Biohazard: An Inktober Story [FIRST DRAFT COMPLETE]

07: Exhausted

"What? What are you looking at me like that for??"
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Geez, am I that obvious??
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"Jeremy Martin, huh?" Mr. Newton chuckles to himself a bit. "He didn't strike me as your type."
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"Jeremy?" my voice goes up a few octaves higher than usual. Better tone it down... "Noooo, no way. I have no idea what you're even talking about."
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I avert my eyes, but it doesn't stop my face from turning about 2 shades pinker.
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"Really now?" I can tell Mr. Newton isn't convinced. "Well, my mistake then." He shrugs and goes back to his desk, still smirking.
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. . .
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The rest of the day passes in a blur because I'm trying to keep myself too busy to think about what happened this morning...or last night for that matter.
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By the time I get to sixth period though, all the sleep I skipped out on the night before finally catches up with me. I'm not just tired, I'm EXHAUSTED.
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And listening to Mrs. Beasley drone on and on about polynomial equations isn't exactly helping me stay awake...
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. . .
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Why am I shaking all of a sudden? Is the ground moving??
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. . .
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"...rynn?"
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"Come on, Aarynn, get up...GET UP!!"
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*snort* "Huh...?"
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Jamilla stops shaking me once she sees I'm awake.
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"Aarynn! Jamilla! SOME of us are trying to learn here!" Mrs. Beasley has this vein in her forehead that twitches when she gets mad.
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Her vein is twitching so violently right now I'm positive it's gonna burst this time...
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"Eh hehehe...Sorry, Mrs. Beasley. I don't think Aarynn has fully recovered from...you know...Here, I'll take her to the nurse!" Jamilla smiles nervously and grabs my hand.
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Before the teacher can even protest, Jamilla is already dragging me out the door.
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As soon as we get to the nurse's office, Jamilla shuts the door behind us, crosses her arms, and glares me down.
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"So...you wanna tell me what's going on?"