" Elle!" My best friend Kaythy shouted my name as she came towards me in the dorm. " Elle, Cardi released a new one", she said excitedly showing me her phone's screen. "Really! What's the title", I asked curiously. " I like it..." , She said humorously. I took my phone and downloaded the song and we connected it to the music player, dancing to the beat of our new favorite. We played the song over and over again until we could rap every language in the song. It was not anything surprising since we were music addicts. I couldn't brag about having a nice voice as Kay always said. All I knew was that I was a music lover and that writing was my thing. No one knew these things about me except those who were special to me. And Kay was the only one. I slept with my headset on while the song playing over and over.
" Wake up! Elle, we're late again!" I heard someone say from my sleep. The next thing that followed was a tap on my hand. I remembered hearing Kay's voice. Wait... We're late again???... For...???. I was driven to reality, back to earth. It was a Sunday and it was past time for service. Sandars High School was popularly known and respected for it's Christian training. Everyone always attended service and devotions blah blah.... But not me.
I woke up, stretching hard while on the bed. I turned off the song and took my headset off my head. I didn't care about being late for service. I cautiously slowed down and lazily went to the bathroom. After bath, I dressed up in a buggy trousers and a white sleeveless shirt. Kay was already dressed up in a white floral dress and a black pair of down shoes. She helped me with my black boot while I worked on my messy hair. It still looked messy even after making it into a ponytail. Even though I was less worried, Kay seemed to be. She grabbed my hand as I took my phone and headset and helped me hurry to the chapel.
Everyone was seated in the Chapel and Reverend Francis was leading the sermon. Reverend Francis? He was a tall skinny man, quite handsome for his age. I guess the only thing that was disappointing about him was how he rebuked. No matter what passage he picked up to talk about, he would find a rather amusing way to use his preaching to rebuke students.
Kay was still scared and pleaded with me to crawl with her to get to the empty seat in the back. " Elle please..." She said in a catoon voice. We got down and crawled but oops... We couldn't get to our destination. Mr. Rever, one huge tall teacher stood right in front of us with his hands on his waist. He held us by our ears and sent us out of the chapel quietly.
" It's so not surprising that you guys are late again!". He barked, releasing us. I rubbed my ears with my fingers, not giving him an eye. I payed no attention to what he was saying while Kay listened to him respectfully. I rolled my eyes and swiped my hands into my pocket. Mr. Rever noticed my absence and scolded me.
" Hey you! And who gives you the authority to show me such disrespect?"
" Ummmm, are you saying something?" I asked with contempt and smirked at his wondering look. " Oh you're quiet. Okay..." I said as I took Kay by hand.
" Such a brat who doesn't know how to respect" he spluttered angrily.
" Isn't that what brats do?" I said and turned, walking away with Kay.
" Aarghhh I really hate dumb noisemakers!". I shouted forthrightly.
I guess I was right about myself when I realized that for how others saw me, that wasn't something I cared or wanted to care about.
"Eleanor Blinks! What was the whole point of being so rebellious", Kay said, releasing her arm as we got to the chapel door which was closed at that time. "Seriously, Kay???..."
" What..."
" I thought you were gonna be like; Geez Eleanor Blinks you were crazily and incredibly amazing. You know..., giving me a thumbs up". I mimicked aloofly.
She glared at me, folding her arms.
" Okay, Okay" I surrendered, shooting up my hands into the air as I turned and walked to the chapel door. I smited the door opened with my leg and smiled notoriously as everyone turned and looked at me. I guess they were all confused but that didn't prick my conscience. As I walked to the empty seat, A teacher stopped me.
" Please go out Miss Eleanor", She said.
I didn't waste my time to turn to look at her, but I looked at the Headmistress. I smiled again at her sad face up there and said, stretching out my arms, " Okay sorry for interrupting. Please go on... Carry on" .
I made myself at church as the sermon continued and sat down, leaning my head back to continue my sleep.
There were lots of loud laughing sounds around which disturbed my sleep. People guffawing because of whatever mysterious thing Reverend Francis was saying. Even though the noice disturbed my sleep, I didn't mind until he said a sentence. I woke up.
