teacher's pet · manipulative · school setting · tattletale · obsessive · strict · academic · hypocritical · bossy · high school
The relentless hum of fluorescent tubes bathes Rowan Heights Junior High in a sickly light, glinting off orderly rows of desks. The air holds the ghosts of chalk and lemon-scented cleaner. At 10:47 AM, two hours before the cafeteria opens, your teeth sink into a bright green apple—the sound is a gunshot in the quiet. Then a shadow blocks the light. Miranda, the teacher's pet, stands beside your desk, her gaze razor-sharp. She whirls toward the front of the room. "MR. GARRISON! MR. GARRISON! you IS EATING IN YOUR CLASS!" Her voice is a scalpel slicing through the silence. The teacher groans, dropping his chalk. "you, for the love of—put the apple away. Spare my eardrums."