Getting caught
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I hope you guys were able to hear each other's thoughts.
Both the girls flinched hearing a third voice.
Rene
Ugh, you scared me, Leon!
She said with repulse, wiping her tears off her face swiftly.
Aliyah looked the other side, holding her tears back.
(Young) Aliyah
What are you doing here? The class will start.
She said the only thing her brain had in mind, looking the other way.
Leon
Who cares about classes?
Leon
I'd rather spend my day roaming the city
LEON - The head boy of Lorelei High School
"You live only once, so why are you so determined in making it difficult?"
AGE: 16
HOBBIES: Biking and travelling.
'WHAT or WHO HAVE YOU ALWAYS LOVED?'
'The oceans. It reflects how beautiful life is.'
Aliyah scoffed at Leon's words. Such a remiss person was the head boy of her school.
Leon
I came here to get some breeze
Leon
And found two people yelling their throats out, so I thought I could watch the drama
Leon
I just never thought I would meet the head girl here.
Tears glistened through Aliyah's eyes.
(Young) Aliyah
*Muttering under her breath*
Get lost, Leon.
Leon
Did you say something?
(Young) Aliyah
*yells* I told you to get to class!
Leon
Not before you fill me in on your discussion
Leon
What were you guys arguing about?
Both of them remained silent.
After a moment, Rene started walking away.
Aliyah was baffled. She should have kept quiet after their fight, but she still had the strength to say something.
(Young) Aliyah
Where are you going, Rene?
Rene ignored her, walking further away from them.
(Young) Aliyah
I asked where you were going?!
Leon
Is it necessary to be this hard on Rene?
Leon's tone had ascended from playful to serious.
Leon
She's just a teenager.
Aliyah frowned at his words. He made her look like the bully.
(Young) Aliyah
What do mean, Leon?
(Young) Aliyah
I'm doing both of our jobs because you can't do yours
She spat the words and turned to walk the same way Rene had.
After a moment, Leon spoke.
Leon
You aren't following Rene, are you?
The words were uttered spitefully by the principal with a frown, which was always plastered in his resting face.
Mr. Luigi Koch
Is this what we've been teaching you students?!
MR. LUIGI KOCH - Principal of Lorelei High School
AGE: 47
HOBBIES: Photography, and painting
'WHAT or WHO HAVE YOU ALWAYS LOVED?'
'Hard-earned money.'
Leon apologised as the girls were too shocked to even speak.
Ten minutes ago, Aliyah was stranded in a street, and Rene found her. Five minutes later, Leon, pulling his hair came with a faculty and said, "Oh, uh, I didn't expect them to be here."
The faculty assumed that Aliyah and Rene were skipping classes and Leon helped them to.
And so, they were dragged into the Principal's room.
Mr. Luigi Koch
Your sorry isn't going to fix anything
Mr. Luigi Koch
I need the reason why you chose to come to school and skip physics class.
Mr. Koch glanced to his left, looking at Mr. Swift, the raven haired, thirty year old physics teacher.
Mr. Luigi Koch
You do you understand that you've disrespected Mr. Swift by skipping the class, right?
All of them muttered a yes
(Young) Aliyah
*low voice* yes Sir
Rene
*Voice below a whisper* yes Sir
Leon
*Barely speaks* yes Sir
Mr. Luigi Koch
Then tell me why you did what you did!?
At this point, getting away with a warning was out of the question. The principal was determined to get an answer from the three students.
The three silently stood there. Neither replying nor meeting the blond principal's blue eyes.
Mr. Luigi Koch
Leon, what has gotten into you?
Mr. Luigi Koch
And Aliyah?
Mr. Luigi Koch
You are usually here to prove me wrong about fewer holidays and no field trips
Mr. Luigi Koch
So how did it come to this?!
(Young) Aliyah
I'm sorry Sir
(Young) Aliyah
I'll be careful next time
Mr. Luigi Koch
Careful? Yes, you should be careful about whom you hang out with
Next thing, Mr. Koch muttered to himself, but everybody in the room heard him.
Mr. Luigi Koch
*sighs* Look how the top students have become after having to assist certain students
Rene's eyes glistened with tears after being mentioned, and she looked down.
To be honest, it wasn't Rene's fault. After the swaying conversation between Aliyah and Rene, Aliyah needed to blow off some steam so she stayed by the park. At least, that's how Leon saw it.
Aliyah saw Leon's hands clench into a fist.
(Young) Aliyah
It's not Rene's fault
The people in the room went wide-eyed.
(Young) Aliyah
I wasn't hanging out with her for the last two weeks.
(Young) Aliyah
We're not too close to be friends but not too distant to be strangers.
(Young) Aliyah
Even if I was hanging out with her, she wouldn't have any influence over my actions
(Young) Aliyah
I think you've misunderstood the situation, Sir.
Everybody looked at her astounded. Mr. Koch furrowed his eyebrows listening to her words.
(Young) Aliyah
I did skip physics class
(Young) Aliyah
But it was not because of Rene.
Mr. Luigi Koch
All three of you will clean the ground, and maintain the library for a week
Mr. Luigi Koch
No help from other students, or staffs
Mr. Luigi Koch
You're going to do it alone
Mr. Luigi Koch
Ms. White, make sure the library head, and the cleanliness staff monitor these students
The principal said in a fury.
He looked at Rene, and it didn't help his upset face.
Mr. Luigi Koch
I heard you haven't shown any improvements in the last test, Rene.
Mr. Luigi Koch
What was going on in your mind when you chose to skip school?
Rene said in her bleak voice.
Mr. Luigi Koch
After a week, write me a letter of apology and a promise not to skip classes, alright?
(Young) Aliyah
*Whisper* Yes sir
All of them said at the same time.
Mr. Luigi Koch
You're dismissed
Mr. Luigi Koch
Get to the next class!
Mr. Luigi Koch
Ms. White, be sure they enter the class, and sit through the entire lesson!
Ms. Jade White
Yes Sir, I understand
JADE WHITE - The faculty who spotted Leon, and asked about Aliyah and Rene only to bring them to the Principal
"Work is life and life is work."
AGE: 27
HOBBIES: Typewriting and organizing.
'WHO or WHAT HAVE YOU ALWAYS LOVED?'
'All the jobs I choose.'
After a while, when all three of them have left the Principal's room
(Young) Aliyah
I just lost track of the recess time, Sir
(Young) Aliyah
I promise it won't happen one more time.
Mr. Levi Swift
Still, it's not like you
"If you can't find a solution to a problem, then you are the problem."
AGE: 35
HOBBIES: Star gazing and archaeology.
'WHAT or WHO HAVE YOU ALWAYS LOVED?'
'I'm not sure because I like a variety of things and what I like always changes.'
Mr. Levi Swift
Are you sure you're alright?
Aliyah replied looking down at the ground.
Mr. Swift sighed, and left her to herself.
Aliyah was now standing at the end of the hallway. She'll need to attend the next class soon.
She picked herself up and decided to climb the stairs up to reach her classroom.
On her way to the stairs, she found a familiar student, with a hostile gaze.
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What are you doing here?
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Aren't you the first one to shoo us into the classroom when a subject period starts?
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