Ashley: "Ugh. Hold on."

She grabbed her skateboard and got out of the car.

Aiden: "Do you ever leave your house without that thing?"

Ashley: "No Aiden I don’t. Now what is it you wanted to show me?"

Aiden: "Well when you left to the bathroom and never came back. Wait where did you go?"

Ashley: "That’s not of any importance. Now please get to the point."

Aiden: "Well you left and missed the new kid."

Ashley: "(gasp)What a tragedy."

Aiden: "We have her first hour. You’ll see what I’m talking about. I mean is beautiful, with her blue eyes. Gorgeous."

Ashley: "Oooo I can’t wait."

Just then a balding man walked up to Ashley.

Principal: "Miss Davies I need to see you in my office."

Ashley: "What the hell did I do Mr. Baldy, sorry Daldy?"

Mr. Daldy: "I think you know what you did. Now come on."

Aiden: "I’ll see you later Ash."

Ashley: "Yeah yeah bye Aiden."

And with that Ashley followed the principal into his office.

—

Both Mr. Daldy and Ashley sat in silence. Mr. Daldy was reclining back in his chair staring at Ashley and Ashley was scanning everything in principals office. Looking everywhere but the aging, red, balding man. You could hear the ticking of the clock that sat on the wall behind Mr. Daldy.

Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock

Ashley: "So, are you going to speak or can I just leave?"

She started getting up from her seat.

Mr. Daldy: "Sit down."

She sat. Mr. Daldy stood up and began pacing the room.

Mr. Daldy: "What am I going to do with you child? The first day of school Ashley and you decide to skip. You have a constant record of skipping. I let you off plenty of times last year, but I’m not going to be that easy this year. This is your last year here. All you have to do is come. Why do you skip? Is school really that hard?"

Ashley: "Hey! I showed up to first period and you don’t even know the reason behind it. So, don’t start making accusations. And why the hell are you calling me stupid?!"