LUCY'S OBSESSION

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going to be great. An experience that’s going to pump me up. I grabbed my cutle

alks. It’d be difficult to talk to someone

en such numbers of

all. Each table was crammed with girls. Dinner was rice and

pied and no one seemed ready to spare me a seat. I

only two people. I had no idea what push

he grinned. “ You don’

d. “ The entire

have the free seat. This is my favorite s

er,” I breath in relief, s

stared interestingl

Lu

huh,” she smi

pened my can of Pepsi and took a si

omotion exam last year and made it to seni

aughed as well. “ What do you

began schooling here since Junior class so I'm used to all the norms and stuff that goes arou

me to trust her.

ing her face in a frown. “

s this

up of girls barged into the Hall. Everyone

ese girls wi

oned to perfection. They had some sort of special golden badge pi

irls. One was Tamar, hostel

let

Sharon cause everywhere was as silent a

. “ That’s the student’s council. You can call them whatever y

ey moved around each table, ticking off s

dreamily. “ They're Job's way much cooler.

tion back to her. “ But why’s e

your mouth opened? Besides, the student’s council are very strict and feared. They’re like the strongho

s Mrs

e school,” Sh

Someone said i

g our heads, we saw Collette approach

making loud sounds on the floor as they marched to

ed at her without

o talking while e

m…well you see, she was asking if she could get a glass of wate

me. Her eyes were as cold as ic

this girl but I knew better than to cause a scen

that deadpan expression of hers. “

o long as we eat our meals. I don’t see how using

me as if I had

rd and wrote something down. “ I’ll advise you

ing her instructions, I took my can

n the cafeteria w

get along pretty well. I’m not going to be

my knife as well. Sharon was giving me that look as if she wanted me to

hing me closely as I ate. Th

te. Before I knew it, she turned it o

et and yelled at her. ” You dir

ords, she turned around and

AC

ith feverish hands. That was the first

ette. She was walking away from me with

ould hear, looking at me from the corner of

felt tears rolled off my ch

ing me as I stood rooted at the spo

eyes, I ran out

calling my mom. What sort of school is this? How…ho

ire life. If I’m going to be treated this way, then I’m not

She’s the only one I know in this strange crazy school. She’d fix that vi

il Vee returns and when she does, I’d give her a piece of my mind. I don’t care if

o right t

burning with the slap I received earlier. I remembered the slap, I

er. I hate

here?” Someone said

y skin and stood u

hen the moonlight up ahead came to her face, I r

s Col

en her lips moved. “ I hate repeating myself, Lucy. What are you

m here to report you to miss Vee. She’d fix you for laying your ha

o me but didn’

nd juniors get along pretty well. You dare not lay a finger on us. We’d tear you apart. Oh wait, is it because this is a boarding school? I

and her lips stayed still in a simple s

ffed. “ Go ahead, do whatever you want with me. Hit me again, beat me up, flung me to the grou

ushed me against the wall, pinni

elling at her. “ Let go

w her lips opened down to my face. Before

aring out of their sock

ly as she kissed me, her to

pull out of her hold but she was too strong. I even t

d struggling until I

e that without moving. Then Collette slow

, the back of my hand against my mouth as I

, calmly. ” It’s getting late and cold. Go to c