"Miss Walsh, I will only ask you once again. What event during World War II resulted in the surrendering of the Japanese forces? And I want specifics."
"Huh?" Sara asked as she looked up from the paper in her open notebook that she was supposed to be making notes on, instead just doodling, and onto the stern face of her history teacher, Mr. Miller. Ever since she had managed to evade her father by staying in bed a little longer than she normally did and taking an extra-long shower, she had made herself considerably pressed for time and she had to leave the house without breakfast. She had ignored her friends and paid very little attention to any of her instructors, she just couldn't focus properly since her mind was still trying to shake off what it had absorbed the night before. She heard the snicker of her fellow classmate seated behind her and she quickly closed her notebook when she realized exactly what she had been doodling, a very freaky looking penis. "Can you repeat the question, please?"
Mr. Miller braced his forearms on his podium and glared at her across the classroom. Insubordination wasn't tolerated in the school by any of its students. "No, Miss Walsh, I will not repeat the question. You now owe me a detailed outline of World War II, noting every major conflict and how many casualties resulted at each occurrence and what led up to the final surrender and I want it no later than Monday after class. You will pay attention in my course, Miss Walsh or suffer the consequences." He pushed away from his podium and picked up the marker he used to write on the white board behind him. "And you can all thank Miss Walsh for the thousand word essay you all will be writing on the effect the War had on the United States. Dismissed."
Sara closed her history book and slipped both of them inside her messenger bag, folding over the flap. She ignored the grumbles and groans and spiteful remarks she heard from her classmates regarding the extra work she had just created for them over the weekend as they all left the room single file. She slid out of her chair and picked up her bag, slipping the strap over her head and arm, letting the bag fall against her hip. Now was she not only the most hated person in the class, she hoped that Mr. Miller didn't report her to the headmaster so her little indiscretion wouldn't go on her permanent record.
She felt Chloe Chandler slip her arm around the crook of hers as she walked down the breezeway towards her next class. She looked at her best friend. Chloe had glossy brown hair that curled down her back and was held away from her face with a plaid headband that matched their uniforms. She was only an inch taller than her and they wore the same size clothes, which made clothes shopping and swapping outfits fun, but her breasts were much larger than Chloe's which made the exchanging of tops a challenge, Chloe liked deep V-necks that showed off her small breasts where she tended to keep hers covered. "Everybody in class hates me," Sara groaned.
"Mr. Miller was going to assign that stupid essay to us whether or not you were paying attention in class. What's up with you anyways? You hardly even talked to me this morning?" Chloe asked as she steered her friend around the corner and into the open door of the hall where there next class was located.
"I don't know," Sara lied. She knew exactly what was wrong. She was still thinking about her father and she was too embarrassed to tell her friend. "Guess I'm just not feeling it today."
"Well, I know exactly what you need. Shopping therapy. We'll go to the mall after school and max out our fathers' credit cards. That will have you feeling better in no time." They strolled into the half full class room and into their chairs, one in front of the other.
Sara dropped her bag onto the floor and slid onto her seat, turning around and looking at her friend as she forced a smile. "Sounds good to me."
"I'll drive," Chloe said, "since my car has a back seat and a trunk."
They nodded in unison, giggled, and straightened in their seats. Shopping was always the best therapy a girl could have. She bent over and fished her BlackBerry out of her bag, brought up her father's number and quickly sent him a text: Going to mall after school with Chloe. Okay? Five second later her phone chirped. Be home by 8. Sara smiled and texted: Luv U. Five seconds later. Luv U 2 bb grl.
"Put that phone away, Ms. Walsh or it will be mine," Mrs. Feeney said as she walked into the classroom.
Sara let out a long breath as she dropped her phone back down into her bag. She had to be having the worse possible day of her life.
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Sara and Chloe both had their arms loaded down with clothes from one of the mall's trendy teen stores and they slipped into the oversized dressing room together to try on their outfits. They quickly stripped off their uniforms, tossing them onto the bench in the corner and reached for the first of many new articles of clothing. "Can I ask you a personal question, Chloe?" Sara asked as she wiggled into a pair of snug fitting denim short shorts that sat low on her hips and just barely covered the cheeks of her ass, the back pockets embellished with rhinestones.
"Ooo, those are cute," Chloe said as she pulled a pink sun dress over her head and tugged the zipper up, looking at her friend. "Ask away."
"Have you ever caught your parents having sex?" she asked in a whisper.
Chloe feigned surprise and giggled, shaking her head. They were best friends and they shared everything, even if it was too gross to mention to another person. "No, but I caught my dad banging the maid doggy-style while my mom was at the country club. He was fucking her hard, too, and I do meanβ"
"Okay, okay, I get it," Sara said, wiggling back out of the shorts and putting them in a pile to purchase. At least she wasn't the only one that had caught her father in a sexual predicament.