“*#$%#$%#* … *$#@#$#$#$* wake up”.

I wake up once again to the familiar voice of my mother , I wonder whether I’m late, ‘Oh well’.

Getting ready for school I notice the familiar sight of green bills on the table, ‘guess its Canteen food today as well ‘.”Bye Mom” I yell without expecting any response , shutting the door behind me as I leave our apartment.

Heading to the bus stop I see the familiar sight of the two twins Naki and Numo , they’re laughing among themselves as usual , ‘I’ve always wondered just what it is these twins joke about with each other’; Their mother stands next to them looking at them in a way which I can only describe with the phrase . On the other end of the line demarcating the bus stop I see Archie and Elfreda , my two seniors . Archie seems to be listening to music as he leans onto the nearby stop sign . He’s the only one I know that brings earphones to school so openly , I bring mine too … just discretely. Meanwhile Elfreda seems to be reading a new book “The Girl Of The Wandering Troupe” ‘Huh didn’t know she was into medieval fantasy’.

I head over to my spot in this seemingly random picture and stand by the light pole in the dead center of the bus stop and gaze at the playground across the street ; Its empty right now since Its like 8:00 AM but I know the little kids who are somehow always on vacation will be running about on it playing tag and the like come noon.Just as a stray thought is about to enter my mind , the seemingly yellow coloured bus pulls up alongside the bus stop and the door which is next to where the seniors are standing folds inward with a “Pshhhhhh” noise.

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As if on cue , Archie snaps his fingers in the middle of Elfreda and her book and pockets his earphones as he boards the bus , wishing the teachers sitting in the front row as if he wasn’t just breaking school policy a few seconds ago. Elfreda , with her eyes still glued to the book climbs into the bus right after him somehow maintaining the same pace as Archie and they both move to the back of the bus. I’m next as I wish the teachers as usual and move to my seat <4th from last> and keep my bag next to me and sit next to the window as I see the twins boarding and sitting down right behind the teachers in the front row and continue to giggle among themselves.

The bus is your regular old school bus with the air conditioning which is never turned on , around 10 rows split down the middle such that 2 kids can fit on either side of each row and the students all sitting according to their age with the oldest kids sitting at the backseat , which is the only seat which can seat 5 ;Yet throughout the bus ride only the two Final Year students whose name I still do not know get to sit on it..Archie and Elfreda are sitting in the second to last seat together as Archie is head banging along to the music playing in his earphones and Elfreda sitting on the windows side is still engrossed in her novel.

There’s three kids of my age which board , they all board after me though and usually sit together discussing their exploits in whatever mmorpg they’re currently playing ; I remember talking to them a lot when I was into RuneScape but after I got stuck in the “Summer’s End” quest and died like 8 times in a row , I stopped playing and after a few dry conversations about how they’re doing in the game I went back to my lonesome .

I look outside the window as the scenery of Griffinville passes by and think about the schedule for todays’ classes.