Almost Perfect

chapter 13

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

The annoying vibrations from my phone became louder and louder each time, however the yearning of sleep depraved me from turning the alarm off. The room was dark and the breeze from the cold morning seeped into the room through the open windows. I still had not gotten used to waking up so early and settling into the timetable even after being here several months. Well four months at most. I tossed and turned in my cosy bed as I searched for my phone. Finally, the phone came into grasp as I squinted my eyes from the bright light in order to turn the piercing alarm off. My eyes had become accustomed to the blinding light so I thought of going through facebook and stuff while I was on it.

I was still in bed twenty minutes later however Lauren was already up and had taken the bathroom hostage. For quite a long time at that!

I placed my phone onto the bedside table and removed the covers, immediately regretting my decision of doing so. The cold breeze devoured me in its wrath and soon enough I was back in my covers warming up.

After minutes of deciding what to do, I got out of bed hugging my quilt and walked towards the cupboard to retrieve my school uniform. I heard the bathroom door unlock and Lauren sauntered out, all dressed in her uniform. I don't know how she did it, but she was definetly able to rock the school uniform. She was extremely pretty which made it seem like there was no effort put in place.

"Mornin!" She said enthusiastically.

"Morning Laur."

"I'm going down for breakfast, you want me to wait?"

"It's fine Laur, don't worry bout me, im gonna take my time."

"Cool, I'll see you in class then". She smiled at me as I waved her goodbye. After slamming the door behind her, there was an eery silence in the big room. I walked towards the windows hugging the duvet tighter around me as I closed the open windows.

I jumped when I heard a sudden buzz coming from my phone. I walked towards it and read the text.

Eliot: mornin Lizard :)

Me: mornin Elephant ;)

Me: c u in skl, gtg get ready...

Eliot: iyt cya

Me: bye

Eliot: :)

I threw my phone onto my bed and quickly got ready after seeing the time on my phone. It was 8:15 and I had five minutes to get ready and eat and get to class before I received yet another detention.

I had grabbed a blueberry muffin from the basket in the cafeteria and sprinted towards class before the bell rang. My face clothes were covered in muffin crumbs by the time I made it to class, having a few seconds to spare before the loud bell sounded as a warning of getting a move on because class was about to start in two minutes. If it was for any other teacher, I may have not died to get to lesson on time, but this was R.E with the strictest teacher on the face of the entire planet! Ms Thorn was a replica of a monster with long grey hairs plastering her skull. She had narrow black eyes and wrinkly skin. She walked around with a black and gold cane and wore nothing but black. She dressed smartly, too over done. Deathly silence would fall upon a passer by and in class, no one dared to breathe.

I raced into the class to find that Ms Thorn had already taken her place at her front desk. I took a seat next to Eliot who looked and smiled at me. I watched the clock which was placed on the wall above the smart board. Seconds ticked by quickly. Tick tock tick tock. Until the hands of the clock struck 8:30. Another piercing bell went off and by the time it was over all twenty students had there bums on chairs in silence waiting for Ms Thorn to give her commands. No one dared to look in a different direction other than at Ms herself. Her hawk like eyes scanned the room and our eyes followed.