Going Nowhere

Troublemaker - 4

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Excuse the mistakes

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Teagan was a heavy sleeper.

As I stood next to my sleeping roommate, who was quietly snoring and drooling on herself, I mused how she could probably sleep through a nuclear explosion or a train blasting through our room. However, I didn’t have much time to imagine because the morning meeting in the Great Hall started in fifteen minutes.

I was dressed in a pair of dark denim jeans and a Green Day t-shirt, and I had also spent a little time in the communal bathroom to fix my hair and makeup. I didn’t have time to get breakfast, but I figured I could just go to the snack bar in the student center when I had a break between classes.

After another minute of staring at Teagan, I decided to just wake her up. Now, you have to understand that I have about zero patience, so when I wake people up, I’m not the most gentle person on the planet.

“Teagan!” I said not very quietly, and I jostled her shoulder, “Teagan, it’s time to get up!”

“Go away bitch,” Teagan moaned, and she rolled over onto her stomach.

“Teagan, the morning meeting is starting in, like, twelve minutes,” I replied, but Teagan didn’t respond. She just burrowed deeper underneath her covers and mumbled something about cheese and Adam West. I sighed and debated trying again, but it was clear that Teagan wasn’t budging anytime soon.

I grabbed my backpack, which only contained two notebooks and a folder, and my keys. I took one last look at Teagan, and called her name a couple more times with no result. Then, I walked out of our room and hurried down the hall and stairs. I had less than ten minutes to get to the Great Hall, which I’d only seen when Teagan had pointed it out to me on our walk back after dinner.

Apparently, everyone was already at the Great Hall because the foot paths wrapping through the Trinity Prep campus were completely vacant. Now worried that I was missing the morning meeting, I started to run towards the Great Hall, which was across the campus.

When I finally reached the Great Hall, I was panting hard, and I could feel the flush in my cheeks. I let out a deep breath, ran a hand through my hair, and after straightening my t-shirt, I pulled open the door of the Great Hall and hurried inside.

Every single person turned to face me. I’d been right in assuming that the morning meeting had started, and it had been absolutely silent when I’d stumbled into the Great Hall.

I could feel my cheeks turning tomato red, and I decided then and there that I wasn’t going to be the scared little new girl who was shy and embarrassed all the time. No, I was going to act like myself, which was in no way close to a nervous new kid.

I waved at Dean Hayes, who was standing at a podium on the raised platform at the other side of the Great Hall, and then I hurried down the center aisle between the benches full of staring students. I caught sight of Kyla and Maddie, both of whom were cracking up at my entrance, and I quickly sat down on the area of the bench next to them that was vacant.

“Nice,” Kyla whispered, and I winked at her.

Dean Hayes pursed his lips, and I could tell that he was annoyed with me. He didn’t strike me the same as the man who I’d met with yesterday, which made me think that Kyla and Maddie had been right in that he was fake at first.

I didn’t really listen much during the morning meeting, since I was too busy picking at my nail polish and scoping out the other students. Suddenly, Kyla grabbed my shoulder and pointed at a girl sitting in the front bench of students.