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one, forty seven: the rage of silenced women

two new messages from cash

harper stared at the notification before clicking on it. amerie's eyes turned away from the show they were watching as harper clicked on the video he had sent.

"jayden's world, episode one. drunk bitch festival clean up."

"hello, hello!"

"good day, how are you?"

"oh, look, she's beautiful, mate."

"i reckon mariannes better."

"yeah well she's your girl."

"she's not."

"cash, mara's mine, you can have her."

the same video played in her mind as she sat in her english lesson. mara sat before her. both girls listen intently to the prestion of women's rage.

"the women's arms were capable, muscular, determined. but even so, it takes the combined strength to sever their victims head. and we are enraptured by it. this picture of sisterhood. of two women doing extraordinary. i'd imagine gentileschi was likely influenced by her own story with this work. she painted judith slaying holofernes after she was assaulted by her teacher. artemis took revenger with the only weapon she had, a paintbrush. and she began a revolution that would still be felt 400 years later. giving voice to the rage of women who have been silenced." the teacher spoke. mara looked over her shoulder to see harper staring intently at her, like she had an idea. a plan.

cashman: i'm not going to
be coming in today

mar: and you're telling
me now!

cashman: ditch at lunch,
we'll finish the rest of gilmore girls

mar: love you

she replied as she sat in slt,miss obah calling out names. taking the attendance for slt class. mara sat behind spider and ant. cash's empty spot beside her.

"malakai?"

"yep."

"harper?"

"here."

"darren?"

"here."

"marianne?" she called, mara looking up as she stared at the read receipt on her phone. he would have replied by now.

"present." she commented.

"cash?" miss obah continued before looking to the empty seat near mara and then back to her. merely shrugging her shoulders. she knew he wasn't coming in, but she didn't know why. he had hung out with the eshays the other night, maybe because of that? so miss returned to starting class.

"so i'd like us to complete the following sentence. no wrong answers, okay? some people might choose not to have sex because.."

"they're fugly."

"even you got laid spencer." ant commented causing mara to laugh before he turned to the window. mara raising her hand to answer as miss obah requested. sirens blasted outside.

"asexuality." and miss obah nodded as ant stood, watching a figure run past the window.

"oi, it's cash." everyone rushed to stand. mara pressed against the window to find cop cars pulling into the school grounds. turning to look at darren but met harper's eyes instead. she knew something.