England's worst hour

Chapter two: My life in hell gets worse

Authors note:
Sorry to disturb your reading but I would like to tell you that I have edited and added to the previous chapter since I first published it. Happy reading!

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I stayed up all night studying, doing homework and working on assignments, I know my life is pitifully boring. I go through my morning rituals before finally leaving the house to go to school.

"Hi Elizabeth," once the words leave my mouth I realise I sound overly tired and bored. Which is partially true: I'm tired but not bored.

"Hi Lila," I can see Elizabeth has realised something is up, which isn't the case (unless you count this whole country but unfortunately that is 'the norm'). "Is something wrong?" I can see in Elizabeth's eyes she is concerned.

"No, just tired after studying last night."

"Okay," Elizabeth gives me a funny look and is clearly deep in thought, this can't be good. "Nothing happened in your final class yesterday which you share with a certain heart-throb which caused you to have a," Elizabeth pauses finding the right words, "sleepless night?"

I roll my eyes, "of course not."

"Are you sure?"

"If anything happened to me concerning a guy, trust me, you'd be the first to know." Elizabeth searches my eyes making sure I wasn't lying to her.

"Okay, so nothing happened?" I think back to my business ed class yesterday and remember what happened, nothing much. Although there are a few small things which happened which I know Elizabeth is dying to know. I glance at Elizabeth to find her looking at me like I have the answer to all our world's problems, I wish! I give in to her, after all she is my best friend and if the meaningless things I have to tell her will make her any happier than I will have to tell her them.

"Okay, don't get your hopes up-" Elizabeth squeals in response "- I sat behind him and he asked me for a pen."

"OH MY GOSH THIS PROVES HE LOVES YOU," Elizabeth pauses as her face lights up even more, I have no idea how that is even possible. "HE'S GOING TO MARRY YOU AND YOUR GOING TO HAVE ADORABLE LITTLE BABIES!" I can't help but smile at Elizabeth's overwhelming happiness at such a little thing. "Did he return the pen? Did he smile? How did he ask? Was he nervous? Was he happy? Did he say your name-"

"I'm sorry Elizabeth but I really can't remember any of that." Elizabeth looks a little sad but the emotion fades as quickly as it came.

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"Greetings Emperor," one of the more recently appointed advisors addresses the Emperor. They are in a depressingly dark room fitted out with black furniture with a modern theme to it. The Emperor sits in a abnormally large chair which looks uncomfortable to sit in. The advisor kneels before his Emperor trying to hide his fear, but it is abundant in his eyes. "My fellow advisors and I have been talking about what we could do to address the issue at hand." The advisor hesitates making him seem even weaker than the fear in his eyes had already done.

"Well, what have you come up with!" The Emperor often became impatient, this is why his advisors often had meetings without him and then later presented the outcomes to the Emperor.

"We had the idea of selecting five students from all around the country and making them part of us," the advisor looks up at the Emperor awaiting his response.

"What good will that do?! We can't have children running the country!"

"With all due respect sir, we thought it would make ordinary citizens feel as though they were part of their government. We would give the students minor roles, we were thinking of giving them their own department."

"With them having no actual power. I think that could work, we tried everything else so why not give this a shot! How would we choose the children? I assume that because you came to me with the idea you have already planned this out."

"Yes, we though we would go on their marks in their mid-semester exams and then make a game show to see who would get the roles."

"When are the exams?"

"In a month."

"Okay, in the meantime I want all my advisors working on the game show and the announcement will be made after the exams. Is that understood?"

"Yes sir!" The young advisor looked so happy and relieved it was like his Christmas had come early!

"Oh, and another thing." The Emperor wore a stern look on his face, "don't call me sir."

"Yes Emperor."

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It's lunch and Elizabeth told all the girls what I had told her on our journey to school, so yet again all the girls were talking about our 'relationship'.

"I have to use the loo." I can't stand their whispering, giggling and squealing any longer, and over nothing! I don't particularly like the toilet but it's quiet and does't go on about meaningless things, although if the toilet did talk I think I should be afraid. I stand up, pulling my schoolbag with me, and leave the hall. I bump into someone and look up to find a tall, blonde, handsome boy which all of my friends have been talking about non-stop all lunch.

"Sorry," it turns out he is more polite than I thought he would be.

"It's alright I'm the one who should be apologizing, I wasn't looking where I was going."

What are you doing?! You know all of your friends are probably watching you and will make assumptions about what is happening right now between you and Steve.

"Are you okay? You look a little distressed."  Steve is looking at me with genuine concern plastered all over his face.

Why is he being so nice to me? Aren't popular people suppose to be really mean?

"I'm okay, I just need to get away from squealing teenage girls!"

Why are you trying to be funny? YOU'RE NOT FUNNY! Sarcastic, depressed, bored. Yes, yes and yes. Funny. No!

To my surprise Steve actually laughed at my lame joke, "okay, see ya 'round!"

"See ya!" I can't believe I just had a completely normal conversation with Steve. I look over at my friends who are all staring at me with knowing looks before thy all turn to each other and start whispering again. I almost sprint out of the hall. Why? The interrogation from my friends isn't going to be fun.

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Authors Note:

Hi! I hope you enjoyed that chapter and sorry it wasn't as long as the previous one but that one was kind of rediculous and if all of the chapters were that long it would take me years to write this! I wasn't sure if I was going to write more for this story so that is why it has been MONTHS since my last update.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year,

xx