The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

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Charlie wakes up with a headache.

He assumes it's because of all the curtains being wide open, there is too much light and that makes Charlie want to die in hopes that Heaven will be darker. He had always minded the morning light, at least Newt had figured out that much after one day when he opened the curtains and Charlie practically hissed at him like some sort of cat, so this little incident was bound to ruin his mood.

Still, he had to find out who held responsibility for this. He instantly thought of Newt who could easily access his room, but after remembering the hissing incident, he shook that thought away. It couldn't have been Newt. He was too smart and since they were cousins, Charlie wanted to believe that he wouldn't use his pet peeve against him.

Of course that left Quill and honestly, Charlie should have thought of it earlier. Quill knew that the moment the light would enter Charlie's room, he would wake up cranky as ever. He couldn't really understand why Quill wanted to ruin his mood. Perhaps she had woken up early and wanted others to suffer with her.

Then there was also a scenario in which Quill just wanted company and didn't want to admit it. Quickly, he dismissed that thought. Quill hated human interaction and she hated Charlie, so it was most likely she wanted him to suffer. Charlie let out a big sigh and stood on his feet. He rubbed his eyes and began walking towards the kitchen.

Quill was leaning on her chair, a cup of black coffee in one hand and her tablet in the other. She was probably watching cat pictures-also known as the only thing she enjoyed involving living beings and excluding causing them pain. Much to his displeasure, Newt was nowhere to be seen. He walked to the counter quietly hoping that Quill wouldn't see him, despite the fact that he had to pass in front of her.

"Morning, Charles."she mumbled in her usual monotonous tone. She didn't even take her eyes away from the screen, the whole scene reminded Charlie of how awkward things between them were before Newt moved in. Charlie nodded and grabbed an empty glass.

"Morning, Quill."

"How come you're up so early?"she continued"You usually sleep like you're hibernating."

"Too much light." at that point, Quill's lips twitched for a second. Charlie was now officially certain that it was her who had opened the curtains. "I'm going to head up to the store."

"What for?"

"We're out of soy milk." usually it was Newt who was in charge of buying the milk-since it was him who had a lactose intolerance-but he had been too caught up with something so he had forgotten. Sure, Charlie thought that this was the universe punishing Newt for keeping secrets from him but he was still his cousin and revenge was never his forte.

"No, we're not. Check the third shelf." Charlie raised an eyebrow and did what Quill told him. "I bought it yesterday."

"Wh--"

"Don't flatter yourself,"Quill was quick to cut him off"it was on sale."

If Charlie believed her or not, nobody knows.

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"Your house is very unsettling."

"You were standing by the mailbox."Matteusz tells Tanya with a raised eyebrow"And it's very similar to the other houses."

"Nah, yours has a weird energy like the old stone house at the end of East End."

"Is it true that this place is haunted?"

"I don't know. Amira, she's in Economics and lives there, claims it just has a lot of spiders."Tanya explained"And yes, your house is probably not haunted but I still get a weird vibe from it."

Matteusz simply chuckled in reply. The two of them entered the school with skepticism. Not having classes and still choosing to spent a day at school was a very odd experience for them both. Although, they were not really there to study. Tanya, among others, had agreed on helping their Spanish teacher with the school play. Most of the so-called volunteers only came to get a good part but Tanya just wanted to mess around with the-needlessly-expensive equipment. The plan was that she would go with April, who did want to participate in the play, but unfortunately something had come up.

That meant that Tanya had to find someone else to accompany her. She would have gone with Ram but the boy would rather do anything else. So Matteusz offered himself to cover up for April and keep Tanya company.

"You're not going to regret this."

"You seem pretty sure of this."

"Well, yeah, mostly because I doubt you had any better plans. I mean, you're spending the day with me and we all know I'm a very fun person."

"I can't argue with that."

Truth was, this thing seemed like the least fun thing one could do. Many students, all with bored faces, were there. Some helped with the stunts in a very sloppy kindergarten like way while others were smothering Mr Schue, practically shouting about all their undeniable talent and how they deserved the main role. Matteusz wasn't even sure about what the play was about. However from what Ram had mentioned, their teacher had the bad habit to always favor slightly revolutionary musicals. He had quickly added that last year they did The Rocky Horror Picture Show and it was the most unsettling thing for students, teachers and parents.

Matteusz tried to hide it but it was obvious that he would rather be anywhere else. Maybe he could have been laying on his bed, texting Charlie and contemplating life and morality. Sure that would be better. Then again, Tanya was smiling excitedly which made him feel as if the boredom was worth it.

"Tanya!"a girl with bright orange hair exclaimed. Matteusz was positive her hair had been dark blue barely three days ago."Thank God you're here. I'm pretty sure Lynn destroyed the sound system, Otto Wood is literally rocking himself back and forth backstage and Artie wants to murder the entire tech club."

"Bloody hell, I didn't even have time to mess with it myself."Tanya replied with irritation and turned to Matteusz"We'll catch up later, I need to stop a homicide."

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"Why do you drive like a madman?"

"If you didn't yell in my ear, I would be driving normally woman!"

"I would very much like to excuse myself from this conversation and group."

"Me too!"Newt added from the back seat as he tried to move closer to the front. Instead of coming closer though he managed to hit Charlie's head with his elbow.

"Not my fault, he's smothering me."Skye said and shot Dan a glare. The boy squeezed the wheel tighter made a sound similar to a laugh mixed with a groan.

"Well you're smothering me too!"

"So does Newt!"Charlie whispered"Literally. I can't breathe."

"I can't do anything about that! There's a cage next to me, it practically takes the entire place."

"Leave Buddy's cage alone, you idiots."

"I just don't understand why Brendon and Quinn didn't have to come but we did. This is racism against gay people and I'm not having it."Newt stated with a fake hurt expression. Charlie was ready to agree with his cousin but a sudden turn Dan made, threw Newt to his side cutting him off. Not wanting to almost lose his teeth again, Charlie simply gave a thumbs up.

"I'm not gay."

"Are we seriously still doing this, Mr Denial? The only straight person in this car is me and even that is debatable."Skye replied"I would definitely go gay for a number of actresses like Stephanie Beatriz and Elizabeth Olsen but that's mainly because our school doesn't really have any drop-dead-gorgeous people."

"I'm starting to believe that the only reason we're hanging out is the fact that we would be tumblr's dream team."Charlie mumbled, mostly to himself. Skye laughed at the comment and made herself more comfortable."I can't believe we wanted to live together when we grew up. We would have killed each other."

"I just imagined that one day we would turn into that show where the friends began blurting out their deepest secrets and everyone fought with everyone."

"God, I loved that show."Skye added with a squeal."And sure, we may have changed a little bit but we can still do something like that. Maybe travel. We could go on a road-trip."

"I do want to go to a road-trip."Charlie agreed while Newt smiled"See the world, meet different people. Even see different skies!"

"We're not going to Norway."

"But the lights, Skye. The lights!" Charlie then proceeded to tell the group more about the Northern Lights and what an amazing spectacle it had to be. Both Newt and Skye watched him talk with awe, he had always been fascinated with things like space, stars and the sky and whenever he would talk about anything regarding these his voice would become much softer. It was ironic because at the same time, his pace would be much faster-making it very hard from time to time for them to catch up-but in the end, it made him happy and that was all that mattered.

"Fine, I guess, when we do do our little trip, we can go to Norway."-Charlie jumped forward and hugged Skye-"Sounds cool, Dan?"

It didn't. It was wrong for so many reasons and if Dan was to come clean about it, they were probably never going to make it to school on time. Therefore, he focused his gaze on the road-refused to kill anyone's dream for the time being-and did what Dan knew best. "I'm driving though, make sure you guys feel alive instead of dying out of boredom."

He lied.

"I'm a careful driver."Skye said confidently and was met with nothing but silence."I'm telling the truth. You idiots are lucky I love you, otherwise I wouldn't stand for this disrespect."

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"This is fun, isn't it?"Tanya asked Matteusz as the two of them carried a table from the center of the stage to the side."Working in the mid-day sun on a Sunday."

"It's not that bad."

"Even I was disappointed."

"You didn't manage to fix the sound system?"

"Oh no, I did. But Mr Schue said we were no longer allowed near it. Sure, it will probably pass but this was the only reason I wanted to come."

"Better luck next time, gamer."

Tanya sighed and placed down thee table. She briefly looked around to see the other students being also busy with chores. It was pointless, in a way, they still had plenty of time until this room was needed and they were all preparing for a musical that hadn't even formed yet.

"Attention, attention, we're here and we're queer!" Both Matteusz and Tanya turned towards the source of the sound, both frozen for a minute with such an open statement. "Queer as in fucking weird."

Matteusz released a breath, he didn't know he was holding.

"But you know and we know that those two beauties next to me are indeed gay as fuck, so if I hear one bad comment from you theater nerds, I will break your fingers." Skye Howell announced smiling"Do not let my height fool you."

A small chuckle was heard and Matteusz saw Phil Lester smiling at the group. He seemed to be focused on Dan who looked more uncomfortable than ever, standing near his much shorter sister and trying to decide whether people would attack them. Charlie and Newt were a few feet apart, both them smiling kindly but somehow unaware of what exactly was Skye's announcement. Not that they would mind, Charlie was not hiding who he was and Newt was about just as vocal.

"Will you go to him?"

"What?"

"Charlie."Tanya explained"You're friends, aren't you?"

"We,"Matteusz glanced at them once more. Skye had practically dragged Dan to go and greet Phil. Newt was trying to find a place for his bag(it was almost full and things would literally start falling from it in any second)and Charlie was scanning the room. Eventually, he saw Matteusz and smiled."are."

It's a lie because Matteusz sees Charlie's smile and realizes he wants to see it everyday.