i hate it here

Chapter 2 - What Has River Gotten Into

The second River was out of Math, Saturn was on them.

"Soo" That 'so' sounded leading but xey don't any anything else.

"Yes?" River says, trying to speed up the process. Saturn returns it with a look that says she's not buying River's bull.

River sighs. "I'm fine, nothing with my parents, I jus-"

"Oh thank goddesses. So like... why did you get called down?" Saturn asks

"Well, I 𝘸𝘢𝘴 about to fill you in before you cut me off" River snarks, giving xem the hint to shut up "Oh, sorry. Go on then"

"Thanks for your seal of approval" River says as she rolls her eyes. "It was nothing, they just needed me to tour the school with some newbie" River says, waning nothing but to stop talking about the series of events from this morning.

"Uh, why? Also, are they cute?" She's either looking for xem or them to date.

"𝘕𝘰" River says rather defensively for some reason. "She gives off way too much goody two shoes vibes"

"Girl, she?" She asks a little hopeful "Asking for a friend"

"Wow, thirsty much?" River asks a little smug.

"Answer the question, dummy. We're running out of time" River takes a glance at her watch. She has 2 minutes to get to class.

"Yeah, girl she. Sorry bud" River says as she picks up the pace to get to class

"Eh, it's fine. Though I wasn't lying when I said I was asking for a friend" She says with a grin.

River gets the implication and starts walking away as she says "Well would you look at the time. I should get to class and you should too. Ok, love you, byeee" And practically running down the hall, though she knows she can't hide from her best friend forever.

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River ducks into Spanish just as the bell rings but most of the seats are taken except for one. At the front of the class. 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵. She walks to the desk and plops down. Her teacher comes in looking relatively chill. Like she could fully catch you cheating and wouldn't give a single fuck.

"Alright, class. Your attention, please. My name is Ms. Clark and I'll be your Spanish teacher for this year. And don't worry I'm not 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 kind of teacher to make you say every single thing in Spanish." Ok, so she's pretty chill. Just as River notices the queer flag in the corner some kid pipes up from the back.

"Hey Ms. Carter, why do you have a gay flag in here?" 𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘦.

"It's 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘬" She snips "Jacob is it?" She shoots back.

"Uh, yeah?" He asks, confused.

"Well for one I am a part of the lgbtq+ community-" Oh so she's 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 cool. "And for two, It's for students to feel more comfortable."

"But what about the normal people?" Jacob asks. Like a fucking douche.

"I think this is a question for after class, Jake" Ms. Clark ends the conversation.

"It's Jac-" he tries to say "Ok let's get started with pronouns" She cuts him off. She starts with the closest person to her desk which just happens to be River. 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. "How 'bout you?"

"River. She/they" Keeping it short, not really enjoying the public speaking. She hears some people snicker at the black of the class. 𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴.