This is a short story

Time goes by so slowly. It just ticks away second by second. Everyday in school Heather stares at the clock, watching time go by painfully slow.  Reality sucks. Heather escapes it by being in a constant state of daydreaming.  By being separated by reality Heather achieves little in school. She can't help it. She's tried various times to pay attention but came to the conclusion she just can't.  It's impossible to sit for 6 hours listening to a teacher lecture on and on. Instead Heather slips into fantasies. She imagines ways of making time go by faster. Well not faster but exciting or at least different.  See, time goes by slowly because Heather is bored, however by adding a thrill to life, time goes by faster. Perhaps pulling the fire alarm would make a good thrill?

"No, it's to risky," she thought. 

"I'll get caught, go to principle's office, and be grounded for a month, so in the end I’ll just make my life even more boring. However, there is always the chance that I won't get caught. And we'll all rush out of school and wait for the fire department to come, but that will only take up an hour or so."

Heather sighed and decided to take up some time by wondering throughout the school. She went to the stairways. She was hoping some kids would be hanging out there skipping class, but no luck. This was usually a good spot to go to. Everybody was always hanging out there, but after the school got a lecture about cutting class kids stopped. Heather sat on the steps. It was nice to just sit in silence, but after a while Heather could smell the stench of the stairways. She never really noticed how bad it was before because she would only walk up them to get from class to class or would always be distracted by being engaged in a conversation. Heather decided it was to time to leave the stairs. Anyways they were too gray and insipid leaving her drowsy and bored. Heather began to wander through the hallways. They were the exact opposite of the stairs. They were so full of color and bright lights. This was a good adjustment from the stairs, but they were empty. It was as if the school was abandoned. Heather felt lonely and a little spooked out.  She felt as if she was on an episode of the Twilight Zone, where she was the only person alive. She would never have another human interaction again. She’d go crazy from lack of socialization, become schizophrenic and die alone, and nobody would care or know because nobody would be alive.  Heather walked around school more in hopes of finding someone, to calm her fear. She found an exit. Heather had a decision she could leave school or stay. She was afraid of leaving, because then she might get in trouble and her belongings were in her class, but Heather’s fear was slowly consuming her. She hadn’t seen or heard anybody for a while now. She had to go outside and see human civilization. She pushed open the door that leads outside. She saw no one and for the first time Heather wanted to be in reality.