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"I hope it's okay that i'm staying here with you tonight, I can imagine you don't wanna be alone." Clover said quietly as she fluffed her pillow in Mikes small fort he made in the basement.

"Not alone." El repeated while the two girls laid down next to each other .

"Did something bad happen to you?" Clove asked as she looked across at El who hesitated before nodding. Clove stared at her for a moment before slightly moved her hand upwards in El's eyesight.

"Hand." El said in confirmation .

"It always makes me feel safer when people hold my hand, maybe it could help you." Clove offered as El gently put her hand in Clove's were the tan girl wrapped her fingers around El's much skinnier ones.

"Helps." El nodded as Clover offered her a smile before shutting her eyes.

Clove quickly woke with a gasp as the light shined in on her face causing the girl to rub her head, she'd been having dreams about her memories of El from last year. Looking down she gasped while seeing Max passed out next to her, red hair scattered all over the place. Clove let a small chuckle escape her lips as she reached over and softly pushed a strand of hair out of the taller girls face so she could see her face better. Her movement seemed to wake up Max because when the girl's eyes fluttered open, she only saw a slightly blurry outline of someone looking down at her.

"Ah!" Max yelled as she swung her fist, hitting Clover square in the eye, causing the girl to groan and fall on to the floor. Max sat up quickly and rubbed her eyes, immediately realized where she was and who she had just punched.

"Shit, Clove, i'm so sorry. I didn't realize it was you, are you alright?" Max asked as she hurried off the bed and got on the floor next to Clove.

"Jeez, do you deck everyone in the face? I'd hate to see your alarm clock." Clove joked as she turned over to look up at Max who smiled slightly.

"Yeah, it's a mess." Max laughed as Clove smiled.

"You sure you okay?" Max asked while looking down at the girl who nodded and gazed up at her.

"Did you sleep okay?" Clove asked as she blinked up at Max's blue orbs.

"Yeah, you cuddle in your sleep." Max said with a small chuckle while Clove flashed a bright shade of red.

"I'm sorry." the small girl quickly apologized .

"Don't be, I liked it." Max said as Clove bit her lip to hide her grin before the door swung open.

"I heard a yell, you two okay?" Levan asked as he looked at the girls oddly while they were on the floor.

"Um, yeah, we're okay Mr.Reyes." Max said as she cleared her throat.

"Well, I hope you like fresh cereal right off the stove." Levan said with a giggle as he shut the door.

"Cereal off the stove?" Max asked while Clove laughed and put her hands over her face.

"He says that so he doesn't feel bad about pouring it from the box." Clove laughed as Max did too.

"Wanna barrow some of my clothes?" she asked while they stood.

"Yeah, I hope you don't mind that I stayed last night. Who knows what would have happened if I went home that late." Max said as Clove nodded.

"I get it, is yellow okay?" Clove asked as she held out a yellow top, Max couldn't hold back the laugh.

"Yeah, yellow is good." Max confirmed while taking the tee from the girls hand.

"The case of Phineas Gage is one of the great medical curiosities of all time. Phineas was a rail road composed in 1948 and had a nightmare accident. A large iron rod was driven through his head, he miraculously survived and seemed fine. Phineas; yes he was but his injury resulted into a complete change in his personality. So much so that friends that knew him started referring to him as no longer Gage, at the time this was known as the American crow bar case-" Mr.Clark began that day in class before the door was swung open, Dustin rushed in and falling into his seat infront of Clove.

"I am so sorry Mr.Clarke, I am so sorry, please continue." Dustin said, out of breath while Mike and Clove shared a similar odd look.

"All though it wasn't a crow bar, it was a rod as I said." Mr.Clarke went on.

"We have to meet, all of us, at lunch." Dustin said in a whisper.

"Why?" Mike whispered back.

"I discovered something that you won't believe." Dustin said as Clove frowned her eyebrows in confusion.

"AV club, lunch." Dustin said as he looked back a few rows down at Max.

"Dustin." Mr.Clarke said as he caught the boy's attention quickly.

"Yes my lord?" Dustin asked as he spun around and look up at the skinny man.

"Would you like to join the class now?" Mr.Clarke asked, causing Clove to bite her fist to hold back her laugh.

"Yes please, yes!" Dustin noddedz

"Okay so Phineas Gage" Mr.Clarke noddedz

" Phineas Gage." Dustin nodded.

"Page 104." Mr.Clarke added in while Dustin flipped open the book.

"Page 104." he confirmed .

"Focus." Mr.Clarke said as Dustin agreed.

"Focusing."

"Holy shit, Clove what happened to your eye?" Lucas asked as he looked at the girl when she walked into the closet last.

"What?" she asked .

"Huge bruise." Dustin said as Clove made eye contact with Max.

"I punched her in the face." the redhead confirmed .

"What?" all the boys shouted.

"Why in the hell would you do that?" Mike glared.

"Guys, it was on accident okay? Can we just get this over with?" Clove sighed as Dustin opened his box to reveal a slimy lizard looking creature .

"He's kinda cute." Clove shrugged.

"His name is D'artagnan." Dustin smiled as the small slimy thing made a odd noise.

"D'artagnan?" Mike asked with a eyebrow raise.

"Dart for short." Dustin nodded.

"And he was in your trash?" Max asked, looking toward him.

"Goring for food, wanna hold him?" Dustin asked her.

"No." Max said quickly.

"He doesn't bite." Dustin said as him and Max began to argue but the curly haired boy quickly put the creature into her hand.

"Ew, god he's slimy." Max said as she passed him to Lucas.

"He's like a living booger." Lucas cringed while giving Dart to Will.

"Ugh, ew." the boy said while pushing it to Clove who grinned.

"Hi little buddy." she smiled while leaning down in his eye sight much like Mike did from next to her .

"What is he?" Mike asked from where his face was pressed up beside Cloves.

"My question exactly" Dustin grinned while slamming books down on the table.

"At first I thought he was some type of pollywog." Dustin went on.

"Pollywog?" Max asked.

"Another word for tadpole, like a-" Dustin began but was cut off.

"I know what a tadpole is." Max said.

"Alright then you know that most tadpoles are aquatic right? Well Dart, he isn't, he doesn't need water." Dustin said as he looked over at the lizard like thing that Clove was still cradling.

"Yeah well aren't there non aquatic pollywogs?" Lucas asked.

"Yup, ones from india and ones from south america. So how did one end up in my trash?" Dustin asked while looking at all of them.

"Maybe some scientists brought it here and it escaped?" Max asked.

"That doesn't seem very likely, maybe he hitched a ride on the back of a dump truck." Clove added in.

"Oh yeah because that's a lot more likely then what I said." Max said as Clove couldn't help but laugh as the redhead sent her a grin.

"Do you guys see that? Looks like something is moving inside him." Mike said as he looked at the slimy thing in Cloves hand before he shined a light at the thing, causing it to squeal and jump out of Cloves hands as the six gasped and back up

"It's okay, it's okay. I know you don't like that little guy." Dustin said as he began to comfort the Lizard, getting odd looks from his friends.

"And there's another thing, reptiles are cold blooded... they love heat, the sun. Dart hates it, it hurts him." Dustin said as he looked up at them.

"So if he not a pollywog or a reptile then-" Lucas trailed off.

"Then I discovered a new species" Dustin smirked widely smile Clove did too.

"This is the best thing that's happened since the birth of Molly Ringwald." Clove grinned as she looked over at Dart, rubbing his head slightly just as the bell rang. It caused them all go rush out the large closet .

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