Chapter 7
"Are you ok Laura you look like you're going to fall asleep in your peanut butter sandwich?" Jody had said at lunch. "I'm fine just a little tired." "You want some caffeine pills these will wake you up." Bridget had said while taking one herself. "What do you kids do to yourselves here in Hartville?" I asked taking a bite of my peanut butter and banana sandwich. "It's called peer pressure it happens every day in every high school." Heather had said. "I'm lucky I'm level headed I would never do any of the shit you guys do here," I said taking a sip of my milk. "Well welcome to Hartville, were all about peer pressure here." Bridget had said. "I don't want to go to gym class today; I got my period this morning." Heather had said. "I have double study hall this afternoon, gag me with a spoon." Jody had said. "I have health and then art." Bridget had said. "I have medical terminology and then study hall; I wish I could have a double study. How do you go about getting a double study?" I asked. "I only have double study because I chose to opt out of my free elective, that's the only way you can get a double." Jody had said. "And unfortunately for me, all my classes are requirements," I said. "Why are you taking a heavy course load anyways?" asked Bridget. "Because I need the credentials for pre-med requirements for college so that I can get into the best pre-med school there is," I said. "It's cool that you know what you want to do, but at the same time you can't put all sorts of crazy pressure on yourself." Jody had said. "I've always been a bit of a perfectionist," I said. Then the bell rang to go to our next classes.
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A Resilient Heart Continues To Beat
Short StoryA year and a half after her father died from cancer level headed Laura and her mother make the decision to put the memories of the past behind them and start their lives over. Starting in a new high school mid fall semester of her junior year as wel...
