“Maria?”
“May I be excused to use the restroom?”
The cheerleader put her pen in her mouth and pretended to vape with it. “Have a good vape break, Maria.”
The teacher was not amused. “No, Maria, you cannot leave my classroom for you to go vape.”
“But I really have to pee.” My pants dug into my bladder. The water was starting to take it’s toll.
“You can go after class, Maria.”
I sighed and went back to being bored by Keats and Shelley. I was going to pee.
Clara came up behind me and started rubbing my shoulders. “Just slowly let it out. Don’t let it out too quickly or you might leak.”
I looked at her. “I’m not going to wet my pants,” I whispered. I felt a trickle escape.
She rubbed my back. “It’s okay. Just relax.”