Apophasis

Apophasis • \uh-PAH-fuh-sis\  • noun 1

: the raising of an issue by claiming not to mention it.2

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Ashen faced and exhausted, Nickole sat at her desk, speaking narry a word. The tintinnabulation caused her to cover her ears and wince. The teacher payed no attention to the bell, and continued to sit at his desk, immersed in a book that looked tedious to read.4

Nickole let out a squeal as something was jabbed hard into her back. She turned around angrily, but her face immediatly softened at the sight of Seth. His face mirrored innocence, and Nickole burst with laughter as she stole the dull pencil from his grasp. 5

Seth grinned, brushing the blue-tipped black hair from his eyes. 'So, how goes the day?' he asked, trying to imitate an english accent. Nickole rolled her eyes, tapping him on the head with the pencil.6

'I'm not even going to dicuss what Ryan said to Matthew about me!' she exclaimed, groaning with the utmost disgust. 7

Seth raised an eyebrow at her and put his hand on the top of her head. 'What'd he say?'8

'I said I'm not going to talk about it!' she exclaimed, clenching and unclenching her fists. 9

'You already brought it up!' Seth exclaimed, retreating his hand safely below his desk.10

Nickole shook her head and slumped down in her chair, her chin resting on Seth's desk. The rest of the class talked amongst themselves, but the pair remained silent for a few moments.11

The classroom door was thrown open, and Ryan ambled in. Nickole sat forward in her chair. Ryan had his hand in the pocket of his jeans, and a red jacket draped nonchalantly over his shoulders. He glared with the utmost loathing in Nickole's direction, but then winked. 12

Seth was dumbfounded, and looked from the back of Nikki's head to Ryan. Nickole seemed to be overcome with the same amazement, for she gaped, open-mouthed, at the spot where Ryan had previously stood. It seemed he had proceeded to his seat across the room.13