The teacher died during recess.

The kids formed a staring, open mouthed circle through which the paramedics had to break a path. That finally seemed to snap the other teachers from their daze and they started herding us away from Mrs Symonds.

Our chatter as we tried on and discarded theory after theory rose to a hysterical buzz. “SILENCE! ALL OF YOU SILENCE!!”, Mr Pallegio the Headmaster bellowed. “HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN A DEAD BODY BEFORE!?”.

That was exactly what the case was. Most of us had never even known anyone who had died before and now it had happened in the middle of kiss-chasey.