"Blair? Can I come in?" Colonel Raff's voice sounded through my bedroom door.
"Go away!" I yelled at her. She and Daniel were the last two people I wanted to see at the moment. I buried my face into my pillow.
The door knob clicked open, and footsteps sounded on the floor. The weight on my mattress shifted, and I felt a warm body next to me. A warm hand rested itself on my bare back.
"Blair, we didn't mean it. Really," Colonel Raff told me. I lifted my head from my pillow and looked at her incredulously.
"Ya, and I totally want to be here," I shot back sarcastically. I buried myself back into my pillow, so I wouldn't have to see Colonel Raff. She sighed.
"I'm sorry about what we said. I uh... I didn't know you were listening." She fumbled over her words.
"You don't mean it," I retorted, my voice muffled in the pillow.
Colonel Raff patted my back a few times. "Well, if you're not going accept my apology and listen to me, at least hear this: today was just the first day. It means nothing. Go back tomorrow and prove us wrong." With those simple, two sentences, I felt a weight leave my mattress, and a few seconds after that, I heard a door open and shut.
I lifted my head again. Colonel Raff was gone. Heaving a sigh, I laid my head down and closed my eyes, sleep pulling into its welcoming arms.
YOU ARE READING
The Academy
ActionFirst, the world was peaceful. But then, the world WAS peaceful. And then, the world simply just... was. Ever since most of us could remember, our leaders had always solved our problems as peacefully as humanly possible. Every country, republic, emp...
