215 Working Late

Six hours and around fifteen cups of coffee later, the group were still hard at work.

The humming of auto-scrubbers sounded from the empty halls as the janitors cleaned and buffed the floors of the large building.

The footsteps of students rushing for their buses, slamming lockers and chatting loudly faded as the building became quiet and the school day came to an end.

"Hey!" Julie said barging in, "I was looking for you! Let's go!"

Julie began tugging at Lina's blouse, making her drop her pen and adjust her glasses.

"Oh, Julie... I'm sorry I have a lot of work to finish. Go ahead, and I will come after you."

The group of teachers looked up to see the young teen standing with her hands on her hips opposite Lina.

"What? You're going to stay late? Have you told dad about this? You might get in trouble."

Lina blushed when the teachers began laughing quietly and whispering.

"Julie, I said go. Don't worry about me honey, I'm an adult."