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ularly fond of him. Perhaps I've never met him, but his regime fits soundly to who he is. I haven't attended boarding school for eighteen years to come to any other conclusion. It's intrigui

end job. Be a lawyer, or a doctor. Something boring like that. Unless of course, you're a misfit. A delinquent. An outsider. Then you're shipped off to manually train to be nothing more than a security guar

at that to begin with. With all these tests to determine our suitability for these prestigious schools I'll never ma

l call echos from behind

linoleum dangerously. My family never sent me much money over my years at

ing notice boards parading pictures and achievements of the top students. I never truly run that fast. That's the game. I like the chas

the place. Get her heart rate jumping, her cheeks swollen with color. She can't run that fa

ds. Mistress Cunningham blames it on my age. I'm a year older than the other girls here. My mother and father hid me from authority for a year until I was found. They had no other choice but to

emove me from her class for years. Too bad every request she makes to the Head of Halls is denied. No one else will have me. It's not my intention to be like this. Routine has never fit m

thought, I didn't hear the short, stoutly woman approach from behind me. She

ance. She caught me. Well done on her. "But can we skip the lecture today? App

she can stare me down with her steely gray eyes surrounded by decaying eyelashes. She repulses me. Not necessarily her looks, however, I do take full responsibility for the gray in her hair. It's in fact, because she'

obbling on her crook knee, falling in her seat. "I'

ffice goodbye if I'm honest. I'll surely mis

her infuriated glare. "Do y

r back arching into her chair. My eyes onl

h know girls here send letters to the boys boarding house, catching their romantic interest. I've

irl. We are all envious of

e's going with this, b

ion. Her thick eyebrows raise and her jaw falls slack. "I stole into one of the teachers rooms and used her unbarred

that not many can stick up to this woman. Especially not when she brings out her favourite glossy

y snaps. "You'll never find love. Yo

ave an impossibly hard time making friends. And my romantic life is non existent. Love is something I haven't been so familiar with

em after graduation," she tells me firmly. I swal