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“ … . AHH!! NO!! “ Ivona woke up and was wide awake again, tears pricking at the corners of her eyes, the nightmare scared her, made her afraid. Ivona sat up, she wiped the tears that were about to roll down her cheeks.
“ Damn it Ives… you can't get a nightmare in your head like that! It's stupid.. And… I forgot to do my AP calculus homework god damnit! “ Ivona got up from her bed, put her dinosaur house slippers on and rushed to her table. She picked up her backpack from underneath her desk and yanked her AP Calculus Binder out of the bag. Her homework flew everywhere, it was mostly old ones but she didn't really care until she realized that her new homework paper was nowhere to be seen in the binder, it was in the massive pile on the floor.
“ ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?! “ she silently screamed, she was fed up with all of this Calculus homework and wanted to throw it all away, after a good thirty minutes she found the right homework paper.
Ivona checked the time… it was four thirty in the morning, she barely had time, her mom would be up at six in the morning, she rushed to her table and grabbed a pencil and started jotting and writing down everything on her homework, she didn't even know what she was writing at this point, her vision starting to blur, it's only been 30 minutes and she's already tired from doing this. She couldn't get up if she wanted to, so she put her head down, wrote one last sentence.
“ Keep your eyes open… open… “ Ivona's eyes fluttered shut, her body starting to lay limp, after five seconds she was out cold. She was face planted in her homework, probably drooling into the papers, she was exhausted as hell.
Ivona didn't know it was already six in the morning by the time she had written the last thing and had fallen asleep, her mother barged in..
“ Ivona sweetie! Time to get ready- oh. Poor baby… you must be exhausted. “ Ireen stroked her own hair before walking over to the desk, picked up Ivona and started carrying Ivona into her bed to tuck her in.
“ Sleep well my daughter. “ Ireen walked out of the room, closing the door softly to not wake Ivona, she knew Ivona was and still is a light sleeper.
It's been approximately three hours when Ivona finally woke up, she looked at the time… it was nine in the morning. She was an hour late to school, that's a bad thing because she has AP calculus for first period, the period was about to end at 9:02 AM, she has no choice but to go after school because she's missing that class, she rushed to get up, sliding her white baggy shirt on.
“ I can't believe it! I woke up late! I missed AP calculus! “ Ivona rushed into the bathroom to get ready.
Ivona opens half of the drawers in the bathroom, she always puts her brush in every single one.
“ Come on! Come on! Where is it! “ Ivona rushed pulling open the drawers, she groaned in annoyance trying to find her brush.
Ivona finally found her brush and started brushing her hair, her hair was frizzy, the moment she looked in the mirror, her bangs and her hair were super frizzy, she struggled to brush it out. A few minutes later she managed to finish brushing her hair, the moment she set the brush down, her hair frizzed back home.
“ Come on, why do I have my dad's genes!?! The father that didn't even want me in the first place!? “ Ivona groaned in anger, she eventually gave up, brushed her teeth, put deodorant on and packed it in her duffle bag, she yanked her exercise shorts on and pulled cargo pants over it.
“ Honey, come downstairs! “ Ireen screamed out loud enough for Ivona, her daughter, to hear.
“ أنا ذاهب إلى الطابق السفلي يا أمي. (I'm going downstairs, Mom.) “ Ivona screamed out to her mother angrily, she was going to yell at her and ask her why she didn't wake her up.
Ivona stormed down the stairs like a five year old throwing a tantrum, her bag in her hand, her AP calculus homework forgotten on her table upstairs.
“ Mom, why didn't you wake me up! Now I missed AP CALC! “ Ivona spat out her words, she was furious, that class was important to her after all she had an A in that class, this paper was a huge part of her grade, fifty percent of her grade, if she didn't turn it in today she would have an F.
“ Sweetie, you looked tired, you were better off skipping AP calc today. You should finish up getting ready, you look like a mess. “ Ireen briefly explained to Ivona that she was just worried about her daughter, well.. Her only daughter at that.
Ivona rushed to the car, her mother following behind her, Ivona buckled up, put her beats on, turned her favorite songs on in her playlist. Her mother reversed down the driveway and drifted off down the road.
“ Sweetie, we're here! “ Ireen unlocked the car door, put her car in neutral and let Ivona out of the car.
“ Bye sweetie! Have a good day my daughter! “ Ireen waved to her daughter as she drove off into the road and sped off.
Ivona was standing for a good five seconds in front of the school’s entrance, she didn't even want to go, she was just waking herself up by standing in place.
“ Okay… let's do this! “ Ivona muttered to herself and opened the door walking into campus, everyone stared at her when she walked in late. She was used to it, she was super late almost three days a week, it was enough to get her a four hour detention on a Saturday.
A security guard walked up and went straight towards Ivona,the security guard opened his mouth trying to say something but he couldn’t let anything out because his throat was dry, he coughed loudly.
“ Come with me, the principal needs to talk to you. “ The security guard walked to the principal's office with Ivona.
Ivona sat in a chair waiting to be called into the office, she already knew what was going to happen, if she was 12 days late she would get a warning from the principal, 24 days late in a row she would get a 30 minute detention after school, 36 days late she would have a four hour Saturday detention of just cleaning the school and the trash around it.
“ God… it’s my thirty-sixth day of being late to school… “ Ivona was seated clenching her own baggy clothing.
“ Ivona come in, you probably already know why you’re here? “ The principal walked into the office, held the door open for her as she walked into the office.
“ Yeah yeah, four hour detention on a Saturday morning. “ Ivona rolled her eyes as she spoke to the principal, the principal however didn’t really care, she sent Ivona off with a notice back to class.
“ Stupid principal and her stupid rules! I’m skipping that stupid detention! Saturday detention sucks! “ Ivona muttered to herself, there was still five minutes left of recess, she went and walked up to her friends.
“ Hey, you’re late again? I’m guessing you got a 4 hour detention on Saturday you Nark! “ Her friend Augusta had a smirk on her face, she loved making fun of Ivona when she was late.
“ Yeah, I got it, I'm always late, you don’t need to rub it in my face like a mad man Augusta. “ Ivona rolled her eyes, her attitude was as snarky as the playful look on her face.
That’s when her bullies walked up the moment Augusta and her other friends walked away, they had a class that was too far so they’d have to leave two minutes before recess ended.
“ Well, I see someone who’s always late all the time, she's ready to rock her world huh? “ Hashem, one of the boys made a snarky remark right in front of her, he was the main bully that got in her way, it wasn’t fun nor was it safe.
“ Shut it Hashem. I don’t want to hear it from you! “ Ivona backed up against the wall, she wasn’t that scared but she was keeping her instincts up high.
“ Oh, the little late girl’s afraid? That’s so funny, I have never seen her back up before. “ Another dude named Laith cracked his knuckles, they clearly didn’t care about the don’t hit a girl thing, they did it to the last person that was always late until they had to move because it escalated way too far.
“ Say you guys….want to cause a little chaos with this one? Might be a little fun won’t it? “ A third dude was also there with another one coming, this guy's name was Sayf, the other’s was Sayid, they were both smirking.
All four of them circled Ivona, she was ready to take out whatever thing she had ready, her pepper spray or her fists? She chose her fists. She punched Laith right in the eye causing the other three to try and attempt to tackle her, Ivona escaped, they thought they got her in the three man tackle but turns out the three guys were basically hugging each other in a group hug ...until the bell rang. The three guys noticed that they were basically just tackling each other while Ivona ran straight down the hall in a B-line.
“ Yes! I’m finally away from those jerks! “ Ivona stopped running and went straight into her classroom.
The teacher greeted her, she would have this class for the rest of the day. It's a short day and every class period is exactly ninety minutes. She sat down in her seat, the class she’s currently in is geometry.
“ Hey Ivona, can you help me with my math homework? I know I'm usually really good at math but I’ve been stuck on this one question. “ A random kid in her class muttered to Ivona. Ivona obviously being nice decided to help this student finish her last question on their math homework.
Eventually it’s been 10 minutes in class, Ivona finished helping the person with their homework. It’s been a while or minutes, she was dozing off, this class period was super boring, like really really boring. Everything went dark in seconds, her head landing on the table with a loud bang. Her teacher Mrs.Noor never even bothered to wake her up at all, she just let her sleep the entire time. That was until the bell ran, it woke Ivona right up, she ran outside class so her bullies wouldn’t catch up at all, her mother parked right in the front of the school. She was right in front of the school entrance when the door was opened right in her face, she hit her head on it.
“ Ow! Damn it, stupid door! “ Ivona held her nose and went outside, she walked straight to her mother's car in the parking lot, her mother drove her home without a word, Ivona was wondering why her mother wasn’t talking to her and looked as if she was in a hurry. The moment they got home she unlocked the door, a guy named Omar appeared at the door, opening it for them, Ivona was confused.
“ Who the hell are you? “ Ivona glared at the guy, she was furious and ready to protect her mother.
“ This is Omar…my boyfriend “ Ireen smiled softly at Ivona, Ivona however she looked absolutely disgusted by this, the only thing she knew was that she had a track meet in a good three to four hours.
“ Okay…? And..? “ Ivona just stood there looking absolutely disgusted but she rushed upstairs to do her geometry homework and homework for other classes.
She finished her homework by the end of three hours and fifty eight minutes later, serushed to get ready, she put her team make up on, put her hair up, put her tracksuit on and rushed for the car. Her mother rushed her to the school, the bus was already at the front with the other team mates. They all got on the bus, relaxed for at least 30 minutes before they got to the stadium and lined up on the track to stretch.
“ Ow… damn it my knee hurts… “ Ivona muttered to herself as she stretched, she knew she’d be fine but she had never really stretched in a while which is the reason why her knee hurts.
Her coach walked up to her and told her the game plan for the meet. Ivona knew that she would stick to it because she always stuck to the game plan and medalled each time. It was Ivona’s turn, she was ready to race in the four-hundred meter dash; she had enough stamina and leg strength to do so.
She lined up with the other racers, she wished them well and hoped that they would not get hurt if they overwork themselves. All the racers are in position, they are all set.
“ Five ... .Four…Three..Two..One..START! “
The gun went off and they all sprinted at full sprint, Ivona taking the lead but was neck to neck with another candidate from another school, she sped up pushing herself to the brink of absolute pain, she crossed the finish line first.
“ YES!! “ Ivona cheered, she was so happy, plus hers was the last race and one of the candidates in her team lost which means everyone won except one person.
Ivona got called up on the podium, she did one of her signature moves that her team made, instead of a medal…she got something else…a ticket to camp cretaceous, she was dreaming of going there for a while. She was so happy, the ferry was going to leave soon, since her distance was much further than others she’d had to rush home and pack for this trip.
Her mother picked her up right after the competition, giving her enough time to pack, shower, and get ready. Her mom sped off in the car, she knew her daughter really liked dinosaurs, the moment they went home Ivona rushed upstairs and packed her duffle bag with the stuff that she really needed.
“ Woohoo! Camp Cretaceous here I come! “ Ivona cheered rushing down the stairs in her tracksuit, she didn’t really care what she was wearing but she had 10 minutes left to get there luckily she lied near the boat docks. Ivona said bye to her parents…she never really trusted Omar yet but still said bye anyway.
“ Bye mother ... .and Bye Omar.. “ Ivona said quietly, she didn’t really like her weak side being shown.
Ireen rushed Ivona into the car and sped off to the docks, let’s just say Ivona’s mom used to be an FBI agent, a super great one. They got there right on time, Dave and Roxie were already there waiting for Ivona. She got on the ferry but there was one thing she noticed, she was the only kid on it so far which meant she’d have alone time and enough time to sleep in private.
She settled down on one of the seats, closing her eyes with her duffle bag beside her, she dozed off fully, the last thing she heard before she fell asleep was Dave and Roxie’s voices talking about the GPS of the other kids' locations.