Trapped at school

Chapter 1- Caroline

My day got off to a terrible start. The first words I heard when I got up were by my youngest sister, Alex. They were "You are so late for school! That's the 3rd time this week!!!" Oh god. Not again. I grumbled and got ready for school. But being late didn't stop me from looking great. See the thing is, I love makeup and jewelry and those things... School, not so much. Like the only part I like about school are my best friends- Sadie, Bridget and Taylor. We've been friends since the 1st grade.
Finally I was ready and could go to school. I'm lucky I live close to the school. It's just a 2 minute walk, so I have absolutely no chance of being late... Except today. I reached school 20 minutes late. I just felt like staying home and crumbling into a ball so I could stay home all day.
The teacher handed me a tardy slip and said the most dreaded words ever " F for the day, young lady". Oh my god, Mrs. Birch is literally the worst teacher ever! She treats our class like we are in high school. She gives way too much homework, gives out way too many tests and we rarely get online homework. I mean we're just in the 7th grade!! I went to my seat walking the 'Tardy walk of Humiliation'. The whole class was staring at me!! I was so embarrassed. I sat down next to Taylor and buried my face into my Math binder. I was so swallowed by the humiliation that I could barely make out what Mrs. Birch was saying. Until I heard
" Caroline, Caroline!!! Are you even listening to me? What is 30g^5+24g^2h-35g^2h^2-28h^3"
What the heck?! What does that even mean?? But then Taylor slipped me a sticky note. She's crazy smart and it had the answer on it.
"(6g^3-7h^2) (5g+4h)" I said, matter of factly.
"Humph!" She turned around angrily.
Taylor totally saved my butt. I mouthed 'thank you' to her. She just nodded and went back to her book. That girl is in more fandoms than the whole school combined. How can she like reading?!?!?!? It's so weird.
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Finally the 5th period bell rang and it was lunch time. That was my favorite class-duh. My best friends Taylor, Sadie and Bridget were waiting for me there.
"Hey! Why are you late today??" Asked Sadie.
"Ugh, Mrs Smith thought my essay was 'too short'. So she held me back. So annoying!!" I said
They all just laughed. I had been known for being held back all the time.
"Did you guys read that there was going to be a tornado sometime soon?" Taylor said
"Tay, don't listen to that stupid stuff. There are always those stupid warnings. Last week there warning and we are not dead, as far as I can tell." Said Bridget. Bridget never believed anything unless she had proof. I'm glad that I have history with her. I'm the only one that can hold her back from yelling 'LIESSSSS' to the teacher. Sadie would just cheer her on and Taylor's just plain shy.
" I guess you right. " said Taylor.
We ate the rest of our lunch in silence. Usually we talk and laugh and goof around a lot, but I guess none if us were really in the mood. Weird.
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The bell rang again and we all went to 6th period. Just 2 more classes till we could finally go home. I was at my favorite class- art class. Yes it's true, I actually like something about school. I'm a pretty good artist and this class just takes all the stress of the entire day of my shoulders. And Mrs. Shannon is my favorite teacher. She's pretty and nice and she's good to be around. But today she had a worried expression on her face. I noticed the second I came in.
"Mrs. Shannon, what's wrong? You look worried." I asked
"It's nothing, Caroline. Get to work." she snapped.
I was taken aback. She never snapped at anyone. That's  weird.
I got to work. I was working on a canvas of fall colors- trees leaves falling,  different shades of red, orange, yellow and brown. Beautiful.
I worked it for the rest of class. Until Mrs. Shannon asked me to come out of class.
"Yes Mrs. Shannon?"
"Caroline have you heard of the tornado warning? It's supposed to hit today?"
"Yes I have" I said nervously. What's this all about?
"Well I've been doing my research and studying the weather patterns and it appears that there is going to be a hurricane sometime in our near future. The people of our area will be warned later today."
"That's crazy!!!! The people should be alerted now!!!!!! Why would you wait?" I said.
"Caroline.....your science teacher and I are the only ones who know of this. We have informed the principal and the warning will be airing at 3:00 today."
"Why are you telling me about this??"
"Because you are my most trustworthy student...not to mention you're my cousin"
Did I mention that Mrs. Shannon is my mom's niece? No? Well she is.
"The most important part is for you to keep this all an absolute secret" she said. I hadn't realized how quietly she was speaking. "Now go to class" she said, significantly louder.
I walked back with too many thoughts swirling in my head.
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