Rumor Central by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Author:ReShonda Tate Billingsley [Billingsley, ReShonda Tate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Social Issues, Peer Pressure, Friendship, General
ISBN: 9780758289520
Google: FQoVMx7lrFIC
Amazon: 0758289510
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

When I sat at my desk and heard the two most dreaded words a teacher could utter, I couldn’t imagine anything worse. A pop quiz that I wasn’t prepared for seemed more than just unfair, it seemed downright wrong.

I looked around the crowded classroom. Why was I the only one who seemed unprepared? This had caught me completely off guard, but everyone else seemed just fine. Not a single other person seemed bothered.

“Okay, clear your desks, nothing but pencils,” the teacher said.

I was so mad at him. A pop quiz should not have been part of the lesson plan, especially since I was so behind with my studying, and reading, and most things related to all my classes actually.

Everyone else eagerly cleared books, notepads, and papers from their desks.

I wanted to bolt from the classroom and never, ever come back. Where was a fire drill when I needed one? The teacher stood near the front of his desk and waited for everyone to appear ready.

I wondered if continuing to rummage through my book bag would delay this pop quiz even more. The joke was on me because he apparently wasn’t waiting on everyone, just most people. I still wasn’t done looking through my bag when someone laid the pop quiz on my desk.

I kept a sheet, then passed the rest back behind me. When I glanced down at the paper, I wanted to cry. Nothing looked familiar! How far behind had I fallen?

The problems on the sheet of paper looked like a foreign language to me. But to my left, and to my right, heads were bowed and people were writing on their papers.

I reread the first question and my head began to hurt. When had we covered this?

I thought about falling onto the floor and faking a seizure, but the thought of my Gucci black silk dress touching the floor was enough to make me squash that idea real fast.

Suddenly a loud knock on the door pulled everyone’s attention away from their papers.

Our teacher got up and walked to the door. When he pulled it open, two men in suits stood there. It wasn’t until they flashed badges that I heard voices gasp in the classroom.

“Hi, I’m Detective Greene and this is my partner, Detective Peterson. We’re here because we need to speak with one of your students,” the man said.

Just then, the assistant principal, Mrs. Young, squeezed between them and walked into the room.

“Mr. Griggs, these officers need to talk with Maya Morgan,” she said. Even though their voices were low, they sucked at whispering so everyone in the class heard them. When they turned and looked at me, I felt every eye in the room focus in on me, too.

“Maya, you need to go with these officers,” Mr. Griggs said.

The whispers and chatter started instantly.

“OMG, what did she do?”

“Is she snitching, again?”

“This is too much!”

I slowly stood and made my way toward them. With each step I took, I felt like I was walking a plank, like I had done something wrong.

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