Heavy is the Head

Pocahontas - 1

Chapter 22

Pocahontas nearly always started her day by watering her plants. She had racked up quite the collection, her favourite being a lacy-tree philodendron. Her first one was a bonsai gifted to her by a florist (Mavis) and that marked the beginning. Her plants were small fragments of the outdoors that she could keep inside with her and more than ever before, she was relying on them to stay calm.

The snow storm was affecting everyone differently and for Pocahontas, the easiest way to try and distract herself from the fact that she wasn't able to come and go as she pleased anymore was to focus all her attention on her Head Girl duties. Since she had no internet connection on her phone, she turned on her computer and put on some background music while she did her stretches. Once that was over, she put on the playlist that Tiana had made for her and started making a checklist for all the things she needed to do during the week.

First on the list was having a meeting with Milo, Mr and Mrs Oldenburg, Honeymaren and Elsa so she had a shower, put on her uniform and favourite turquoise necklace, then sat on the edge of her bed staring into space for several minutes contemplating the meaning of life. For breakfast, she kept it simple with a bagel and hot chocolate then went to find Milo.

He was waiting with Kida outside the office reciting verbs in Atlantean. Pocahontas would never forget the first time Milo had spoken to Kida in her language in an attempt to impress her and gotten brushed off immediately with the response, "Boorish, provincial and you speak it through your nose."

Pocahontas jogged up to them, smiling. "Hello!"

"Oh, good morning." Milo adjusted his large, round glasses and gave her one of his quick, awkward hugs.

He and Pocahontas were both 5'8 but every so often, it was like Milo shrank into himself and became far smaller than her. Pocahontas and Kida were forever telling him to stand taller and take pride in his accomplishments. He was currently studying various languages (including Atlantean) and a combined course of History and Geography. Alongside this, he was also on the debate and chess team, meaning he was just as booked and busy as Pocahontas these days.

"Pocahontas! We need to bring back our weekly lunch-time meetups." Kida said, pulling Pocahontas into a massive hug. She hadn't gotten changed into her uniform yet so was wearing a bright blue jumper which matched the blue tattoos under her left eye and white leggings which matched her hair.

"I know, I've missed you so much." Pocahontas replied just as the door to the office creaked open.

"Right, I'd better get going." Kida squeezed Milo's hand and mouthed to Pocahontas, "Text me"

Iduna stepped outside of the room and gestured to Milo and Pocahontas to come inside, before taking her seat beside Agnarr. Opposite them, Honeymaren and Elsa were sitting together one of the leather sofas so Milo and Pocahontas sat in the other one.

"Pocahontas and Milo, I'd like to begin this meeting by saying that I am very proud of you for how seriously you are taking your roles. Agnarr and I never doubted once that the two of you were the perfect choices and you've honestly gone above and beyond in everything." Iduna said.

"So without further ado, let's proceed!" Agnarr clapped his hands together.

The meeting was supposed to be an hour and they were just wrapping up the conversation initiated by Pocahontas about raising the amount that tutors were paid per hour when Agnarr put down the pencil he'd been twirling around his fingers.

"Before we end, Milo, I believe that there was an idea you said you'd like to bring to the table?"

"That's right. I've had quite a lot of students come to me and ask when they'll be allowed to go outside again and I'm a bit worried about their mental health. I've been keeping up to date with the weather and it's not as dangerous to go outside anymore. So I was thinking that groups of students could take supervised walks. I've also mapped out some routes that aren't too icy and thought of the different groups we could split people into."