It was like fifth grade science class all over again. All eyes on her as she walked up to the board, in this case, into the library. Usually the school's library was her favorite place on the whole campus. It was the only place that she felt at home away from home. All the wonders of the earth and beyond, beneath the dusty, old covers of the tangent objects. However, this time it was like walking into your room after your mom just told you to stay there after getting a scolding- you wanted to leave, and all the curious eyes staring at her didn't help.

The first person she noticed was a blonde girl sitting at one of the tables in the corner, her eyebrow reflecting her obvious thoughts of "what is she doing here?" Belle quickly glanced away and plopped down at a different table, across the room. Belle wouldn't call herself "popular", that word being so flexible depending on the situation. But everyone knew of her, and how she spent half of her day buried in a book. She was also voted student of the month multiple times and was also winner of an essay contest where she had to read aloud her work at the homecoming assembly this year. So yeah, maybe she was well known and she did go to multiple parties, courtesy of her friend Ruby. But popularity here, it was different. She had been stuck with the same guy for a couple years, no one really ever talked to

her except Ruby, Rob, and maybe a couple girls that were part of student senate with her. Guys rarely ever hit on her, they knew of her boyfriend and how he would beat the shit of them if they laid a hand on her, which Belle hated more than anything. She could defend herself and didn't need to be treated like some object.

She sighed and put her head down, her forehead resting against the wooden platform of the table. From what she heard, the library was pretty much empty now except for the blonde girl sitting a across the room, probably staring into her soul. She perked up when she heard the sound of heels clicking their way towards the room, surprised to not see Mrs. Mills there but a tall redhead girl, Zelena? Maybe? She had heard her name before, almost certain that she was the one responsible for the notorious pranks that occurred frequently at school. Zelena made her way over to Belles side of the library, sitting herself in a chair not far from her. Belle watched her walk over there and stared at her as she sat down, the other girl not noticing her weird tendency. Belle turned back around and put her head down again, silently hoping that this detention would go by fast. She wouldn't know anyone that was going to be there, Rob lucked out at the last minute, his dad calling in to the office to report that he was "sick", which was a big fat lie. She and him were texting all day, mostly him saying how much he missed her and couldn't wait to see her. Belle just replied with one word answers, not feeling the same enthusiasm as he did. Her and Ruby were also talking, Belle telling her of the oh so awful news that she couldn't hang out after school, which left Ruby disappointed- until she found out that her friend was going bowling so that conversation shifted. Belle just let her mind wander again, the sound of more footsteps coming towards her, making her head pop up. She looked to see David Nolan coming towards her.

"Hey Belle," he said, smiling. Belle looked at him and smiled back.

"Hey David." David sat down at her table, pulling out his phone. Belle knew David, he was in her Biology class. He was always quiet but super smart and seemed to always know what he was doing and have confidence in himself. Belle looked at her phone. 2:30 P.M. Usually, by her knowledge, detention started around this time. She looked around, not as bad as she expected. It was just her, the blonde girl, Zelena, and David. The school administrators must have been on the prowl yesterday to have good students like her and David in detention. She looked over at him, who was still busy scrolling through his phone.

"So, what did you do to end up in here?" She asked him. David looked up and had kind of a confused look on his face before he shrugged.

"Got caught letting an unauthorized student in at football practice yesterday." Belle sighed. Yep, the school was really cracking down yesterday. That had to be the lamest reason she had ever been told.

"What about you?" David asked. Belle rolled her eyes and softly told him about her and Rob and how he got in trouble and they were caught leaving without permission and all the other stuff that followed. David kinda laughed.

"Who would've known that the two of us would be in detention, let alone on the same day," Belle shrugged.

"They must really be after us stellar students," David smiled and shook his head.

"I guess so." As the two of them were talking, they suddenly hear the sound of quick footsteps approaching the door, a boy with messy black hair and a leather jacket waltzing in. He looked like he had just gotten high in the bathroom and was running here to make it on time. David leaned in and whispered to Belle.

"And that is the perfect example of someone who belongs in detention," Belle kind of looked down, not really wanting to judge him but couldn't really help herself. The boy made his way over to them, sitting in a chair kind of over by Zelena. Both she and David looked at him as he pulled out a blue notebook and a pen and began scribbling in it. He was definitely on something, she could tell. She almost felt sympathy for him, wanting to get up out of her chair at that moment and go over to him and just talk to him. However, that slight opportunity was ruined as walked into the library, standing in front of everyone that was there.

"Okay, so I'm guessing all of you are here for detention?" she asked, staring all of us down like we are all juvenile delinquents. Belle nodded her head, looking around to see everyone doing the same thing for the most part, the dark haired boy smirking and raising his hand as if he was asking a question.

"Great," Mrs. Mills shifted her weight from one foot to the other, "You guys will be here till 5:30 today. I will be collecting phones in a second but you can keep your book bags and work on any homework." There was a soft groan from the blonde girl over in the corner, but thankfully didn't seem to hear- or care. She began to walk over to us, holding out her hand. Belle put her phone in her hand, David doing the same. The dark-haired boy sighed loudly, totally wanting to get ' attention. She raised her eyebrow at him, the boy slowly putting his phone in her hand. She took Zelena's phone as well, Zelena giving her a look of pure annoyance. She then took the blonde girl's phone and made her way to the library's main desk, where she put them in a basket and hid them. She turned around and looked at them.

"I'm going to be in my office, so don't think about leaving unless you have to use the restroom, which must go by me first." Everyone nodded. stood there for a second before turning to leave, saying something before she completely left the room.

"I can see you from my office so don't think that by me shutting the door you are free to do whatever you want." With that, she stepped out of the library, shutting the wooden doors behind her. Belle could almost feel the tension leave the room with .

"She is so intense," David whispered to Belle. Belle nodded, agreeing. This was going to be a long detention.