Because of exams and our teacher temporarily lacking material to inflict upon us, my english homework for the next week is to just write. Something, anything, each night. Since there's really no way of monitoring such an 'assignment', I wasn't gonna bother but, hey, I may aswell practice for what will inevitably be my 'career' (that's what lumps say instead of 'frustratedly hammering on their laptops in starbucks to excuse their non-employment'.)
So here is what I have so far for today. It's pretty stupid and pointless and bad, but it's better than not doing anything at all.
Red, blue, red, blue. Red. Blue. Red or
blue? Which one, which
fucking one?
This wasn't that hard - she knew it wasn't that hard. Nowhere near as hard as, for example, her math homework she had last night and definitely nowhere near as hard as Jimmy when he caught sight of a thong.
She also knew that if she wasn't alone, somebody would pointedly cough and follow up with a "Pick one, already." Hell, she was getting annoyed of herself. But it wasn't her fault that there were so many choices, so much variety. And it wasn't her fault she was going to be late to class for her endless internal debating, either. Everyone is told what and how to do everything in this place, and as far as she was concerned, it was up to a saggy, wrinkly old fart to waddle their way over to her and yank her out of her daily stints of retardation by the soda machine the same way they did with her day dreaming or her gum-chewing or name-calling or nail-biting (more like chewing) or her run-on sentences.
After another minute (or was it two?), Charlotte threw a glance at the clock above the soda machine. She was 10 minutes late. This was definitely unimpressive. Usually the principle'd be on her ass by now, dragging it to class, and never without a finger wagging in her face to underline just how impunctual her ass was and to specify that it was indeed her ass that was being scolded in the empty hallway as opposed to the wall or water fountain.
"Alright, red," she said as she pushed the button and waited for the can to roll down to the slot. She wasn't sure what the difference between the two were - red and blue tasted like the same shit - but they'd each make her feel different. Red got her hyper and blue made her sluggish. Feeling sluggish today, she logically decided to go with the red. Well. After 8 minutes.
And why on earth were there no labels on the soda cans? Referring to the soda in the soda machine by colours made her feel like a 5 year-old, but there was nothing written on them. What ghetto-ass shack did the school bargain with to get them? And why did she drink them, despite knowing good and well that the added touch of red and blue could be crack or meth, or some other sprinkling of the basement fairy?
"
Ms. Kensington!"
If the universe was fair, if it was free of rapists and murderers and if it were a place where Charlotte Kensington could do and say what she really wanted to do and say without fear of... well, of something (she really didn't have a clue of what would happen, but that's a reason to be afraid, no?), she would've chugged her red and casually struck up a conversation with her miserable old hag of a principle. Maybe ask him if he preferred red or blue, Biggie or Tupac, scrambled or sunny-side up. Then wipe her mouth with his sleeve and let out that crisp, refreshed "Ah" sound.
But Charlotte could bet one of her lungs (she had two, right?) that Nancy Grace would still be reporting cases of the corruption of cute little girls with pig tails in the hairy arms of evil that very night. And so there was to be no wiping of the mouth on any sleeve but her own.
"Yes, Mr. Woods?"
"You do know that you're ten minutes late, Ms. Kensington?" he asked having closed the distance between himself and Charlotte. His voice was not nearly as intimidating as intended, rather, quite pleading; how many times would Ms. Kensington blatantly disobey him and his undeniably firm disciplining?
"Um," was all she felt was necessary to say.
"
Um?" he parroted with an unsatisfied shake of his head. This little hood-hoodlum would not get away with this. Not
this time.
....
and that's all for now.
Yeah, I know -
aww.
Fuck you. I think I'm going to continue this, too. Just to make certain that I really do suck at everything.