Shady

Sadie continued wandering to help other students.

Sadie smiled too and nodded. “Good. That’s easy enough, then.” Not that anything about this was going to be easy. But fuck it. If she got fired, then maybe that’d ...

Sadie nodded slowly. This was dangerous territory, her bringing her own mom into this. “If she has concerns, I’d be happy to talk with her about it. Again, there won’t ...

“I know.” Sadie nodded with an understanding look. “People are gonna be pissy no matter who I pick… I understand if you don’t want to deal with that… but… personally? ...

It broke her heart that a kid this young thought she needed to take care of Sadie — a fully grown adult. ‘Disrespectful’ her ass. Treat her with a modicum ...

“But does the town know Cyrano?” Sadie challenged gently. “Or are they just living in the 1950s? Still.”

“You do?” Sadie raised an eyebrow. “That’s impressive— I don’t even know that yet. How do you figure?”

Sadie forced a little smile and nodded. Not really. They’d both sided with her parents, too. She’d talked to her older sister once, two years after she got tossed out, ...

“I do.” She nodded. “An older sister and a baby brother.”

Sadie laughed and nodded. "True that."

Sadie nodded sympathetically. "Yeah, my siblings were always fighting when I was growing up, too... luckily Cyrano's got some real zingers. Maybe you'll learn a few comebacks," she joked with ...

"Ahh." Sadie nodded, relaxing slightly and letting her hackles lower a bit. "Makes sense. I'm sure it's a madhouse with that many siblings."

"Oh?" Sadie furrowed her brow. "What happened? Is someone being rude?" She swore to god she'd throw a fit if the Robinsons or any of the other goddamn parents were ...

"Yeah, that one," Aeron confirmed, pointing at it but making no move to take it. "The one with the big 'don't ask questions' on it." What an annoying comment. Oh ...

"Me as well," Aeron agreed, following his gaze. "Did you see, the, uh... flyer?" Aeron patted his pockets; where had he put it again? "Wasn't much to go off of, ...