Nineteen

Skylar's POV

It was when somebody nudged me that I jerked awake from my little slumber. I would've probably ignored that slight nudge only if my brain hadn't woken up. But when I did wake up and looked around me, I was left a bit shaken.

Oh shit.

I was still in the classroom while everyone else had left. The teacher, who was supposed to be the substitute one, was standing in front of my desk, tapping her foot impatiently as she looked at me, probably waiting for me to get my whole self out of there too.

"Dear, you don't sleep in class. I believe you know that?" She asked me in a distasteful way.

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