Annabel's POV
I spent most of the morning sulking. Lisa had gone off to class hours ago, leaving our dorm feeling far too quiet. I tried opening a textbook and sat there at my desk staring at highlighted passages and messy notes, but nothing stuck. My head felt clogged, my chest heavy, like the weight of the dean’s words hadn’t let up since yesterday. Half the semester. Suspension. It was the first time I had gotten in trouble like this in school. Right from my elementary school, I had always been a quiet and easy going kid. I always had perfect grades and never fought or good into any type of trouble. Even during my teenage years when a hand ful of my peers were being stubborn and rebellious, I never joined them, I only always watched from a distance.
And now not only was my streak rui
