Overlap

Chapter 32-A: UAD (Part 1)

<11/12/2010 - 12:13 | Saffrin Middle School (Media Center), Austell, GA, USA>

Tapping my feet against the soft carpet of the library of our school, I crossed my arms in a soft pouting huff of annoyance, wondering what I was going to do about my situation today. I finished lunch early, and then came here in hopes of finding something to work on. But alas, I have failed to find anything, and now I'm sitting here, simmering in a silent fit over this boredom.

It's been almost two weeks now since I've known Lumina, and in all fairness, I wasn't angry with her in the slightest. She and I have been talking about all kinds of things over the week, whenever time would let it be possible. But right now, I was in this horribly uneasy and unnerving mood. She's been trying to tell me something interesting or random for the past fifteen minutes, but I've been brushing it off a little, a desire that isn't exactly normal.

I knew at least that my overactive mind simply didn't have enough to do right now, causing me to become bored with just about everything I do or touch. I knew the bell would ring sometime soon, but I was also dreading this a little too. My next class is gym, involving physical fitness with no mental stimulus whatsoever. I have nothing to read in there, and I can't work on most of my digital projects when exercising either. I want something to do, and I want it to be fun or interesting; that's what I've been lacking today, and that's why I'm in such a pissy mood.

"Man! Why can't this school just let us do something fun for a change?"

"I suppose if school were fun, it would not be called school." Lumina was in her usual mood today as well, contributing nothing useful to lighten my mood. I wondered if she simply ran out of things to say.

I never felt so tense like this from boredom before, but the waiting made everything far more aggravating than anything else did. "I can't take it anymore! I've been sitting here trying to think of something to do for the past twenty minutes now! And there's still nothing new to talk about."

"I'm sure I'll think of something. Every time I pick a topic however, you change your mind and want to do something else. Don't be mad at me."

While I have noticed myself doing that, today exclusively, I could care less. I tried thinking about this backwards too, trying to figure out why I was so upset. "I have no other assignments to work on. I already finished them all before the others could. If I'm smart enough to work faster than everyone else on my own, then why the hell have I not been given a new assignment, or simply something else to work on?"

"Now call me amazed! You actually want more homework to work on?"

"That's not what I meant." Of course I didn't want more homework for myself, but the idea of sitting here while my brain rots is totally unacceptable. I won't allow myself to be bored. "I just need something to do. I can't keep sitting here like this."

Lumina then found a way to be even less helpful than I thought she could. "Well, if you're that bored, then I guess there is nothing you can do about it. You'll just have to sit here and wait it out."

"Fuck that noise!" I cursed out of pure aggression, unwilling to imagine such a plan. Me, just sitting here without a thing to do in the world set me beside myself in a fit of anger stronger than what I felt lately towards heathens. "If that bell doesn't ring in the next minute, I'm going to storm out of here and walk home!"

I really was as serious about it, which is why the toll of the school bells just one second afterwards allowed me to calm down slightly. Even though I would only be going to gym, just transitioning between classes without knowing what to expect was enticing enough, if barely capable of holding my attention at all. I nearly flipped the chair behind me as I stood up, taking no time in between stretching and speed walking through the exit of the library.