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day 2: school

sam and liz looked at each and rolled their eyes. their calculus instructor was droning on and on, scribbling illegible equations in chicken scratch on the chalkboard. they glanced back at leslie. she was resting her head on her hand and looked like she was nearly asleep.

a sudden ruckus out in the hallway caught everyone's attention. even leslie sat up. people started to get up from their desks to check out what was going on, but the instructor quickly snapped at them to sit back down.

"stay here, class, i'll be right back."

the students could hear the fight going on in the hallway. someone was being slammed into a locker. a lot.

the voices of shouting teachers filled the hallway as they tried to break up the fight. the students listened, trying to hear what was going on. no one would swear to it, but they were pretty sure they heard the school nurse mention an ambulance.

the calculus instructor walked back in, and everyone tried to settle back into their seats. some talking from the hallway could still be heard.

"i wonder what's going on out there," liz whispered.

"i dunno," sam replied. "but whatever it is, it sure sounds more interesting than what's been going on in here."

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