Chapter #40: The Friday before Spring Break
Today was Friday, meaning one thing: Spring Break. I was in the cafeteria with my friends and then an announcement over the P.A. system came roaring in.
"Will Thad Carlson and Dan Wilson please report to the office immediately?" Miss Danvers said over the P.A.
After English me and Absinthe went to the basement, where Hawthorne and Dan we're crying like they lost someone in their lives.
"What did Crabblesnitch say?" Absinthe asked Hawthorne.
"Our grandma died in her sleep this morning. Our parents are coming from Virginia to pick us up." Hawthorne said crying his eyes out.
"Sorry for your loss guys." I tersely said, giving out condolences to the weeping brothers.
"I'm here to help you." Absinthe consoled, while hugging Hawthorne.
"Thanks Absinthe." Hawthorne calmed down, and then he got up, same with Dan.
"If you need us, we'll be in the Boys' Dorm packing." Dan said, as he walked to the door leading into the hallway and walked out with Hawthorne.
Later on in the Girls' Dorm in Absinthe's room, her, Ember, and me we're just hanging out in her room, helping Absinthe pack her stuff.
"I feel bad for Hawthorne." Ember said while folding some of Absinthe's clothes neatly.
"Me too." I tersely responded.
"I wonder how he's doing with all that grief." Absinthe pondered, as she was checking her stuff for anything we may have missed.
"Can we change the subject?" I said trying to change the subject.
"Sure. I'll go first." Ember said, while putting Absinthe's clothes inside an absinthe-green suitcase, "Where are you going for Spring Break?" She asked.
"I'm going to visit my parents in upstate New York." Absinthe said, while packing a train ticket in a black and green handbag, "There doctors, so I guess it runs in the Trudeau family."
I remember Absinthe when we first met that she wanted to be a doctor, so she can cure Cancer. I didn't know that her parents we're doctors as well. But I wonder if her parents saw her in dyed ultra-violet hair; light, but depressing dark makeup that complement her sickly pale skin, and a dark-green mini-dress. Thinking it would harm her relationship with her parents; maybe they'll think it was just a phase, and nothing else. I hope.
"Well I'm going to Aspen for Spring Break, with my parents, and the other Preps. And God I hate it." Ember lamented.
Knowing Ember being an ex-Prep, and it might be a living hell for her to spend a week with the Preps and their families. I pity her.
"What about you?" Absinthe and Ember said in unison.
"Well I'm going to England for Spring Break, visiting my relatives." I explained, in a calm manner, "In fact I was born in England. I moved to America when I was 9 days old."
"Cool." Absinthe tersely said.
"Have fun." Ember said when I passed through the door