the mess prevails

robin. 18. senior at camden.

[robbinrobin]

[CHS Gym]

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[Isla was already thoroughly disappointed in Robin’s failure to arrive in class. She wasn’t sure why she was even bothering to try and assist her at this point, it was clear the girl was hellbent on failing no matter what. Why should she bother helping her? Yet somehow Isla didn’t seem able to just give up on the student, not yet. So she’d made her come out to volunteer on the Homecoming Dance committee.]

Ah, Robin, you made it. Excellent. You’ll be decorating. Streamers are on that table there, just grab a chair and start stringing them up, I’ll help you.

[robbinrobin]

[Robin wanted to chuck the streamers across the room and walk out of the gym, but she was already looking at more time in school than she needed. The girl wasn't an idiot, she knew just what she needed to graduate and was planning on doing it by the skin of her teeth - screwing that up by angering the delusional teacher wasn't going to help. She shook her head as she walked toward the streamers and grabbed a couple of rolls and a chair and pulled it toward a corner of the gym.]

Yeah, I figured I might as well show up, can't afford another day after school. I haven't seen streamers since the sixth grade - if I fall I can totally sue you, just saying. I probably don't need your help, I'm sure it's not rocket science.

[robbinrobin]

[CHS Gym]

[Robin couldn't believe that she was standing on campus on a Saturday. She rarely even showed up when she had to, but her teacher had made it pretty clear that she'd be in a lot more trouble if she she didn't show up to volunteer for the dance committee. After crushing her cigarette on the ground outside the gym door, she entered and made her way toward Ms. Merrow, regarding her with a deep scowl.]

I can't be here more than a few hours, I have places to be. What do you need me to do?

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[Isla simply narrowed her gaze at the female across from her, choosing not to interact with further compliance to her baffling audacity to an authority figure. She waited until she was finished and offered her the completed work.]

It’s completed. As long as you stay on top of your daily assignments, I see no reason for this to occur again, have a good day.

[robbinrobin]

[Robin slung her backpack over her shoulder and slid out of the desk, shouldering past the other woman as she made her way to the door.]

I don't know what fairytale you came from, but if you're hellbent on doing this every time, it's definitely gonna happen again. Good luck with that shit.

[With the frustrated air of a cocky teenager, Robin slammed the door behind her and pulled her phone from her pocket, shooting her friend a text as she made her way out to the school parking lot.]

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[Isla was growing increasingly irritated with the female. She got the whole teenage rebellion thing but it wasn’t as if she could blame anyone but herself for being there in the first place, this was ridiculous. She had a life too and yet here she was giving up her precious time to try and help out a struggling student.] That act isn’t going to work on me. You got yourself into this mess. Not me. I’d you’d done the work I assigned earlier then you wouldn’t have to go through this, so I suggest you do it now and get it completed once and for all for both our sakes.

[robbinrobin]

[Robin scoffed and rolled her eyes, counting up what she had written under her breath. The scrap of paper had a breakdown of the beginning of her summer, from the drunken attempt at grinding a rail at the skate park to a short mention of a friend’s smoke hazed basement party. When she counted up the right number, she slid the paper across the desk and threw her pencil into her backpack.]

Act? Please, this isn’t an act, I’m genuinely pissed off about being stuck here when I’ve got more important things to do. If you hadn’t assigned it in the first place, I wouldn’t have left without doing it, so I think it’s your fault. But here’s your five hundred words. 

[robbinrobin]

[Ms. Merrow's Classroom]

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[Isla could already tell that Robin was going to be more than a handful, she seemed to have a complex with authority and honestly believed that she was beneath her. Isla didn’t like the tone the girl took on and her gaze narrowed sharply.]

Then if you don’t finish today, you’ll come back tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, until you’ve finished each assignment I’ve given you. Hopefully you don’t have too much planned.

[robbinrobin]

[Robin almost felt that she was going to win her argument with the older woman, and a smirk started to form on her face. It fell when the teacher narrowed her eyes at her and threatened to keep her there every day. She couldn't afford to lose that much time, and she huffed, mumbling under breath as she tore half a sheet of paper from a notebook in her backpack. Even as she scribbled nonsense onto the page, she kept arguing.]

You can't be serious. You really want to keep me here every day for five hundred words of bullshit? Actually, I have a lot planned, I'm a busy person believe it or not. I don't have time for some deluded Freedom Writers wannabe act, I have places to be.

[robbinrobin]

[Ms. Merrow's Classroom]

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[Isla was already growing irritated at the fact that she had a student with prospect, and the ability to succeed, but she was wasting it away with her lack of drive or ambition. Her name was Robin and the blonde already knew she was going to be a handful, which was why she had her stay after class.]

Yes, thank you for coming Robin. Well I’m sorry to hear you don’t want to be here but I’m not giving you any of the above. In fact you’re just going to sit here and do your assignment until it’s done completely and to my liking.

[robbinrobin]

[Robin rolled her eyes at the woman and stared her down, trying to gauge how serious she was. The lady seemed to really believe that she would sit down and do the idiotic work just because she told her to, and she shook her head in disbelief before sitting in the desk closest to the teacher's.]

I didn't have a choice. I don't think you can make me stay here past a certain time, especially for something that a fifth grader could write. I'll sit here and do my time, but that's it.

[robbinrobin]

[Ms. Merrow's Classroom]

[Robin had an important meeting with her friends after class - they were supposed to hang out at the corner store and convince Joey's older brother to buy them a few beers, and the new teacher was throwing her game off. She gritted her teeth and moved to the front of the classroom, tossing her mostly empty backpack to the ground.]

You wanted to see me, Ms. Merrow? I kind of have somewhere to be, so if you can just give me that detention or demerit or whatever, I can go and neither of us has to be here longer than we want to be.