Vanessa rushed through the doors of her classroom. Troy, Taylor and Chad were sitting gloomily at their seats with their heads slouched down towards their tables. Before they could look up and glance at the person who had just marched into the door, Vanessa tapped Kelsi and they both whisked outside to chat.
The corridor was empty, as all students had already entered their classrooms. School was about to start in three minutes, and today they were informed by telephone the last night to come to school early and clear the corridor during school times. "Kelsi, what's with the gloomy faces inside?" Vanessa whispered.
"Don't you know, Gabriella, what happened last night?" Kelsi answered.
"Oh, is what the drama is about?" Vanessa asked.
"What do you think?" Kelsi questioned.
"Oh whatever, anyway, how come you never talked to them?" Vanessa enquired.
"Would you talk to someone who would scream if a mosquito flew past them?" Kelsi demanded.
"No. Anyway, are they that angry?" Vanessa realised.
"Yes! THEY ARE!" Kelsi almost screamed loud enough for the whole school to hear.
"Shhh! Hurry up and get in! Class is going to start," Vanessa snapped.
Vanessa shoved the door open and walked inside quietly as she whispered to Kelsi, "I have a plan, don't say anything." Vanessa sat in her seat without making a sound and so did Kelsi. Vanessa tapped Taylor on the shoulder. "Taylor, Taylor," Vanessa repeatedly whispered into Taylor's ear.
"WHAT!?" Taylor yelled and the whole class peered at her. At that same moment, Ms. Darbus strolled in the door.
"What is the meaning of this unpleasant behaviour of screaming at the top of your lungs when you were warned last night to sit quietly in the classroom and keep the corridor CLEAR!" Ms. Darbus grumbled.
"It was Taylor Ms. Darbus," Sharpay dobbed. "Most of us were sitting quietly when Taylor gave us all a fright when she bellowed in a really loud voice," she added.
"Is this true Taylor?" Ms. Darbus questioned.
Taylor sat at her desk in silence. 'It's all my fault,' Vanessa kept thinking to herself.
"IS THIS TRUE MS. McKESSIE?" Ms. Darbus bellowed. Taylor sat in silence once again.
"SHALL I SEND YOU TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND YOU CAN DO SOME EXPLAINING THERE?" Ms. Darbus shrieked.
"I'm happy to GO!" Taylor snapped and she headed for the door.
Vanessa raised her hand. "Yes Vanessa," Ms. Darbus answered.
"May I go to the bathroom?" Vanessa enquired.
"Take a friend," Ms. Darbus approved.
"Kelsi," Vanessa called and used a hand movement to usher her.
Kelsi and Vanessa walked out the doorway and waited until the door closed completely until they whispered together. "Oh my gosh! What have I done!" Vanessa whispered.
"I don't know, but this definitely can't be good," Kelsi answered.
"We've got an angry Taylor gone to the principal's office and three other unhappy customers back there," Vanessa explained.
"Maybe we could tell Ms. Darbus that we have an errand to do and then we could sneak around and look for Taylor," Kelsi suggested.
"Fantastic!" Vanessa agreed.
So Vanessa and Kelsi began to talk about their game-plan as they walked to the bathroom.