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Arabella Rivera 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the books again and placed the history book at the very bottom. Stepping back again, I dusted off my hands this time with a soft smile beaming on my face as I observe my work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So grossed in my organizing I had now only realized that the sun 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 enters

 

 

 

 

 

 

her head. It was only a few minutes ago she

 

 

 

 

 

 

tenderly

 

 

 

 

 

 

me even though she was a teenager at

 

 

 

 

 

 

was not seeing the children again that had me on edge, but it was the

 

 

 

 

 

 

one must always fight to remain at the top of the chain. Their

 

 

 

 

 

 

look neat stacked on the right.” I murmur walking over to her. It was not a lie though, from my perspective, they

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hated about her being with me for years, is that I

 

 

 

 

 

 

even started yet and you’re already so nervous. Relax.” She utters and

 

 

 

 

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