Pet School: The Biggest and The Boldest

Chapter 5: Word's Getting Around

Week 2 Wednesday After School
Coco's POV
I knew I should've gone to Bree sooner. I was going to on Wednesday when Akira told me but I didn't. I went over to Bree and Camera's house. I walked up the stairs to their front door. Bree was sitting on the chair outside her front door. "Hey Coco." "Hi Bree." Bree and I have been best friends for seven years. We both have black and white fur, the only way you can tell us apart is by our fur type, I'm a big fluff ball while Bree isn't. "So... I need advice." Bree nods as a sign  to go on. "Well you know Akira?" "Yes, I know Akira." Akira and Bree met at my birthday party last year. I had to introduce them. "Well... she's moving to KPS next year." I said. "Oh that's sad, how come?" "It's her owner's choice, but now I don't know what to do!" Bree had a think for a minute. "There's not much you can do. All you can do is cherish the time you have left with her, you can't stop or prevent her from going to KPS." Bree's right, there must be some way to stop her through. Or is Bree right? I can't stop or prevent her?

Thursday Week 2
Cindy's POV
"Wow. Can't believe she's leaving." Artemis was saying in their conversation. "Who's leaving?" "Akira. That's what Arthur told us. Akira told him last week." Blueberry said to me. They didn't know? Coco told me actually. "Oh you didn't know?" I said genuinely surprised. "How'd you know?" Mishka asked me. "Coco told me. Akira told Coco last week as well. Along with Izzy, Katerina, Paisley and Arthur." Word is getting quickly around Akira's leaving next term. Not everyone knows the full story, only some. It's going to be sad without Akira, especially for Arthur and her friends. Coco's been nothing but sad ever since Akira told her. At least one time of the day, she'll lay around hopelessly and wish Akira didn't have to leave. When she's not on a call with Izzy, Katerina or Paisley to help comfort her, I'm the one comforting her. Yesterday she went over to Bree, she hasn't gone over there in some weeks now that I think about it, I'm guessing she talked to Bree about it as well. Bell's rung, gotta run! Can't get detention after school! No thanks! I got there with 10 seconds away from detention. Everyone in my class was whispering and chattering about Akira leaving and somehow Miss Nina was too distracted on her laptop doing whatever, who knows! I have had enough, it's OLD a news! Old news! "It's old news!" I yelled. Wh-what just happened? Why did I do that? I didn't mean to- what? It's as if something in me took over. My anger. My anger took over, it rarely does. "Cindy. Detention at recess for raising your voice in class." Miss Nina looked tired, she it in a normal toned voice for a change.

At recess

"Well that just sucks." "Yeah I don't know what happened!" Arthur and I were both surprised of what had happened. He didn't see it so I told him about it. "Anyway I gotta go to detention. Bye." I walked down to detention. Miss Nina was there. "Hi Cindy, just sign in at the log book and take a seat." Normal toned again? Today's been so weird. There were 3 others. Akira, Artemis and Atlas. Why are they all in detention? They're good students, mostly? They were all in the front row. "Cindy. Take a seat here." Miss Nina tapped the seat next to Atlas. I walked over and sat. "How'd you get detention?" Akira whispered to me. "Raised my voice in homeroom." She looked surprised. Artemis and Atlas are in B2 so they already know what happened. "Why? What happened?" Will Akira not like the reason? I feel like she'd be okay with it...? "Everyone was talking about you liked they didn't know already and I had been sick of it?" Akira sat back in her chair. "Why is everyone only talking about that? To the extent where you had to raise your voice for them to stop? Gee, what's happening?" "It's a big thing Akira, lots of students here like you." Artemis said to her. "Yeah, you've also been here ever since Day 1 and your house captain, PSN captain and apart of the cheerleaders." Atlas added. Everyone in this room except me has been here ever since day 1. I came on day 6. "Plenty of students don't like me as well." Akira is right. But I don't know anyone that hates her more than Aina, have you seen their rivalry? Oh gosh, she'd be happy to see her go. Sometimes I feel like she's the only one who truly hates her. Amber, Delilah and Glitter probably pretend to hate her for the sake of Aina but probably are secretly wishing she'd join them and Layla... I don't know about her. Coco told me she's nice but I'm not so sure of it. If she's Aina's cousin, she's bound to have told her something about Akira. Surely? "Why are you all in detention?" I asked them. "Talked too much with Blueberry in music class, but somehow she didn't get detention as well. I think it's because I didn't finish my work and she did." Artemis said. I can imagine that. "Was late to Library, but it wasn't really my fault, I couldn't stay at homeroom for long because of a quick copy check at the PSN, had to get my cheer uniform ready and check when practice is on and update the Darwin board. So I was late and miss Meredith wasn't very happy about it." Akira said. Now we were all looking at Atlas. "False accusations. Random dog in history claimed I was copying his work, for your information, I wasn't!" We were all in here for pretty stupid reasons, but are they that stupid? I mean, teachers are meant to do that. Only Akira's one is stupid, she explained to Miss Meredith and she still gave her detention? Akira wasn't even that late to her class. How has Miss Nina not told us off for talking in detention? We weren't whispering anymore. The bell rang, detention went quicker than I thought. "Alright you 4 are dismissed and can go to your midday period." Miss Nina told us. She looked so drained today. We got out though. I'm headed for Art now, maybe art can help me cleanse off.

At lunch - Akira's POV
The bell's going to ring in 5 minutes. We're in the change rooms getting out of our cheer uniforms. "Oh my gosh, Akira! There you are!" Nancy said as she entered the change rooms. Here I am? We've been together for the whole cheer practice? "I heard you're leaving next term to KPS! We're all going to miss you!" I don't know Nancy well and I know most students here well. "Hmm yeah, I'll miss everyone too." I say. Not everyone. I know plenty of certain folks I will definitely not miss. How did everyone find out about me leaving? I only told my best friends and Arthur. They probably told someone. I know Coco told Bailey and Cindy, she could've possibly told someone else. Arthur maybe told his friends. Or was it Cindy? Bailey probably told his friends and maybe even Gypsy, Zane then told cloud, Cloud told her friends, Gypsy told her friends, or did Paisley tell Zane before Bailey? Oh gosh, this is so confusing. The only ones I don't think told anyone anything is Izzy and Katerina. I reckon everyone else I have told has told someone. Then again, I didn't really tell them not to tell anyone else. I only told Coco and Izzy not to tell Katerina and Paisley because I wanted to do it myself. I didn't intentionally wanted to keep it a secret, I knew everyone would find out eventually, but not so early into the term. Now that I think about it, I do wish not everyone knew. "Akira you there?" Artemis said to me. "You've been frozen for a long time and we kept calling your name." Mishka then said. That's strange... and different. But I got changed into my normal uniform quickly and got out of there. I wear the skirt, not the dress what they call a 'pinafore'. As I was walking, I was on my phone pointlessly, OUCH! I fell to the ground. I bumped into someone. "Oops, sorry. Let me help you up." Not him. "I can get up myself." "When did become so sassy?" Dusty said to me. Gosh did he never notice. "I was always like this, you were just always too busy flirting with other girls to even notice who I was." I know he doesn't do that anymore now he's with Aina - ugh I hate just the mention of her name. "Hey! Wait." I'm glad to be getting away from Aina and Dusty that's for sure! "I heard your-" "leaving next term? Yeah everyone knows." Then I walked off not even giving him a second thought. I walked into the cafeteria. Some food might get everything off my mind. At least today's pizza day. 2 Margherita slices, strawberries, peas, salted fish jerky and some hot green tea. I sat down. I still sensed my anger. "Why does everyone know?! I didn't want everyone to know!" I blurted out randomly. "Is this about you leaving?" Izzy asked me. "Yes! The only thing everyone's talking about and staring at me for." "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was meant to be a secret." Coco said. It's okay, I never told anyone it was.