Seriously? The Principal?

《~•Chapter 7•~ Mistake?》

It's been 3 days since the incident. I don't know if it is all that serious to Mr. James or not, but I can't comprehend it. How old is he? 32? 36? 40? I didn't even know. And look at me, I'm still a minor, a 16 year old minor. Why would he kiss me? I tried my best to avoid him, I didn't even show up to drama class yesterday. The first time I ever bunked a class but I guess the reason is solid.

I couldnt focus on my studies for this entire time being. My head just wandered off to the same moment. This week is not going so good, I still have a lot of schoolwork to catch onto. I did make friends though, like Rob from Drama, Grace from English and some others like Jessie, Sandy, Henry, Leah etc. Me and Caden have been talking alot too lately. I think Caden is trying to flirt with me, but I like our friendship as it is. I don't wanna ruin that for us. But let's see what happens.

The bell rang. The first 4 periods faded away pretty fast. I made my way to the cafeteria and grabbed some food. It included some salad, a slice of pizza, some fries, a cucumber and a glass of orange juice. I saw Caden and some of his guy friends sitting on a table in the middle of the Cafeteria. I went over to say hi to Caden.

"Hey Caden"

"She foineee" I heard his friends whisper at the same time. Caden shoved one of his friend and came forward.

"I am sorry bout them."

"It's alright"

"Wanna go over to a different table?"

"Yep, would love that".

We headed to an empty table at towards the end of the Cafeteria and took seat beside each other.

"So, didn't see you at all for 2 days, you look pretty stressed too, what's up?"

"Yeah I know right, I'm just so stressed about schoolwork. I feel so behind than everyone else and I have never been behind in my life. There are some other stressful matters too. I just don't know what to do." I looked like I was on the verge of tears because of how stressed I was.

Caden hugged me tightly and said "It's ok, you are extremely brilliant, you are gonna figure shit out. Still if you need help, I'm always here". That felt nice to hear but before I could say anything, Caden quickly let go of his arms and released.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Miss Elstone" I heard a familiar voice from behind me. Mr. James. I turned back and greeted him "Good morning Sir"

"Miss Elstone, word?"

"Sure sir"

I followed him to his office in complete silence. He did not speak a word about why he called me to his office. The mystery was unbearable, it was killing me. Finally we reached the wooden door and pulled the shiny golden handle to his office. This room had become so familiar to me honestly.

He went over to his window and did not look at me. I stood there for a whole minute without saying anything. Finally he broke the silence.

"Miss Elstone, I noticed you bunked my class yesterday"

"Yes sir, I did. I just had a lot on my plate and-"

"Was it to hang out with your little boyfriend?"

"Sir he is NOT my boyfriend".

"You can't say that after today"

"I was just stressed and he was comforting me like a friend"

"It's always the 'we are just friends'"

"Sir he may feel for me otherwise but I do not. And I would be willing to make it clear to him when the time comes. For now, I adore him very much as a friend and he has never failed to act as a good friend to me."