Chapter One
0740 hours, 20 October 2529 (Standard Calendar) / Library of Nova High School
Kelly's fingers were a blur as they tapped across the keyboard of the laptop, typing the final paragraph of their explanation paper. She paused after the last period, and looked at John and Sam. "Okay, how does this sound?"
John and Sam leaned over both sides of Kelly's shoulders. Their eyes scan the paper from beginning to end. It sounded pretty good, and that paper was barely ten percent of the grade. They both nodded their heads in approval. Kelly nodded her head once before dragging the document to the blue flash drive, and sat comfortably in the wooden chair.
"It should take about five minutes," she said, annoyed at the slow connections at school.
"Hey, it's done," Sam noted positively.
She shrugged, then glanced at the time on the computer. 7:41. She cursed under her breath and jumped out of her seat, grabbing her backpack and duffel bag. "I'll see you two in History," she said quickly, and dashed out of the library.
"Bye," the boys said, shocked at the speed she took to leave. Then John snapped his fingers, "Track practice."
Sam's eyebrow rose with confusion, "How do you practice for track?" He grinned when he saw John roll his eyes. "Speaking of practice, how's basketball?"
"I think we'll win district at least," John said, tucking his hands into his blue letterman and shrugged, "Maybe even city."
"I'll go to every game and be your biggest fangirl," Sam replies with a wink. John chuckles. "So the basketball camp paid off?"
John paused. He cringed internally; he preferred "training" over "camp", but he knew what Sam was talking about. "Yeah," he replied.
A notification popped up in a rectangle box on the computer screen. They both turned their heads, and Sam hits "Enter" before pulling out the blue flash drive and putting it in his pocket. Sam grabbed his backpack, slung it over his shoulders, and waved at John, "See you later, gator."
John waved back before Sam spun on his wheel and strolled through the glass door. He sat down in the chair Kelly sat and saw the time. 7:52. He now has eight minutes to get to class. He logged Kelly off the laptop, grabbed his backpack, and head for the glass doors as well. Just before he turned to his side to push it open, he saw a familiar bright red.
Linda pushed through the enter door of the library and dashed towards the nearest computer. John backpedaled to see her rush. The librarian called out for her to sign in, but she ignored the librarian. Linda didn't even look down at the keyboard as her shaky hands fumbled across the keyboard. John walked back around the librarian's desk and scribbled "Linda Pravdin" for her. He turned and saw her, leaning on the table and tapping her right foot. She looked like she was mumbling to herself as she glanced from the screen to the bottom corner where the time should be.
"Hey, Linda," he greeted after he walked towards her. She didn't even flinch to acknowledge his presence, she just kept tapping her foot. He glanced at the page filled with words on the screen as she clicked rapidly through several pop ups. He leaned away from the screen, as if he never saw anything. "I'll wait with you so you're not the only one late."
"Thanks," she mumbled. Her green eyes glanced at his, then back on the computer. "But you don't have to." Then she walked past him; he could feel a gust from the speed of her walk. He saw her pulling a page from the printer; she sighed when she found it blank. But the printer roared again and spat another page out, again blank. Her finger pinched the bridge of her nose.
John immediately turned to her computer and pressed the "Print" icon. Several pop ups covered the screen, which he rapidly clicked out of until he confirmed the printing settings.
Linda looked at the printer again, and a third page spat out. She picked it up and found her explanation paper. She sighed out of relief and walked back to the computer she used; she found the log-in screen and was confused.
John saw her pause for a split second before she grabbed her backpack and walk out the entrance glass door. "You're welcome," he called just before the door closed.
"It's 7:58," the librarian announced, not even lifting her eyes off the thin tablet that illuminated her face. "If you don't run, you'll be late to class."
Edits: Stanbrook is changed to Nova (the official name is Nova Academy for Virtuous Youths)
Disclaimers: Don't own Halo. I only own my OCs (here, it's the librarian)
AN: Please let me know if anyone is obviously out of character and what you thought.
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