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boys.” Mr. Green glared at the BO boy as he pushed his thick glasses up his pointy nose.  The stoner stopped heading toward her, but didn’t move back any.
    “Don’t think you are here to slack off again.” Mr. Green gathered papers from the mess of documents on his desk. “The very reason we’re here is so you can advance to the next grade. If you think you’re here for any other reason.” He stood up, cradling the papers in his arm. “There’s the door. Don’t waste my time and I won’t waste yours.”
    “Dude, this is lame.” A mumble came from behind Carly and another chair scraped the floor. A lanky guy whose pants hung way too low sauntered out of the room as he continued to grumble something under his breath.
    “That’s a shame, Braden.” Mr. Green shook his head and frowned then he looked back to the rest of the class. “Anyone else?”
    No one said anything. Carly looked down at her desk. The normal graffiti done with pen and pencil throughout the year had been scrubbed away.
    “Great, I trust the rest of you are serious about this.” He cleared his throat and began to walk around the room passing out the papers. “This is the list of what is expected from you the next six weeks.” He gave Carly’s desk a double tap when he sat his rule document in front of her.
    It was too hot and sticky to care his about ‘precepts’ as he’d put as the heading. He babbled on about how they needed to remember that they were the reason they were there. It wasn’t anyone else’s fault and just as he was walking down the final row, giving the papers to the two guys in the back, Carly felt a warm, moist blob hit the back of her neck. Bile rose in her throat as she wiped the mass, a little white ball of chewed up paper, away. She turned in her desk to see the only other girl who she hadn’t noticed when she came in. Kat narrowed her eyes at Carly. Her hair was shiny, pitch black like she’d thrown on the bottle of dye the night before and she had it cut into a punk rocker spike.  Her black tank top had slashes through it as if she’d gotten into a knife fight or something. Kat glared at Carly like she dared her to say something.
    Carly turned around without saying word. This was the last place she needed trouble. She needed to get through the summer school so she could start her junior year with the rest of her class. 
    Mr. Green rambled on as he walked toward the white board in the front of the room. Carly felt another spit wad hit the top of her head. Low, raspy chuckles followed. Carly closed her eyes and reminded herself it was only going to be six weeks.
    *****
     
    With her back pack slung over her shoulder, Carly rushed through the parking lot toward the hotel.
      Just like during the school year she hurried home from school, changed into work appropriate clothes, and headed to work for the evening just in time for her mother to leave, though not go home. Carly still wondered where she was going every night.
    Tires squealed and loud-metal-screamer music blasted from the vehicle as Carly stopped on her heels.
    She whipped her face around to see Parker just a few feet away from her in his Jeep, top down.  His eyes were hidden behind sleek shades and blue baseball cap sat on his head.
    She scowled. What was he doing back? She’d spent the last few weeks feeling guilty keeping him from Bree.  It was easy to do since Bree didn’t have a lot of time for Carly with the new baby.
    The smirk that widened on his face only made her scowl that much more.
    She felt him staring when she headed into the hotel.
    “You’re late,” Judd said, not even looking up from the computer screen as he typed away.
    “I have school.” She hung her backpack in the cabinet.
    “You have a job, too,” he replied.
    Carly liked him much better when he was just a fellow co-worker. His new assistant manager status had him on a power trip.
    “What’s your buddy doing back?” she grumbled.
    “Huh?” Judd finally