Detention

I shut off the alarm clock and went to sleep again. 

I woke up after half an hour and saw I was late again for school. I basically flew out of the bed and changed my pyjamas into uniform. 

Oh god, I can't be late again. It will be the third time this week. 

I grabbed my bag from the counter and breafast and ran out of the house .

My house is half an hour away from the school. 

Why didn't I pay attention to the time? I would have gotten up and got ready. 

15 mins were left. 

I was sprinting like never before. My feet pounded down the street as fast as they could. I know I can't make a 30 min walk into a 15 min run. But for a person like me who knew every shortcut was an easy task. 

I counted each step in the hopes to reach the school before the bell. 

" Lucy late again. Sometimes be on time. " Mr. Walker said arranging the flowers outside his flower shop. 

" Next time I will ." I said back. 

Knowing fully well that my next time would never come. 

Veering into the street I could see my school 1 block away. 

5 min to go. I may reach on time. 

I felt like flash and it kept me running an extra bit. 

I reached the school and ran to my class. The bell goes off. I made it on time. 

No detention for you Lucy. Great job. 

"You look like you ran straight out of the bad" Emily, my best friend said laughing. 

" I think I made a record today" I said to her. 

"Yeah you are 2 min early than yesterday ". She teased. 

The teacher started handing out the papers. I am screwed. I totally forgot about the test and didn't study anything. I nudged Emily and she also hadn't studied anything . 

We wrote whatever nonsense we could. 

The period passed and we were relived. Next 2 period were a blur. 

In the 4 period I saw everyone putting their homework out. 

I thought I am screwed yet again. This is the fifth time I forgot my homework. Thinking of ways so that the teacher won't notice my homework. 

But at the end, I earned the after school detention slip. 

Rest of the day passed and I headed towards my detention. Detention has started to become like a second for me. 

I saw Mr. Trey waiting . He looked disappointed at me yet again. I shook my head and sat at the farthest corner of the class. 

The boys in there started to make fun of me. They always do this to get me pissed . 

Little attention seekers. 

I don't want detention again. Never ever. 

I held my head down as the teacher waited yet for more students to come. 

I saw Chris came in the classroom. I had a huge crush on that guy since 2 years but I don't think he ever noticed me. I just kept my head down blushing internally. 

Someone poked me and I was just about to yell thinking that one of the boys did it. 

" What the.... Oh hey "

I looked up and saw those beautiful eyes looking back at me. 

Chris replied " Don't you mind if I sit here".

" You can sit here. No problem." I said nervously. 

It was a quite a shocker that he who never acknowledged me sat beside me. 

We shared an awkward eye contact. Few minutes passed and we didn't utter a single word. 

I then decided to say something to get rid of this awkward silence

Yeahh lucy go for it. You can do it. Talk to him. You are not a coward. 

" So what's up"I said awkwardly. 

I mentally facepalmed myself. 

"Oh nothing. Just getting bored here. Wanna chat about something. " He said. 

Then we started to talk and I got to know he was a quite a funny person. I laughed now and then. I was dancing on the inside. 

And our detention got over. 

I became sad that maybe we could never talk again. I started walking out. 

"Hey Lucy wait up. I was wondering if I could offer you a ride home. You know you told me you walk. So I thought I would give you a ride. I know I just started talking to you. I do appear crazy. Oh my god. " Chris rambled. 

"Yeah ok. " I said and he shut up. 

On the way home we got to know more about each other. 

We stopped in front of our house. 

" Hey Lucy. You know it was great talking to you. I hope we can talk again sometimes. "

He said. 

"Yeah likewise.I am thinking we should see each other again in the detention." I said and give him a wide smile. 

"I was wondering if we can exchange our numbers. " He said. 

I felt joyous internally. 

We exchanged numbers and bid goodbye. 

I ran into my house and flopped on my bed

Something good came out of this detention. I stared at my phone and became excited. 

Never know detention can give me a chance to talk to a special someone. Let's see where we go from here. 

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