Rachael stares at the blank page on her desk . And a printed one on top of her textbook. She is supposed to write an assignment.
She glances at the clock . 11:30 am ? Damn tajstctoo early .
She leans on the window frame staring at the tree . It's a very old lemon tree . Some club advisor once told a story about it .
Apparently the founder was dying from dehydration one summer but . But ! A lemonade helped him live the day . And so the tree was planted .
Still flourishing perfectly. Not the season right now but it's still pretty thik . And shadow is usually cool .
She taps her own absent mindedly. Phone clutches in other hand , slide share open .
Literature assignment due in 2 hours . She sighs, thsi isn't going well right now .
Art is fun and all the moment it's a due assignment worth 50 marks of grade it's intresting level drops .
Emily on the other hand sure is fats with this staff . Her copy is next to her desk . Her words before she left was " check . I know you won't copy " .
Well yes Rachel gives herself enough credit to be able to pen down am orginal essay .
She lightly glances at carter as well . 1st bench on the right side . He has eyes goued in a book .
Ah she knows what that can be . Probably advanced math . Those AP classes have worn him down a bit , not gonna lie .
She recalls the Convo they had two nights ago . Right after she found him in the storage room . And half the skeleton laid down carefully on the floor . And carter spwaled like dead fish next to it .
She had shaken him real bad . Ready to throw punches at Nathan. But Carter and his weird smile . And grandpa like quote " we will talk about this over dinner " .
The dinner was fine though. Ribs looked so very juicy .
" You remember math notes ?" He had asked.
" Whose math notes ?"
" Someone has lost them. A whole notebook of them" he told her taking a spoonful of rice " right before the exam . Before summer vacation."
She had nodded thought fully " I think so ? I think Emily mentioned it . Like asking if anyone seen an extra notebook somewhere..in the group chat ?"
" That was Nathan's "
" What ?" She had dropped her fork with a clink " how ? "
"Don't know. Don't care " he continues the tale ," Well he had to redo all the notes during vacation "
" Hey !" Rachel interrupts" but did he ever found them ? Or wait why are you telling me this ?"
Carter didn't answer at first .
" He thinks it's me . I stole it "
" Why would he do that ?"
" Cause I have the only possible equal person in our class. Grade wise ,as much as possible"
" Unbelievable " she had muttered.
After dinner Carter had shown him a picture.
" I fished itvout from school archives "
A picture of a slightly messed up nutrition project. Rachel manages to spot the name at the corner .
" Nathan Ashford"
" his grade was a bit lower than usual" he breaths " and so I am the suspect. And...he started bothering me due to that...and due to lack of evidence.."