Episode 5

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Luke swallows the saliva he had in his mouth.

Seconds after, Luke apologizes for the trouble and inconvenience to the bus driver, "Yeah whatever now scram"

As he goes by, the random girl who spoke earlier smiles as she waves at Luke, he looks at her as he goes and his foot bumps into a ground obstacle making him to trip over. Luckily he survives the fall though leaving her chuckling

The other bus leaves...

Gwehahahaha!!! 😂 Wuhyehyehyehee!!! 🤣 Pfft.. Pfftsahahahah!!! 😄 Bahahahahahaha!!! 😆

And the laughter goes on as Luke nears his real school bus.

"I don't believe he actually stopped the bus and got in, 😆", "He forgot his own school bus, this level of school hate, I salute that man, 🤣🤣", "he was screaming out to the driver like a short circuited siren" some nerd adds on

Kills the laughter,

"Not to be rude man but your jokes suck, short circuited siren! Really!" Someone replies back to the nerd

Guys, let's act as if nothing happened "Isac insists, they seemingly agree and obey.

Luke finally reaches the school bus.

As his usual driver sees Luke by the door he tilts his head down with a shallow smile and hits the open button on his dashboard. As the door opens....

"Hop in kid" driver says. Luke enters the bus slowly.

With vigour the driver speaks "Kid, next time look at my face and the red line on the lower car bodywork and the rottaing hubcaps on the back tires, get it?!"

Then lowers voice and speaks again with care sincerity "Are you gonna be alright?", Seeing the opening for conversation he replies "You care?"

"I know I know, I hate you all kids, I won't lie about that but I've also been one, after you go pass this point no matter what I say they just won't stop the noise and you being the victim makes it more laughable"

"So what's your point?" Luke replies,

"Kid, whatever happens just don't do anything stupid, find a way to deal with it"

Luke walks through the narrow path and scans a seat

"Hey Luke, come sit here in the back, we got our special guest forget-er seat warmed up for ya"

Doreen speaks out, "Luke, how did you do it?"

"Do what?"

Anonymous erupts saying "FOORGET YAR OWN SKUL BAS"

The lively laughter that was experienced moments ago hits back again with louder voice in the bus due to the unknown speaker.

Luke laughs with them only awkwardly assuming he cared about what they thought, he finds refuge: an open seat by girl, one of his classmates 'Lucy' and puts his butt on it

"You! Don't sit here" the girl says

"I pay school fees just as same as you, why shouldn't I?" (Luke)

"It's going to be bad for me, given that it's YOU I'm sitting with" (Lucy)

"You'll get over it" (Luke)

"You disgust me" (Lucy)

After this, the two ignored each other both looking opposite sides the other's direction. Lucy makes it more dramatic by crossing her arms in a flashy way.

Isac in turn begins to speak, "So you coming or what?", "Luke!!"

He ignores him.

"Maybe he's forgoten his gender too" Isac talks again

😂😂😂

Lucy in hearing that, she again speaks to Luke, "Please find another seat, the next time you get in you won't find me here, I'll be somewhere else, this is troublesome for me"

"Say that to me when you are sure that you've never mocked me" Luke replies

"Am I supposed to feel all sorry and sentimental for this, Making jokes about you is almost inevitable, if they hurt you so bad why not do something about it,"

"You really expect me not to laugh seeing you yell out to a bus driver of a different school bus, run in and enter..." Lucy turns towards Luke to give him her full attention "...and then come back to your senses after a while," "On Monday!"

And then

"I didn't tell you not to, I just wanted to see how you'd react to that, it felt somewhat of cool." Luke lively replies

On hearing the conversation upfront, a random student from the seat just behind Luke's speaks "OMG is Luke dating Lucy now?"

The news quickly dissolves around the school bus, "Hey Lucy, is it true?"

"No it's not", She replies innocently to the girls. "See what you did?"

"No, no, that wasn't me, people are still laughing about my enter-another-bus story", " Besides they're just jokes for fun" says Luke.

"You think that like you I'll just forget them"

Crack...

"Well feel free to hate me in any manner you want, forgive me for being so weird and stupid and very different from the other kids. I know you hoped to sit with that muscular handsome prince charming you daydream of but reality gave you ME so will you FUCKING DEAL WITH IT" He slowly inhales and exhales after this explosion of raw truth

The words Luke said struck deep into Lucy's head, at that point she didn't know what situation she was in, she couldn't define if it's anger or fear she got from what Luke said

"No one has ever..." The feeling that it's the raw truth

"**** Mondays" she uttered slowly

This left her completely lip shut the whole journey to school.

The school bus makes its final destination: School.

The front seat students eagerly waiting for the driver to open the door just so that they can rush to class. After opening, the rest come out in a fashionable manner. As Luke stands to leave "hey Lucy, I'm the forgetful one, I can't promise I'll end the jokes and make your school life normal again but I assure you I won't bother you again like this"

"Aren't I the one to be being this sentimental" she says to herself "I feel even worse now

Not knowing how to react to those words, Lucy rushes out past Luke and walks quickly.

Moments after Luke gets out of the bus, some of the students walk close to him as they approach school. "Hey do you remember me?"

😂😂😂

"Guys, we have other people to make fun of let's let this tree ripen it's fruit, we'll eat again, we always do" then they all leave listening to orders of the joke-mock leader, Isac

Then later, Steve and Muh'd catch up, "Dude", Muh'd starts to speak "I'm starting to doubt that you were once friends with Isac, he's tots roasting you everytime he sees you"

"Don't worry about that 😊" Luke replies. Steve notices something, "But you look like Monday has done you real bad, did you pee on yourself or something?" Steve asks

Suddenly remembers what happened after he woke up

🤯

"Nah, nothing at all don't worry" he says then in mind "holy shit, Steve thanks for remindin me, I completely forgot this"

"Or is it?..." Muh'd adds on "the rumours we are hearing"

"Wait, don't tell me, is it the 'elanel' ? "Steve asks

"What are you guys up to?" Luke asks. "You forget how info about stuff like this... ...spreads out so fast like that deadly virus that needs air filter masks or you'll get it" Steve replies

"You didn't have to be so dramatic man," "any way, elanel is just 'L' and 'L' now you figure out the rest.

Initiates thinking mechanism followed by energy pulses through breathing.

"WHAAAAT!"

"Yep, your love for Lucy or whatever it is is trending, it's the trending story now given that you are one of the infamous students in this school, it's like your marks just went up higher man, congrats on your love too" Steve adds on.

"Let them trend me" he says, "Do people really have nothing to do", "anyway let them be I'm mostly concerned about that invisible anger-giver day-ruiner guy or what ever he is"

Muh'd catches wind of what Luke tries say, "Oh, you mean 'anonymous' don't you?"

The two suddenly become surprised by what their ears heard

"Anonymous" Luke speaks the name out just the way he heard, "Is that his name?"

"It is a made up one" Steve replies, "No one knows that guy's real identity, we just hear him speaking but he's like some supersonic person, one minute he's behind you and the next thing you know"

Swings his arms opposite sides and unlocks his fingers in a rapid action

"Fwoosh.... He's gone"

While analyzing the name as he looks in the direction of his school bus, "You know, that name suits him just right, I mean Anonymous, it has that vibe that fits him."

As the buddies continue to converse, in some background a little distant from them, "Are you sure he didn't" "Yeah, 😞... Huuuh It feels like both a good thing and a bad thing at the same time"

And she replies "Be patient, he'll come around"

Back to Luke

😐

"Guys, I just remembered something"

Astonished by what they heard Muh'd and Steve even raise their eyebrows as they look at themselves and back at Luke

"It is, no this is a miracle, what I just witnessed" Steve says. "Guys, stop joking around, there are some things even I can remember and one of them is that we have a morning session with Mrs Biishla", "Sorry gotta go"

And he leaves them as he rushes off

"Well get him at lunch" 😉😆

While he (Luke) nears class, "Wait, ohh" and he slows down to think straight, "that was last week we didn't get any assignment, iiish stupid me", "anyway I've come this far

"Hey Luke, what's up"

😦 "This voice" Luke suddenly stops walking and looks around for the source of the sound, "is it her?"

"This way! Right here!"

After he turns "I was right", "Hey Annie, 😅"

"Luke you can't be serious, I was just standing here and you passed me like that not even a hand wave 🖐️, are you for reals?... So you like don't care about me anymore?"

"No no no no no, my dear, nothing like that, I was just rushing around you see 😅, we have this lesson waiting for us and this teacher of ours is a bit off key"

And she replies "Or are you going to see someone special huh, special-eer than me huh what is that person like?"

"Don't be that way, you know how much I consider you, like I said that time, you're at my high table dear, I always put you first don't worry, besides didn't you see how I dramatically slowed down for you and made a 360° turn just to find the beauty calling onto me"

These words smoothen Annie making her smile and chuckle "Hihihi", "Okay fine, I accept your apology and excuses for today"

"Thank you, so anything new before I go off to class?" Luke asks

Annie leans her head by Luke's shoulder as she stands in an intimate position to him

😐

"Ohh, um... OK.."

"I just missed you since you left school on Friday" Annie says

"Me too,"

"You're lucky I forgave you, just moments ago you would have passed me" Annie replies

"Let's forget about that dear", "Three minutes left till 8 am"

"Luke, can I ask you a favor?" "Umm... Can you walk me to class ♡??"

Shw turns her head up to look at Luke in a flirty way as she awaits her answer from him

"Now man" Luke says to himself "You got a good thing going here, the nature of your answer could bend this relationship in ways you can't unbend, why not just say yes and take the risk"

"OK Sure, let's go"

"😘"

She holds his hand tight

"🥰"

Somewhere else in the hallway

"Oi oi oi, Steve, is that Luke's bag" Muh'd asks

Steve looks that direction

"Wtf, that guy ditched us for that 🤬🤬🤐", "He has some explaining to give"

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