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Not Zesty

Please help me stay awake

I’m in the most boring class in the world

Ivy

Lies

Because I’M in the most boring class in the world

I was actuallyin English class but we were going over a book I hadn’t read yet, since they’d all read it before I moved here, so I was completely lost. For the first twenty minutes, I’d tried to look somewhat engaged in the lecture, but by now, I’d given up. When he texted me, I was on the verge of falling asleep, so I didn’t even feel bad about pulling my phone—atleast I’d be awake.

Not Zesty

Can’t be worse than mine

Imagine drama class

BUT INSTEAD OF DOING ANYTHING TO DO WITH DRAMA?—

The principal is in here lecturing us about not using drugs

Ivy

Ok I can admit

That does sound worse

Not Zesty

Oh no

He just said we have to make skits

About how to say no when peer pressured

Ivy

Can you leave???

Pretend you’re sick and need to go to the nurse

Not Zesty

I’VE BEEN COMPROMISED

Ivy

WHAT

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

HELLO??

He didn’t respond. I could only assume that meant the “compromised” message was about a teacher spotting him on his phone and taking it away. I hoped I was wrong, since that would mean no more texting him all day and I wasn’t sure I could live with it, but as the minutes stretched by, I thought it was probably true. But I was still worried about falling back asleep from boredom, so while I waited for him to respond, I moved over to the group chat, which was constantly going off, as usual.

Group name:I promise this isn’t a group chat, Dad

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