#darestart

WARWICK -- You’re in the deep. You’re bound to get caught.

Harry Sinclair

You’re freaking out. You might be able to watch your peers slip through the gaps but you won’t get off lightly. Everything you’ve ever got was taken with a pinch of salt. Calm down. Do you know how to do that? Don’t cry. You’ve got that one nailed. You don’t need the answer to a mystery, you already know too much.

Tristan King

It wasn’t even your idea, was it? Stupid little kids running around in the dead of the night. You tell yourself you want the satisfaction of pissing off your Uncle to avoid admitting that you’re actually scared. You’ve never seen his eyes look as dead as you do this Morning when you bump into him on the way to the bathroom. 

Sebastian ‘SJ’ Johnson

It’ll probably be fine. You get up for your Morning run with that in mind and grab a glass of orange juice at 5am with a smile on your face. Come on, SJ, think positive, what’s the worst that could happen? Fifth House. It sends a shudder down your spine but you shrug it off, you won’t say a word if nobody else does. 

James Lawton

Not much gets to you but you don’t sleep a wink. In between the haunting thought of punishment that you promise everybody that will listen (and even some that won’t) you don’t care about and the memory of that slip of paper in your hand, “I don’t know, jeez, it’s just a piece of paper, look,” you don’t sleep a wink. You’ve never seen a man look as haunted as the Mayor in that moment.

Kenilworth -- Maybe your house Mother will protect you.

Poppy Stevens

It was all your fault, you were the driving force, the one desperately throwing herself at locked doors for answers, but you won’t say that. You know your Father will be calling you a thousand times to tell you what he thinks about you nosing around but you don’t care, you’re going to continue to push for answers -- no matter the consequence. Even if you don’t know why.

Daisy McClain

What was a bad plan turned into a terrible one but you don’t admit that. Between Poppy and Tyler you don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Your head is just about to explode clean on your shoulders and the thought of the headmaster being involved is only making it worse. Who cares if you have leniancy in your house, you’re living in the real world. Or so you say.

Carrie Aldridge

It was a good night. You don’t know why everyone else is whinging, you’ve wanted to get closer to the answers for a long time now, you just needed someone else to figure it out too. While everyone else is worrying about punishment you’re only daydreaming about what’s behind that door. Not for long, though. It’s time for a new plan.

Erica Hanson

You weren’t even there. Well. Not exactly. You were about a minute behind everyone else playing it cool, pretending that you weren’t even following the crowd when that was exactly what you were doing. You’re telling yourself you’re not afraid now, blaming them. God, this is why you spend most of your time alone!

Dudley - Well, what’s the worst that could happen?

Luke Brady

You’re peeing your pants. Not literally. Probably. You know that if anyone asks then your tongue will be wagging before your brain has figurd out what you’re saying. You’re trying to compose yourself for the sake of everyone else but you’re pretty sure that when a weird blue light is making a huge sound it can only mean one thing... Aliens. Probably. 

Nathan Kigonyi

That’s it. You’re not happy. You’re especially unhappy that it was your ‘Father’ who was skulking around school grounds with no explanation. Never in your life have you been so utterly confused, never have you doubted him, never have you considered that he wasn’t anything but the boring run of the mill nervous Dad he was but now... What’s his connection to Whittemore?

Jude Tyler

It doesn’t make sense. That’s about the long and the short of it for you. If you hadn’t been dragged by SJ then you would of much preferred to stay in bed in your pyjamas and if you had the choice then that’s where you would be right now not wondering what terrible excuses everyone else will have. 

Maxstoke -- She probably won’t notice you were gone.

Emma Pope

You’re annoyed at Poppy, you’re annoyed at Daisy, you’re annoyed at SJ. Actually, who aren’t you annoyed at? Whatever is behind that door is obviously there for a reason. You’ve never cared much about what the teachers are hiding with their awkward glances and from what you’ve seen so far, you aren’t going to start now if possible.

Violet McClain

It’s like you should be worried about all of this but you’re not. You’re too bitter to care that this could be something big. All you’re seeing is a new reason why your family is falling apart, a new reason why you can’t believe anything anyone says. Suddenly you’re coming up with theories that don’t even make sense to excuse the fact that you’re struggling to care.

Aimee Peterson