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First Day of Senior Year
Monday, August 29, Washington, DC
Mina stood under her umbrella in the pouring rain, staring with dread at the
doors of Bellington High School, a big imposing redbrick building that
loomed above her like every scary mansion in the horror movies she
despised watching.
First day of senior year.
First day of hell.
“Mina Lee, get your butt inside before we drown to death!” Her best
friend, Saachi, grabbed Mina by the arm and began pulling her up the stairs.
Mina heaved a great big sigh as they joined the mass of students filing
into the school through the imposing entranceway. The girl in front of her
whipped back curly wet hair, slapping Mina across her face.
Mina flinched and swatted the hair away, causing the girl to turn and
glare at her.
“Do you mind?”
Mina narrowed her eyes, her nostrils flaring with displeasure. “Yes, I do
mind. I don’t like eating hair for breakfast.”
The girl turned without another word.
“Did you say something?” Saachi asked.
Before Mina could respond, an elbow rammed into her lower spine.
She whimpered. “I am a sardine packed tight into a smelly tin can of
death.”
“What are you mumbling to yourself?” Saachi asked. At five foot ten,
Saachi could use her height to maneuver deftly through the crowds without
getting hurt.
“I am a bunny rabbit caught in the coils of a deadly python.”
“I am a girl who doesn’t want to be late to her first class,” Saachi cut in.
Apparently annoyed at the snail’s pace, she barged ahead, scattering kids
left and right as she shouted “Excuse me!” at the top of her lungs.
“I am a salmon swimming against the current into the gaping jaws of
death,” Mina intoned. They’d finally made it inside the expansive lobby
that led to hallways spiderwebbing into the depths of the building.
“Listen, can you save your existential crisis for exams?”
Mina stopped in her tracks, causing Saachi to nearly trip and fall.
“What’s the point, Saachi?”
“Mina,” Saachi said threateningly.
Students yelled their frustration at Mina, some even shoving her. But
Mina refused to budge. She might be only five three, but she was a mighty
five three and could plant her feet like small sledgehammers.
“I mean why am I even here? What’s the point when I don’t know what
the future entails? My dad thinks he has my life all figured out, but I don’t
want what he wants. Do I? I mean what am I supposed to do? What do I
need to do? Do I just listen to my father like a good Asian daughter?”
“Girl, I will pick you up and haul you into first period. I am not
playing,” Saachi fumed.
Mina saw the murderous intent in her friend’s eyes and released a
heavy sigh. “All right.” She shuffled her feet to move forward, letting
Saachi drag her. “I am a pawn in someone else’s chess game of life.”
“Shut up, Mina! Where’s your first class?”
Mina pulled out her schedule and peered down at it morosely.
First period, Psychology, Salatto, Rm 246
Second period, Honors Calculus, Khan, Rm 225
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