Lola gulps. Riley smiles at her in reassurance and squeezes her hand. She turns her head towards him and gently smiles back.
Mrs. Roberts straightens the pile of papers. Then, she begins to hand them out. Her heels clicking with every step. It was the only sound in the dead of silence.
A student in her class named James gets his test back. He fist pumps the air. His gorgeous brown eyes light up in sheer joy.
"Let's goo! An A!"
Mrs. Roberts turns and glares with him, turning her neutral face into a scrunched up and annoyed one. Slowly, he shrinks in his seat, obviously wishing he could disappear.
She comes to Lola next, putting her test flat down along with Riley's. Her eyes linger at her for a little bit before continuing the pattern.
Quickly, she mutters a few words of encouragement before flipping it over. In bulging ink it reads:
C+
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Drowning ✔
Short Story❝The thought of death made her plunge under.❞ ▬▬▬▬▬ Cover by: justapriincess #1 in Awareness 08/05/19 © XxQueen-_-MiaxX
