Pride Lands High

💛~An A+ a Day Keeps Amber Away~💛

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The bell rang. Yay. Homeroom was short, and it was torture when classes were short but they felt like forever. I packed up my stuff and followed Anga out of the class.

"Did you figure out what x equals?" Anga asked me.

"Y." I replied confidently.

"You really want 100% to make up for your 9-er, your last grade in Math, right?" 

"YES! More than anything. Amber was really upset with that...grade." I hissed. 

Amber really cares about my grades and expects me to get 100s ALL THE TIME. If I get anything lower, even a 99, she'll kill me.

I'm a cat, like Batino. I have nine lives. Welp, I'm down to eight now. Hopefully it stays that way.

I fiddle with my golden locket. Amber gave it to me when I turned 13 two years ago. She says it holds a picture of her and Amara, but I've never opened it. Any picture of Amber, I don't wanna see.

Anga and I head into Math class, where Bunga was vigorously writing things down. Ono was cheering him on.

"What the fudge..." Anga muttered.

"Bunga! What's going on?" I asked. 

"Bunga's going to get an A+!" Ono exclaimed, "If he writes down what x equals!"

I feel a bit faint. Excuse me, what? Pardon? BUNGA'S GOING TO GET AN A+ BEFORE ME? "No way that's happening!" I rush through the worksheet on my desk and finish #18. I slam down my pencil in success. 

Meanwhile, Bunga was still on #18. He was convinced that x equaled w. I hand in my paper to Ms. Vuruga Vuruga and sat down beside Bunga.

"You don't need an A+ to be great at Math, you know. You really don't." I didn't want Bunga to get an A+. Not because I wanted to win, because that's not who he is. Bunga naturally gets Ds and the occasional F. That's who he is. And he's fine that way.

Bunga finally wrote a W and turned to me, "You're starting to sound weird. Are you sure you ate breakfast this morning?"

"I didnt. But, anyways, an A is good enough." I squeezed his hand, "NEVER GET AN A+." I got up.

"But you always get A pluses. You say that 99 and below is terrible." Bunga protested.

I rolled my eyes, "In my opinion, an A is great. In Amber's opinion, it's horrific."

"In my opinion, that Amber sounds horrific." Bunga grinned at me. 

"She is."

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I slam the door close. "Amara?" I yelled, "You home?" No answer.

Batino rushes up to me and rubs against my legs. I laugh and pick him up, "You little baby." He wasn't quite a kitten anymore, but Amara and I swore Batino would always be one. I cradled Batino in my arm as I sat down to watch television. "I guess I can watch some news..." I muttered to myself. I switched on the remote.

« Live, today, at 2:00, Back Lands High School was attacked. The school was set on fire, and a terrifying amount of people- 50 out of 100- died. Written on the front of the school's wall said, 'Pride Lands High, you're next.' in blood. Teachers are stating that they'll quit their jobs, and students are frantically changing schools. Who did this havoc is still unknown. Stay tuned for more details. »