For One Evening(Madison, Open)

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"Yeah, I dance. Well...I wouldn't call the shit we did in the subway dancing, but it was something. People liked it." Though Oriel definitely wasn't on the team. He'd been it rolling around in his mind, however, ever since he started getting together with Hay-lin. "Thought you knew that." Then again, it was a different crowd than the one Kodah hung with. It was no surprise, considering Oriel tended to float between a bunch of different ones.

Things were not going nearly as well as Oriel had hoped, and Madison's stupid little glib tongue was the cause of it all heading down the path to hell. Oriel downed the wine glass, swung around to face Madison and pointed a stern finger, just right after Kodah had given his each-word-a-whole-sentence warning. "Madison! You shut the fuck up, right now!!" Oriel wasn't holding back his frustration with the boy on the couch anymore, but apparently it was too much to hope that Madison would comply with either of their "requests".

As Kodah's expression started shifting as he started putting two and two together about the relationships that every single person in this room seemed to have with each other...well, by now, even Oriel was on the verge of exploding over that, but all he had was a snappy tongue. Kodah, on the other hand, had a mean right hook, no inhibitions about fighting, and....fire breath.

Fun.

And Madison just couldn't keep his prodding comments to himself.

"Mads, if you don't shut your fucking mouth right now, I'm gonna feed you that shit-soup with a goddamn turkey baster shoved right down your fucking esophagus, and then fucking sodomize you with your own dirty dick!" And of course, all of these beautiful words of affection were shouted at the exact moment that yet another person decided to join them and utter out her "hellos" from the doorway. Leave it to Kodah to give her the "warm" welcome.

Oriel shot the blondie a glance then looked away, barely recognizing her as yet another from the dance team that he was a "member" of. With steaming fumes practically shooting from his ears, Oriel turned back to the table and poured the last of the wine that Penelope had brought and headed over to the girl, sliding up to her, putting an arm around her shoulder and holding out the glass for her to take.....only to pull it away from her and take it for himself. Then he gave her a little push further inside. "C'mon in, the water's fine," he invited with a steely tone in his voice.

As if she could make this any worse.

[Penelope Lopez]

So, Penelope had learned this far that completely ignoring Madison was her best shot to avoid a fight. But yet, he didn't ever seem to shut that filthy hole he called a mouth, but before Penelope could say anything, Kodah beat her to it. She leaned back and watched the chaos unfold before her with a devlish smirk on her lips, clearly enjoying the dramatic twist to the evening.

But then something else happened. Something Penelope had never expected, and by the look of her face it was also pretty obvious. Callie suddenly stood in the doorway, and as if the evening couldn't get any worse, she had to experience this whole pile of crap. Penelope quickly retracted her hand from Kodah's thigh and stood up. ''Callie!'', she greeted with a huge smile on her face. She stood up and walked over to the beautiful blonde in the doorway.

She scowled at Kodah for calling her a princess with his bitter tone. And Oriel approaching her didn't make it any more fun for Pen either. Strangely enough, Penelope felt incredible overprotective for this girl, and she didn't want these three buttheads to ruin anything.

She took the glass of wine from Oriel's hand and sent him the same stern look he had sent her before. ''Care for some wine?'', she asked and turned towards Callie again, sending her a sweet smile. ''And the food taste better than what it smells and looks.'', she chuckled. ''That creeper sitting on the couch is Butthead 1, and the one next to the table, the bitter and rude one is Butthead 2. And this greedy idiot-'' She nodded towards Oriel. ''Is Butthead Lion's Mane.''

She was incredible happy that Callie had showed up, more so than what she could ever find words for. It had completely made her day, and frankly, she could care less as to how her sudden change of mood seemed to the others around.

[Luxanna Viera]

She had heard people shouting from way down the hall, and even as faint as it had been, she thought she recognized the voices, though she couldn't quite place them. As she walked past the open door where the noise had clearly come from, she stopped and peeked inside.

The first people she noticed was two other girls, a pretty blonde and a brunette she didn't know the names of, though she had seen them around before. And then there was some slick looking guy sitting in the couch, and of course Oriel. Her face lit up into a big smile and she was about to greet him until she saw who was sitting next to the table; Kodah.

Her face turned pale and her eyes wide. Her smile faded in an instant and she felt her heart race in her chest. ''Eep.'' The word, well, the faint noise escaped from her lips before she could even stop it and she turned on her heel, getting ready to flee the area.

[Madison Bane]

Madison didn’t flinch at the threat. “I’ve been told that once or twice,” he said, giving a flick of his wrist. Kodah could beat him up if he wanted to, Madison wouldn’t care and would possibly get a thrill out of it. Some people just needed to know they were tough, it was all very interesting.

Also interesting, was Kodah’s reaction to Madison, which was very similar to Oriel’s. Ha, look where that had led them. “No can do titsmcgee, no one can watch their own mouths, it’s humanly impossible.” As Kodah kept speaking, Madison shook his head. “What do you think it means?” He glanced at Oriel. “Your friend is a retard.” But Oriel was yelling at him too and Madison put his hands up in mock surrender, followed by laughter. “You guys have each other’s dicks up your asses?” Now that, would be an interesting picture to draw on Oriel’s wall later.

“Mads?” He asked a little testily. That was a new pet name, and he wasn’t sure he liked it. It was almost too affectionate.

More people trailed in and Madison tried to move deeper into the couch. He had no idea who any of these people were and it was making him extremely irritable. Just Oriel around him was one thing... He locked eyes with the blond for a moment and then looked away. There wasn’t enough wine to make everyone happy.

His bowl of soup in his hands, Madison stood up, whatever excitement that was showing before completely gone now. “Enjoy this diarrhea soup,” he offered, putting it into the blond girl’s hands and passing a glare at Oriel. Fucking fuck face. He turned on the spot and headed back to his room, but not before giving the drunk the middle finger. “Enjoy the whore, although you’ll need more than one finger to satisfy her.”

He couldn’t make the shit up that was happening in his own life; it was better than any story he had ever written.

[Calliope Gallo]

Well, that wasn't so bad. Callie'd been called worse than Princess. She'd make a point of mentioning that, if she felt it was worth answering. She reflected the negativity with a smile instead.

The air in this room was ripe with tension. That much was painfully obvious, and she'd only just walked in. She really shouldn't have stayed; someone was waiting for her. Some guy she barely recognised settled into her side and weirdly half-offered her a drink before pushing her inside and walking away. She simply raised an eyebrow; that was weird.

She sent him a text, worried that she needed a plan to bail. Sometime along the lines of; I've been kidnapped by a room full of sarcasm in the co-ed dorms. Whoops? Come find me?

But Penelope had settled in to her side, and the ill feelings of the painfully snarky room fell to pieces. "I'm okay, it's all yours." She replied with a wave in Oriel's direction. He wanted it, he could have it. She watched as everyone was pointed out, colourfully nicknamed and all. "Those are some unfortunate names," She nodded the fact, "Mine's Callie. I'm guessing you go by some regular aliases?"

Then a bowl of the questionable soup was dropped in her hand, and she took the time to stare at it curiously. Hmm, no thanks. She placed it down on a nearby table top and turned all her attention towards Penelope. "I haven't seen you in a while." She said with neglect, glancing towards Kodah very briefly. She felt like she'd walked in on something... Important? "Been busy?"

[Kodah Pierce]

There was a sense of urgency in Oriel's voice as he pleaded Madison to stop talking that was unfamiliar to Kodah. He had seen Oriel in desperate situations but there was something different about the way he was acting now. He didn't pay any attention to the new arrival until Penelope pulled her hand away. When penelope turned and scowled at Kodah, he shrugged and looked away. He didn't want her to be upset with his behavior but the whole situation was spiraling out of control. He was never good at controlling his temper and he had lost a lot of friends because of his anger.

He knew there was something going on with Oriel and Penelope. "What were you even doing here in the first place?" He asked Penelope incriminatingly. "You fucking each other, or something?" He knew that Penelope was with multiple people. which never bothered him. What bothered him was that Oriel might be one of those multiple people. He was ok with sharing, but not with his best friend. He knew he hadn't been there long but that's what Oriel had become to him, a best friend. In his drunken stupor he began to question his loyalties.

The thought of Oriel getting with Penelope made him think of his ex-best friend, Jacob, getting with Nina, the girl he had been with for months when he still lived in New York. Now that Kodah was out of the picture Jacob would have Nina all to himself. He knew Jacob always had a thing for her but never acted on it because Kodah had liked her so much. He wouldn't put it past Jacob to get with her now that Kodah had left the scene. To make his frustration worse, Madison refused to keep his mouth shut. Any word he said added to his anger, pushing him closer to the edge.

Smoke visbly trailed out of Kodah's nose, his animosity now clear to everyone in the room. He could feel his fire power inside him rising with his rage. For the most part he had been able to control his outbursts since he had been at Hammel but every once in a while he would slip and burn something. Without warning Kodah pulled the knife from his pocket and stabbed it deep into the couch, jumping up and knocking over Penelope's soup. He spat a small blast of fire toward the table and marched towards Madison without hesitation. He grabbed the older boy by his collar and threw a punch aimed at his jaw.

It wasn't until after he had attacked that he had realized Lux had trailed into the room. Innocent, beautiful Lux had seen the darker side of Kodah. She must of also seen her with Penelope but it wasn't as bad as what she had just witnessed. He had hoped she would never see him like he was in his old street fighting days. He had enough scars that he couldn't hide his past no matter how much he wanted to and although he rarely felt the need, Lux was too gentle and Kodah cared for her too much.

[Luxanna Viera]

The sound of the bowl falling and breaking into pieces as it hit the hard floor made Lux twitch and turn her head towards the sound. A small burst of fire appeared and hit the table as Kodah marched towards one of the other boys, grabbing him by the collar and it all went slow mo from there on. Kodah's fist were raised and with an unpleasant sound that made Lux crinch Kodah's fist hit the boy's jaw.

Honestly, it didn't really surprise her that Kodah had such a side to him, after all she knew he wasn't a perfect picture. What surprised her was the expression in his eyes, the dark and furious expression such as she had never witnessed before. She knew what kind of guy he was - and honestly the fact that he was bad was one of the things that had drawn her in. The way he pulled out her darker side and made her do things she normally wouldn't have. Her eyes met Kodah's, and she felt her heart skip a beat. She wanted to run in there and break it off, drag him out of there, but even she could see how much of a bad idea that would be. She'd probably make it worse, or give the boy Kodah had hit something to run his mouth about. Lux doubted something a long the lines of 'Saved by a girl'-comments wasn't exactly the way to calm the situation.

So, she just stood there, her body glued to the ground and her eyes wide. She wanted to do something, anything. And as the thoughts crossed her mind, she saw something move at the corner of her eyes. She turned her head and at the far end of the hallway she saw a woman, hopefully a teacher. Perfect. Looking at Kodah once more as if she was apologizing for what she was about to do, she darted down the hall and towards what she was hoping was a teacher.

''Hey!'', she said and grabbed the woman by the arm, trying to pull her with her. The woman was beautiful with dark roaming hair and blue ish eyes. ''You're a teacher, right?'', Lux asked pretty sure she had seen the woman before in one of the classrooms. She wasn't quite sure, but she'd had to do. ''There's two guys fighting in the dorm over there, and... It's getting pretty violent.'', she said and kept pulling the woman by the arm. ''Someone was hit, and, and..'' Great, now she was panicking. She really didn't want to get Kodah in trouble, but at the rate things were going she needed someone to break it off before shit got out of hands, and they ended up tearing the whole place down.

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Oriel wasn't even paying attention to the girls anymore, and as such, the blonde chick's question remained unanswered. There were far more important things to deal with. Like trying to keep Madison's mouth from getting himself killed. When Oriel met Madison's glare as the older boy started heading back to his room(Oriel would definitely make good on the turkey baster promise later), Oriel would have breathed a sigh of relief, only that was cut short by a burst of flame firing across the room. Oriel's hair stood on end as the flames reflected in his eyes and he flashed back to the last pyromaniac friend of his who used his power against someone in a fit of drunken rage. "Kodah! No!" his voice escalated as the situation became more desperate.

Oriel's heart stopped as he watched Kodah's fist connect with Madison's jaw, and he felt his insides drop and twist with nausea(which could've just been the alcohol, but at this point it was a tough call). He didn't care anymore if Kodah knew he was fucking Penelope(which wasn't happening ever again, of that he was certain), just that his property was being tarnished by someone else. Oriel was already moving by the time Kodah had finished swinging. He inserted himself between Madison and Kodah, and shoved the fire-boy back with all his might. "No!" he screamed again, and he clocked Kodah on the side of the head, continuing with, "you do not....get to hit him!" That privilege was reserved for Oriel! Only him! No one else was allowed! Not even Kodah....

"Fine!" Oriel was feeling a lot of things at this moment, a few of those being panic, anger, desperation, and utter horror that he had actually hit his....friend. His closest one yet. (Oriel refused to use the term "best friend". It was nothing but a bad omen, not that it mattered anymore anyway.) But he was also too childish and stubborn to keep his mouth shut and not make things worse. "I fucked her! If I'da known you already tagged her, I wouldn'ta! But why the fuck should I have to check in with you on who the hell I'm screwing?!"

It was after his outburst that Oriel finally noticed Lux in the doorway and managed to utter out a tiny, "Princess?" before she flew out of the room. Shit...

[Penelope Lopez]

Penelope's focus was entirely on Callie by now, and she didn't pay much attention to the things happening around her. She just had to smile at here adorable personality. It made her feel all fluffy and warm inside.

Yeah, she had neglected seeing Callie, and she felt really guilty about it. She had wanted to see her, it wasn't that. And truth be told, she hadn't been all that busy either. ''Honestly... I've kinda been feeling sc-'', she began but stopped as a ball of fire appeared and Kodah stood up, apparently furious. Maybe she should've paid attention to things after all, because by now she had no idea about what the heck was going on. But Kodah got a good punch in on Madison, and honestly Penelope was sort of enjoying it. She had wanted to punch him herself, but in respect for Oriel she had chosen not to. Then shit really went to hell...

Oriel exploded, clearly not enjoying his plaything being touched by Kodah. And knowing Oriel, see could see where he was coming from. Oriel often came off strong, showing his sadistic nature, but it was pretty obvious that he cared about Maddie a lot. And then Oriel admitted to something she hoped he wouldn't have brought up... Crap. She really hoped Callie wouldn't put two and two together and figure out that the girl Oriel was yelling about was in fact herself. That would surely put her in a bad light.

Penelope hadn't even noticed the brown haired girl in the doorway until both Kodah and Oriel looked at her. What was this? Another mutal interest? Oh, dear. This could get interesting really fast. But before Oriel got a response, the girl darted out of the door and down the hallway.

[Chester Douglas]

Chester was already heading over to Callie's dorm when he received her text. A quick U-turn back to his house, Chester grabbed his baseball bat from the shed and went back to the school, sifting through the thoughts of the entire school to find his blonde friend.

Once he pinpointed her exact location, he headed there with the bat loosely lying against his shoulder. The door to the dorm she was in was already open and he could hear the thoughts from the occupants, rolling his eyes at how menial relationship drama was. Children playing with relationships.

Knocking on the door with the bat, Chester heard the last few sentences thrown back and forth between the tussling teenagers and he cleared his throat. His eyes roamed through the room before pointing his bat at the familiar brunette standing beside his childhood friend.

"Whore, I believe you have something of mine. The blonde, if you please."

[Eveangel Stonefeather]

Eve followed the unknown student into the dorm rooms. She had said something about a fight and that's what Eve was upon. She grabbed two of the boys roughly by the arms, threw to opposite sides of the rooms and plucked the bat from Chester's hands. "This will stop right now," she growled. A dark haired boy was on the floor with a bruise starting on his face. "What the hell is going on here?!" she cried as she bent to examine his face.

"Chester," she turned to look at the only student she knew by name, "why do you have a bat? Why is this boy bruised?" There was certainly a lot of people in this dorm. Why? There were so many questions and the answers weren't getting out fast enough. She separated everyone as well as she could in the common room and stood in the middle of them, the boy who had been hit still next to her. "Now tell me!" she commanded.

(OCC; Sorry guys. I'm a little confused, so I did the best I could)

[Luxanna Viera]

"I fucked her! If I'da known you already tagged her, I wouldn'ta! But why the fuck should I have to check in with you on who the hell I'm screwing?!"

She had to admit, Oriel's outburst had hit where it hurt. She knew she had no claim on Kodah whatsoever, but it still hurt knowing what the two boys were up to and all. Oriel was clearly upset because Kodah had hit the boy, and obviously they had some shared issue with a...Shared bed mate. She bit her lip and took a step back. She didn't want to be here anymore. She didn't want to hear anymore. She didn't want to see anymore.

"Princess?"

His words rang in her ears, but she didn't care. She wanted to get out of here, badly. It was all too intense for her to handle right now, and she was already fighting the tears welling up. And she felt stupid for reacting the way she did. She didn't own him. Hell, she wasn't even his girlfriend. Why the heck did she care so much?

It was a good thing she had gotten the teacher when she did as thing were getting pretty heated in there. Not that she wanted to go back in or anything, because by now she just wanted to curl up in her own bed and sleep it all away. But even she knew that this would be followed up by questions and yelling. Lots of yelling. And seeing as she had been here, she'd probably get her own fair share of it. Leaning against the wall with her head down and her eyes on the ground, she listened to the teacher call it quits on their fight. She didn't really care at this point, she just wanted to get it all over with. The teacher separated all the kids in a circle, but Lux still kept her safe distance. The teacher's angry voice made her cringe. It slapped her in the face, even though she was pretty much innocent in this whole affair these kids had going.

[Madison Bane]

Madison could feel Kodah coming as soon as he tried to leave. It wasn’t his fault the other guy was so sensitive, he could’ve taken it out on the people he actually spoke to instead of the one person he didn’t really know. Madison did the only thing he could think of doing, and that was raise his arms to try and block the punch, but he was too slow and it only happened after he had been hit.

Having stumbled back from his attacker, Madison was getting ready to flee when someone else stepped in front of him. He winced, thinking he was going to get hit again, but it was Oriel, and he was protecting him? Madison felt a strange mix of joy and lust in the pit of his stomach, and he gave a satisfied smirk as Kodah was hit in return. “Eat shit,” Madison said, his hand to his jaw, knowing it was either bruised, bleeding, brother, or all of the above, but the pain wasn’t bothering him, it only heightened his senses. He wasn’t sure who he was talking to, but it was all self-defense in his eyes. He didn’t care about the drama going on or who slept with who, he just wanted to leave.

More commotion outside, and soon there was a teacher inside. Awesome. Madison didn’t like being manhandled into the middle of the room, but he went along with it, glaring at absolutely everyone. The only other person he recognized was Chester, and when he addressed the whore as whore, it was as though he had read Madison’s mind. Only Oriel received a look something less than a glare, but it was still a glare. None of this would’ve happened if he hadn’t left this an open invitation.

Madison glanced at the teacher with green eyes, and then glanced at his peers. “He hit me,” Madison said simply, his eyes on Kodah. Much more than that was happening, but he didn’t think anyone would be stupid enough to really explain it all. Madison didn’t really care what happened, he just wanted it to be over.

[Calliope Gallo]

Wow. That escalated so quickly Callie was barely sure if what she saw actually happened. The sequence of events threatened to blend together, but she made what she could out of it.

A boy - Kodah - throws himself at another boy - Madison. And punches him in the face.

Another boy - Oriel - throws himself between the guys, shoves the firey rage-boy Kodah back and passionately professes loudly that he hooked up with Penelope. Callie looked to her with her eyebrows raised. Why did that matter? Apparently it did.

Admits the chaos, her lifeline - Chester - appears in the doorway with a bat in hand and calls Penelope a whore. Callie crinkled her nose in his direction and swatted at the side of his arm, because they talked about that word.

Just when she thought it couldn't get worse, it does. A teacher walks in and starts pointing the finger at her childhood friend who just happens to have a weapon. Yeah, well, she probably should have looked at the guy with the bruised hand and the other guy with the swollen cheek.

"He just got here." Callie pointed out, literally pointing a finger towards Chester. She looked to him with an apologetic expression; This is almost as insane as all those WASP parties.

[Kodah Pierce]

He didn't have much time to think about Lux before Oriel jumped between him and Madison. A hard shove caught Kodah off guard and he stumbled backwards with a passionate look of betrayal aimed towards his "best friend". He had admitted to sleeping with Penelope but now it was more than that. Oriel had attacked Kodah and it meant war. He tried to call after Lux as she ran out of the room but she had already fled. A new arrival with a baseball bat entered the room and Kodah saw it as a challenge, especially after he called Penelope a whore.

"I'll shove that bat up your ass and turn you into a popsicle!" Kodah spat but a teacher hurried into the room and interrupted his chance to follow through on his threat. She separated everyone in the room the best she could, demanding answers. Madison claimed that Kodah had hit him while the blonde stood up for the new arrival. "Maybe if you knew how to keep your god damn mouth shut I wouldn't have! You're lucky I didn't set you on fire!" More smoke blew out his nose as he prepared himself for another fight. He didn't care that the teacher was there but he tried to ignore Lux's presence. He didn't want to scare her away but he couldn't control his rage.

"This is bullshit!" Kodah yelled, kicking over the coffe table with a conclusive burn mark on the side. His breath was heavy and his angry stare switched between Madison, Oriel and the teacher. He wanted nothing more than to throw another punch, kick somebody or light something else on fire. All of his pent up rage he had felt over his recruitment, his family and leaving New York filtered into the current moment. It was almost too much to handle. "And who the hell do ya think you are?" he spat at Oriel. "You ain't got shit on me, I could beat the fuck outta you; you ain't my friend. You're just some useless asshole."