Abruptly, Troy woke the next morning. He slammed his hand hard on the annoying button between his alarm clock. Lifting his hand from his bedside table, he pushed himself out of bed and into some clothing. He rain to his little mini-fridge and picked up a bagel. Eating, he made a mental checklist of all the events to happen today. Slowly, he recalled the previous events, of talking to Kelsi. Finishing the bagel, Troy got up and picked up his cell phone. He looked carefully through the recent calls list and found Kelsi's number. He stood slowly pressing buttons on his phone and saved the number into his address book. Going back into reality and seeing the time, Troy rushed off to basketball practice.
Troy ran all the way around campus. He quickly stopped 3 dorms away, said good morning to his girlfriend and ran off. Switching gears, he ran to athletic wing of the school and bounced into the locker room.
"TROY! Your late!", said Chad Danforth, playfully.
Troy threw on a smile and changed into his uniform. Getting out into the court they started practicing. As 13 balls bounced their way through the entire gym Coach Renaldi finally arrived into the gym. Each boy lined up and dunked each ball back into the carrier in the corner of the large gym.
"Alrighhhhhttt. Line up guys, lets do 30 today." Ordered the coach
The boys lined up in a straight line in the gym. Coach blew his whistle and they each ran back and fourth around 30 times. Out of breath, and panting the boys collapsed, and as practice ended, they exited the gym.
After 1st block, Troy caught up with Chad. He talked to Chad about Kelsi and how he got a call from the musical crew. Chad agreed that Kelsi was pretty cool. Troy proceeded to ask if Chad knew anything about the location of Taylor. Chad gave Troy a flat look and gestured his hand towards the front of the room. "Shes the professor."
"MRS. McKENZIE?"
"Yes."
"NO WAYYYY"
"…way."
Troy looked up. He just knew that he recognized that face the first time he saw her. He just knew it. He knows it – for sure. Who would have known that a chemistry brainiac would become a chemistry professor? Troy felt dumb.