His Own Way Out by Taylor Saracen

Author:Taylor Saracen [Saracen, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732322509
Publisher: 13 Red Media Ltd
Published: 2018-06-27T22:00:00+00:00

20

The saying “too good to be true” existed because often things were exactly that. Blake should have known that anything exceedingly positive in his life would have a loophole. He wasn’t a negative guy, but he was aware of how quickly shit could hit the fan. Unfortunately, he’d grown used to it thanks to the choices he made and the onslaught of ramifications he dealt with.

Upon being called to the principal’s office, Blake began having flashbacks of the happenings at WCHS. As he walked down the hallway toward his fate, he reminded himself not to cop to anything. There was no stashed weed, crappy behavior, or missed work. Blake could confidently say that he hadn’t done anything wrong. He needed to remember that when he stepped into the line of fire. He doubted that he was being called to the office for any reason other than a negative one. In his wildest dreams, the administration was ready to compliment him on his hard work, but Blake knew that was one hell of a stretch. School types didn’t take the time to say good things when they could berate him with bad. It was about power for them, feeling good about themselves while they made teenagers who were offbeat feel wrong. There was no pride in independence when falling in line was what was accepted.

By the time Blake arrived at the front office, he was prepared for the worst, in whichever form it was delivered. When he was younger, Blake was summoned to the principal for positive reasons such as perfect attendance and honor roll. He wondered if the practice of praise was antiquated considering the indefinitely negative slant a jaunt to the administration held. Bianca was right about a lot of things, namely how much those in charge hated anyone who didn’t conform. He wanted a different type of life than the one they had, one that didn’t place him in a box and keep him there, bored and normal. He wanted more than that, and maybe people who didn’t fault him for it. Was it really that wrong to want to be free? Perhaps it was the curse of being a teenager that made him believe he could live outside the limits of what was acceptable. That made him think there was room for more in life than monotony.

Blake sat on the edge of his seat as Ms. Hanes paced the length of the small room. Her movement made him nervous and he wished she would sit down.

“Do you know why I called you here today, Blake?” she asked, continuing her trek to nowhere.

“I’d say for a formal welcome, but I’ve already been here for a few months.”

She paused and rolled her lips under her teeth in a way that would have been funny if Blake wasn’t fearing what was about to come out of her mouth. “We’re expelling you from Jasmine County High School.”

The statement was so outlandish that Blake asked the principal to repeat it. It didn’t sound any less preposterous the second time.

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