As Christina walked the halls, she was not stopped. The hall monitors, whose only job was to catch the stragglers, spotted Christina several times, but never once went up to her and asked what exactly she was doing.
Finally, Christina did stop her searching. She turned and went inside two supposedly locked double doors....
Rose Daniels had just finished scrubbing up when she struck up conversation with the school's head chef, Kathy,
''So, Kathy,'' Rose began while shoving her dirty blond locks into the mandatory hairnet, ''What's on the menu today?'' Kathy gave an approving grin. ''It's Tuesday, so that mean's Tuna Fish Special!'' Both women giggled. Rose loved when Kathy served Tuna Fish because of the disgusted faces of the students faces as Rose dumped a spoonful of that gunk on their trays.
Out of the corner of her eye, Rose saw a figure enter the kitchen. She turned and noticed that it was one of the older lunch ladies, Christina Baxter was her name. Rose had last seen Christina in the bathroom, getting ready for lunch, but that was nearly 20 minutes ago. ''She was probably just setting up the tables...'' It was an odd thought, considering the fact that the tables were extremely heavy, especially for a girl of Christiana's girth. Though Rose knew that underneath that robust belly of hers was the golden heart of a sweet woman.
Rose smiled as she went to greet Ms. Baxer
Meanwhile, the original Gertrude Baxter had left the lunchroom. She was wondering off towards the other side of the school, towards the locker rooms.....
