I woke up to a vibrating noise coming from the desk beside me, it almost gave me a heart attack. 7:00am. I lifted my head up, to feel something pounding the back of my skull. It was as if I had a massive hangover, and I didn't even drink that much last night, though the lack of proper sleep may answer my question. The girls were already up, Grace being a miracle worker had managed to pull herself up to go into the shower, whilst Julie and Arabella could barely even stand. Julie was wearing skinny jeans and a button up top, with matching boots and her hair pulled down. Arabella was wearing a pretty summer dress and little heels.
I don't even want to know when they woke up.
I raided my wardrobe to try and find something easy to change into, but comfortable at the same time. I finally found my oversized Harry Potter sweater (with it being freezing cold now) that came mid-thigh along with some plain black leggings. The sweater was grey and it had red writing which had said "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" with a cool Harry Potter font
I went into the public girls bathrooms along the corridor because God knows when Grace will come out. And in a cubicle of the bathroom I got changed. I wasn't bothered to do my hair in any special way so I left it in a high, wavy, now brown, pony tail. I also slipped on my black converses. I had brushed my teeth, but didn't bother to wash my face.
I just really needed this day to end quickly so I could go back to sleep. But when I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, I wanted to break it. My eyes were extremely puffy, and could be mistaken as swollen, whilst my skin had turned pale from the lack of cream. Some mascara had been left over from under my eyes, where I didn't wash my face properly last night, and overall I looked like I got hit by a bus...three times.
I splashed the tiniest bit of water on my face, as an attempt to rid myself of the dry mascara. And applied a little bit of cream to try an bring some colour to my face. It didn't go well. My back pocket began vibrating and I knew it was one of the girls calling me.
I picked up the phone to hear Julie's voice "Kim? We need to leave, you want us to wait for you?" She asked politely
I thought about it before I nodded, despite her not being able to see me "yeah, I'm done anyway"
"Okay" she replied
"You scared?" I asked quietly, walking towards the dorm
"A little bit, I've never done anything bad before, and this can't go on my record" she muttered
"You and Milton are like her favourite students ever. You won't be punished too harshly" I answered, trying to coax her into relaxing a little bit.
"I know but I seriously don't think that just because me and Milton haven't done anything like this before means that we'll go unpunished" she whined
"Of course you won't go unpunished" I stated, telling her the truth "but your punishments won't be that bad, I guarantee it"
"You sure?" She asked
"Positive, now open the door, I'm in front of it" I said
"Okay" was the response I got before the door swung open "you ready?" I asked the girls who were stood in front of me
"Let's go" Arabella muttered to the girls as we all headed for the headmasters room
We got there around 8:02am to see the boys already there in a line, so we stood beside them, also I'm a line allowing her to speak.
"Explain yourselves" our headmaster demanded as we all stood in a straight line in front of her desk
"I-" I began, trying to smooth things over
"Kimberly Crawford, you have been here for the shortest time and already you are a terrible influence on my students, never have I ever seen anyone break as many school rules as you children had collectively broken last night!" She exclaimed, fury clearly overtaking her features
"But Mi-" Milton tried interrupting, as Julie clung to his arm, clearly terrified
"And Milton, I never expected to see my star student in this situation, you too Julie! What I don't understand is what went wrong!" She continued
"Wh-" Jerry attempted to interrupt as well before getting cut off
"Now for the punishment part. I would love to put you all in isolation but that clearly won't do anyone any good. So here is what will happen" she began listing all our punishments "Milton and Julie, due to your lack of rebellion for the past few years, and your unmarked record you will go back to your dorms, for the next three weekends you are not allowed to go off campus, this will not be on your permanent record but mark my words. One more slip up and you'll be begging for this treatment." She scowled
"Thank you" Julie muttered before they both swiftly exited the room heading for their dorms.
I knew it.
"Now Brett and Arabella. Again, due to your barely marked permanent record, and your minimal rebellion within this school year and previous school years, you will also head for your dorms. You will not be allowed off campus for four weekends and you will be required to go to a weeks worth of after school detentions. From 3-5 every day until Friday, again, this will not stain your permanent record" she added
"Okay" Arabella and Brett muttered more or less at the same time before rushing out the door, they weren't as lucky. But you could tell we would have it worse.
And then there were four.
"And now I want to know, I want to know exactly who came up with the idea of sneaking out and attending a prom that was not held by the school you attend. Who's idea it was to wake up some of the younger children in order to get hair and makeup done" she stared pointedly at Grace and I "and who's idea it was to all go into the boys dorm and play mindless party games at five o clock in the morning, waking up the entire corridor"
"It was me" Jack and I exclaimed at the same time
"It was my idea to go to the party, I thought it would be something we could enjoy" Jack confessed bowing his head in shame
"I see" Miss Lockett muttered "I believe you also confessed Kimberly"
"It was my idea to wake up Poppy, I didn't have a dress and she was good at hair and makeup. It was also my idea to go to the boy's dorm. I wasn't tired and neither was everyone else." I explained
I wouldn't let Grace of Jerry get the blame for something they didn't have much input in and to be honest, I didn't want Jack to suffer alone, as much as I would deny it.
"So Jerry and Grace-" she began questioning before Jack hesitantly interrupted
"Grace and Jerry had nothing to do with it, they were reluctant but I forced the pair of them" Jack muttered
"Okay, due to both Grace and Jerry's track record, I find it hard to believe that they were reluctant on joining the party. However I have no evidence, therefore they are not allowed to go off campus for the next four weekends, and are required to attend two weeks worth of after school detention. This will not go on their permanent record"
Jerry and Grace nodded, leaving the room, without saying a word, and I understood why. The atmosphere was getting thick and heavy, it was almost hard to breathe.
"My two foreign students. It's disgusting how you both can behave in such a manner that allows people to think you have no respect for the rules, respect for the school, respect for the teachers or respect for yourself. Sneaking out in the middle of the night? Staying up past curfew in a dorm room with the opposite sex? How dare disregard what the school stands for? Years of work had been gone into making the school as it is and I will not allow two students such as yourself to break it down. Kimberly, you've barely been in this school at all and I'm already seeing you in my office for one of the worst matters in my entire teaching career. How dare you? How dare you attempt to disrespect me like that. I should send you home! Tell your mother that the school does not allow people such as yourself, people who have no respect for what they do" she sighed in disappointment as I looked down.
My mother didn't want me, and the school I was forced to go don't want me either? Am I that terrible?
"And you Jack. The favours I have done for your family and this is what I get in return. It was bad enough when you sabotaged Waldorf academy last year, and yes I know about that and yes I allowed it to slide but what you did last night was too far. Not only did you put yourself and the entire school in danger by leaving the windows wide open allowing anyone and I mean anyone in. You showed all the other students how their elders act. Showing them how rebelling is cool and sneaking out, pranking, staying up until 5, being with the opposite sex, breaking all agreed rules are cool! Never have I been so angry." She all but screamed "both of you will be in isolation for both Monday and Tuesday, with a 3 hour detention serving straight after, every weekday for an entire month. Also not allowed to go off campus on the weekend for two months, one month with good behaviour. This will go on your permanent record and parents will be called immediately. Any privileges such as phone and wifi are taken away until your punishment month is over. Leave now and sleep, you're both exhausted"
The pair of us headed towards the door before we were stopped "hand over your phones" she demanded. I groaned as Jack muttered something under his breath before we both placed our phones on her palm. "You're excused" she added
We both wordlessly exited the room, and as soon as we walked out the door Jack decided to speak up "you admitted to doing it", disbelief lacing his tone
"That I did" I nodded
"Why?"
"I wasn't going to let you go through the punishment alone" I scoffed
"But you hate me, I was a prick to you" he answered
"That's beside the point. She blames it, mostly, on me. If I didn't speak up god knows what would've happened to you. Yes, you were a dick to me last night, and this morning, and everyday I've been here but you didn't deserve that" I replied. It was the truth, yes he was a complete bastard but everything he had done wasn't un-provoked and I did deserve some of them. Plus he wouldn't have ratted me out so I thought, that was the least I could do for him I guess.
"Thanks" he muttered
"Don't think I'll be going soft on you now" I smirked
"I would never" he scoffed "you look like hell by the way" he commented oh-so-nicely
"So do you, except hades is hot...literally and you, not so much" I rolled my eyes
"Ha-ha, but seriously you look like the Grimm reaper, or those things in Harry Potter which fits because you're wearing Harry Potter"
"It's a fucking dementor, and you're lucky I'm neither a dementor or the Grimm reaper, I know who my first victim would be" I threatened, he only chuckled in response which was annoying because my groggy state limited my come-backs "do we even need to discuss the fact that we're basically being tortured for the next month or two?" I brought up
"Don't start, my dad's gonna murder me when he finds out" he groaned
"My mother is literally going to skin me alive. And I have no internet, that's basically murder" I whined
"Be glad you don't have phone privileges, your family can't contact you" Jack muttered
"True" I muttered as we reached the girls dorm room , as I realised that Jack had walked me to my room. "I'll see you in isolation?" I asked
"I'll be looking forward to it" He sarcastically remarked
"I'll bring the cards" I laughed
"See you later" he waved before heading towards the opposite direction
"B-" bye was what I was meant to say but I was dragged into the dorm room before I could say anything more than a single letter
"What happened?!" Grace screeched in my ear
"Yeah tell us!" Arabella added
"You're not kicked out are you?" Julie muttered, biting her nails
I groaned and headed towards my bed, sitting on the edge of it "nah, my mom should be expecting a call though, a months worth of detention, not allowed off campus for two months, a month if I'm good but that's unlikely, isolation for two days straight and phone and internet privileges taken away for a month" I shrugged
"An entire month?" Grace screeched "without internet?"
I shrugged again "I'll buy some books"
Loads and loads of books...