Then There Were 2

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I look over at the clock on the wall and study the time, ugh 7:20 great another 40 minutes to go before I can get out of this stuffy classroom.

The intercom come over the speakers and I hear Principle Donovan's voice talking about some Parent Meeting for grades this month.....great -.- I roll my eyes and doodle flowers on my notebook.

"Miss Carson pay attention!" Mrs. Harland grits through her old denchers. "Or that'll be a detention for you!"

I nod and pretend to pay attention even though I'm not.

After the announcements Mrs. Harland started some yammering about these pen pals we're going to be doing this semester and that it's going to be 50% of our grade and that some other English class on campus is the class were assigned with.

Like on cue Madison raises her like the preppy little suck-up she is. "Mrs. Harland?" she asks with that little fake smile on her face, "Yes Madison, what is your question?" she replies.

Who replies a question with a question?
"Well I was wondering when we will be starting this assignment because I'm just so elated I can't wait to start.

Ugh teacher's pet anyone, and elated ugh, I know we're in English but it don't mean we all need to sound like we were born in the 1800's.

"I am so glad you are so happy about this assignment, I wish most people were as happy about as you" I swear she looks directly at me when she saids it, not Dylan a kid that barely does his work, not Kimberly (Madison's BFF) which makes a big deal if someone doesn't call her Kimmey (yeah like that's gonna catch on), and most certainly not Madison Mrs. Harland's Favorite.

I just roll my eyes and continue coloring in the doodle I made during the announcements.

"Now, to answer Madison's question we will be starting this little embellishment....-"

She takes a pause to see if someone got her joke and I literally heard only Madison giggle and I again rolled my eyes at this nonsense I have to be witnessing so early in the morning.

"Well anyways we will be starting to write to our pen pals in a few days hopefully next week when we get all the names for all my periods." After that we picked out numbers out of a hat so we could be paired with someone from the G building. when it came around Madison she reached in but not before she gave me a smirk. ugh how much I hate that girl.

She took out a number and I tried to peek what number she got but I guess I moved to far to the left because the next thing I knew I fell right on my butt right in the middle of the row.

Everyone just started giggling like they would die if they didn't laugh at me, like there was nothing better to do. Mrs. Harland didn't even bother shush them, she just yelled at me to get up and pick a number from the hat.

which I did because I absolutely don't need a detention, things are bad enough since my mom divorced my dad (even though it happened when I was little my still hasn't found someone 😔).

She does not need trouble with me, even if my dad left us when I was 5. Anyways I put my hand in the hat and pull out a paper and I unfold it and see a '24' in blue sharpie. Not the number I would picked my self but okay. And as if like magic the bell rang. Finally!