Kallie stared out the window of the classroom, chin resting upon her open palm casually. She tiredly fluttered her eyes, the lids rapidly becoming heavy with exhaustion. The girl hadn't slept well at all the night prior, and her quick nap after she had arrive home did nothing to stifle the feeling of fatigue. Struggling to stay conscious, Kallie found that no matter how hard she fought, she was quickly losing the scuffle before a stern tap on her shoulder awakened her just slightly.
"Hey, I know math is boring and all, but I seriously doubt it's that boring." Otherwise serious blue eyes bored into hers, a light spark of amusement hiding within them. "Besides, there's only five minutes left until it's over. The last thing you'd need is to get lunchtime detention, I'm guessing." She found the sides of her lips twitching upwards in agreement at that; between lunch with Fiona and the other seniors, trying to get a quick nap in (or at the very least finding a source of caffeine to get her through the day) and getting a start on getting volunteers for the score of the play Kallie couldn't afford to lose a split second of her next block, let alone all of it.
The brunette girl behind her quickly motioned for her to turn around with another über-stern face, which Kallie could barely repress a giggle at for whatever reason, as she turned to face the front of the classroom. For the few remaining minutes she managed to focus long enough to jot down the rest of the notes she had supposed to at the beginning of the class, just barely finishing in time as her teacher more or less commanded the class to hand in yesterday's homework.
As the bell rang, Kallie began to jolt towards the door but stopped just before it, noticing the brunette she sat in front of standing next to the doorframe. Without hesitation, or apparently without sense of personal boundaries, she jerked Kallie's hand forewords a slapped a tiny little orange bottle into her hand then jerked her hand closed around it. "God's secret to living life with a hectic schedule. Learn it, live it, and love it because I don't want to spend the rest of the year having to wake you up or watch you drool. Got it? Awesome." This entire blurb of speech came out quickly, but in a level and evenly paced manner that made it easy to follow. "Katie." It took a few moments for Kallie's brain to catch up to the very last part, eventually the ball dropped and she realized that the shortly stated name had belonged to the person who had all but grunted it out in a precision manner.
As Kallie ventured out into the hall and towards the cafeteria, she took the time to look at the bottle Katie had given her, not at all surprised at the black letters that stared back at her, dubbing the energy drink '5-hour Energy: Hours of energy now, no crash later!'. She quickly ripped the cap off of it, taking a quick drink and making a face at the taste before putting the remainder in her bag; there was about half left, perhaps a little less.
Now finding herself at the same table she had occupied the previous day, she smiled at Holly J who was already there and took a seat across from her. "Hey. Where's Anya and Fi?" The mention of Anya obviously hit a little bit of a nerve, because it was met by a wince, that quickly turned into a frown and a furrowed brow at the mention of the other senior.
"You haven't seen Fi either? I was hoping you might know where she was, I haven't seen her since earlier this morning. And we and Anya had a bit of a falling out. We made some comments about her that we didn't really know were about her at the time… she stormed off before we could apologize."
"No sign of her, I saw her a little while before classes started this morning, and I thought I saw her in between my second and third block, but nothing since then. She said she was supposed to be here for lunch though, she might just be running late or got stuck in the lunch rush in the hall." she reasoned, adding soon after, "I'm sorry about what happened between you two and Anya, maybe I can serve as a messenger? I am Switzerland after all."
"Thanks, but I'd like to see if we can resolve it ourselves. No offence to you, it's just it's sort of a touchy subject, moreso for Fiona than anyone, really. She's the most… opinionated about this whole ordeal, you could say."
"What did happen anyways, if you don't mind me being nosy?" Kallie inquired, fiddling with her contact paper and typing out a couple of texts to Drew and Sav with one hand.
"Long story short, Fiona hosted a party for Anh's 18th birthday, and this huge idiot of a jerk Owen apparently slept with Anya in Fiona's bed and then told the whole school about it." The brunette, who had just taken a sip from her bottle of water that had been resting within the confines of her messenger bag, choked on it. After ceasing in her coughing fit, she took a gasping breath before exclaiming just a touch too loudly.
"They had sex in her bed?"
"Factor in Owen's an arrogant and ignorant bastard if there ever was one, and his previous actions towards friends of both Anya and Fi, and it was a recipe for disaster. Needless to say, Anya's not going to be getting her birthday purse on account of the fact Fi over-reacted just a touch and ordered herself a brand new mattress."
"Somehow I'm not terribly surprised. I'm assuming she burned the old one?" Though the remark was meant to be a joke, Holly J's eyes shifted and she folded her hands together just a slight bit more; combined with the silence that came after, it was a sure signal that Kallie was a bit more correct than she had meant to be. "No way, she actually burnt it?" The redhead's mouth tightened a bit into a line and she nodded minutely. "That's… pretty badass actually. I mean everyone always says they're going to burn something when they're disgusted by it or whatever, but next to none actually do."
"I guess when you look at it that way, it's quite a bit funnier than it is via the dramatic perspective." Holly J smiled a tad then checked her watch anxiously. "Ugh, where is she?"
A strange-haired girl that happened to be walking by paused and turned her head towards the pair. "Hello Holly Sinclair. If you are wondering the whereabouts of Fiona Coyne, I regret to inform you she slunk off during drama class last period. Goodbye. And welcome to Degrassi, Kallie Barrera."
"It's Holly J Sinclair!" the senior called after her angrily, knuckles whitening in what Kallie knew to be a mixture of annoyance at the initial being left off of her name, and worry for Fiona. She huffed, then after a small pause of silence and a furrowing of her brow, she wondered aloud. "Who the heck was that anyways, and why did she use our full names?" Being met by a shrug, Holly J nervously resumed ringing her hands and murmuring to herself in concern. Kallie, although she tried not to hear what was obviously meant to be a private mental monologue, couldn't help but pick up certain muttered words such as 'champagne', 'incident', and one name that seemed to be mentioned quite a lot; 'Bobby'. Though she had only known Fiona a short while, the summation of those few words were enough to send Kallie into an anxious wreck. It was no wonder Holly J felt so uneasy.
"Maybe she felt sick or something? She might be at home." Kallie ventured, snapping the redhead out of her trace-like thought process.
"You're right, of course. That's probably it. I'll just call her mom and ask if Fi's at home. Or have her swing by to see, if she's out. Discreetly of course, no point in worrying her if there's no reason for worry."
"I'm sure everything's fine."
