Mrs. Brekman dropped me off at the housing office with an evil smirk.
“You must be Haley, welcome to Middleton Academy,” said the house office lady, Miss Lakes. All the teachers give the same speech. It wasn’t making me feel welcome in the least bit. Could we just get this over with?

“Hi,” I said, trying to smile, but what came out as a half grin saying get me outta here.
“I know your probably having a rough day,” said Miss Lakes. What made her assume that?
“So I’m going to make this quick and easy. Let’s get you into your room!” I grabbed all my stuff and was ready to make a run for it.

“Follow me,” said Miss Lakes, as she headed out the door and towards the elevator. Quite far behind, I dragged my stuff and stopped dead when my cell phone fell out of my bag. I didn’t know much about Middleton Academy, but I did know that cell phones were strictly off limits during the school day.

Miss Lakes just gave me ‘the look’ and I handed my phone to her when I reached the elevator.
“Come get it later..,”.