Strung

Movies, Carnivals, and Gnomes

9:00 am
English Class

That whole fiasco with Vincent and Lola tuckered me out. Left and right "Why did you do it, Lola!?" and "Did you sleep with her, Johnny?!" But it was worth it. Johnny isn't yelling at folks about Lola and she's messing around with other guys. Could be giving them herpes and mono. That's all over now and we took care of it before it could even spread. No rumors, no beef, only chicken. I stayed up all freakin' night with Lola trying to talk her out of going back to him. Johnny's just done with her. He's looking for a new queen. Maybe when this crap is all over, I can take that place.

I'm supposed to be writing notes but I've finished that. Mr. Galloway doesn't have any trouble with me at all, I think he'll let me sleep for the great of the class. "Petra, are you sleeping in class?" I raised my head from my arms and nodded.  "Yes. Mister Galloway. I've finished my work. If you care to check."  "That's great and all but I'm afraid that I can't allow it." Drawing on shit always keeps me awake. Suddenly, I quit drawing when Hattrick told me to. That just bundled up my bangles and I lost spirit. Without really knowing it I was giving the teacher puppy eyes. "If it makes you stop with the puppy eyes, you can draw up here on the board." I take back what I said about losing my spirit.

I'm shocked, Mister Galloway hasn't called me out on my artwork. I have this habit of drawing mermaids and nearly nude people. For some reason, Ms. Phillips appears to be one of them. "Petra. I think that's enough... You've done enough." Mister Galloway stood behind me checking. The other students started laughing and commenting. "Is that meant to be Ms. Phillips?" He asked. "Uh... What if I say yes?"

Principal's Office
9:30 am

"Sit over here." Mr. Galloway demanded. I sat down near the door and watched him walk away. I drew like eight different women all in the nude and Ms. Phillips woke him up?  "What are you in for?" Earnest and a long row of clique students who are sitting near me asked. Earnest is holding a gun, there's not much to that. Jason probably got caught for being a darker shade than me. Trent must've been giving swirlies out. "Drawing a nude photo of Ms. Phillips in front of the class. You?" I already know why he's here. I scanned the room. "Don't look at me." The boys all said.

5 minutes later

"Young Petra! What's this I hear about you, fighting and drawing nude pictures?!" Dr. Crabblesnitch yelled. I turned away and scratched my head as he took out a three page paper of the shit I've done since I arrived here. "Listen to me, Girlie." Girlie? The hell is wrong with him? "Yes, sir..."

Get the paddle on me, I dare you. "What exactly drives you to do stuff like this? Getting into fights with students, getting arrested, sexually harassing staff, and using bad language." I grinned as he continued listing off my shenanigans. "Not all of it is my fault. The bad-mouthing teacher thing was necessary. That drawing of Ms. Phillips wasn't intentional at all either and I censored it." with dead flowers and creepy-looking eyes. "It wasn't really Ms. Phillips in the first place." "Pull any more shenanigans like this and you'll be serving detention." Okay. "Whatever daddio..."

Bullworth Cinema
3:00 pm

Normally, movie theaters are places that I hate going to, but I don't want to get robbed for my chocolates and have to suck up the strong fumes of 50 different perfumes while I sleep. Jimmy was also worried about Petra and wanted to see her. On the topic of her getting sent to the principal's office comes up. "You really did that? I thought Gary was lying." He was in that class? I need to start drinking coffee. "Yeah. Mr. Galloway was as red as a baboon's ass. He's sent up to the office after having a blush fit about it."

"You're bad." He's telling me that? "Aren't you the one who fought at a chemical plant? You calling me wild?" I had my arm linked with Jimmy's as we approached the long line of people. In the long line of people, I spotted Eunice, Pinky, Trent, Gord, Lola, and Kirby and a few workers from some shops nearby. "Are you kidding. My only chance of getting away from people is here and those people just happened to be around." Trent and Kirby were holding hands. Gord had Lola and his buddies around, Eunice was just there and Pinky was with Chad.