Alexis pov

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"You guys wanna go tomorrow?" I ask taking a seat next to Jade, she gave me a small smile and returned to eating her sandwich.

Jade and I had still had unanswered questions but our friendship means more.

If a casual hookup was what she wanted, I guess I could be cool with that

"To the church?" Danny asks

"Is Hayden going?" asks Cameron, I contained my smile

"She personally sent me to ask you" I smirk

"Oh" Maddison says approaching the table

"Well I'm down" they all nod their head in approval

I bite into Jade's sandwich that was being held mid air, she gasped and I smirked at her reaction

"I need to get a few things for tomorrow, I'll see you guys later" I announce getting up to leave the cafeteria

My ass was not gonna sleep on some hard ass ground, I needed sleeping bags, cameras and booze

"Harold, can you help me with something?" I say approaching the taller man who was now exciting a classroom

"Anything" she smiles

"I need a camera, can you handle that?"

"I can get you more than that, I'm assuming you're coming on the trip tomorrow?" he asks

"A few of us, are you tagging along?"

"I am now... Here what, I'll get you your cameras tomorrow, and a little surprise" he grins

"You amuse me dear sir" I eyed him

"I like to stir a little trouble here and there, plus Immanuel has my paycheck, anything to piss him off" he chuckled before leaving

Ah yes, a good trip is nothing without booze. In the corner of the eye I see my favorite security guard, he waves over to me

I looked around making sure no-one was watching before signalling our secret code, it's childish but it works

He nods in approval and leaves to what I assume to get the alcohol

And now, sleeping bags, how do I get my hands on that... Hmm

Bingo

I carefully sneaked my way over to Immanuel's office, I locked the door before heading over to his computer

No password, no surprise there.
I opened a website that ships in under 24 hours, I opened one of the draws and found his credit card. Oops

I typed in his information and cleared the history, as I place the card back into the draw, I notice a paper with Harold's name on it. His paycheck, I quickly shoved it in my pocket and left the office

Tomorrow should be fun

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I hopped out of the shower running a towel through my hair

"Miss Graceffa" someone knocked on the door, I made my way over and unlocked it

"This arrived last night, I made sure no-one saw so I shoved it in a backpack" the security guard says handing me a backpack with the sleeping bags

"Thank you Jake, it means alot, and the alcohol?"

"All in the bag miss" He waves goodbye. I closed the door

"What's that?" Hayden asks stretching

"A gift from Immanuel's credit card" I smirk unzipping the the bag

"I have no words" she laughs before heading to shower

I slip into something comfortable and shove some clothes in the bag for later

I parted my hair and Hayden exited her room with her bag packed
I notice her curls were out and she threw on my black jacket

"Ready?" I grinned, we both left the room and met up with everyone in the auditorium

"Good morning everyone, if you could please make an orderly line and walk right through that door" Immanuel pointed to the entrance of the Academy

"You'll be met with a few buses to take us on our journey, Our president Maddison will inform you on which bus each person must be on, thank you for those who are participating, as for the rest, back to class, nothing has changed" he places the mic back on its stand and skips over to the entrance

I nudged Hayden and pointed to Harold who was waving for us to come over

"Here, I've got your cameras" he hands over a small bag

"And the surprise?" I smirk

"You'll see" he smiles before walking to a bus

"Alexis, Hayden, over here" I see our group call us over

"I've arranged for all of us to get on one bus" Maddison smiles

"That's my girl" Danny grins and I hear Hayden cough beside me. Oops

"Everyone get on the bus to the left and I'll meet you all there in a few" Maddison leaves and everyone else head to the bus

"Hola" Harold grins as we enter the school bus

"Good morning passengers, my name is Harold and I'll be your driver today" he smirks

"Enjoying your surprise?" he says

"Hell yeah I am" in the corner of my eye I notice someone standing in the corner. I quickly drop the backpack and walk over to her

"Joining the trip late minute?" I ask Tokyo, she held her back against the wall, her blue crop top riding up

"It's better than staying here and doing nothing all day" she says

"Wanna come with us in our bus? It's just a few of us, we have booze" I smirk

"With an offer like that, how could I refuse?" I laugh

"What's that around your neck?" I almost forgot I placed the camera bag around my neck

"I got someone to snuggle some cameras, I've always wanted to try some landscape shots and now I have models" I pull a camera out and power it up

"Can I try?" she ask, I handed her the camera and she snaps a photo of a random person

"Not bad" I smile, I lift her bags on my shoulder and we head over to the bus

"Guys, Tokyo's gonna join us" I announce, they all greet her and I find an empty seat to stretch my legs

"What are we waiting for?" Isabella asks

"Maddison" Hayden says

On cue, Maddison walks onto the bus and neatly places her bags in a corner

"Passengers, take your seats. We will now be leaving hell to visit humanity once again" Harold announces

I brace my back and head against the window and my legs stretched across the seat, Harold pressed the gas and we were off to our trip

I quietly observe the dark clouds that came roaring in, a downpour of rain came

Nothing made me relax more than rain, it was soulful and beautiful

"Enjoying the weather?" I left my legs be lifted and placed on someone's lap

"Hey Isabella" I greeted, her hair was in a messy bun and she had on a black turtle neck with glasses

"Watcha got there?"

"A camera, I wanna get some shots today"

"Are you a photographer?"

"I wouldn't consider myself one, but I take some shots... Can I?" I raised the camera and pointed it at her, she nods

"Should I do a pose?" she chuckles

"Be yourself" I snap the photo

"Wow" I say, she's stunning

"Great shot" she winks

"Beautiful model" she blushes

"Tell me about yourself" I say

"There's not much behind my name" I ask

"Then what hides behind those eyes?"
She sighs tilting her head back

"I grew up in Florida, my mother moved us out here with her new boyfriend, he was.... Something else" she barely whispered

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to" I place a hand on her shoulder, she shook her head

"No I want to" I gave her a weak smile and waited for her to continue

"One day my mom wasn't home and I was in my room with my girlfriend, we were just cuddling but we were both half naked... He came in the room and.... Ran his fingers over my body" I noticed her taking deep breaths, my hand wrapped around her shoulders and engulfed her in a comforting hug

"He had his hand over my mouth, I tried to fight... But he was way stronger" she wipes a tear

"Luckily my girlfriend woke up, she shoved him off and he hit his head on the wall really hard.. I guess he was drunk but she started bashing his head in with her fists, right then my mom came home and walked in at the wrong time"

"Wow" I say

"She called the cops on her, I told her everything that happened but she was so stuck on the fact that I'm Bi that she refused to focus on the fucking problem. Her boyfriend tried to..... Whatever, now I'm in here and she wants nothing to do with me" Isabel mumbles

"Nothing is your fault, there's fucked up people out here" I wipe her tear

"I'm sorry that you went through that, God I can't believe people, humanity is crumbling"

"That's okay, I'm stronger than I look" she says

"Can you bench 100 pounds?" I ask lightening the mood

"I can try" she chuckles

We spent hours talking until we both fell asleep

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"We have arrived at our destination" Harold announces on the mic

I lazily open my eyes, I felt arms wrapped around my stomach and a head in the crook on my neck, issabels legs were tangled with mine, my back was placed against the window.

I nudged her awake, she groaned

"We're here, wake up" I run my fingers through her hair

She woke up, I laughed at her messed up hair. She stood up and stumbled away, clearly half asleep. I smiled at her, so adorable

I pulled myself up and brushed my clothes off

My eyes met Tokyo's who was sitting in the seat right across from mine. She smirked, I gave her a questioning look

She nodded her head in Jade's direction, I glanced over to her

Jade stood with her arms crossed on her chest and a pissed look on her face, her lips parted to speak

"What the fuck are you doing"