Detention. (Rhett)

[Joshua Ortega]

Another day, another detention, something that was pretty routine for Joshua Ortega. The young meta spent far to much time in detention for one person and hated every bit of it, but for some reason it just couldn't be helped. It seemed like anything the hyperactive teleporter did qualified him for detention. Texting in class, detention! Breaking curfew, detention! Answering when a teacher rhetorically asks "Do I look stupid to you?" detention! Teleporting into class twenty minutes late onto the teacher's desk, detention! It was like the system wanted him to fail, how could any of those instances ever be avoided? At least that's how Josh felt.

Regardless of how unfair the system was, Josh did have to follow it to some degree. He did usually attended the detentions he was given, Josh was at least smart enough to make sure his detention never escalated to suspensions or expulsion by ditching them. His parents and his grandmother would ring his neck if that happened.

So, there he was again popping into detention out of nowhere at the very last second before he was considered late. He plopped down into an empty desk and let out his "I can't believe I'm here again" groan. He leaned his head back as he rocked in his hair and drummed his fingers on the desk. He'd end up changing positions and making several different noses throughout the hour as he waited rather impatiently to be released from his captivity. This time however, Josh wouldn't be spending detention alone, he glanced over at the door as someone else walked in, someone he hadn't seen in a while.

[Rhett Goddard]

Rhett wasn't a regular on detention, but the situation was not completely unknown to him. Most of the times he got himself in there, involved him being a smart-ass to some strict teacher, but it was something he could barely avoid, even at current times when's been working on being a better person. There were some thing that he didn't plan to change, as he thought they were not broken and didn't deserve fixing.

Even if being a smart-ass sent him to detention this time as well.

"Well, this one I didn't expect." The blonde said as he took his seat next to Josh. "Even though, you kinda live here," He turned his head to Josh. "don't you?"

[Joshua Ortega]

Josh wasn't sure if the sudden appearance of... Ryan? Richard? Rhett! Josh wasn't sure of the sudden appearance of Rhett was a good thing or not, but one thing he did know was that it definitely was awkward. The last time the two saw each other they had both ended up in the buff in the boys bathroom and to top it all off they ended up kissing each other as well.

After that particular incident Josh hadn't really seen to much of Rhett. It wasn't like he had been avoiding him just that if he heard that Rhett was in one direction, then Josh usually remembered that he had something else to do in the other. This time however, Josh didn't have anything to do but sit his butt in detention with someone he wasn't exactly sure how to behave around, a feeling he hated.

Rhett didn't exactly help make things any less awkward with what he said. It did baffle Josh for a moment how this kid seemed to know pretty much everything but it wasn't exactly a secret that Josh spent a vast amount of time on lock down, so maybe his knowledge wasn't that creepy. "Yeah I love it, can't get enough of detention." He said very sarcastically Josh didn't intend to sound so short with Rhett but he was often in a sour mood in detention.

Tapping his fingers a little faster, and rocking at a quicker pace, Josh couldn't help but think about their last encounter. It had been months ago and he still hadn't figured out he he felt about it, and of course Josh wasn't one to be to subtle nor was he one to bite his tongue. "You kissed me last you saw me. Gonna do it again?" Josh didn't mean for it to sound like a come on, but he was curious as to what the deal was with the lip action in the bathroom.

[Rhett Goddard]

Rhett couldn't help but snicker at Josh's response. He knew the dark-haired boy spent a lot of time here only because of his ESP, but he didn't quite know why. As he remembered Josh, he didn't seem like a bad guy. He even stood up for Rhett in that incident in the cafeteria and then behaved very well when in the bathroom, but then again, that time Rhett helped josh greatly, so it was only fair he did. Joshua's troublemaker side was one that Rhett was still failing to see.

Maybe this afternoon on detention was going change that.

"True," Rhett nodded unashamed. "and... well, I don't think I can this time." He looked away for a second before returning his eyes to Josh. "Where have you been all this time, anyway?" He asked with curiosity. "I thought you were avoiding me, which I can most definitely understand as avoiding what happened that time, but now here you are," Rhett raised his eyebrow at Josh. "asking about about it."

[Joshua Ortega]

Josh's tapping and rocking came to an immediate pause. He wasn't to pleased with Rhett's answer. "Why!?" He stuttered a bit before asking almost furiously. Josh wasn't even sure if he wanted Rhett to kiss him again until he learned that he didn't want to.

How could someone not want to kiss him!? He was Josh! His lips, his eyes, his body, his hair! How could his hair not be enough to have anybody swoon over him!? At least that's how he saw it. Josh was more than just at a loss for words, it was funny how boys were able to do that to him.

"I wasn't avoiding you." He lied with a much less enthusiastic tone than before. "I've just been busy, with.. you know detentions and all..." Joshua wasn't entirely sure why he had avoided Rhett after the incident. It could have possibly had something to do with his date with Cameron and how in the end that didn't turn out to well. Whatever the reason, Josh knew that he needed to get some clarity on these events and they were way to complex for him to figure out on his own, soon he'd need to have a chat with Noah and Callie. They'd help him figure it out.

"Were you avoiding me!?" He asked much more accusingly than Rhett had asked him.

[Rhett Goddard]

"I'm dating someone." Rhett answered after a couple of seconds.

Those seconds of delay before answering were to think. It wasn't like Rhett felt uncomfortable saying he was dating someone, that he was dating Ulrich, but it was more like he felt awkward telling Josh this, most likely because of what had happened between the two of them. It was silly, yes, but still, it was something he couldn't avoid, and something he couldn't avoid thinking about either. Why was it awkward? He mentally shivered at the thought of the possibility that he may like Josh, but wouldn't that increase the list of guys he liked to a total of four? It seemed like an uncomfortable number, and perhaps a useless one. He was supposed to only care about Ulrich, just as he did when he was with Odion, but it just hadn't happened yet.

"I wasn't." Rhett decided not to comment of Josh's obvious little white lie. "But as you said, you were busy." He shrugged lightly "I didn't want to intrude into your... detention time." He looked around and returned his eyes to Josh. "It failed today, I guess, sorry for that."