Using Me, Using You

[Poppy Lockwood]

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Finally, she shut the book and placed it back on the shelf where she first took it from. Initially she came to the library to return some of her little brother's comics that he borrowed but instead of heading back to the academy, Poppy Lockwood decided to stay for a bit at the Kalispell Library. She was not eager to get back where there was an ongoing prank war happening between every members of the school body, despite being a prankster herself.

So after five hours, oh how fast time flew by, the twenty year old slung on her messenger bag, smiled at the lady at the front desk as she made her way out of the building. Since she was unfortunate enough to be apart of the population that had a license but without a car, the girl had two options. Either walk all they way back to school, or wait for the bus. She opted for the latter.

Whilst she was waiting, her eye caught something from across the road. Or rather, someone which stunned almost every being in her body. Oh god, why now after all these months? The only relief she felt was that the man had his back to her. But that did not last long. Her hands gripped the strap of her bag tighter, dreading the moment for when he would turn around and see her because that was bound to happen.

So when he did, without waiting to see if he recognized her or not, Poppy instantly turned around and ran to the first person she saw. "Oh my god, it has been so long!" she exclaimed as she threw her arms around the stranger. "Where have you been?" She grabbed hold of his arm and then tugged him along to follow her, using him as a shield from the pair of eyes across the road.

[Jaxon Crain]

The situation was rather strange. There Jaxon Crain was, minding his own business, when a random woman throws herself on him like they had finally been reunited. It honestly scared the living shit out him but he didn't startle much. 

He had just been down town picking up some food to bring back to his dorm when it happened. He had taken the short cut by the bus stop and didn't think anything like this would occur. Was she mentally ill? With that in mind and not being a totally asshole, Jaxon embraced her for the moment and then released only to look at a face that didn't register. 

Or wait, maybe it did. Jaxon studied her with a sheer look of confusion on his face. There was something there that connected, he just didn't know what. He wasn't up for a scene so he tried to speak quitely. "Who the fuck are you?" He asked once he was done. "Do we know each other?" 

Jaxon was fairly sure the didn't.

[Poppy Lockwood]

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Poppy Lockwood had basically whirled around and threw herself at the first person she saw, not particularly taking account into who it was that she planned to use to hide behind. The boy was not necessarily bulky but he was big in size and just nice to provide cover.

She blurted out some random questions, but her mind was more focused on not getting seen by the man from across the road. Over his shoulder, she tried peeking to see if the man had recognized her or not. "Oh shit." But whenever she caught him looking their way, her head immediately turned away and she tugged on the boy to walk faster.

They still had some distance to walk, and her target was to at least round the corner without getting spotted. "Well no. Don't worry, I'm not your crazy stalker or something," she said, smiling through gritted teeth. "The name's Poppy and if you could just help me walk on by without getting noticed by someone, that would be great."

[Jaxon Crain]

Jaxon - surprisingly - went with the whole thing. As she introduced her self, he continued with her walked as she peered over his shoulder and ducked down, repeatedly. He didn't dare look. Whoever it was, she didn't want to be seen and the the both of them looking over would for sure look suspicious as hell. 

"Who are you hiding from?" He asked softly looking down at the girl. When she ducked down again he slowly started to scan the people around them until she stopped him. "What?" Jaxon asked. Jaxon wasn't understanding would could be so bad that this procedure was necessary. "Do I need to kick some perverts ass?" He asked her. 

Jaxon guessed that he would perform a random act of kindness for the girl. Plus he could blow off some pent up steam and get away with it. If an excuse was available to beat the shit out of some scumbag, Jax would stick around and put up with all this strange sneakiness. 

[Poppy Lockwood]

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Who was she hiding from? That was one question she was not entirely sure on how to answer. "Eh," she replied, unable to form anything else other than that. She did not like this feeling -- hiding. It did not settle well in her and it did not give her the same kind of adrenaline like when she stayed in hiding, awaiting for the victim to step into her prank. No, this was different.

When she realized he was scanning their surrounding, she brought them to a stop. Why are you doing that?! Poppy Lockwood was on edge and she was being meticulous with every single detail that could blow their -- her -- cover. She gave him a look that she hoped conveyed how badly she wanted him to just play along and maybe then she would explain the situation.

"Oh, no!" she said hurriedly in a hushed tone. "No beating up anyone now." Over his shoulder, her eyes widened when she saw the man making a move to cross the road. "Come on." Once again, she took hold of the stranger's arm and tugged him along. "For the moment, let's just say the bald man in brown leather is not particularly a friend. I may have done something bad...and he isn't technically happy about it. Say, do you have a car or something?"