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Chapter 12

Chapter 12

The bell rang and I let out a sigh of relief as I again bolted out through the door of homeroom. Like always we pushed and shoved our way into the hallway. It was kind of a ritual now for the class. At the first sign of the bell we were already half way out the door. Nobody ever stayed behind besides Kristina, but we didn’t count her because it was an unstated fact that she was out of her mind.

I could tell that our constant escapes hurt Mrs. Wolfe, but she was starting to get used to it. Most of the time we didn’t even wait for her to finish her sentence. When the bell rang everyone grabbed their stuff and ran.

Our class was usually the first one out in the hallway trying to get as far from the classroom as possible. The other teachers and students seemed to assume that Mrs. Wolfe was just nice enough to let us out a little early so we would have lots of time to make it to our next period, but this time my friends were waiting in front of the door along with a large crowd of students and teachers. It was as if they were waiting to watch our escape from the classroom.

“What’s going on here?” The principal boomed, narrowing her eyes on our class. We all stared at her in confusion while she circled around us into the room, where Mrs. Wolfe was still talking rapidly to Kristina and the few people who were still stuck in the room. Any other time I would feel bad for them, but now I wished I was in their place.

“N-Noth-Nothing-g.” The class stammered in fear.

“Why has the class already left when their teacher was still instructing?” She asked us, locking eyes with every pair she could find. To this none of us had a reasonable answer. We just started in silence hoping we wouldn’t be in too much trouble.

“I have heard many complaints about this class leaving the room before the bell and was going to investigate for myself, but as I see the class has just been very disrespectful to their teacher.  Mrs. Wolfe, what class where you teaching? Was this your homeroom period by any chance?” She questioned and I could sense a long rant coming on, while all the teachers and students had smug looks on in the background. Of course they would love to watch any other class and teacher get in trouble. It was enjoyable to watch, not live through.

“Yes this was my homeroom.” Mrs. Wolfe answered forcefully not giving the principal a chance to overpower her. They stared into each other’s eyes, neither one of them lowering their gaze. Everyone stared at them in wonder, trying to figure out the outcome between them.

“I bet five dollar that the principal will give in!” One of the kids bet with the other one.

“I’ll bet you ten dollars that Mrs. Wolfe will be kicked out!” The other one fired back. At the sound of this the principal looked in their direction, losing the staring contest. Mrs. Wolfe smiled at them.

“Ah, well let’s hope they all mature soon enough to where you’ll be able to explain things. After that we all know these things won’t happen anymore.” She answered causing the whole class to exchange looks of confusion and Kristina to smirk like a maniac who knew a secret we didn’t.

“You are all dismissed!” The principal commanded as she flicked her hand in the air and turned to discuss something with Mrs. Wolfe. At the sight of her gesture we started to bound out even more eager to escape than before, though we stopped as the teachers started fighting.

“What?! How can they just get away with this?” One of the teachers asked the principal. Her face was burning red and was a funny sight.

“You’re going easy on them. We’ve always known you’ve been too tolerant with her!” The other one accused pointing at Mrs. Wolfe.