Everywhere stood still to her. Her heart began to beat fast. Two things were at stake now, her grades for Mr Clarks’ course will be affected, and secondly, Blake will think she was rude and unserious. “Get up and leave my class right now, I don’t tolerate students like you in my class. Get out”. Those words struck her like lightning. She felt like a sharp blade just pierced through her heart.
At this point, she just wished the ground would open up and swallow her. She got up in shame, she didn’t even know how to plead and Mr Clark sure wasn’t going to hear anything from her. She left the class and walked down to the college library. All she wanted to do was pick up a sad book and cry into it.
What will they think of me, what will he say to his friends about me? I’ve messed it up. I messed it all up she cried. She finally got to the library, took a book that she had read over and over whenever she was sad, sat down and sobbed quietly into the book. Well obviously because of how quiet the library always is, the library attendant walked up to her. “Hello miss your crying and it’s distracting eve”ryone else. Can we take this outside so you can tell me what’s wrong with you my dear?” She raises her head and stands up to leave quietly with the library attendant. Lila I’ll be out for a while, attend to the students” she tells her assistant.
They found a quiet and perfect place to sit and then the library assistant asks her, “what’s your name?”
She looked up at her and said slowly, “my name is Cara”. The library attendant smiled at her and told her how beautiful her name was. “Well, my name is Diane”. “Hello Diane”, Cara says. “So what is the problem, my dear”.
“Well, I got a bit distracted today at class and got sent out” she said sadly. “So what was your distraction, my dear?” Cara looked down to the ground playing with her feet and replied, “a boy”. Diane smiles softly and pats her hair while she asks for his name.
Cara felt weird telling the library attendant this but at the same time she felt comfortable around her and all she wanted to do was just tell her and feel less burden too. Blake was too much weight already.
“Uhmmmm his name is Blake”. Cara was really shy saying this and couldn’t even look her in the eye. At this point, Blake walks up to them. Oh hello, Cara I’ve been looking for you everywhere. Hello mum. Boom, that struck Cara. Number one, he knows her name, number two, he’s been looking for her and number three, the library attendant is his mother. Somebody, please pinch me.
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