Well the office is already here so...

‘Maybe next time,’ I think to myself, ‘I can always make a new friend tomorrow. Besides I’ve already got Ivan, David and Gabs. She was cute, would like to get to know her more.’

I enter the office with Stacy still there at her desk, this time her hair bun was gone and she had her hair hanging down and had a jacket over her white blouse. She looked up and smiled. “Hello there Alex, I hope you’ve taken a liking to our school. Anything I can help you with?” I nod. “Yea I wanted to ask the principle a few questions about my class schedule, is she in there?” I ask, pointing at her office door. “Oh, well yes she’s in there though she might be a bit busy with a student. L-let me ask her if you don’t mind just one second.” She pushed a button in the speaker on her desk. “Rosa, I have a student here who wants to see you.”

“Oh! S-Stacy, I thought my schedule was f-filled for the day.” We heard her voice respond, it sounds like she was carrying a heavy load or something. Stacy flashes me a grin and brushes her hair behind her ear. “Yes I’m sorry Rosa, this wasn’t in the schedule it’s just Alex wanted to ask you a few questions and since it’s his first day here I wondered if you’d make an exception and see him today? I can always ask him to come tomorrow if you’d like?” “Huh...oh! Uh okay, s-send him in Stacy.”

“Thank you Ms. Rosa.” She let go of the button and leaned back in her chair. “I do apologize for that but she can see you whenever you are ready, is there anything else I can do for you?” I scratched my head thinking if I had anything else to ask... “Yea I guess, are we allowed to exit the school?” “Leaving the school building during class works without permission is highly punishable and a strict no no, but yes you can leave school if you ask the principle and with her consent. That rule stands for weekdays however, and on weekends you may freely leave the building to your leisure and so do whatever comes to mind, as long as it’s legal of course. You are our responsibility within the building, but on weekends if you chose to leave you would need to check in with one of our teachers at the main door who will be stationed there checking names. So yes you may leave the building but on weekends you need to ask the principal with an urgent reason why, or check out with the teacher stationed at the exit on weekends.” Stacy adjusted her hair and smiled. “Did that help?”

I nod. “Yea, certainly. Alright thanks Stacy, I’ll just be going in to talk to Ms. Villa then.” I walk over to the principals door and enter through with Stacy bidding me good luck. There I see Ms. Villa sitting at her desk, eyes closed and hands grasped on her desk in a professional manner. She looked up and smiled. “Ah, hello Alex. You had a few questions for me?” She sort of twitched in mid sentence as I sat down in front of her desk. “Yea, I wanted to ask about my class schedule. It says here-” “Oh!” I looked up from my schedule and see the principle shift in her seat, combing her hair back. Was she sweating? I carry on and place my schedule on her desk. “Anyway, it says here I have a few recreational classes, what do those mean?”

“Ah! T-those mean you have a few slots available for your leisure.” “So they are free classes, as in I don’t have class in that hour?” “Not ex-xactly. It means you can choose between what class you’d like of recreational activity. Recreational meaning you uhn!” I look up as she closes her eyes and grips her desk. “Are you okay?” I ask, with her taking a minute to relax, her stiff shoulders lowering back down. “Mm.. I apologize, I seem to be having a few cramps. As I was saying, recreational meaning an activity done for enjoyment, this could mean art class, study class, music class, of those s-sort.” She slumped forward and held her mouth open for a second as she finished her sentence. “Okay...” I reply observing her. She’s been acting pretty weird, and come to think of it theirs been a weird smell in the room and didn’t Stacy mention she had a student here?