I'm Wide Awake

iCant. 3

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W a t t p a d i a n s. x

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I peek through the hormone overfilled hallway as I furiously bite into my strawberry licorice and clench it between my teeth as I tie up my hair. Once I finish the demented looking bun, I hold my books flush against my chest, my precious licorice tightly grasped in one hand, ravaging furiously on it with my teeth and continue to walk.

I guess cute buns can only be succeeded at home, alone when I'm going to bed.

Some girl brushes past me and I almost screamed murder when I thought it was her. I need to get out of here, now and fast. Anyone one of these students could give her the perfect coverage so that she can pop out at me right at the moment when I almost escape. I look over behind my shoulder one more time, and do my old lady, exercise, fast walk-hip movements and all.

Keep your head down. Shoulders squared, walk fast.

I manoeuvre the sleeves of my bag to my chest just to reach my licorice stash and I dump my school books in it. My pace slightly slows as I grab a handful of the licorice and break out a five star grin. Once I have one, I won't stop until I've had atleast ten or have finished the whole bag. It's normally the latter.

Picking up my pace I zip up my back and flick my sleeves back behind me. I clutch onto my licorice stash and prepare for the dive to freedom as I continue to breeze past the beings of my school called students, my eyes making sure to scan all closed and hidden sections of the school to assure I wasn't in the clear, visible eye to her.

It's home time and all I need is to go through this maze of a hallway and make it out of the school building unscathed. Today sucked absolute balls. Since I had gone to bed early, skipped dinner, I completely forgot about packing my dinner for lunch and forgot Mr Pope's homework. The last thing I needed was human confrontation.

"Ida!"

No. I didn't hear her, it's just my mind playing games with me.

I run even faster, mortified and fearing for my life but the voice shrieks again even louder.

"Ida!" She caught me but I can still make it.

Without looking back behind me, I concentrate my gaze on the closed gate, and make a run for it.

I know I looked like a lunatic. I am a lunatic. My cheeks were puffed unsure whether from air or from the licorice I was eating which soon I might be choking on. My legs were barely lifting off from the ground due to the bag of bricks on my bag, and my fingers were latched onto my stash. Lastly not to forget the school was parting like a river making way for me as if I might attack them. Well, I will if they stop.

A tap on my shoulder is felt just as I reach the gate, "Hey, there you are. I have been looking almost everywhere for you," I could practically hear her flick back her dark waves.

Slumping my shoulders in defeat I turn around facing her, I release an exhausted sigh, my face contorted in fear, anger and betrayal from the stupid students who wouldn't part way fast enough for me, and myself for being such an unfit potato.

"Hey...Raegan..." I give a wry smile, "Just, excited to go home!" I swing my fist across my body in fake cheerfulness.

She gives me a small smile. You could barely see it, but it was there. "Well, I came to to remind you-even though you already knew of course, that we had our group project plans today."