Faint Memories

Chapter 14- Hello stupid fear

We've all considered it, being strippers that is. School stress just gets to you that all you want to do is dropout and do something more fun, anything that doesn't involve endless formulas, history of America or how the body works.

I have 3 major tests today, then there's the annoying part of having to focus on picking colleges. No matter what I finish, it goes back to college and its this endless loop of stress.

Teyla, Eva and I sit at the lunch table quietly eating and studying for our tests, well only our table was quiet. Everyone else was screaming and talking really obnoxiously.

"Oh my god! I saw the ugliest baby ever yesterday, here hold up, let me show you." One girl from a table behind us squeals.

Eva and I look at each other momentarily and then at Teyla who just shrugs.

We sit there scribbling down notes and filling out things from a review sheet when a guy I don't quite recognize comes over and taps Teyla on the shoulder. I nudge Eva and nod my head in the direction of the guy. She draws a heart in the air and I laugh then look back at the two.

"Wanna help a guy out with some Spanish?" He slides her stuff over and sits in the spot where her book bag was, being a bit too close for her usual liking.

"Actually no, I suck at it just as much as you do." She brushes him off whilst writing some work down.

I smile and nonchalantly throw at her, "Pero tú eres la mejor en esa clase."

"Es cierto." Eva agrees, catching on. "Ayúdale."

"I don't want to." She retorts and then she freezes and the grabs one of her coil curls. The guy just smiles smugly, actually very like Ashton, and waits for her to give in.

"Fine, but I have to get back to studying for Physics." She gets up and fidgets with her shirt when she walks off with the guy, who I may add is actually very good looking.

"Whelp, she's loosing her virginity before any of us. Told you she was the trashy slug. I'm the classy one."

That earned a slap to the head.

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The test, was like trying to figure out a rubix cube when you're eyes are crossed. Hardest thing ever, which is why I finished first, because I gave up and guessed on the majority of it. When I hand in my paper, the teacher looks me over and gives me a very judgmental look. Great. She always wants the best for her students, but I just can seem to get the concept of it so every time I take a test, it's one of the lowest grades in the class. It hurts to let her down like that.

Being the first done, I realize I have a good hour of nothing but waiting for the others, so I lay my head down and try to nap.

All too soon I fall into a good old nap that should help me feel refreshed for the next test, but it didn't help at all. It was only 10 minutes long.

I felt someone shake me awake. My eyes squint at the bright light of the room and I look around to see what happened or who woke me up. That's when I look over, I see Ashton smiling smugly while holding my phone.

My eyes avert to my bag in front of me, and see that my binder was taken out as well as my few papers taken out my folder.

"Ever heard of privacy?" I hiss quietly. He holds up my phone shaking it around, teasing me to get it back. I glare at him and reach over to grab my phone but as I expected, he pulled back and held it up high.

The teacher clears her throat and signals us to stay quiet. We weren't even making any noise.

Ashton just had to grab my phone while I'm asleep. It's not like I was expecting it or anything so I couldn't have protected it. I nod at the teacher and smile weakly before she turns away to collect more papers from the other students. A nudge brings me back to the situation at hand with a certain moron.