When the fire alarm goes off, at first Octavia thinks it's just some stupid prank to get out of class, and she's annoyed. Apparently, though, this time it's an actual fire. Something had gone wrong in a chemistry class, and the next thing everyone knows, they're all being let out of school early as a precaution because of possible toxic fumes.
Most of the others are whooping and cheering as they're let out of class, but Octavia's disappointed. She knows it's just one day, but it's a missed day when she could be learning and pestering her teachers with all kinds of questions like she always does. Her classmates have mostly given up on trying to make fun of her for being so eager about school, because she really doesn't give a shit if they all want to waste their time, she's there to get an education - the education she never thought she'd ever have.
She's got to leave school today, though, so she heads for the library, but on her way she gets an idea. It had been the period before lunch when they all got sent home, which means Darrow HS is having lunch too. Octavia decides to do something she'd never get the chance to do otherwise, and heads to the high school across town to visit her friends.
It's not too hard to find their cafeteria, and to blend right in with all the other high school students. She looks around, trying to spot familiar faces, and trying to ignore the ache in her chest that comes when she realizes Nicaise's won't be one of them.
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Most of the others are whooping and cheering as they're let out of class, but Octavia's disappointed. She knows it's just one day, but it's a missed day when she could be learning and pestering her teachers with all kinds of questions like she always does. Her classmates have mostly given up on trying to make fun of her for being so eager about school, because she really doesn't give a shit if they all want to waste their time, she's there to get an education - the education she never thought she'd ever have.
She's got to leave school today, though, so she heads for the library, but on her way she gets an idea. It had been the period before lunch when they all got sent home, which means Darrow HS is having lunch too. Octavia decides to do something she'd never get the chance to do otherwise, and heads to the high school across town to visit her friends.
It's not too hard to find their cafeteria, and to blend right in with all the other high school students. She looks around, trying to spot familiar faces, and trying to ignore the ache in her chest that comes when she realizes Nicaise's won't be one of them.