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“Whatever you say,” she said. There it was again, the peppy voice. Her few tears had dried up by now—thank goodness—but I hadn’t expected her to bounce back this quickly.
I could have tried to defend myself and really convince her it hadn’t been intentional, but what was the point? I had nothing to gain from her believing me, and maybe it was for the best that she actually didn’t like me, anyway. If all the girls in the class complained about me being there, maybe the school would pull me out of the class.
“I’ve got it from here,” she said as we reached the right hallway. Before I could ask what she meant, she flounced ahead of me, turning into the nurse’s office before I even got the chance to blink.
Did she really just ditch me? Not that I cared. Actually, I was better off like this because at least now, if anybody asked, I could honestly say that she didn’t want me to stick around. But I wasn’t used to being dismissed so easily, and I wasn’t really sure how to react to it.
I couldn’t just stand in the hallway where any teacher might stumble upon me and wonder what I was doing, or worse, where the girl might come back out and think I waswaitingfor her, so I hightailed it outside and found a spot on the quad to wait out the rest of the period. I’d have to go back to the gym to change into my uniform and get my stuff before second period, but there was still half an hour left and I wasn’t going back earlier than I had to.
Not sure what else to do, I pulled out my phone.
Group Name:The Penalty Box
Members:Bear, Tino, Crossy, Mako
Bear
I think I just broke a girl’s nose
Tino
You think??
You’re not sure?
Bear
Well it was bleeding
But I’m not a doctor
Crossy
How did it happen??
Bear
Gym
Crossy
That is not an answer
Tino
Didn’t manage to convince coach to get you out of gym then?
I sent back the middle finger emotion then pocketed my phone. I never should have told Tino about the mess-up on my schedule, but as my roommate, he’d been there with me when I received it and flipped out. If I’d known I wasn’t going to be able to get out of it immediately, I probably would have kept it a secret so I didn’t give him ammunition to annoy me, but hindsight.
And anyway, it didn’t matter. I didn’t care what Coach or the school administration said—Iwouldbe getting out of this class before the month was up.
CHAPTER 5
poppy
“Is it broken?”Lilah asked.
I shook my head, not taking my eyes off the reflection in the mirror as I patted on more foundation.
