All character over the age of eighteen.
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I'll never understand how I seem to find myself in these situations. A few minutes ago, I was minding my own business, grabbing my textbook for my next class and then, wham!
I'm sprawled out on the floor.
My eyes took a minute to adjust before Bentley came into focus standing over me. He quickly donned a somewhat passably innocent face as the crowd of students and teachers in the hall all turned to witness new drama. Ever the thespian, Bentley managed to convincingly win over our audience with his outstretched talon, pulling me up from the floor.
"Hey man, you alright?" He asked, not even caring enough to hide his smug grin. "You need to be more careful. Haha. These floors are real slick, ya know?"
Mrs. Pritchard, the vice principal, strode through the crowd like a woman on a mission, but stopped short thinking it was all just an accident. "All right everyone! Get a move on. Class isn't going to wa..." The bell rung, interrupting her speech, signaling the onlookers to scurry away.
Bentley released his overly tight grip, staring over his shoulder to smirk at me as he walked off.
"You okay George?" Mrs. Pritchard asked.
I couldn't help myself. "You know that was all bullshit right?! Ugh. Mr. Freaking Popular."
"Language George!" Mrs. Pritchard chastised.
I didn't care anymore. Nonsense like this was more normal than I could tolerate anymore. "One of these days, I'm going to fix this shit. None of you seem to want to. It sucks and I'm tired of it." I started walking off without waiting for a reply.
Mrs. Pritchard followed hot on my heels, maintaining the pretense of chastisement even though she saw the signs the same as I did. "If I have to tell you one more time George..." She left it open ended, stopping a few feet from my next class.
"I know. I know." I faced her once more before walking into the classroom, "Language." I scoffed, skulking through the door.