School experience

I held my two hands out against the huge wooden doors that is of Frenzy's prime primary and secondary school and pushed it forward as i made my entrance, the atmosphere inside was different from the other side of the doors and was different from i was used to, the temperature also different which must have been from the blast ACs they have hanging over the lockers, the colors brighter and as i walked through the halls i could feel the essence of what it felt like being a child in this time period. I wondered round the hallway not knowing where to go or whom to talk to trying as hard as possible to avoid eye contact with the other kids.

"Hey, Amanda" "whats up class prez" "how you doing Amanda" i got greetings from various students as i walked the hall but didn't know how to reply so i kept to myself, head bent down thinking ' This Amanda kid must be really popular in school, class president, wow, at this age i was first in line for the number one loner position'

"Hey Amanda, over here" i looked back to see a kid, young girl waving at my direction. 'who the fuck is this supposed to be, a best friend? Guess there's only one way to find out and if she is i have to keep things normal so she doesn't get suspicious' scoff 'who cares if she gets suspicious anyway, she's just a kid, what can she do'

I went over, standing at the lockers

"Where were u going Mandi, your locker is right next to mine" i looked at the lockers, looked at the girl, looked back at the locker ones more

"Huh, lez..Bri.." I looked into her open locker and saw some notes with a name written in bold, WENDY. "Wendy! Wendy, I was umm going to get some water to drink at the dispenser over there " pointing behind me

"OK, if you say so" says Wendy with a tone to disbelieve then she continued

"So how did it go, you didn't call me to give me the full detail"

"Detail of what exactly, what did i forget to tell you?"

"You know" she leaned in closer and whispered "your first kiss with Michael"

"What?" 'I cant believe what the fuck im hearing right now, Jesus, kids'

"Speak of the devil, there he is right now"

"Who?"

"Common Amanda, over there" Wendy placed her right hand over my shoulders across my neck and using her left hand to point at someone between a group of boys

"You see him now, right?"

"Yah, i guess" still didn't know who the hell she was talking about and like if things weren't bad enough a kid from the group went out and started walking towards us. 'Michael?'

"Hey Wendy, how's it going"

"Hey Michael" replied Wendy with an innocent smile on her face. Michael looked at me "Hey Amanda" grabs my right hand with his left and starts pulling it closer to his side. It felt like things started moving in slow motion as i looked at my hand moving, at him and then at my hand again and without a seconds hesitation i drew back my hand and erupted forgetting all censorship

"What the fuck you want dude!" It was at that moment i knew i fucked up, everyone in the hallway took a pause from their current activity to look at us, i was so loud that it was the expected response and unlucky for me a teacher was also present, Mrs Stacy Mildred, surprised at first she walked and approached me

"Miss Amanda, what's the meaning of this, you know full well that the usage of vulgar and distasteful words is strictly frowned upon in this institution let alone using such words on a fellow student" she looked at Michael and then back at me

"As class president i expected better from you, i am soo disappointed" grabs my hand "OK to the principal's office with you" turns around facing everyone in the hallway Mildred speaks

"Every single one of you to your various classes now! and no running"

Like soldiers to a command the other kids including Wendy quickly closed their lockers and went for class, Mildred headed for the Principal's office with me being forced along 'whats up with the people in this school and grabbing my hand anyways, God, like things weren't hard already'

Standing outside the office Mildred held my hand tightly as she knocked on the door, internally i was infuriated but i couldn't do anything but stand still as i awaited the punishment headed my way

"Who's there" the principal asks in a rather calming voice

"Its Mildred sir, Stacy Mildred, can i enter"

"Yes"

Mildred opens the door slightly, enough for her head to pass through and then opens it fully putting me in full display. The principal looked at me

"Is anything the matter Miss Mildred"

"Yes sir, actually there is a bit of an issue" she enters into the office "earlier today this young lady was caught using a fowl word towards another student in the hallway"

"so u brought her to me, for what, for punishment?" He bends his head a little letting escape a half smile then raises it back again

"What word did she use anyway?"

"The F-word sir" Mildred replies

"Sigh.... OK don't worry about it i will handle this, you can go back to class now Miss Mildred" Mrs Mildred took her leave and i was asked to enter into the office. I walked in wearing an expression of disdain which i left at the door because i still had to maintain the appearance of an innocent ten years old after all. I got to his table and was asked to sit which i did and while sitting opposite the Principal i felt extremely uncomfortable, was it my height decrease, the emotions of Amanda slipping through to me, guilt from being caught or fear of my mission being a burst, i couldn't tell but all i knew was that i felt extremely uncomfortable. My thoughts sounded really loud and clear in my head, the ticking of the clock behind me really echoed in the office, the ten seconds of awkward silence as the Principal looked through some documents felt like my real punishment.

"Miss Amanda" the silence was interrupted 'o thank God, another second and i would have gone insane'

"In your records it states that you are the class president in your class and as such i expected you to know about the school's strict rules on the usage of vulgar slangs"

"I do sir" i replied

"OK, well at the level you are in i cant really suggest detention as a suitable punishment and with no other option i am going to have to call your father to come pick you up. That should be the appropriate punishment" he picks up the landline on his table and makes the call. It didn't go through for the first and second tries but thirds time the charm cause Mr Nevel picked up

"Hello, is this Mr Brian Nevel, father to a young Miss Amanda Nevel?" Asks the principle

"Yes, this is he"

"I am Paul Constantine, Principal at Frenzy's Prime primary and secondary school"

"OK? Is Amanda hurt?"

"No Mr Nevel, miss Amanda was actually involved in an incident with one of the other students here in school so we would like if you could come pick her up as she has been sent home for the day"

"Wait Mr Paul, did she do something wrong?"

"Actually Mr Brian, it seems one of her teachers caught her using a vulgar slang earlier today in the halls which is against the rules and the word in particular was the F-word. So Mr Nevel, as for my earlier request we would like if you could come pick her up, we know you are a very busy man but regardless."

"Ooo, OK i will be on my way"

"Thank you Mr Nevel and as for Amanda she will be outside my office waiting for you, thank you" Mr Constantine cuts the call then looks over at me and tells me to wait for Mr Nevel on the chairs outside his office. I got up and went outside. After an hour and the exhaustion from waiting i had rested my head on laps and after hearing footsteps i opened my eyes and saw a pair of expensive black Italian boots in front of me, i raised my head and it was familiar image but blurred because my eyes were still trying to adjust to the light which they did in time, it was Mr Nevel standing right over me

"Mr Ne... Dad?

"Common Amanda let's go" Mr Nevel went into the principal's office to inform him about our leaving and we headed out, him in front and me behind with a five feet distance between us.

"I'm sorry dad, because of me you had to leave work early. I don't know what came over me but i promise i will never say such a word ever again" i tried to kill the tension in hopes of still being taken to his workplace

"Don't worry about it Amanda, i was almost done with what i was doing anyway" we got outside and stood over the car

"Are we still going to your work place, hunh dad?"

Driver's door half way open Mr Nevel looks at me

"Of course Amanda we still have our father and daughter's day to get to. Common, get in"

I was joy filled and relieved, i could feel Amanda's happiness through me, i opened my side door and got inside and we drove off. After several minutes of driving i looked over at Brian, under his right ear and noticed that there was no mark, no scars left behind from the Dot log chip implants i mean i had one as Amanda but he didn't, which was very strange so i asked

"Um dad, your ear, you don't have any scars from the Dot Log's, have you not gotten your implanted yet?"

Still driving, eyes glued to the road and his right hand on the steering

"Huh? My Dot log?" Uses his left hand to feel behind his right ear

"Ooo that you mean, well workers at my office, board members included haven't had theirs implanted yet, something about getting special chips for us or something like that. Its suppose to have more security specs than that of your normal Log chips" Brian smiles

"Ooo, OK" i replied. 'That means my entering this body wasn't entirely my fault but because they haven't had the Logs implanted yet, which means the special Log chips must use an encoder which constantly changes its identification codes and only the Black Box can identify which is the current code, these security conscious bastards just what exactly are they hiding. Amanda's code must have been put there in place of Mr Nevel's to distract anyone poking their nose into the GHA business and i fell for it, no wander it was so easy for me to get the code off their mainframe'

"We're here" we came to a stop and got out of the car and there i was, the Global Health Agency's first ever Head Quarters, in order to gain public favor they let few individuals like Brian Nevel to become part of the organization which isn't the case when i'm from, with their foundation firmly in place and deep rooted into the ground they no longer try to connect with the public, just passing off information and quarantining areas and secrecy seems to be all they good for.

"Lets go in Amanda" I and Mr Nevel headed for the entrance and then it came, an aroma so nostalgic i could remember my teenage years, hotdogs, i hadn't had a good hotdog in years, because of fear of contacting the pyrex 9 "virus" people stopped making meat based snacks and hotdogs just faded away. I looked for where the smell was coming from and like the nose of a blood hound i found it, the hotdog stand was just across the street

"Dad" i tugged at Mr Nevel's left sleeve and we stopped moving

"What is it Amanda?" he asks

"Can we get one of those or two maybe?" I pointed at the hotdog stand across

"What, a hotdog?"

"Yes" i replied

"Well, i haven't had anything to eat today so that sounds like a good idea, i will get one for you and two for me, OK? Stay right here and i'll be right back" Mr Nevel went across the street to get the hotdogs while i waited like he asked. I used the opportunity to scope out the area, the security guards outside, the route through which people walked and all and then i saw a kid at the middle of the walkway trying to talk to people but getting ignored, he looked rather rough. Neglecting my promise to Mr Nevel i went in for a closer look.

Electronic music playing loudly from a stereo

"Don't be...be...Heathen...Don't ...think that because you are satisfied that satisfaction is actually good for you...scoff...looks of scorn wont make my delivery any less valid than it is" moving from one person to another in the middle of the walkway.

"How can you let the fact that something is apparently good out shadow the fact that it might be inherently bad in more ways that is good, because it is what, it is unknown?" off to the next person in a repeated cycle the kid rants on

"What are you supposed to be huh kid?" I got the closer look i aimed for, white T-shirt covered in mild dirt, coffee brown shorts, messy brown hair and equally brown eyes, a cut on his lower lip and a bruise on his left elbow as well

"What are you doing ranting on deaf ears, are you stupid or what?" i looked around him, on the ground a black broken stereo playing electronic music on repeat, half drank energy drink on top and a worn out wooden sign with words written on it with yellow paint

"Griin Staples? Whats that suppose to be your name, huh kid?" I looked back at him, he was about 3 inches taller but looked 2 years younger than Amanda, he turned around to know who was talking to him

"What did you sa-?" He froze, had his eyes popped wide open as he stood in reverence, as for the reason why i couldn't tell but it appears his speechlessness was aimed at me, well Amanda at least, was this his first time talking to a girl i wondered.

"So what is it kid, Griin Staples, is that your name or something else?"

"Griin...? No...um, Prince it's Prince Michael, you-" still having the same expression of lost on him

"Whats up with you kid why are you looking at me like that, its beginning to get old and annoying"

"You, ummm, who are n-no more exactly what are you" i was taken aback by the question

"Your aura it's all messed up like really messed up and strange, you seem like a kid but at the same time also something entirely different on the inside... What are you? I mean i have seem some strange things from being outside this building but you are something entirely different"

I took a step backwards, i was surprised, what exactly was this kid seeing and more importantly how was he able to see it

"Auras? You have to be joking kid, what are you talking about, you sound really stupid right now, you know that? im just a normal ki-"

"Amanda!" Mr Nevel comes rushing and in the process spills the source from the hotdogs

"What are you doing over here with this - kid Amanda, i thought i told you to wait for me over there"

"Is this your kid Mr? Are you sure about that?" Prince asks looking at both me and Mr Nevel