"...things to worry about...party last night..."

The teacher continues to drone on, and other students chatter mindlessly. That's most of what he can catch.

And as with all classes, tragically, History will come to an end.

It's a shame he didn't catch any more, but he's off to French.

Absolutely nothing interesting happens in French, and as usual, studying vocab makes his head spin.

And he tries to get past it as much as possible and fortunately he knows quite a bit of the vocab already but then he's out of there.

Is the suspicious group mysteriously congregating?

They seem to be gathering, yes.

Closing ranks. 

He'll hang around nearby, then, looking at something on his phone to seem less lurker-y.

His skin begins to itch.

The girls and the boys part.

He notices them part, mostly ignoring the itching, and then looks up and around himself.

Does he? Look around, that is. When he does, it feels like there's something behind him.

His ears ring, and then he hears:

"I don't know what to do. We hadn't talked in forever, am I supposed to go to the funeral? Am I even invited?"

He freezes, then after a moment spins around.

Behind him is his new buddy! 

...leaning a bit too close to Danny, who doesn't seem very bothered by this.

He looks to his right and left, then, spins around to check there's nothing quietly threatening him from the bushes or something.

Nothing threatening at all. It's probably just in his head.

Scott stands, and it's wrong, the way he moves, it makes Tyler want to claw off his skin.

The freshman laughs, and his voice echoes discordantly.

What's that, in the corner of his eye?

Just another normal high school student.

Tyler tries not to panic too badly, but he eyes Scott a bit and then – twitches a little.

And he heads for the gates because he does not think he can handle being here any longer.

His head stops pounding. The shrill ringing stops. He feels himself relax.

What a nice town!

It is a horrifying town but he's got things to do and it being horrifying is part of the reason he needs to do them.

Did the group disappear? – Yes, but can he see them, where did they go?

Nope. They're long gone.

"Hey," says a totally normal person.