â Alice Moreno â
"Oh, geez! Come on before we get soaked!" Beck placed his hand behind her back, leading her out of the rain. Alice began to feel dizzy as his hand touched her back. Accurate sharp pinpoints connected in a pattern across the surface of her spine, pushing into her with a tingling-sort of feeling. She stumbled a bit, seeing the corners of her vision become black. She looked at Beck, giving him a slight smile to reassure him it was just a minor trip. The rain clouded her perspective, shifting her thoughts in different directions. She felt disconnected, as if her soul had been ripped away from her body. "I'll see you at the bus stop!" Beck turned to her, giving a slight wave as his hand left her back. Alice didn't notice they were already inside. Every weird sensation disappeared, leaving her without a second thought. She watched him vanish into the crowd of the dispersing students, anxious to leave school. She stood in the middle of the crowd, stunned about what had just happened.
Alice's book bag felt as if it carried a ton of bricks. She sighed, walking down the steps of the entrance of the main building. Students fled to reach their buses, swarming the pavement like a bunch of flies. Her eyes searched the crowd for Beck. He had said they could meet at the bus stop with the rest of his siblings. Alice shivered at the thought of Beck. She thoroughly enjoyed his presence, but was still stunned at the event that had occurred earlier. She felt she had lost control of her own body from his own touch. She didn't know what to think of it.
"Hey there, Alice." Alice turned to see Danny, towering above her. His varsity jacket was a bright mustard yellow, so Alice found it hard to pay attention to his words. "Who ya' waiting for?"
"Danny, I don't have time for this right now." Alice squinted her eyes against the flock of students, searching for Beck again.
"Seems like you never have time for me," He paused, chuckling. Alice watched some of his friends show up behind him in the same jackets, smirking as they did. "But you always have time for those Curwens." It saddened Alice that Danny was still so wound up about her talking to Beck. She figured it was just his response to rejection.
Alice rolled her eyes, "Danny, you don't know what your talking about-"
"Well I know your talking to a bunch of freaks," Danny responded, turning a few heads. Alice despised negative attention, especially negative scenes. "I guess that makes you one. A freak." Some of the students went quiet, turning their focus to Danny.
Alice, turned, smashing into Danny's shoulder as she paced towards the entrance doors. She was fed up with Portland. She was fed up with people. And she was fed up with the world. She wanted to find Beck now. She just wanted to talk. She folded her arms, running through the hallways. "Beck!" Nobody replied. "Beck?" She looked through window after window, and door after door, searching for him. Was he even in the school? Alice finally turned, looking towards the music room as she heard a few voices. She saw him, searching for someone or something. "Hey," She unfolded her arms. "I couldn't find you, and I was um," she cleared her throat. "Don't worry about it," She stepped inside of the room. "Who are you looking for?" Alice didn't want to place another burden on Beck.