Hate Is A Strong Word

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Next day, lunch

I'm at the lunch table eating my food and talking with Shay, I just finished telling her what happened yesterday with the principal. We have second period together but we don't get to talk a lot cause our teacher is really extra, so I'm filling her in on it now.

"Damn she's really not playing with y'all huh?" She says. I shake my head. "It's fucking dumb though, that's not fair they're putting it on us but all they have to do is separate us. This wouldn't even be a problem if we didn't have any classes together." I say, rolling my eyes. Shay agrees with me. "So what's the plan to avoid suspension?" She asks.

I shrug. "I don't even know man. I just gotta do everything I can to not let him get to me at all. It sucks cause now we're partners in science so we actually have to talk to each other, which makes an extra challenge." We continue talking until the bell rings. I don't know how the hell we're gonna avoid this stupid ass suspension but I'm gonna try my best to make it work. I know he'd hate to be suspended and not be able to play sports so hopefully he takes this serious too.

Mr. B just finished whatever his beginning announcements are and told us all to move to our partners. I look over to Cam and he looks at me, and we both roll our eyes as he gets up. He comes and sits next to me and we both sit in silence for a few minutes until Mr. B comes over. "I hope we won't be having to take another trip to the principals office today. Please work respectfully and quietly and let me know if you need any help." He says and walks away. "Bitch." I say, rolling my eyes.

Cam chuckles and shakes his head. "He's annoying as fuck." I nod, agreeing. We don't really say too much to each other, just waiting for one of us to get started on this project I guess. "I have no clue what we're supposed to be doing so I think I'll let you take the lead on it. I'll just help if needed." He says, pulling out his phone. I look at him like he's stupid. "Yea the fuck right. You're gonna contribute just as much as I am, I'm not doing all the damn work. If that's the case then I'll work by my damn self." I respond.

He lets out a breath. "What difference does it make? You're smart, you should have no problem with this." He says. "Are you serious right now?" I say, giving him a look. "I don't even know what the hell this project is and even if I did, I'm damn sure not doing it all by myself while you sit around and get credit." I add. We start to go back and forth as we tend to do, but a bit quieter since we're aware of the teacher.

Eventually he peeps us and we notice him start to walk over. We both immediately stop talking. "Having problems?" He says. "We're fine." We both say, obviously irritated. "If I hear you guys arguing you're going straight to the office, you know this." He says. He looks at the both of us for a few seconds and then walks away. I hate this stupid ass suspension rule and I hate having to work with Cam. We decide to just not talk for the rest of class and we'll deal with this bullshit ass project tomorrow.

The school day is finally over and I'm heading out to my car. The rest of the day went fairly smoothly and me and Cam didn't have any more problems. We don't have to sit near each other or talk in our last class thankfully so there were no problems there. My friend Brielle is in our last class with me so we got to talk and that helped me feel a lot better.

This suspension threat is already very annoying to deal with but because things went a lot smoother today than it typically does, I think we can make it work. I'm so ready to get home and nap though, I haven't really gotten any good sleep since that dream yesterday.