Mode

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The empty halls echo with silence.

Your world is filled with peaceful violence.

It's 5 in the morning on a weekend. The smell of pancakes and weed seep from under the door. My body is sore all over. From head to toe. I take a deep breath and attempt to get up. No use. I roll over and out of bed, landing on the floor with a thump. Finally I get the strength to sit up. As I sit up, my vision blurs and refocuses, I feel light headed. I grab onto the ledge of my nightstand to get up. Wow, im getting old i think. Then i laugh because im only 16. Walking down the hall i stop infront of my older sisters room, Audree. I stand there and shake my head at the smell creeping around and out the cracks of her door. She usually sells more than she smokes, but i guess it can be tempting whe you have ounces and ounces of it hidden in a "seccret" compartment under your bed.

I look at my watch and freak out. I only have an hour to get ready and get to school. I turn around and run to the showers at the end if the hall. Quickly I wash my hair and my body. Washing my hair was a mistake. My curls were not cooperating this morning! After the struggle I hurry and get dressed. Then I slide down the stair rails, and grab breakfast. I look down a my watch again and sigh. I made it in record time. Now off to my favorite place: School.

As I walk through the halls of school I can't help but notice the new banner:

Loohcs Yps

Eh, it must be something in Latin.

On my way to first period I notice a buzz of some new gossip. Hmmmm, this aught to be good. Then the buzz starts to die off, and there seems to be less students the farther down the halls I go. This is odd. About 30 seconds later I'm the only one in the halls. Strange, they echo with silence. Finally I reach English class to see there's a sub. Tall, brunette, that's all I can see with her back towards the door, looking out the window. I have to say, some one who appears so young dressed like that. She looks like a train wreck.

The class seems oddly quiet. Usually when there's a sub they're off the walls. When I start moving towards my desk she speaks.

"Clayton Hill, why are you late?"

I pause, how and why does she know my name and how does she know its me.

"Uhhhmmm I'm not late, The bell hasn't rung yet... I'm actually on time."

She turns around, wearing thick glasses.

Her eye brows raise. "To be on time is to be late as to being early is on time."

I pause, digesting what she just said.

Her voice is annoyingly sweet and high pitched.

"We'll maybe it's time for some thicker glasses, that's not how things work around here" I say. The class laughs.

Her eye brows clench up as if they were sad. Man, what is up with this lady and her eyebrows?

"Oh my... That certainty isn't nice. Please take your seat. Such rudeness is not nice." Then she goes into a lecture. "Class, this world need more peace! There is soooo much violence, starvation, poverty, and rudeness!" That last one was for me, I could feel it.

As she continues to yap about peace I slip into one if my modes. It happens all the time. During my... mode, I notice things that weren't there before. I can see, hear, smell, and taste better. Not only that but my physical abilities and thinking speed increase. I noticed something about the sub. Her voice wasn't very constant. As if she was faking it. Also, she had a tattoo. Of course it was a peace sign. I roll my eyes and laugh.

"Miss Hill! Is there something funny you'd like to share with the class?"

I raise an eyebrow trying to think if something smart say to her. Then decide to surrender and be nice.

"No ma'am, I'm sorry. It won't happen again"

Taken back by my politeness, "we'll then...I appreciate your non-rudeness"

That totally wasn't a word. What a English teacher. She didn't even give us her name, how rude of her.

By the end of class everyone was bored out of their minds. The only thing keeping them alive was her slightly annoying and surprisingly entertaining voice. When the bell rang everyone rushed out of class, I made sure I was the first out and down the hall.

While I was in Study Hall, the fire alarm went off. I casually grabbed my books and took my time out the building. They do these all the time. On my way out I see the sub from English class in the electrical room, how odd. All of a sudden my mode kicks in. I cant fight the urge to investigate so I creep closer to the door. She's squatting on the floor piling something into a crate, I can't tell what it it's but its heavy. I decide to go outside when I get the urge to take one more peak. She's gone. I look up and down the halls. There's no exit. I walk further down the hallway, just to make sure there wasn't a extra door. There isn't one. Something about that electrical room is bugging me. Its giving me a bad feeling. I ignore it and walk away. I have a bad feeling that sown thing bad just happened or is going to happen. I rush outside to check on my friends.

As soon as I get outside "Mel, Jen, Jack... We need to talk ASAP after school!" They all nod in agreement.

After school in Melanie's room, we all gather around a little table to discuss.

"Is it me or does it feel like something is weird...?" Asks Jackie, we call her Jack for short or sometimes Hack because she's our computer wiz.

"Me toooooo! It's like... This unwantedness" gasps Jenefer.

"Haha Jen, that's not a word" teases Mel. We all laugh.

All of us get modes. Usually at tue same time but sometimes someone may get one as an individual when dealing with personal situations. As we gathered today, we were determined to get to the bottom of things.

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