It's Only Gossip

32

When I enter my dorm I see Aura sitting on my bed holding a disappointed expression.

"What time do you call this?" She shoots me a stern look.

"You have a watch." I snap back.

It's not even night, it's probably round 4 o'clock.

She taps her finger on her lips continuously, "Oh Levi, what am I going to do with you?" She mimics a concerned, wanting to punish their kid, mum.

"Stop man." I swift past her, I really can't be bothered with this.

She throws a letter at me. "What?"

She seems serious.

"Your attendance is 67.2%, that is so low! You've been missing so much school. I just have one question, do you actually know when your mocks are?"

"In February, duh." I whisper.

Clearly this isn't the answer she wanted. She jolts towards me and snatches the letter from me. Then she walks towards our desk and hands me a timetable.

"This is your exam timetable. You probably didn't know it existed because you didn't even bother to pick it up, I did!" She snaps with pure anger.

I stare at the dates, "It's three weeks from now! That's plenty of time."

Why on earth is she over exaggerating?

"Three weeks?" She laughs like a maniac.

"Plenty of time, you say." She smiles like a clown.

"Now tell me, is three weeks enough time to teach yourself the entire syllabus for four subjects?" She's waiting for my response.

"What are you talking about? We were meant to finish the whole syllabus just before the mocks." I don't dare to look at her.

"Yes, in three damn weeks! But obviously, you haven't been learning so you still have a lot to catch up with!"

"Sh*t." That's all I manage to say.

Realisation storms on me.

"But, I won't lose my scholarship if I fail these mocks." I try to reason with her.

I can see that she mentally puts her head down.

"You know what, Levi? Do whatever." She sighs and drops the letter on the floor.

"I tried." She says before she leaves our dorm.

I stare at the door for a while until another thunderstorm bounces on top of me. She took parts of Ash's and Carrie's files when she took the letter of me!

"Sh*t." I whisper once again, deja vu.

I fall onto my bed, staring at the ceiling. Feeling defeated, I close my eyes hoping that I can erase these past few months.

Knock. Knock.

Instantly I jump up to open the door. Daniel is standing there. Looking at him, I wait for him to say something.

"Mads needs your help." He blurts in a really bothered tone, like he doesn't want to admit it.

"With what?" I groan.

I'm meant to be gone in an hour.

"Teacher situation." He whispers.

"Huh?" Daniel isn't meant to know so I paint on a confused mask.

"Drop it, I know. It was kinda obvious when she'd always push me away so I did my own digging." He admits in a frustrated tone.

"I'm coming, one sec."

I grab my phone to text Amelia we'll go on a different day. As I walk through the corridor with Daniel, Amelia texts me back.

Amelia: What do I do in the meantime?

Me: Avoid them.

Amelia: I can't do this forever!

Me: Lmao drama queen

Amelia: kmt, I'm trusting you bc idk what else to do.

Me: Alright.

We enter Madison's dorm.

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Two updates in one day, this is my way of apologising for ghosting for ages. Thank you for still reading!