"Okay. Here it is, but you have to promise that you wont tell anyone I ever came around here–or that I know what the pin number is. I'll get in so much trouble with my brother." Anthony said, stopping in front of a long and wide white door.
Rihanna stared at it. She was suddenly terrified. Of what's hidden behind the room so many are fearful of. The idea of this being her new destination on a daily basis didn't settle well with her.
After all, this room held people that, for mysterious reasons, are disliked by nearly everyone in the Academy. People who are rich, richer than everyone else. People who are trouble, trouble that outdoes Summer's.
Now, if it wasn't enough already, these people will question someone who is so quiet, so conserved, to be in such a program.
Her hands suddenly shook, and she was in desperate need to get away now. Away from the door. Away from the Academy. Away from the revelations that could come.
However, before she took a step back, Anthony entered a pin number into the keyless machine and slid the door open to the left.
Rihanna froze in place, mesmerized.
Light. That was the first thing she saw. So much light poured out that, for a second, she mistook herself for being outside, but as she took a step closer, she realized she was looking at a room with walls made of glass. With a ceiling made of glass.
Her legs moved her unconsciously until she was standing in the middle of the room.
Three walls were made of thick bulletproof glass, the fourth out of dark brown brick.
The glass walls overlooked a part of the Academy that was green and beautiful. The brown brick wall was bared empty, aside from a very large TV screen carved into the middle of it.
"Wow. This is amazing." Rihanna breathed. She turned and looked at Anthony, who stood by the door unmoving. "Why are you standing there? No one's here."
"I would, but I'm afraid of heights." On cue, he looked down near Rihanna's feet.
Confused, Rihanna did the same, and her eyes flew open.
Anthony threw his head back and cackled. "You said foul language prohibited." He said, listening to Rihanna curse out every swear word in the book.
She was so taken aback by the view behind the glass walls, by the tree planted in the middle of the room, soaring high and feet away from touching the ceiling, that she had little to no attention to the floor underneath her. Which was also made of glass. Glass that stood seven floors high above ground.
The moment she looked down, her heart fell and she had the sudden sinking feeling that she was dropping, dropping from such a high and deathly place.
Her breathing froze mid way and she was suddenly choking with fear.
She quickly looked up, away from the height. She diverted her attention from her heavy feet and pounding heart to the room's furniture.
The room itself held a large lime green sectional, sitting by glass wall number one. A black ceramic table sat in front of it.
Around the tree were lime green rubber mats, surrounding the tree in a perfect circle.
In front of the TV in the brick wall, built in laptop desks, all white, were placed in three rows. A podium, which seemed to belong to the instructor, stood nearby the TV in black.
Wall number two was long. And it overlooked the west side of the school, where most of the outside gym activities were held, including the golf course and tennis court, soccer field and the outside pool. Four square white tables, each with four chairs, were placed in front of that wall.
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