Tension in the Communications Department was palpable when Melanie assaulted Marek in front of an entire class. What started as a minor interruption degenerated into an ugly confrontation? Who would have thought it was over a froggy key chain?
The Journalism class started like any other class, with articles being read or drastically analyzed by novice students. There was something particularly strange in the professor’s attitude today; he was agitated, and rather anxious while holding on to a frog key chain. Was that a cute present from his son?
As the class went by, all of a sudden we notice the door opening and Melanie Morales, the secretary of the Communications department, innocently interrupting the class. What happened after this surprised everybody. “I need the key for the room! I know you have it!” Who would have thought that the lady with delicate kitten heels, brown pants, elegant pony tail and brave red lipstick would get so aggravated after a small exchange of words?
“I told you and I also told them that I don’t have it! I don’t know why we are having this conversation now” said Marek. That was actually a reaction nobody expected from preppy professor Fuchs. Why was he so harsh and suspicious? His body language wasn’t on his side either, giving away his feelings without the need for words, all his agitated hand movements and his attempts to step back, while she was progressing towards him, where more than obvious. Suddenly the froggy key chain he was playing with was nowhere to be seen because he was hiding it behind a few sheets of paper.
When we thought that the conversation will reach a friendly agreement there was the drop that filled the cup and made everybody freeze when Melanie said “Don’t make me call security on you”. Was this just because of a key or is there something more in between the lines we don’t know about?
What we all don’t know is that recently the department of communications had faced a rather strange situation when one of the tripods mysteriously disappeared. There was no sign of forced entrance, so the only suspected cause was internal theft. While the tripod was never retrieved there are still questions concerning its suspicious disappearance. Seeing two people within the department fighting over a key inevitably made everybody think whether Mr. Fuchs would probably be involved in it and Melanie is using the class as an excuse for free witnesses.
By the end of the class the conversation was settled and the key was retrieved but there will still be the question of an actual involvement. Is the communication department slowly breaking apart?
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