The minutes passed by and Asha just watched the class. A couple times she had to close her eyes. She was glad for the break in her classes because she was going to need to take a break to head over towards the nurses office and then the teachers lounge. Maybe they had a few spare bagels. She almost never went in there so it would be a blessing if they did. She shook her head a few times before the bell rang. Her eyes shot up to the class as they began to pack up. "Alright folks you know the drill. Have fun with what ever class you have next. I expect you bright and early, we start working tomorrow." She said leaning back in her chair and waiting for the stream of students to pass through the door.

"Awesome and awesome again." Airen said with a smile as he said the two bands. She had similar taste as him in music and it was a refreshing change from the normal pop shit alot of the people in school listened to. "Hmmm...i fancy He is Legend...not many people know of the band, but im in love with their song "I am Hollywood"." The blonde kept drumming yet froze when he asked her if she played. "Oh, uh, I'm learning. But im alright i guess." It was then that the blessed sound of the bell hit her ears. "Woo...math." Airen said sarcastically, rolling her eyes and twirling her index finger around in the air. "Im just super excited.." Gathering her books together she leaned down to get her bag, and the earbud pulled out of her ear and fell. "Whoops, sorry about that." She said with a laugh and stood up.

Riley smiled when the bell rang and got his books together and stood up. Glancing at Airen he saw her with that weird kid and grimaced a bit before walking out of the room. He really would like to be friends with her again, but he knew she'd never let that happen. He was looking foward to seeing Orca in English, and whoever else was in his class.

Jake smiled once the bell finally rang and put away his notebook. Class was uneventfull liek always and he knew it would stay like that threw out the whole entire year. He then headed out of his class and down to the gym, next was PE. It was one of the few classes that he actually enjoyed since he felt like he could be a regular guy. He also felt like he was back at the farm with his dad and helping him in little ways. He saw that the teachers where just making them gather in the gym and not getting changed since the year was just starting so he headed in and just sat down and waited for hte rest of the kids to get there.

"Learning is good. The world could use a few more female drummers." L chuckled a bit, and then glanced up when the bell rang. Hallelujah. He didn't mention that he himself played the guitar - that was something that someone popular would do. Landon didn't want the attention, so he wouldn't draw it upon himself. Standing and waiting while Airen gathered her things, he let a slight smile turn up the corners of his mouth.
Tucking the stray earphone into his shirt, the goth glanced over to the guy from earlier. Seeing Riley leave the room, L mentally frowned, and then let an emotionless expression replace whatever he'd had on his face. Math it was. Waiting for Airen before heading toward the door, the black-clothed youth glanced about at the other students as they filed past him.
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As soon as the bell rang, Ryu Seito smiled at the few lingering students in the hallway as he walked to the music room. The young instructor, who was commonly mistaken for one of his students, bid the teens a good morning before closing the door behind him and setting down his belongings. Shirking his nice leather coat, the male sighed. It was his first day teaching at the school, and his first year as an instructor. It was bound to be interesting.
Glancing up to the clock, he smiled grimly. His first class was third period, and then he would be teaching the rest of the day.

Methodically going about and checking out the instruments that the large classroom had, Ryu nodded to himself. He'd scoped out the area earlier, and was showing up early to make sure everything would be set up for the students. He wasn't one to risk being late.
Glancing up to the clock once again, the dark-haired instructor then focused on the sheets of music and other beginners work that he withdrew from his bag. It was going to be a long day.

Sophie quickly scribbled a note to Orca before class ended and passed it to her.

I've gotta get going to my TA class - just give me your response whenever we seen each other next. Hope your next class goes well.
Cheers! ^-^

With that, she stood up, after gathering all her things up, and signed good bye to hear teacher. Even though she wasn't really sure how this would go - she thought she'd try it out, and go and try to change around if she found it not working for her. Smiling at people as she passed them, she headed to her locker to put her history binder, before heading in the direction of the Band room.

Airen walked after L and smiled as she met him at the door. "Well at least i know i have at least one reason to come to first period." The blonde let out a chuckle and walked past im and into the hall, waiting for him to follow her. He was a pretty awesome guy. Into good bands, thought she should keep persuing drumming, and was pretty cute at the same time.

Riley walked through the halls and headed to his next class, English. One his way he say Sophie and waved to her, signing hello. He had asked her to teach him when He first met her, so he could feel a bit cool.

Sophie grinned when she saw Riley sign hello to her. He remembered! She started signing away fast to him, suddenly stopping as she remembered that he didn't know much and hit her forehead, grinning sheepishly.

L grinned crookedly, tucking his gloved hands into his pockets as they walked. Staying silent, the goth stayed beside Airen - figuring she knew where the classroom was - and then fought to keep his neutral expression on his pale face. She was an odd one, this girl.
Walking through the hallways was like going to a circus. There were roudy jocks, popular kids on their phones, nerds gasping over some sort of magazine, and a few outcasts slinking their ways through the crowded halls. Everything was full of life, even if every group clashed - it was still full of teenage life.
His teal gaze moved back to Airen occasionally, making sure he wasn't getting lost. Being a Freshman meant nothing was familiar - and that was more than true for Landon. "How long between classes?" he asked off-handedly, keeping himself walking at Airen's pace.

Orchard was surprised by the end of class and took both of Sophie's notes. Smiling she waved a small bye and would respond as soon as she sat down in her next class. With a grimace she looked to JB "Gotta run. Maybe I'll see you soon," she said quietly. Hiding behind her bangs she slipped her notebook into her bag and waved bye to Miss Brian. As she started walking towards English she saw Riley walking in front of her. Catching up with him she bumped into him. "Hey you," she said softly with a laugh. The brunette felt bad leaving her friend behind, but she wanted to snag a seat by Riley. She hoped sitting by a friend would make class more bearable.
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Duncann was slightly relieved when he heard the bell ring. Psych had been interesting, but a change would be good. Then again his next class was math. Not exactly what he had been looking to go to. With a frown he headed off towards his assigned room. Slipping inside he took a seat towards the middle. He figured he should not sit up front for this one since the blonde was no math genius.

Riley chuckled and walked over to her, giving her a hug and ruffling her hair a bit. Looking up at Orca he grinned big. "Well hey there Lass" he said with his irish accent. "Ready for class?" He held his arm out for Orca to take and waved to Sophie as a goodbye. Once Orca too his arm her escorted her to class, they got a few looks but Riley didnt care. Orca was a good friend and nothing was going to change that. English wasnt that far and soon they were there. "Where do you wanna sit?"

As Airen walked she noticed Landon was behind her and turned to look at him raising an eyebrow. "5 minutes...and you know you can walk next to me right?" The blond chuckled, motioning him over and then looking foward again, her hair covering her face.

Sophie waved at Riley, and headed to the band classroom, knocking on the door softly and looking in, before walking in totally and standing just inside the door but far enough forward that if anyone else walked in, they wouldn't hit her with it.

"Right," Landon said quietly, taking a deep breath before aligning himself beside Airen. I never even considered it. . . . Five minutes. Not enough time to cause trouble, and just enough to get to class. How quaint.
As the goth caught a mocking glance from a jock, he stiffened. He hated them. The jocks and all their attention-getting. The populars they hung out with - rich kids, most of them. Licking off of silver spoons since the day they were born. L never had liked them much. They lived in a world that couldn't even be compared to the real one. They knew nothing of struggle, or trying to get what they didn't have. They were handed everything on a golden platter.
A frown marring his smooth brow, L turned his attention back to walking. Just ignore it. That's how he made it through the days anyway. Even though he was changing by talking to Airen, why step that far away from normality now?
Getting to class wasn't too hard, especially walking beside his new . . . friend. Were they friends? Aquaintances, yes. But friends? Right. Not happening. Opening yourself up made you vulnerable to backstabbing.
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Hearing the door open, Ryu glanced up. "Good morning," he said, not realizing that Sophie was unhearing. The instructor set aside the guitar he had been tuning, standing before bowing his head. "Who might you be?"

Asha waited until the last person was out the door before heading out herself. She locked the door behind her and went straight for the nurses office. Bread, water and an aspirin were all she needed right now. She hoped she made it the rest of the day. Her face was stoic and flat as she made her way through the halls. Lucky for her she wasn't too far away but enough so that she had to walk the halls. Her eyes took in the students as they chattered away the five minutes they had to get to class. It made her smile. She hadn't had that with the constant moving, not having many friends other then family. She still had a few close ones from college but they were scattered across the country. She wasn't able to talk to them as much as she wanted to.

Sophie jumped slightly as she saw movement, still studying the room, not really expecting anyone to be in here already, even though she should have expected it. She looked at him, blinking a few times before getting, a bit from the expression on his face that he was asking her something. She just couldn't understand what. Taking the notepad out of her bag that she was carrying, as well as her pen she wrote out a quick note and held the pad out to him.

Good Morning sir. Sorry, I can't hear what you're saying. What was it that you asked me?

Inclining his head, Ryu smiled. "Ah." Carefully taking the paper, he motioned Sophie over toward the desk before setting the pad down and writing something out in clean writing.

I didn't realize. No need to apologize!
I'm the music instructor, Ryu Seito.

Pausing for a moment, he pondered how to word his question.

Are you the helper that I was told about?

It certainly was early, but then again. . . .
Ryu smiled, pushing the paper toward Sophie and setting the pen with it.

Sophie nodded and took the note back, moving over to the desk to write her response, after giving him a soft smile.

Oh, really sir. It's fine. I'm normally alright at lip reading but I'm still not totally awake yet.

Yes, sir. I'm Sophia Gregson. They have me helping you out this period.

She moved the paper back towards him with a smile, and signed 'Nice to meet you' even though she knew that he wouldn't know what she meant.

Airen chuckled as he started to walk next to her. "See i dont bite." she said with a smile. When her eyes locked with a jock he nodded over to her. "Hey isnt that the girl that James banged?" James was another jock that apparently had started a rumor he slept with Airen. "Fuck off assholes." She said giving them the finger and walking past them. Yet one of them followed her to class. "Hey Airen, mind letting me find out what every guys talking about?" Grabbing her shoulder he turned her towards him, a smug grin on his face. As she was turning the blonde was drawing her fist and punched him right in the nose. He tottered back a bit and she punched him in the gut before turning and storming into her class. The teacher wasnt there yet so she was safe for now. Airen was cursing under her breath and threw her bag down.

Reading her note, Ryu smiled. "I may forget you can't hear me then," he said, shaking his head. Black eyes moved to Sophie's hands as she signed, and he frowned a bit before scribbling on the paper again.

What did you say? I got as far as "nice."

He knew very little sign, but what he did know Seito had picked up from the girl that lived across the street from him throughout childhood. Reaching for a stack of papers - basic note scales - the instructor rifled through them before nodding to himself. There should be enough for the rest of the day. And, now that he had an assistant, if there wasn't enough, Sophie could run to the office and make copies.
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"Biting and stepping on someone's toes are completely different things," L said with the smallest of smiles. Of course, it was then that the jocks began to taunt. Hearing their words made the goth's frown turn into a smoldering glare, and he stiffened noticeably as they continued.
They headed to class anyway, but just before they entered . . . the first boy of the group approached, a mocking comment on his lips. The way Airen reacted made Landon nod approvingly, and he would have stepped up to do the very same if the guy hadn't stumbled back with a bloody nose. Seeing as the instructor wasn't in class yet, they were home free. Taking his spot beside Airen as she entered the room, the goth shook his head.
"They give you trouble often?" he asked with a disgusted look. The expression flit away behind his mask of stoicism quickly, and he glanced back toward the door once again.

Well Asha might not have been there but that didn't mean she didn't see it. She was glaring at the boys from down the hall. She had seen it from down the hall as Landon and Airen approached her. She was not in the mood for things like this especially today. She rubbed her forehead and pinched the bridge of her nose. Today was going to be a long day she could tell already. Not that she didn't think it was completely justified. Asha would have punched the boy in her position. Even after so many years it was still the same. Her eyes watched L and Airen before trailing back over to the moron who was holding his nose. Hardening her features she strode past the two and towards the boy, giving him a cold, calculated stare. "Had you half a brain that would not have happened." She turned the gaze at the boys, "You get to class right now, if you're bleeding, suck it up and get to the nurses, if not go." She said sternly her facial expression not changing.

She looked over at him, as he spoke, laughing softly to herself, at his response, and scribbled something down on the notepad.

Oh, it's fine. I'm sure we'll figure out something that works. As I said, I'm alright at lip reading, I can get most of what you're saying most of the time. Oh, and it was Nice to meet you. (How to do the sign - if you're interested)

She gave him a smile, before signing Is there anything that you wish me to do? before slapping her forehead. Gah! She really needed to stop doing that! Reaching back for the paper she quickly wrote out what she had signed.

Is there anything that you wish me to do?

Airen glared out the door. "Those boys are scum..." She said her words icy and full of hatred. "They start rumours about me, mostly sex related." The girl was biting her lip to prevent herself from punching anything. "...i dont want to be here...i hate this place.." He hissed under her breath. Her eyes went to the window; it was open. Her face went blank for a moment as she looked between the door and window. A smile graced her lips as she grabbed her bag and looked at L. "How badly do you wanna get out of here?" she asked, motioning to the window.

Nodding in response to Sophie's questions, the music instructor passed the stack of papers that he'd been counting over. "Seperate these?" The print shop had been having a bad day, and conveniently scrambled the order of everything. "I would really appreciate it."
In example, Seito took the first three papers and started the seperate stacks up. "Thank you for coming in so early." Being sure to speak a bit more slowly, so she could read him better, the youth smiled.
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L's gaze followed Airen's, and he let a bit of surprise flit over his stoic mask. "You're really considering it?" he asked, and then glanced back to the two or three other students who were already sitting down. Most of them were whispering and watching the two of them, but he ignored it - as he was so keen on doing.
In response to her question, Landon took a deep breath and nodded. "Pretty damn bad." His teal gaze darted toward the door as a couple popular girls entered mouth's first. "I wouldn't mind skipping the first day." They can't kill my grades yet, now can they?

"Dude, I've been doing this since my first day of freshmen year." Airen grinned and tossed her bag out the window, climbing out of it. She landed with a soft thud on the grass outside and turned to smile at L. "Moment of truth. Sit and suffer, or jump for freedom." Glancing at the door now and then she waited for L to make his decision and rolled her eyes as the two popular girls walked in. With their expensive, unnessecary gucci, and prada bags that could feed a household of 3 for a month. "Rich Bitches.." she mumbled under her breath.

Sophie watched as he spoke, watching his mouth and nodding, getting what he wanted her to do. She nodded and signed 'yes', before reaching for the stack and sitting down, starting to go through it, before realizing that he wasn't done speaking. She looked up apologetically only catching the end of what he was saying, signing 'sorry', and trying to get what he was saying, feeling bad for not paying closer attention. Getting that he was thanking her for coming in early, she nodded and signed 'you're welcome' mouthing it as well.

Grabbing the note pad, she quickly wrote a note, as it came to mind and tapped the desk and moved the pad over.

So each is a stack of three? Just want to clarify - also do you want me to staple them?

L didn't even reconsider his decision. Standing, he headed toward the window as well. "I'm not letting you wreak havok without me," he said, ignoring the giggling that started as soon as it became clear that they were going to leave. The open window was looking like a doorway to heaven with each passing moment, honestly. "Let's get out of here."
Watching Airen go first, Landon chuckled in amusement. Things just kept getting better.
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"Yes," Ryu nodded, smiling again. She seemed like a sweet girl. "Thank you." He signed both "words," knowing both "yes" and "thank you" as basic communication with the girl from his childhood. Thank goodness he knew a bit. Even if it was painstakingly little, there was always room to learn. And, being around Sophie, he might just pick up on some more of it. He had an entire semester, after all. Longer, if things worked out that way. Who knew how long Seito would be teaching here at the high school?
Passing the stapler from the other side of the desk, the instructor then moved to test a few of the stringed instruments for correct tuning. Sitting near where Sophie was working, so he wouldn't startle her by disappearing, Ryu continued to work on preparing for the next class period.