Chapter 55
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'Who's this?' He replies
"How was your day, Ewan?" His mom asks trying to engage him in the conversation "Ask dad" he answers with a cold shoulder, "I'm done with dinner can I go to my room?" "Sure" he leaves.
As he's walking to his room Baz gets another text, 'I got your number from Silver I need help with a test'
'I don't know what you're talking about' 'Yes you do I'm outside your house'
"What the fuck?" Baz reacts reading the text, a little freaked out he turns walking back to his parents, "I'm going outside for a sec." they watch him walk out of the door.
Going to the gate Baz stops when he sees who it is, standing outside his gate at 8 o'clock at night "surprised?" Damien Allen asks staring at him
"What are you doing here?" Too freaked Baz doesn't open the gate "Silver told me where I'd find you, I need answers for a test" "Shhhh Jesus" Baz quickly walks out, "my parents are in there." "Can you get it or not?" Damien lowers his voice
"For who's class?"
"Jennings it's a make up for tomorrow" "I don't have that sorry"
"Look I'll pay double all right I can't afford to fail another test"
Thinking before he answers Baz wants to say no, but there is a hot quiet guy begging for his help what's a gay boy to do? "Stay here" rushing back inside his house Baz finds his parents clearing the table, "um I'm going for a run, that ok?"
His dad nods "be careful."
Grabbing his dad's keys by the door Baz leaves. Joining Damien who waited he starts "we have to go back to school and break into Jennings office if you want those answers."
Damien chuckles, the first time Baz has seen him break his mad and sad boy demeanor, "are you fucking with me? How are we gonna do that?"
"With these" he flashes his dad's keys, "come on." Damien drives them to school which isn't very far from Baz's house.
While in the car surveilling the school Damien asks "what's the plan?"
"We can't just walk in because there are cameras in almost every hall, but there's a ladder in the storage room in the basement. We can climb in through the window to get it out then lean it against the side where Jennings office is. We'll get in through his window then search his desk for the answer sheet."
"You've done this before" Damien guesses
"I don't know what you're talking about" Baz gets out of the car.
Staying low and running fast the boys sneak behind the school to find the basement window that leads to the storage room, Baz climbs in
first then followed by Damien. "Stay quiet," Baz says as he looks for the ladder When they find it Damien says "there's no fucking way that'll fit out the window"
"Which one of us has done this before again?" Not answering Damien watches Baz drag the ladder
back to the window, as he's trying to push it out the window Baz turns to the boy "you gonna help or what?" Damien helps him push it out then they climb out.
They carry the ladder around to Jennings' office then Baz suddenly stops "what is it?" Damien sees the worried look on his face "That's the security office right fucking below Jennings office, which means we can't climb there"
"Fuck!" Damien quietly reacts, "dude we have to figure out something I need those answers"
"All right let me think" they stand there for a second while Baz stares at the school "leave the ladder and follow me," he says and Damien does so. They go back behind the school "there are 3 hallways without cameras if we can sneak into the staircase on the left, we can make it down the left hall to the second floor."
"Ok then come on-"
"Not so fast" Baz absentmindedly grabs Damien's hand stopping him, Damien looks down at Baz's hand holding his and Baz quickly lets it go. "Sorry" he apologizes, "but we'll have to go around to avoid most of the cameras, when we get to the second floor it won't just be as easy as walking to his office."
"All right then I'll follow your lead" Damien gestures for him to walk in front.
This is very weird for both of them, no this isn't Baz's first time sneaking into the school at night, but this is the first time he's done it with someone else, and with Damien Allen for that matter the best friend of the guy who verbally torments him. Damien doesn't say much when Eddie is talking shit to or about Baz but he never partakes, there's a fear that his struggle with the matter might make it apparent if he tries to stand up for Baz so he just stays quiet.
"What now?" Damien asks after they've gone down all the safe hallways and are now hiding behind a wall staring at the teacher's office door.
"Do you know what you're looking for?" Baz whispers and Damien nods "here one of these keys will unlock the door, I'll keep a lookout while you go look for it." Taking the keys Damien walks to the door and begins testing to see which key will unlock his teacher's office, excited when the door finally opens on the fourth try he rushes in heading for the desk and begins to search.
While in the hallway as lookout Baz stares at the time on his phone, it's been almost 2 minutes. Not wanting to panic he scans the halls, he's done this before and has never been caught so why worry now?
Another 2 minutes and still no Damien, and to make matters worse Baz hears approaching footsteps followed by a flash of light, he doesn't see anyone but he knows they're coming. Rushing to the office as Damien's about to walk out Baz pushes him back in and shuts the door, "someone's coming!" he pulls Damien and they crouch down behind Jennings' desk. As they're waiting for the security guard to walk by and to make their closeness a little less weird Baz asks "did you get it?"
"Yeah I took pictures" after Damien replies Baz looks over at the door and sees the light still flashing so he moves back behind the desk.
"You know I never expected something like this from the vice principal's son" "What'd you expect a goody two shoes?"
"Yeah kind of"
"Sorry to disappoint" Baz replies standing up, "he's gone we have to get out of here."
