Snippet #1895246

Dove was harshly woken from her dream. She couldn't remember the dream all that well, but as she looked around, she found that she was laying atop the table on her back porch. Dove was a bit confused, but finally concluded that she must have fell asleep under the stars the other night. She used to do it every night in Hawaii and now that the weather was warm, she could do it here now. Dove stretched and headed back inside where her dad gave her a curious look, but said nothing as Dove headed upstairs. She got dressed slowly, picking out every article of clothing and accessory carefully and taking time to do her makeup and hair perfectly. Dove picked her bag up from the floor, took one last look in the mirror, blew herself a kiss for good luck, and headed downstairs to her waiting father.

"You're even later than usual, Dovey," her father said and shook her head as his daughter walked sleepily past him. He rolled his eyes before grabbing his keys and heading out the door after her.

As the car pulled up to her school, Dove's dad quickly scribbled out a note for the principal explaining why she was late yet again. Dove gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and stepped out of the car. She walked slowly into the building, figuring that she was already late so there was no point in hurrying. She walking into the attendance office and the assistant shook her head disapprovingly, but gave Dove a late pass anyway.

Dove walked into her class, giving the teacher her pass and slid into her seat. Chances were that she was supposed to be reviewing for finals, but Dove knew that it was no use for her, and she was too tired to even keep her eyes open.

The bell rang for lunch and Dove was jolted out of her sleep. She immediately jumped from her seat and walked out into the hallway. She stepped into the cafeteria and mentally slapped herself. She had forgotten to get money for lunch. Dove just shrugged and continued walking through the cafeteria. She stopped at almost every table to greet her friends. She got a few invites to sit down, but denied them to continue looking for some of her greatest friends.

Dove looked over to another table and saw Neren reading a book. She smiled and looked down at the girl, "Must be a good book, bra," she said with her heavy Hawaiian accent and continued walking.

She spotted the best friends, Shale and Mitchel and made her way over to them. Dove laughed and leaned over the table saying sarcastically, "Ya look a bit shaken there Mitchy." She looked around at the cafeteria full of studying, stressed students and sighed before looking back over at the two boys. "Why does everyone get so stressed 'bout these stup'd tests?"