"I'm sorry, what?!" Violet half shrieked in the hallway. The two gossiping students turned to look at her with matching expressions of vague terror.
"Th-there was a body found in the woods?" One answered. Violet pressed forward.
"Who? Cause of death? Where were they?" She asked. The two kids shrugged nervously, and Violet groaned at the lack of helpful information. She span around with thoughts whirling through her mind of who she should be talking to, and whether or not they would talk to her. She was halfway down the hallway before common sense caught up with her. She couldn't skip school to try to investigate, nobody would listen, and more importantly share information with, a loose seventeen year old during school hours. There was also the fact of the reticent sheriff, and Violet's lack of reputation in this town. Violet groaned again and scrubbed her hands over her face. She was going to go mad over the course of the school day, she could just feel it. With a dejected sigh, she started making her way to her first class of the day. She didn't listen to a damn word her chemistry teacher said, and was staring at the clock instead, willing time to roll by faster. Apparently the focussed look on her face was either scary enough to discourage interruption, or fooled the teacher into thinking Violet was paying attention.
She had fully expected her second class to go by in much the same manner. She was so singularly focussed on other things that, when she walked in, she walked into a desk. After righting herself, she finally looked around and realised that the man in front of the board... Was not their usual teacher. She gave a brief look of confusion, before she sat down near the back, read his name from the board. As Mr Green started talking, Violet caught snatches of muttering from behind her. Two girls sat behind her, leaning their heads closer together.
"I heard it was a college student." Said one. There was a pause, presumably as the other nodded.
"Animal attack, they're saying." Was the reply. Though Violet kept her head pointedly forward, her attention was entirely on the conversation behind her. Animal attack, never heard that one before. She needed to know more about this college student, whether or not they commonly went to the woods, or if they had been acting suspiciously...
"Th-there was a body found in the woods?" One answered. Violet pressed forward.
"Who? Cause of death? Where were they?" She asked. The two kids shrugged nervously, and Violet groaned at the lack of helpful information. She span around with thoughts whirling through her mind of who she should be talking to, and whether or not they would talk to her. She was halfway down the hallway before common sense caught up with her. She couldn't skip school to try to investigate, nobody would listen, and more importantly share information with, a loose seventeen year old during school hours. There was also the fact of the reticent sheriff, and Violet's lack of reputation in this town. Violet groaned again and scrubbed her hands over her face. She was going to go mad over the course of the school day, she could just feel it. With a dejected sigh, she started making her way to her first class of the day. She didn't listen to a damn word her chemistry teacher said, and was staring at the clock instead, willing time to roll by faster. Apparently the focussed look on her face was either scary enough to discourage interruption, or fooled the teacher into thinking Violet was paying attention.
She had fully expected her second class to go by in much the same manner. She was so singularly focussed on other things that, when she walked in, she walked into a desk. After righting herself, she finally looked around and realised that the man in front of the board... Was not their usual teacher. She gave a brief look of confusion, before she sat down near the back, read his name from the board. As Mr Green started talking, Violet caught snatches of muttering from behind her. Two girls sat behind her, leaning their heads closer together.
"I heard it was a college student." Said one. There was a pause, presumably as the other nodded.
"Animal attack, they're saying." Was the reply. Though Violet kept her head pointedly forward, her attention was entirely on the conversation behind her. Animal attack, never heard that one before. She needed to know more about this college student, whether or not they commonly went to the woods, or if they had been acting suspiciously...