White Rose (rewriting)

19

Episode: 19
Actual episode: 21

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I wake up on time today. Thankfully. I climb out of bed, and I decide to swim instead of going to the gym.

'I didn't do anything yesterday, so I'll have to work twice as hard now.'

I slip into my swimsuit and hop in the shower before I walk down to the indoor pool. I dip my foot in to test the water before I slide in. I shiver slightly, and then I begin swimming laps.

A few laps in, I hear my phone ring. I climb out of the water and make my way over to it.

"Hello, (Y/N) speaking,"

"Hey, I'm not gonna be able to drive you today, is there a bus you can take?"

"Yeah, don't worry,"

"I wasn't worried, idiot,"

"Hmm, you sure~?" I say with a laugh. "Anyway, are you gonna be able to pick me up?"

"Yeah, so I'll see you later,"

"Bye!"

I place my phone back down and I head into my bathroom to take a shower. Once out, I throw on a blue gucci sweater and some matching pants, I style my hair and put in my socks and shoes, and I'm ready.

I unlock my phone and see that it's almost 6:30 am. I head down the stairs and I look for something to eat.

'It looks like I'll need to stop and get some food later today.'

I grab my backpack and I head out. I pull my headphones out of my pocket.

'Ugh, they're so tangled. Why haven't I bought A*rp0ds yet?'

I make short work of the knots, and plug them into my phone before shuffling my playlist. After what feels like an eternity, I arrive at the bus stop. I wait for the bus to arrive, and I step onboard. I look around, and I see almost everyone standing. After another moment of investigation, I see that there's an empty seat next to a short boy. There's some girls behind him throwing dirty looks at him.

'Wow, that's fucked...'

I walk up to the boy.

"Hey, is anyone sitting here?"

"Huh? Uh, no..."

I seat myself, and place my stuff on the floor beside me. I glance at the boy next to me, and he's wearing the uniform.

"Hey, do you go to J High?" I grin

"Oh, uh, yeah..."

"Let's be friends! I'm (Y/N)."

"Oh...I'm Duke,"

'I don't think he trusts me, but I hope we can be friends.'

He goes back to what he was doing, and I awkwardly do the same. I don't want to make him any more uncomfortable. I look past him and out the window and see that we've just about come to a stop. I tap Duke's shoulder to let him know, and I grab my stuff and head to the front of the bus.

Once my feet are on the ground instead of inside of the vehicle, I pause for a moment and sigh.

'My bullshit senses are tingling.'

I sigh again, putting my typical stern expression on my face and walking into the building.

I quickly do what needs to be done at my locker, and I head to class. I'm here too early to talk to Zoe, so I just put my head down and wait.