Detention

Dana Fairbanks was the first one to arrive at the library. She looked pretty pissed off. She had done nothing wrong, but still, here she was. Detention, eight hours, all because of that nimrod, Alice Pieszecki. That girl always seemed to get her into trouble and she didn’t like it one bit. She would have her revenge one day, but nothing changed the fact that she had to spend her Saturday in the library, doing nothing. She could be training for her big game that was coming closer day by day. She could be helping her dad in the company and earn some money.

She had just sat down at the nearest table when she heard footsteps approaching. She rolled her eyes as she recognised the blonde and turned away, not even greeting her. As if it wasn’t bad enough that she had to be here, doing nothing of use, she also had to look on this girls’ face all day long. She had to do that from Mondays to Fridays already and she knew a million things she’d rather do.

“Hey there, Dane,” Alice said with a huge smile, as if they were best friends.
“It’s Dana. Not Dane,” the brunette sighed. She felt that she would be going home with a major headache. Just great, a day alone with Alice. She was sure that Alice loved it. She didn’t hide the fact that she liked Dana, a lot.
“Alright, Dana. I’m sorry for getting you into this shit – it was never my intention.”
“I bet you would have never wanted to spend a Saturday with me in the library, just the two of us.”
“Hmm, that sounds good if you put it like that.”
“I was being sarcastic.”
“You should practise.”
“You should get smarter and take a hint. I don’t like you, Alice.”
“Fair enough. So, what do you want to do today?”
“I don’t know. Mrs. Tringle will be here any minute.”
“Mrs. Tringle? Who the hell is Mrs. Tringle?”
“You’re not being serious!”
“Yes, I am.”
“You are a senior, aren’t you?”
“Last time I checked, yes.”
“And you’ve never been to the library?”
“Yes, I have! I borrowed a book every now and then,” Alice said, pretending to be offended.
“And you don’t even know who the librarian is?”

Their conversation was interrupted by another girl entering the room. It was Carmen de la Pica Morales, looking extremely annoyed. She smiled as she saw Dana, her lab partner in the chemistry classes.
“Hey, Dane,” Carmen said, sitting next to her.
“Hi, Carmen,” Dana smiled. “Thank God you’re here – imagine I’d have to be alone with this one for eight hours.”
“Hey – she gets to call you Dane? And what would be so wrong with spending a day with me? We could have fun, you know…”
“I’m sure. I’d have a jolly good time. And yes, she gets to call me Dane. She’s my friend, not some buffoon that runs after me like a puppy.”
“Hi, Alice,” Carmen smiled. “I can only imagine what you did to get here today?”
“Oh – the story is marvellous,” Alice said dramatically. “You won’t believe it.”
“I bet,” Carmen laughed.