How is your life different than ours? Circles Divided #NAcontemporary #romance

From NA Contemporary - Circles Divided

Scene set - Robert interacts with his prep school classmates.



Mrs. Wolmsley had finished taking the attendance when Robert entered and placed an admit slip on her desk. She proceeded with a class discussion of the novel they were studying. "Mr. Holiday." Her brow wrinkled. "Are you sleeping or paying attention?"Robert didn't open his eyes. "Payin' attention, ma'am. Just tryin' to get rid of a headache.""Do you find my class painful?""No, ma'am. The three-hour calculus quiz I just wrote was. None of it made any sense to me, but now I'm sittin' here listenin' to you and tryin' to make my headache go away.""Did you read the book?"Robert opened one eye and glanced at Julie.She nodded."Oh yea. I remember. Gawd, it was borin'." Shit. Shouldn't have said that."You found Young Men/Lost Nights/No Dreams boring?""Yea. The guy don't know what he's talkin' 'bout. I'd love to live where he lives. Shore ain't half as nice.""What's so tough about Shore?" A voice floated over from the other side of the room.Robert forced his eyes open. The harsh glare from the lights irritated the throb in his head. "It's called basic survival. In the book, the school was a nice place to go. It had lockers. North Shore Secondary don't got any. Well it's got lockers, just none got any doors on 'em. The teachers ain't as good as here. Mrs. Wolmsley, you're too nice. You wouldn't survive a day.""And why not? I've handled enough rowdy students in my day?" She stood a bit taller."Rowdy?" He snorted. "Try violent. Let me explain it this way, English was givin' bro a harsh go so I whipped my switch past his brains."The teacher blinked.Robert chuckled. "Translation, the English teacher was giving a Shoresmen a rough time, so I threw my knife past his head." A small grin crossed Robert's face. "He didn't bother my buddy no more. Ya see, I'm tryin' to be good while I'm here. I'm gettin' treated like shit but I'm tryin'.""You don't seem to be getting the hint and leaving." Derek yelled across the room."Ya have no idea how much I'd like to, but I'm stuck here.""How is your life different than ours?" Jaclyn tilted her head as she spoke. Robert rubbed his face. He didn't want to become entangled in this conversation.










Is the love of a girl from wealthy Westland and a street punk from the slums of the Shore strong enough to surpass all that life will throw at them and forge a life together? Is Julie willing to sacrifice her childhood dream of becoming a professional dancer for the man she loves? Is Robert willing to lay down his ties to the gang in order to hold onto his new found love?
Sacrifices must be made, but will they be enough?
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