For an entire hour, I had occupied myself by rearranging the books on my desk over and over. It was not like I had a tendency to be an organized freak.
It was just that, the thought of leaving high school in a few more months made me a little antsy. Okay, a lot. I was literally thinking of every possible bad scenario. One where there was a stack of books burying me or two getting a B on an exam. I wince by the very thought.
Letting out a breath, I stepped back a little to observe my work as I dusted off my hands. I hummed staring down at the neatly piled books stacked to the very left corner of the desk.
No, the history book looks too big to be at the very top.
A little again and it would flatten the rest of the books in a stack of flat pancakes.
at the very bottom. Stepping back again, I dusted off my hands this time with a soft smile
was about to set. The golden hue of the sunset warms over my face as I turn to face the opened door. I smiled as Gertrude
be calculating something in her head. It was only a few minutes ago she saw them stacked on the right corner when she came to ask if I
you’ve arranged them again.” She smiles tenderly
was a teenager at the time.
soft awkward giggle. Gertrude knew how fidgety I got when it involved school. It was not seeing the children again that had me on edge, but it was the pressure to always
in this world, one must always fight to remain at the top of the
the right.” I murmur walking over to her. It was not a lie though, from my perspective, they looked kind of off stacked
straight through me. That is one thing I hated about her being with me for years, is that I could never seem to lie to her. She
nervous. Relax.” She utters and uncovers the food revealing green
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