sam calmly walked behind Isaiah, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Friend and boyfriend, thank you very much." Sam said, an air of posh superiority around him. The lion, for her part, didn't miss a beat. "Your boyfriend! That just makes you scum!" She seemed delusional, or so Ivory thought.

"Can you buzz of?" A moth from the crowd asked, his eyebrow raised substantially. "It's not cool."

"Your one to talk Robert!" The lion said, distracted. Robert, knowing this, motioned for them to walk away. He had a few tricks up his sleeve, and knew exactly what to say to embarrass her. He found it quite dumb to spawn an argument over a spilled coffee.

The group took their leave, not wanting it to go any further. Security had already been called when Robert first saw the lion try to insult Isaiah, and even someone like her had to have known who Ivory was.

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"What happened?" Ivory asked, flopping ungracefully onto the couch in her living room. Isaiah rubbed his head, not knowing how to respond. "I tripped.... And splashed two cups of warm coffee on her..."

"Warm?" Charlie asked, spooning spaghetti into his mouth.

"Yup. Turns out that my friend wasn't there. She was on her break, and I had to wait for her to come back. By the time I started walking, the coffee had cooled slightly..." He shrugged again.

"You apologized, right?" Sam asked, also spooning spaghetti into his mouth, but at a slower rate than Charlie. Significantly more cleaner too.

"Of course! Like a million times." Issiah said, planting his hands into his face and falling backwards onto the couch. Noah seemed extremely quiet, not even cracking a smile when Isaiah's fall caused him to poke his eye, making him scream high pitched.

"You ok?" Caroline said, noting Noah's odd behavior. Noah glanced up questioningly. He was thinking. Why did the lion make a huge fuss of the situation? Why did she insult Issiah when it was an obvious mistake? Why did she call him a piece of scum when she found out he had a boyfriend?

All these things rattled in his head, but he couldn't put them into words.

"Well..... Yes, I'm ok." Noah said, doing his best to respond to her question. She didn't seem convinced, but left it at that when she saw Charlie frowning down at phone. He wiped a straggling piece of pasta as he said,

"Thomas is here."

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Hi!

Yeah, I guess that whole scene was completely unnecessary, and the Robert character never appears again, and everything was going downhill. I once again realize why the reads started to sip again.

Anyways, I applaud you and thank you for reading this far. Also, why have you read this far? It's not even that good.....

Thanks again!

~ Candle