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Of course all older students knew about the party.
And of course Sally and Gene had to force him to go.
The party was in the basement, because apparently the teachers never went there. He did remember something about being in the basement once or twice.
"It's gonna be fun!", Sally said as she pulled him down the stairs.
You could already hear music playing from where they were standing.
Gene was already down the stairs.
"You two coming or not?", he called.
"Pleaseeee", Sally said and gave Lloyd puppy eyes.
"Fine. If you can't find me later, then I probably left."
Sally jumped in happiness and gave him a hug.
"Do not hug me", he said.
She let go off him. "Right, sorry. Let's go!"
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Somehow, Lloyd ended up standing by himself. Sally was dancing with another girl...her name was Marla or something.
Gene was with them.
He looked around. He'd seen Brad and his friends in the beginning, and he could still see Finn, Tommy and the others now, but Brad was nowhere to be seen.
Would he just ditch his friends like that?
Lloyd doubted it. But of course, he didn't know Brad very well.
From what it looked like, Finn and his friends had had too much to drink.
Lloyd looked around for Brad.
He saw someone slip out the door.
For a second he saw the person's face. It was Brad.
Got that problem figured out. But for some reason, Lloyd wanted to go after him.
He quickly left the room, walking after Brad.
Brad must've already gone around a corner, because Lloyd could only hear his footsteps and didn't see him.
He could tell what way the boy was walking, so he followed.
A bit later, he started losing track of Brad, because hell, that boy was walking fast.
After a few minutes of walking around, he saw that the door to the staircase that led to the roof was open.
He started going up the stairs, and soon found himself on the roof.
He looked around.
Brad was sitting at the edge of the building, next to a bush that had been planted up here some time.
He didn't seem to notice Lloyd. He was quietly whisteling some kind of melody.
Lloyd felt like he knew it, but he couldn't remember where from.
He was about to turn around again, now that he knew that Brad was alright.
"I know you're there", said Brad suddenly.
Lloyd turned back to Brad, who was now facing Lloyd.
"You're creepy", said Brad.
"In general or cause I'm up here too?"
"...both."
Lloyd shoved his hands into the pockets of his pants.
"Your friends are very drunk by the way."
Brad rolled his eyes and sighed. "That's nothing new."
They stood in silence for a while, the wind was the only noise.
"Don't fall off the roof, Tudabone."
Then Lloyd turned around again and went back down the stairs.
Why was it that he had that melody Brad had been whisteling stuck in his head now?