Chapter 6.5

I sit and I wait. What am I waiting for? I don't know... I don't know, I don't know. I hear my name being called but I can't fill in the blanks. I don't know what they're saying. Who's calling me? Why? Why is everyone looking for me? Why? My hands start shaking so I wrap them around my shoulders. It doesn't help. I can feel my body shaking underneath my hands. I'm now fully aware, that I'm not still. I need to get up. I have to find out what he knows. I have to tell - how can I? where do I start?

"MARCELINE."

Beside me I see a pair of sneakers. The owner must've called me. I look up. A man in his forties, smartly dressed in a light blue dress shirt with the cuffs rolled up, with a tan messenger bag slung on his left shoulder.

"Hi Bobby."

He raises an eyebrow. "What are you doing in the middle of the hallway?"

I shake my head. "Nothing."

He rubs his eyes, letting out a big sigh that said why do I bother. "Please get up. You will be late to my class."

I salute him. "Yes Sir." I spring up, making a show of brushing myself off, and follow him to the classroom. When we get there, he grunts me to my seat, and stands in the front of the class, putting down his bag, and stares the class down.

"Who has NOT done their homework."

Even before he stops talking, half the class slowly raises their hands, as if by routine. For once, I do not. Spending time away from Bonnie made me do things I normally didn't even think to do. Being girl-crazy was bad for the grades, I realised early on.

Bobby continues the lecture from the previous class, and I find that I'm calm. Eerily calm. Just a half hour ago, I had been shaking, I had been terrified. I close my eyes and focus only on Bobby. I just need to stay calm. I can think about what to do later, when I'm sure I won't react emotionally. Focusing on Bobby is calming me.

THUAK.

My ears ring as the spine of Bobby's book hitting the top of my head spreads the pain. I involuntarily let out a little laugh. Class resumes.

Hello Readers!

I know I know I'm the shittest for the long hiatus, I swear I have good reasons, but since this isn't a pity party, I won't share them. I'm back with another short update, since you have been waiting for a cliffhanger, and I want to ease some of the tension before I get into the nitty gritty dramfest I have ready for you. Thanks always for waiting, I appreciate every single one of you, thank you so much for continuing to read even when I was on my hiatus.

Love always, your bunny writer, HYUN.