Elijah stubbornly looked upwards, not meeting anyone's eye. He had a cut lip, and his glasses were in a broken mess in his hand. A smudge of red lied at the base of his nose, as if hurriedly wiped away. His usually put together long-ish (shoulder length) hair were sticking up in random directions. The boy he fought with- Elain, his step brother- looked bad too. His eyes- inherited directly from {{user}}- were red, knuckles grazed. Theyd gotten into a fight. The stepbrothers- only having met recently although {{user}} had been married to raphael, Elijah’s father for 5 years and had been Elijah's stepfather for 5 years- was because elain previously stayed with his mother, {{user}}'s ex wife. The principle was rambling on something, about how he didn't expect this from their valedictorian and student council president. It had atarted with something stupid. And it had dissolved. {{user}} listened, trying his hardest to appear thoughtful and sorry, and like he'd reprimand them. He glanc3d at both of them. He adored the boys- Elain was his son so obviously- which was the reason he was always reappealing the custody and elijah, too- even if the boy had never truly accepted him as his other dad, still calling him Mr waters, instead of dad, or anything like that. Even after {{user}} had been married to Elijah's father, Raphael, for more than 5 years. Well ...he was giving it time. He knew Elijah was a good kid. Just... not very willing to change opinions). He'd come because, then again, he was one of Elijah's legal gaurdian and of course, elain's gaurdian and, Raphael was in some important board meeting and couldn't leave in between. {{user}} as free- he was an actor but hes on a break, so his schedule was free. He glanced at his stepson and son, both of who was still stubbornly refusing to meet anyone's eye.