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"So Bowlby's 44 Thieves experiment suggests..." Gwen muffled a yawn as she rapidly scribbled notes as the teacher kept droning on. Gwen was interested in psychology; she planned to do crime psychology in university before going into training as a policewoman. However her teacher Mr Pritchard had one of the most boring voices in the world, it was rather soothing when you needed a nap. "Psst Gwen" Gwen turned slightly to see Suzie Costello grin behind her. Gwen barely knew Suzie but they had all three classes together and had worked on a project then and there. Suzie was an intelligent woman with a large nose and brown bushy hair but from a certain angle you could see Suzie as an attractive woman. "You got a pen? Mine ran out of ink" Suzie whispered. Gwen nodded and pulled out a spare pen from her pencil case and quickly handed it to Suzie. "Thanks" Gwen smiled showing the gap in her teeth. "You're welcome" she whispered back. TWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTW Ianto, Gwen and Andy were walking together towards the library. They had a free period between psychology and their next class and were determined to get a head start on the essay Mr Pritchard had assigned them. Ianto was laughing at one of Andy's jokes when he spotted him. He stopped walking and froze completely. "Yan?" Gwen said softly. There he was in his black leather jacket, reddish long hair and blue empty eyes. He stared straight back at Ianto and read the fear etched into Ianto's face. He grinned predatorily causing Ianto's breathing to speed up. Gwen spotted him and glared. "Don't worry Yan, I won't let that bastard near you" she said darkly, grabbing hold of Ianto's arm and steering them down a different corridor. "Christ what was the school thinking letting Adam Smith back in?" Andy grumbled. "He should be in some psychiatric ward" Ianto shuddered. "It's been two years. You think I would be over it by now" "Yan, it was severe bullying he made you think awful things and almost drove you to the point of insanity" Gwen said, her voice shaking at the terrible memories where she almost lost her best friend. "No one can expect you to be completely over it" "Don't worry Ianto" Andy said gripping onto Ianto's shoulder tightly. "We'll protect you" Ianto smiled weakly. Grateful for the loving and loyal friends he had while praying that Adam Smith won't do anything to him. TWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTW "Oh look what the cat dragged in" Suzie drawled barely looking up from her book. "I thought you were gone for good" "Nah, went to some basic college to re-sit the GCSEs and then applied to come back year for my A-Levels" Adam said sitting down next to Suzie and wrapping an arm round her. "After all I couldn't let my Suzie be all alone" "I had Bilius" Suzie said coldly. Adam looked to the side where a tall Asian man with hair that came to his chin stood calmly as he watched his clock transfixed. "Oh yes very exciting company Suzie" Adam said sarcastically. "Come on you missed me really" "I have no time for you manipulating games" Suzie said flatly. "What you have done was foolish and got you expelled. When you have someone you shouldn't scare them into submission" "What can I say Suzie, Ianto was my little obsession he was open minded and innocent and so easy to convince" Adam said grinned. "I might scare him a little more but he has bored me. I need someone new and exciting. What about you Suzie, do you still have that burning passionate obsession of yours?" "None of your business" Suzie hissed. "Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing" Bilius said monotonously not looking up from his clock. "Elie Wiesel" Suzie said immediately. "Ah but we have no friends in this life for we are invisible. We need our little obsessions to fill our life. My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we don't want our lives to end" "John Barton, nice choice" Suzie said smiling. "But it's best to stay invisible for now Adam after all you don't want to be expelled again now do you?" TWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTW "Hey" The trio looked up from their work to see Owen Harper and Jack Harkness standing beside them. The contrast between them was amazing; Jack was dazzling with good looks and designer clothing while Owen was plain and wore cheap clothes. And yet they were best friends with brotherly affection that anyone could be jealous of. "We heard that Adam is back" Owen said. "Just wanted to say if he bothers you tell me and I'll batter him for you. After all I hate the bastard and need an excuse to punch him" "Oh your kindness is so amazingly sweet" Gwen said sarcastically. "Hey just because I don't get on well with Ianto doesn't mean I won't defend him when he needs it" Owen said defensively. "I was there the last time, it was nasty" "Thank you Owen" Ianto whispered. "But we're all adults now; chances are he will just leave me alone" "We're barely eighteen!" Owen exclaimed horrified at the idea of being an adult. "Even so Yan, we're here for you" Jack said softly. "Oh...err...ah...t-thank you" Ianto stammered, a light blush growing on his cheeks. Gwen and Andy exchanged smirks while Owen merely rolled his eyes. TWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTW School was coming to an end and Tosh was balancing her books as she tried to put them in her bag. She walked into something hard and yelped as all her books fell to the floor with a thump. She fell to her knees and hurried tried to gather them all when her fingers brushed against someone's hand. She looked up to see a good looking man with red hair and blue eyes. "Here you go" he said smiling as he handed her book back to her. "Sorry about that, I wasn't looking where I was going" "N-n-no it was my fault" Tosh stammered as she stood up. "I wasn't watching where I was going either" He smiled. "I'm Adam Smith and you are?" "Toshiko Sato" she said holding her hand out to shake his. He took her hand and kissed it. "Beautiful" he breathed against her knuckles. "You're absolutely beautiful" Tosh blushed deeply before wrenching her hand away and running as fast as she could. She wasn't used to this sort of attention and she didn't know whether or not she wanted it. By the time she got to the door she couldn't help wish it was Owen Harper who had kissed her hand. TWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTW It was the end of the day and Gwen went alone to her locker. She needed a folder to do some homework. She spun the usual dial and pulled the door open when something fell out of her locker. She bent down and picked it up. It was two red roses, both beautiful and lovely as the one the day before. She sniffed them deeply. "Pretty" she mumbled tucking them into her bag carefully so they wouldn't be squashed. As she walked by she was unaware of someone watching her from the shadows.
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