Oak Grove Manor

Chapter 5

After I had washed down and cleared my mind of the previous happenings, I changed into a fresh lot of clothes from my uniformal criteria. As I was drying my hair, there was a knock at the door. I went over and opened it, not knowing who to expect, and to my absaloute amusement, standing in front of me was a nervous looking ben, and a member of staff, who I soon found out was called Miss Dexter, and was in charge of all student affairs.

She explained what was going to happen, that we would be taken to the principles office for further investigation, and punishment info. She started off down the hall, and I turned to face Ben, my eyes meeting his with a malicious glare.

"Spill" I stated in a demanding tone.

"...Well we were just trying to prank Alice, and her friend, you, but what we didnt realise was .......that you kinda had a bowl full of museli and milk and yea........"

I hold my gaze with him, and raise my eyebrows.

"Im sorry ok! How was I suppose to know that was to happen!?.........QUIT STARING!"

I smiled and turned back to follow Miss Dexter down the corridor.

"W-wait so....we're good?" He asked innocently.

"Sure......we'll go with that......for now..." I said, evily smiling to myself, and a chuckle generating inside of me. And with that I set off leaving him and his rolling-eyed look behind.

When Miss Dexter stopped outside a dark red wooden door with a plaque which read "Principles Office", it was obvious we were here. She opened the door and motioned for us to enter. I took the seat on the left, Ben taking the one on the right. For the next few minutes there was nothing but silence as our prinicple, Mr Western, finished reading whatever papers he had infront on him.
He tilted his head slightly upwards, so that he was looking at us through the top of his glasses, which were perched on the point of his nose. I think it made him feel professional, when actually he just looked honestly ridiculous.

"So.." He began, clasping his hands together on the desk.

"What was all this nonsense at breakfast this morning?"

"Yea" I chirped in.

"I for one would truly like to know!" I say turning to face Ben.

He looks back at me with a "really?" expression plastered across his face.

"Umm.....well you see we were going to prank my sister, and her friend-" And he procceeded to tell the story again.

By the end Mr Western didn't seem very happy with ben's behaviour. There was silence, then out of nowhere, Mr Western said:

"Breakfast cleaniny duty the dining hall for a month." And then he ushered us out of his office.

I turned to Ben, a smile on my face.

"I'll make sure to be EXTRA clean when im eating breakfast tomorrow, oh thats right! And for the next month!" I teased before I turned with a swish of my hair, and then headed back to my dorm room.

I'm getting pretty good at this evil thing...

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After I had gone back to my room, collected my books, timetable, map and everything else I needed for my first day, I headed to my first class. Drama.

I opened the door a fraction, and looked in. The room was pitch black, the only light source coming from a spotlight which was directed on the centre of the small stage at the front. I quickly slid through the door, and took a seat in one of the few chairs that were unoccupied, unable to see through the darkness to who I was sitting next to.

Our teacher, Mrs Moran, stood in the spot light on the stage, and proceeded to explain what our next exercise was going to be. We had to get into pairs with the people on our table, and act out a scene we were given.

At that point all the lights turned on, momentarily blinding me. Just then a familiar voice asked:

"So, you wanna be partners?"

I turned around to my right, and sitting next in the chair next to me was, of course, Enzo Mathews.

"......Ahh......surrrrre!" I replied awkwardly.

He gave me a warm smile, before our small talk was interrupted by a pepi and annoying voice from the end of our table.

"Ah Sweetie, Enzo's with me. Right Zozo?"

Zozo. Really? I had trouble holding in my laughter. As for Enzo:

"Well actually Vic, Ondina is new here, and I have been assigned to show her around and help her for the day. So sorry." He lied, with an apologetic smile.

"Ugh are you rejecting me!"

"No, no, just that Ondina needs someone to help her out for the day. You remeber what its like on your first day...."

"Fine! Fine..." She said exasperated, and turned away with a swish of her hair.

"Jees....." I muttered.

"Yea....sorry about that she's super sensitive, and protective...."

Mrs Moran had got to our table, and she handed out small colourful pieces of paper, which each had a secretive scene on the back. I picked ours up, covering it with my hand so no one else could see apart from us two. It read:

Scene number: 13
Scene genre: Romance
Scene: A date, a moonlit picnic on a beach.

Seriously. It had to be a romance. What is wrong with this day!

"Cool, so we're last" Enzo said, not seeming to be fased by out scene at all.

I nodded, not wanting to say anything, to keep the awkwardness to a minimal.

The first few groups were really good, making me realise I have to make it look as realistic as possible.......without actually falling for him.......this is going to be a mission.....

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Hi everyone! Sorry this chapter really boring, and pretty uneventful. Will try to make the next one a bit more exciting 😁 Dont forget to vote, follow, and comment, as I love to hear your feedback and suggestions!
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