Turning around,  Susan walked quickly back towards the noise Rory had made, worry written in her face.

Walking up to the handsome,  but loud, young man,  Susan spoke quietly to him, though she spoke through a smiling face, teeth clenched with worry.
" Rory?   You okay?  You're safe, big guy. it's all good"


If Rory was listening to her thoughts,  they were less comforting.

~ for crying out loud, is he TRYING to out himself? !?!  calm down, dammit!!  what's wrong with......oh crap...~

Rory could probably tell that the words weren't meant for him to hear, but was just the frantic woman's paranoid inner voice.
Then, the last couple of words were different,  as Susan began musing.
~wait a minute....first Zoey's locker, now Rory is having, um, trouble.   what's REALLY goingon here?!?!?.~
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Zoey met up with Susan and Rory and nodded. "What's up Rory?"

~This is going to be an interesting day.~

"Wow we weren't that loud were we ?"

Woooo someone's got a hangover.

Rory looked up with an embarrassed look on his face. He took a few deep breaths and tried to compose himself. Then, he did his best to sound a bit groggy as he spoke loud enough for anyone around to hear. "Sorry, rough night."

After a few moments, he turned back to his friends and spoke in a voice that only they could hear. "I don't know why, I just can't shut it down, I can hear everyone..."
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Zoey leaned against the wall near Rory and nudged him gently.  "Anything we can do to help you?  I cant imagine what it feels like."  She looked at him concerned.  "What have you tried?"

Susan blinked her eyes in concerned confusion.
" When you say 'hear', do you mean. ..'hear'?"

Inside, she was trying to keep her thoughts benign,  but failing.
Her thoughts we t to memories of her kissing Rory,  and the harder she tried not to think about it,  the more vivid the memories were.

Zoey glanced around making sure nobody was eavesdropping.

~I know somebody is messing with me today.  Rory has bigger problems though right now.~

Rory seemed to be struggling to focus as Zoey asked her questions. "Mostly, trying to block out the noise. I don't think that there is anything that you can do right now, maybe I should go to the temple, they may know of a technique to block out external noise."

He gave a nod to Susan though he seemed to have gone slightly red. "I can't stop it right now."

"I'll take you, schools used to me blowing it off, you just need to give me directions to this temple."

~Temple ? Rory is religious I hope I don't burst into flames.~

Zoey nodded and looked to her friends, "I'll cover you guys while you leave.  I'll tell the office you got sick or something.  Give your dad a call though Rory and let him know too."

Rory tried to offer Allura a smile. "Ok, thanks... It's probably not the kind of temple that you are thinking off."

Rory seemed to zone out for a moment. Eventually, he nodded. "Call my father, got it."
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Allura nodded, "Hey if the brain boy want's to play hookie I am all for it, just a temple is an odd choice." She gave Rory a smile and headed out off to her bike.

"Susan, want to come with me?"  Zoey asked her friend and headed off to the office.

Rory followed Allura with his hand on his head. As he approached the bike, he made a comment. "I should get one of those, then we could race... You'd win off course."

Susan blushed fiercely at the realization that Rory was, unintentionally,  reading her mind.  She felt like a total perv.
She tried to concentrate on thinking about something neutral,  like song lyrics, but in her slightly panicked state she could only remember Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl", which was NOT helping.
She followed along, though,  hoping to get outside to use her magic to better shield them, as her Bubbe had taught her

"I would love to race with you all. Though Zoey would win if it was jetskis." Allura smirked.

Hmmmm Rory in a leather jacket on a bike would look good.

Allura hopped on her bike and got the locker door out of the way so Rory could sit in the side car.

"You can concentrate on your phone call and leave the driving to me."

Allura revved her bike and took off.

Rory hadn't noticed Susan follow them, though he went a bit red when he heard her think about the Katy Perry song.

He breathed a sigh of relief as the bike began moving and the thoughts in his head started to turn to white noise, as they meshed together, appeared and disappeared. He shook his head pretending that he had not heard Allura's thoughts. "She probably would at that."

The young man took a deep breath and called the 'Dad' entry in his phone.

A strange voice comes from the phone before it even rings.

~Enjoying the present son ?~

Then Rory hears professor Terrance, "Hello Rory, What is it ? Aren't you at school ?"

Zoey walks into the school office, her choice of clothes pushing the schools uniform policy, and smiles at the secretary. "Good morning.  Rory and Allura are leaving for the day, Rory's really sick.  He's going home and called his father to let him know, but Allura might be back after she drops him off."

11:15, Today: Zoey Krass rolled 6 using 1d8.  Truth
11:15, Today: Zoey Krass rolled 3 using 1d8.  Rory.
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09:20, Today: Watchtower rolled 7 using 2d6.  Trouble Pool.

Zoey manages to convince the principle of the seriousness of Rory's illness. Since Rory has a straight A record for attendance it seems like they buy Zoey's story though Allura's name being mentioned causes a bit of eyerolling.

She shrugs and smiles as she leaves the office and takes out her cell phone walking down the hall towards her locker.  Bringing up her messages Zoey sends a text to Allura, ~Rory's all set.  Told them you may or may not come back today, up 2 U :-)~

Rory tried to ignore the voice for a moment. He took a deep breath as he attempted to focus.

"Huh, hi dad. It's my hearing... My head, it's messed up right now. I can't stop it... I was going to go to the temple. Maybe they can help."

~ Focus,... ~ Rory shook his head. ~ Son? What... What are you telling me? ~

Professor Terrance, "Are you sure, do you need me to pick you up ?"

Rory took a deep breath.

"It's fine dad, Allura is driving me."
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