The Way by Janet Parsons

Author:Janet Parsons [Parsons, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Potoroo Publishing
Published: 2018-02-07T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Composition

“Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are”

– HENRY DAVID THOREAU

“Beth, Toby’s here, love. Have you got your homework from last night packed? There was a pile of books on the table this morning, did you need those?” Maggie called up the stairs.

Beth gathered her books and stuffed them in her backpack. “Coming, Maggie, I already grabbed them.” She turned to check her bed was neat. Maple had already curled up ready for his long day’s siesta. He opened his eyes to look at her and let out a meow.

“And you keep a good eye on things for me, won’t you? No imposters in the house please.” She stroked him and hurried down the stairs.

The ride to school was difficult today as there was a strong crosswind coming off the water, making the usual pace a little harder to meet. After securing their bikes, they made their way to their respective lockers and arranged where they would meet up at recess. Arriving at her locker, Beth opened it and put her backpack inside. She had taped her timetable to the inside of the door and scanned to see which class was first. Environmental Science; that meant an earful from Shelby, who as soon as she had spotted Beth entering the class for the first lesson had leapt out of her chair, saying the seat next to her was spare. Shelby loved to jabber away about all the cheerleaders and who was hot for which player. She also provided more information about each girl than Beth considered newsworthy, from what went on in the change rooms to sleepover antics to more sordid details of their nocturnal activities. She had tried to talk Beth into coming down for pre-season try-outs to no avail and often asked her to sit with her Sailor Gal Pals at lunch.

“We’d just love to have a Chinese girl in the squad,” she had insisted.

Beth understood from that reiteration that, although the lights were on, perhaps Shelby was not fully at home.

Professor Cragg sported a mop of wild white hair and wore thick, black horn-rimmed glasses, and for the first couple of classes had spoken in an entirely monotone voice. Today he slightly changed the intonation as he announced an upcoming field trip to the White Mountains to study the geology in the area.

“Students, I am thrilled to announce that we have received funding for a three-day field trip to examine and construct reports on the magma intrusions and glaciation in this area. We will be camping out for two nights and hiking into parts of the National Park terrain that are off the regular trails. This will be a most memorable component of your Senior Year. The Marine Biology students are travelling with us and will be studying the river ecosystem for a comparison unit. I’m sending home your permission slips today so make sure that you return them as soon as possible.

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