“Maybe one day.”

You and Rone keep chatting till the end of the class. He laughs at you when you complain about gym and of course runs you through his regime, promising to train you if you ever want to do extra. You don’t even detect any hint of insincerity in his voice. You leave the class feeling pretty happy and you even decide to give Scarlett a break, can’t have her going mental on the first day.

Since you feel good and you worked hard this morning you decide to treat yourself to something nice for lunch.

“Oh a burger would be nice,” you think as you approach the café. You also spot Chelsea eating alone staring at a book. You order your burger and walk towards her.

“Seat taken?” you say as you approach. She smiles, “I was trying to study but it’s just too early in the term to care. Go for it.” She points to the seat and you take it.

“Lost motivation already?” You point to her book pile.

“No, its just hard to get into study at the moment, I want to get ahead but I feel like I need deadlines to motivate me.” She sighs, “Ugh I’m only halfway through my course and I feel like I’ve just lost motivation.”

“Stacey was saying something about this the other night, apparently you don’t get into partying or do anything apart from study and cheerleading anymore, is she right?”

“No…Well yeah, she’s right I don’t really do much anymore. I dunno It’s jus-” Her voice just trails off as her eyes narrow then she looks down her face full of shame.

You turn around and you can immediately pick the person, it’s the same smiley tattooed bitch that you have seen a few times around the place. She just has this look on her face that she knows something she shouldn’t.

“What’s up? Who’s that bitch and why does she always look like she knows something we don’t.” Your voice betraying your irritation, its not just her annoying smugness, something about this girl really gets to you.

“Oh, that’s Adelaide, stay away from her, she’s a bitch. She’s been at uni for like 6 years cause she got all these scholarships and completed all these extra credit classes. I’m told she’s leaving uni to go straight into a six-figure job. Fucking bitch, but only this semester to go before she’s gone.” Her voice really drops, and you can instantly tell that something isn’t right here.

“Uh is there something going on you want to talk about? You can talk to me you know right?”

“No, its nothing don’t worry about me, I’m just stuck in a rut, I’ll get through it.” She flashes you a weak smile and you don’t buy a second of it. Something’s up and you are going to figure out what.

But first you hold day the vibration setting for a full minute. You still haven’t moved it up from the lowest setting yet. You smile and hope Scarlett is squirming right now.