Sweeping over to the slumbering girl, Ms. Maxon scooped up the device and shook her student roughly. Cosette snapped awake, eyes springing open and settling immediately upon the older woman.

"You are forbidden to have items like this in the class!" Ms. Maxon told her, her booming voice attracting the attention of the other students in the room. "You could very well be suspended for this if I sent you to the principal's office." It was a lie, most likely all the teenager would get was a warning. But Ms. Maxon wanted to scare the younger girl, and from the look on Cosette’s face, the threat had succeeded. "But instead, I'll just keep it for the remainder of the year."