The Journal of Angela Ashby by Liana Gardner

Author:Liana Gardner [Gardner, Liana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: empathy, journal, friendship, bullying, divorce, Magic, Family, school, gnome, fairy
ISBN: 9781944109707
Publisher: Vesuvian Books
Published: 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen - Unintended Consequences

I arrived in English to find a sub, Mr. Farber, standing at the front of the room. What if Mrs. Clark was more hurt than I thought? Would it be my fault?

Taking my seat, I watched as my classmates filed in the room. When they saw Mr. Farber, they whispered to their nearest neighbor, so it sounded like a room full of leaking beach balls.

The hissing stopped when Mr. Farber called the class to order. He and Mrs. Clark were complete opposites. While she dressed conservatively, usually wearing a suit each day, Mr. Farber looked like he just came in from the beach, with his baggy pants, docksides with no socks and collared Hawaiian print shirt worn open over a T-shirt. He even wore sunglasses on top of his head. But opposite to their dress, Mrs. Clark allowed us freedom, where it was rumored Mr. Farber had regulations for his rules.

Complete silence filled the room, except for the occasional creaking chair. Mr. Farber did a military style roll call, barking out each name and expecting an immediate response. With a last name of Ashby, I answered first then relaxed through the remainder.

The door screeched open and an office assistant walked up to Mr. Farber and handed him a note. He frowned at the interruption as he opened the folded paper.

“Angela Ashby.”

My spine straightened and I caught my breath.

“Please take your things and go to the office.”

Whispers and suppressed laughter rippled through the room.

“But I didn’t do anything. Why do they want me?” My stomach clenched.

Mr. Farber gave the note back to the office girl. “It doesn’t matter why. And the note didn’t say. Please take your things and leave so we can continue the class without further interruption.”

All eyes in the room were fixed on me as I picked up my books and shoved them in my backpack. How embarrassing. I couldn’t get out the door fast enough. But once in the hall, my steps slowed. I dreaded reaching my destination.

The office girl walked ahead of me and turned back to make sure I still followed.

I did.

Slowly.

She stopped halfway across the quad. “They do want you there today, you know.” She huffed and started off again.

My stomach knotted and with each step it lurched a little more.

The door to the office clanged shut behind me with such finality, the only thing missing was the sign from Dante’s Inferno.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

I certainly felt like the hope had been sucked right out of me.

Mallory sat outside the principal’s office, head down and dejected, she looked miserable.

As I approached, she raised her head and opened her mouth, but before she could say a word, the door to the office opened.

“Angela, please come in.”

The office, though large, felt claustrophobic. Too many people inside. Mr. Lassiter and Mrs. Murphy, the principal, sat behind the desk and in front of the desk to the left was Cynthia and her parents and to the right, Mrs. Clark.

My stomach did another roll.

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