Falling For The Bad Boy

chapter 3. Douchepants

I avoid eye contact with Aaron and head to the first seat I see. Luckily Aaron was in the back of the class messing around with two of his friends. They must be in here often. I sit there waiting, lightly tapping my nails on the desk. After a little while a teacher I don't recognize comes in and stands by the front desk. "Hello everyone, welcome to the after school detention. I'm sure most of you know what to do by now,..." He pauses and glances at the back towards Aaron and his friends. "...but if you don't know, you will be here for an hour, you have to be silent, you can do school work, or read, or sit there and wait. No communication with each other what so ever..." He stares daggers at us like us talking would end the world as we know it. "So be quiet, and if you need me I will be right next door helping another teacher." The teacher walks out of the room, shutting the door behind him. As he closes the door I get the feeling it won't be so quiet in here with these annoying kids.

Almost immediately after the teacher leaves, the chatter picks up in the room again. I go back to tapping on the desk, attempting to zone everyone out. It almost works until I hear my name being shouted from the back of the room. I roll my eyes and try to ignore him. I know exactly who it is, and I really don't want to deal with him right now. "E M M A" he yells louder to get me to turn around. I sigh and give in. I turn around and instantly snap, "My God what do you want?" He and his boys laugh, "Oh a feisty one you are." I roll my eyes, "Leave me alone." I reply. The door bolts open and the teacher walks in. "Hey! What did I say about talking? Miss Johnson! Do you want another detention?" "No sir." I reply. "No talking." He says one more time before leaving the room yet again. For a while it's actually quiet in the room. But then I hear Aaron get up and walk over to the desk right next to me. "So why did you get detention anyways Princess?" He says to me. I instantly cringe at the name he gave me. "None of your business anyways douchepants." I reply, and instantly regret the name. He starts laughing, "douchepants? Wow, I'll give you points, I've never heard that one before. But let me guess, did you not turn in a paper on time? That's the worst I could see you doing." "I fell asleep in class." He looks at me and exclaims, "Was it Mr. Floyd that gave you the slip? That guys a real.... douchepants." I laugh and instantly stop myself. "Yeah he is." Aaron looks back over at his friends and looks back at me. "Well I'm gonna go back to my friends now." I watch my nails as each nail lightly drops to my desk and reply, "alright." He stands up and walks back over to his friends, and I spend the rest of the time chipping my blue nail polish on the table and listening to the small chats in the room. An hour goes by, the teacher finally comes back in and tell us we can leave. As I grab my things and step out of the door, Aaron sweeps by me, turns around and says, "See ya around, princess." I roll my eyes and reply, "Yeah, see ya around douchepants." He winks and jogs down the hall to the front exit.

As I walk into my house I can already feel the air stiffen. My parents never do well with any of us getting in trouble. "Mom? Dad?" I shout, getting prepared for a long, loud lecture. I walk into the kitchen and see my mom waiting there with that angry look on her face. "You fell asleep in class? You're making it look like you don't get any sleep at home!! Do you realize how that makes me look? I look like a horrible parent! And on top of that you got detention?! How is that going to look for me now? And then you......" I begin to daydream about good things in my life. My mom is so obsessed to looking good for everyone in the town. When something happens with us, she immediately thinks about her image in society's eyes and what they will think of her, when in reality nobody cares. After her lecture I go back to my room and get ready for bed. After today, I'm ready to sleep for the rest of my life.