I sat in the Principal's office anxiously waiting for her to come in and talk to me.
The door opened and my stomach did front flips.
"Hazel I am very disappointed in you." She sat down and looked me in my eyes. "What would make you do that?"
I shrugged. I really didn't have an answer.
"Quan is a known trouble maker but you've been good so far. I've suspended him for ten days.. Let me look up your grades and I'll let you know what I'm going to do from there." She pulled out her computer and did some typing. "Is everything okay w. you?"
"Yeah why?" I looked confused.
"You have a 64% in English & thats the class you were just missing. I looked at your transcripts from your school back in New York! You never had anything lower than a B. What is going on?"
"Nothing. I've been busy." I lied.
"Look sweety. I know having a boyfriend might seem like the most important thing right now even tho Quan is a handsome young man he isn't doing you any good right now, you need to focus on school as a young women with African descents you have to respect yourself or nothing will."
She was serious, old and black with long silver hair.
I nodded. "I don't date Quan, I date Chresanto & I'm dancing back up in the tour and practice is really hard on me right now."
"Well I have no choice but to suspend you for 3 days. I'm sorry."
"No, I've never been suspended. If I get suspended from here I'll get suspended from the tour."
"Maybe thats what you need. I'm sorry."
I couldn't believe this I shook my head and ran out to my car.
**Later at practice**
"Hey baby." Roc kissed me.
"Hi."
"Whats wrong w. you?"
"Nothing I'm in a sour mood."
"Hey girl." Bahja walked in.
I waved.
"I didn't see you at school." Zonnique sat her bag down.
"Yeah I noticed that." Roc looked at me.
"Thats cause I wasn't there." I tried not to make eye contact with any of them.
"Why not?" Zonnique asked.
"I got suspended."
"Why?" Bahja asked.
"Aye ya'll Sean wants us." Babydoll walked out.
"Waffle House after?" Bahja looked at me before walking into their dance studio.
"What the hell happened?" Roc asked me.
"I don't want to talk about it." I shook my head and headed into our studio.
"Come on. You know Walter gone find out and be mad. Tell me."
"This needs to be discussed at a later time." I was growing annoyed.
"Okay rehearsal will not start until everyone pulls their grades up on PowerSchool. lets go now." Dave yelled and pulled out his MacBook.
Everyone stood in line until it was their turn.
Finally he looked at everyone's grades.
"Hazel & Ray Ray ya'll have been out on probation until your grades come up."
