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compared to what it’s like now.
    I had friends until they skedaddled off and left me; Leaving me my family, and even that’s breaking beneath my feet. 
    Dad and I part our separate ways, while he makes his way to the building where the staff room is, I head straight for the main building. I’m so absorbed in my own thoughts that I don’t notice the piece of paper stuck on the door until its right underneath my nose. I stare at it before stepping inside and yanking it off the window to get a better look. Looking around, I spot them everywhere.
    Cutting down a hallway, I find them posted all over the walls, doors and even spot a few stuck to the ceiling. My eyes are drawn to the picture that takes up most of the posters space. Miss Brake and Mr Alden in the same state I walked in on them in. I read the note at the bottom again. ‘Try walking in on these two.’
    Whoever wrote the note purposely wrote it like my handwriting. I’m being framed!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter Five
     
    “McKenzie, can you leave so I can talk to your parents?”
    “Are you actually asking me? Do I have a choice? Because if I do, then no because whatever you’re about to say is about me so I am entitled to hear it.” I purse my lips and raise my eyebrows in challenge and watch the displeasure flicker across Mr Jones’s face.
    “Mc-”
    “Why am I complaining?” I ask as I pick my bag up off the floor. “I’ll be outside.” I say rushing out the room before they realise what I have in mind.
    I shut the door behind me before jogging until I get to the front entrance, which isn’t far from the head’s office. My hand clasps the smooth, cold handle when I hear the voice.
    “You’re going to get expelled you know?”
    “If I do, it’s only because you framed me.”
    “Oh yeah? Can you prove that?” 
    Turning, I face Gina in all her polished glory. “I think I’ve seen this in a movie before-” she takes on a slightly amused look as she looks at me. “- but the whole thing was shit.” I say in complete honesty.
    Her face hardens and I shrug, turning to leave until Katy comes through the door leading to the main office.
    “Oh goodie, it’s the vandal.”  
    My teeth grind together and I take a deep breathe. Katy being the student I’ve got into the most fights with.
    “Consider ing the amount of tables I’ve drawn on, that’s nothing new. Don’t let it get to you sweetie we all have our moments.”
    Her frown only makes me smirk.
    “Did you just call me… dumb?”
    “In more than a few words yes, why? What you going to do about it?”
    “You’re such a bitch McKenzie.”
    Shrugging, I push the door open. “You’ve called me worse.”
     
    ***
    “Oh Georgia don’t be so dramatic!”
    “It’s true Archie! I have tried everything!”
    I roll my eyes, here we go again.
    Having heard enough, I stand up and get changed out of my uniform. I run a brush through my hair before pulling my beanie on and the hood of my hoodie up over it.
    I don’t want to hear about my options only being boarding schools or the disappointment in both my parent’s voices as they talk about me. I’d actually done it this time, I’d gotten myself expelled. I don’t want to sit in this room listening to them argue in the study directly below my room.  
    So I’m not going to.
    My door opens silently but the floor boards creak as I step out my room.
    “McKenzie, don’t even think about it or-”
    I slam the door, blocking out his voice.
    “For flip’s sake! Why can’t anything ever be easy?” Dragging my hands across my face, I take a deep breath, feeling even more so like a caged animal. Sighing, I ease my door open again. My ears strain to hear what they’re talking about but all I can hear is their voices, not the words they’re speaking.
    “No!” Mum’s voice sales through the air and I dash toward the stairs and stop on the first step. Please. Please. Please.
    I pray that mum’s protest covers