All Chapters of Euphoria: Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

v e r n o n“Good for you, you’re suspended,” Mark mumbled in between munching his gimbap.

c a t h e r i n e The hallways before our first class never fail to be so busy and noisy. Students from here and there are flocking, always got something to tell each other. But today is different because their eyes would so often drift at me. I am not totally unaware that I am still the subject of their shameless gossips. The consuming chaos is exhausting me by the second, so I made my way out of the crowd to get to our classroom, which is wide empty thirty minutes before class. There, I made the phone call to Vernon that I have been meaning to do since yesterday.“Hey."  I forced energy. I am never an enthusiastic person, but just to be more interesting, I feigned the vitality. There was nothing from the other line but the soft whiz of the city breeze and of Vernon’s subtle breaths. Realizing that he is not speaking, I continued. “Uh, since you were suspended because of me, I