Chapter 17.5: Thursday: Overlap
April 24, 2026 at 7:40 AM
*Miss Circle is in her office. She's already graded most of the assignments at this point. She's just waiting for Compass. *
*knock*
*knock*
Miss Circle: Come in.
*A woman with a pure white dress walks into the room. Letter blocks are placed on the top of her head. Miss Thavel. *
Miss Circle: *phew* Hi Thavel.
Miss Thavel: Hi Circle. I just wanted to talk. I'm ... sorry for what I said about Compass.
Miss Circle: ... sure you are. Is that all you wanted to talk about or are you gonna leave?
Miss Thavel: ... I - I do actually. I ... I've been thinking about what we're going to do on the weekends -
Miss Circle: Do what?
Miss Thavel: You ... you do remember what we talked about on Tuesday ... right?
Miss Circle: ... OH! Yeah, I - I remember. I don't really have any money to waste, so we can't really go anywhere.
Miss Thavel: ok- ... what do you mean "waste?"
Miss Circle: I mean ...
Miss Thavel: ...
Miss Circle: I didn't mean it like that.
*Miss Thavel exits the room and runs down the hallways. She arrives at another door. She tries her best to re-compose herself before attempting another conversation. *
*knock*
*knock*
*Miss Bloomie opens the door slightly, allowing her to see who's on the other side. Once she sees that its Thavel, she opens the door fully. *
Miss Bloomie: What do you want?
Miss Thavel: I was won- ... I just wanted to talk.
Miss Bloomie: About?
Miss Thavel: ... anything. Whatever you can think of.
Miss Bloomie: Well ... I don't really want to talk ... so ... could you just leave.
Miss Thavel: ...
Miss Bloomie: I’ll think of something with Miss Circle. We’ll have somewhere to go by Saturday, okay?
Miss Thavel: a-alright.
*Miss Bloomie closes the door*
*She stands there. *
*4 minutes later. *
*Miss Thavel returns to her classroom to make sure she can be alone. *
