She sat, quietly fiddling with her mobile phone.
She’d been getting a lot of messages lately. The video clip her brother sent was pretty cool. If there was time before the end of the lesson, she’d put it on silent and watch it again. She was looking at her photos. The ones she’d taken over the weekend were looking really great. She deleted one or two duplicates. When she had more time she’d download them to her computer.
As she looked up at the clock, the end-of-period bell sounded and she became aware that she was being stared at.
It was wrong to do this in class, she knew that, but let’s face it, what student is going to complain?