𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁

School is for fools

She readjusts her glasses as she watches her fan spin around in the dark of her room. She had just moved to this new home a couple days ago, and tomorrow would be her first day as a senior. She was excited, a tad bit nervous but mostly sad that she had to leave all her friends and her old house back home. Sad about her parents divorce that caused this move, and sad knowing that her mother didn't really want her and her little brother after her mother had moved on and started a new family with her boyfriend and his little kids. But she knew deep down she would have to stay strong and put on a fake smile for her dad and her brother and maybe just maybe if she pretends everything's ok it will be. That was her last thought as she closed her eyes and her fan disappeared from her sight as she started to fall asleep.

"Gettttt uppp!!" A young boy yelled as he giggled and fell off the bed onto the floor. She fastly sat up in her bed at the sound of her little brother possibly being hurt " Oh my gosh Ollie bear, are you ok?!" She exclaimed as she peered down onto the floor and gasped. The little boy burst into laughter and when she realized he was fine she did too. " yeah Meri I'm ok." He said as he stood up off the floor. "Oh good" she said smiling at him. "Dad made breakfast for us but he kinda..." Ollie said rubbing his neck and looking out the doorway. Meri sighed and thought about it. "Let me guess burnt toast again?" Ollie nodded and gave a small smile. "Luckily we have the chef, because I know dads trying but we really would be starving without our chef." Ollie said and giggled as he started leaving the room. " I'll see you down there." Meri watched him walk down the stairs and got up and closed her door and locked it. preparing for the long day ahead, she walked towards her closet and quickly changed into a oversized sweatshirt and leggings, grabbed her purse and walked downstairs and into the kitchen. " good morning mrs Meredith, your father is out to work but I've made you a quick omelette and orange juice for breakfast today, I've done the same with Oliver." Meri walks over and sits down on the barstool preparing to eat her breakfast. "Thank you mrs paimyn but I told you,  there's really no need for this, regardless what father thinks, I'm more than capable of making my own breakfast and you can call me and my brother Meri and Ollie you don't have to be so formal all the time." Meri laughs a bit as she bites into her omelette. "Child as i have told you before I'm more than happy to do it, if i didn't your dad would fire me and it's not that I mind that. You and I both know I can get another job. I just would be upset about never seeing you amazing kids anymore." Mrs paimyn says as she lightly squeezes  Meri's cheek and they both laugh.

"Alrighttt Mikey what's on the agenda today?" Ramona says as she kicks at a few pebbles  on the ground. "You know, I actually was thinking maybe we could take a little trip down memory lane." Mikey says as he eyes Ramona carefully. Ramona looks up at him. "And what exactly do you mean by that?" Mikey shrugs "visiting our old high school."  "Ehh I don't know Mikey ain't that a little weird, what even would we do there?"  Mikey smirks "glad you asked.  Becauseeee I found some other treasure in the glorious trash yesterday." "Oh boy" Ramona says. Mikey than pulls out two spray paint cans from his pockets. Ramona gives him a weird look "you had those in there the whole time?" "Ehh something like that." Mikey says and bites his lip in anticipation. "Sooo?" Ramona looks at him than down at the ground and sighs. "The stuff you make me do" she says as she grabs a spray paint can from him and walks past him. Mikey does a fist bump of achievement "yesss" he says an starts following her.

"Everyone this is Meredith Claire she is a new student and taking up learning time but it's fine because all of you are privileged and don't even need to be here." The old English teacher says with a sigh and picks up her book and continues reading it. "Uhh ok well hi everyone I actually prefer to go by Meri so uh yea that's-" she stops talking as she looks around the classroom and realizes everyone's either in their own conversations or on their phones. "Right... I'm just gonna sit down...   now." Meri says awkwardly as she starts to inch  herself into a chair in the front and accidentally brushes up against another student "oh pardon me- heh heh." She laughs awkwardly  and begins tapping her pencil against the desk. "Wow what a great start to the year." She thinks in her head.

"Allllrighttyyyy that should do it. What you think?  Mona Mona" Mikey says as him and Ramona step back and admire their work. On the front of the school wall entrance in their blue and red spray paint was "lerosse academy is where the  filthy pig and rats blood is." And a picture of some pigs and rats bodies ontop of each other.      Ramona laughed "oh my god everyone's gonna lose their shit when they see it." Ramona high fives Mikey "best idea you've had in a while." She says and bites her lip smiling at their work.

She places her hand over her mouth as she yawns again. Ten minutes have passed since she got her sad introduction and still no work was passed out, in fact the teacher had fallen asleep for five minutes and when she woke up she just started reading her chapter book again. "Alright enough is enough for today." Meri said as she pushed her chair away from her desk and readjusted her purse and walked out the classroom. "Forget this school if it's gonna be like that all the time I'll tell daddy to let me be tutored at home ." She said to herself as she walked down the hallways out to the front entrance. As she walked closer she heard Mikey and Ramona laughing she walked past the corner and put her hand up to say hi but before she could actually say the words she saw the graffiti and placed her hand over her mouth. "How dare you two!  graffiti is so awful and especially what you guys put up." Meri said in disbelief. Ramona and Mikey looked at her and both of them eyed her up and down and exchanged a smirk . "Yeah  ok  little rich girl... graffiti is awful and I bet you think tattoos are the end of the world too huh? Why don't you just run along back to class? In fact miss goody goody why are you leaving?" Ramona questions  and puts her hands over her mouth. "Ehh ehhh Mikey I think this angel over here is... " Mikey smirks  at Meri "ditching. " he says finishing Ramona's sentence. "I- I'm not ditching I'm leaving because I don't feel well." Meri says defensively. "Yeah sure thing princess listen we will keep your little secret hush hush if you keep ours deal?" Ramona says extending her hand out to shake Meri's.    Meri looks at Ramona up an down and than at Mikey "ermmm fine" she says and shakes Ramona's hand. Ramona smirks " see you around." Ramona and Mikey than turn and run away from the school. "Hey! You! Don't move!" A school cop says. Miri slowly looks down at her hand and sees the giant paint stain that Ramona got on her and than looks at the cans that were left behind on the ground and realizes how she had been setup and slowly turns around to face the principal walking towards her and 4  school police. "Erhhhuhh" she says as she realizes how much trouble she's in.

Mikey laughs as he jumps off the swing "oh man we haven't had that much fun in a while huh Ravioni" Mikey waits for an answer and looks at Ramona in the swing looking at other children playing. "Ramona I'm getting tired of these silent answers. What's on your mind?" Mikey says as he sits back into the other swing. Ramona looks at him and smiles a little "that girl ... I know she's one of them and all but something seemed kinda different about her Mikey." Mikey rolls his eyes and swings backs "Ramona stop, they're all the same don't be fooled by some of the fake personalities some of them put on." Ramona looks around the park "yeah yeah I uh I guess your right I don't know what I'm thinking." "Don't worry bout it" Mikey says smiling at her "when we go get our lunch that should cheer you right up again."