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The office was cold, well, being the only air conditioned room in the building. [Name] leaned slumped against the cold, plain wall of the room, eyes darting everywhere but her mother's.
. . "I apologize sincerely for my daughter's behavior Sir, if I had known I wouldn't have let her get this bad." The woman shot [Name] a pointed look, one they knew better than to retaliate, instead, they avoided it. "No need to apologize Ma'am, but, it would do you better to use your daughter's suspension to discipline her for the time." "Of course, Sir."
There was silence, and [Name] hopefully glanced at her friends, who simply mouthed a small sorry. Sorry. The girl looked down and glanced towards their mother, meeting a look they had fully expected.
A look she had fully expected to hurt. Full of judgement and disappointment. Part of [Name] wanted to defend herself, because for her, the story was being told incompletely. But another part of her reminded her that even if she tried to explain her side, she wouldn't be heard. What's the point of screaming at a deaf judge, [Name] darts her eyes back around the room. Hoping this would last longer, even though the Principal was done laying out every violation she had.
They suppressed a groan as her and her mother were dismissed out of the office. Fuck.
[Name] stood up and clenched her fist when their mother took them by the wrist and out of the office, completely expecting a scolding. Unfortunately, the hallway was full of students who seemed interested in the commotion, and the girl's stomach sunk as her mother started to yell at her then and there.
"You stubborn child! How many times have I told you to stop talking to those girls, now here you are getting suspended! What will they think about me, your mother?!" The woman yelled carelessly, and [Name] would almost think she's using the crowd of students to her advantage. What will they think of me, your daughter?
The girl deafened to her mother's scolding, simply looking around in humiliation at the other students who started to watch and listen. And when she met eyes with a certain blonde in the crowd. It was like she was being taunted with the way all eyes laid on her, in a way she hated, but his as he turned away from the commotion. Though, they're glad he turned away.
"Mom! Not here!" "Don't talk back!" The crowd of students still listened in. A bunch of insensitive freaks. "You're humiliating me Mom!" "You've humiliated me!"
[Name]'s eyes darted around to the crowd of students, slowly and slowly growing even more humiliated the more words spilled out of her mother's mouth and a string of yells. She backed away from her mother with her hands pulling at her hair in frustration, only to yell out and accidentally hit the stand of a glass vase that stood by the door.
