"Shhh. It's O.K Jane. Please understand it's going to be fine." Amber was comforting her best friend as they sat on last step of the north wing stairs. Jane had just found out her boyfriend was cheating on her and had burst into tears in English class. She had stormed out and Amber had followed her. She knew that cranky Mr. Johnston would get mad, but she didn't care. She knew that Jane rarely cried so this was traumatic.
"I hate him. How dare he write me a fucking note and tell Tiffany to give it to me. Fuck, I hate her."
"Jane, listen to me. He's not worth it O.K. You need to move on." Amber was trying to calm her best friend down and she was thankful that the heaving sobs had slowed to soft hiccups.
Jane sat up and wiped her eyes. "O.K. I'll be fine. I just needed a good cry. Thank you. You are a great friend."
"Ms. Brown and Ms. Dinelle. My office. Now."
Both girls looked up and saw Mr. McNamara standing at the top of the stairs. The principal wasn't looking impressed and the girls knew to just nod and obey him. They followed him quickly to the office and pouted as they were told to sit in the office and wait. Both girls said nothing. They knew that their cranky English teacher had called the office to report them and now there was going to be consequences. It seemed like forever, but finally both girls were called into the principal's office.
"Alright ladies. I reviewed your files and neither of you have been in any trouble the last three years. Since this is the first time I've met both of you this is a good thing. I really do not care why you chose to walk out on Mr. Johnston's lesson on 'Hamlet'. However, he did not appreciate your actions. I will be watching both of you. Go back to class."
Jane and Amber nodded and rushed back to class. By this time, the bell had rung so they entered and both apologized to their teacher.
"How is my cute trouble maker neighbor doing? Is my dad going to get mad at me for wanting to each lunch with you?" Quinn was grinning from ear to ear.
"What? Your dad?" Amber and Quinn had walked the short distance to Amber's next class.
"My dad's the principal. You know that. My mom must have blurted that out to your mother at least ten times. It's a big deal since we're super Catholic and here my dad is working at the evil public school."