So Theo waves bye to Evelyn and then off he goes.

"You two seemed– um, something tonight," says Matt from behind Sadde. "Everything alright?"

"Mm? Well I'm disappointed he doesn't wanna make out but it's not like he's the very first person I've wanted to kiss who didn't want me back," he shrugs. "Case in point," he gestures towards Ev with his chin. "What is kinda frustrating is that, unlike Ev who was just basically not interested from the get-go, I couldn't figure Theo out."

Matt shrugs. "Maybe he hadn't made up his mind?"

"Yeah, I dunno. If he ever changes his mind, though," and he grins.

Shrug. "He might."

"Hopefully! In the meantime I am going to continue being a slut at everyone."

"Enjoy," says Matt, smiling.

"I will! But now I'm going home. Hhhoww about a goodnight kiss?"

He smirks, but does indeed give Sadde a goodnight kiss.

Heee. "G'night!"

And he finds Ev, thanks her for the party, tells her goodnight, and off he goes.

Ev smiles, says it's no problem, slightly eyes the mess she has to clean up (it's not actually that bad) and then goes to say bye to someone else.

Weeks pass, classes happen, people are only very slightly transphobic, it's almost unnoticeable, really, and even that bit starts fading away with time.

And then, one Tuesday morning before school, in the courtyard, Theo is talking to his friends!

Is Sadde present yet?

Ayup, there he is, just arriving.

Theo raises a hand to wave, then– frowns a little.

A few seconds later, he drops to the ground quite bonelessly.

… People seem slightly shocked! "Theo?" asks one of his friends. Another one leans over him to have a look at his face, then looks up and seems… a little pale.

...

Sadde runs over to him. "What happened?"

"He just– collapsed?" says the first one, Sam.

The second one, Ted, crouches down and pokes him lightly. "I think– should someone tell the nurse?"

A few people in the surrounding area seem to have taken note of the commotion.

"Yes, you, Ted, go call the nurse. Sam, go find a teacher. You," he points at someone, "call nine-one-one."

Pulse?

Ted goes to fetch the nurse! Sam goes to find a teacher. Other person (named Owen, for the record) looks quite shell-shocked. Then Fred, one of their friends, shakes them, causing them to get out their phone and in fact dial 911.

There is no pulse. Not even a weak one.

What the fuck.

"Does anyone here know CPR?" he asks in a loud authoritative voice, looking people one by one in the eye.

None of the people he looks at seems to know?

However, a girl steps up from behind him, kneels down and starts doing chest compressions.

Apparently someone has taken a First Aid course.

Good. Okay. Now he can watch and fret.

Willow arrives. "What happened?"