Year 7

Molly Hooper snuck glances at the boy next to her, he was tall, skinny and had thick, black, curly hair. She didn't know what it was about him, but the boy unnerved her. The boy turned around to look at her, unfortunately while she was looking.

"Yes?" He asked his voice was soft and expressionless. Molly turned a bright shade of pink.

"Hi," She said, trying to ignore how awkward it was "Erm… My names Molly Hooper"

"Nice to meet you Molly Hooper my name is Sherlock Holmes" The tall boy stuck out his hand and awkwardly Molly took it. It was a strange gesture, seeming very grown up and posh. Sherlock seemed to notice Molly's lack of experience and quickly ended the hand shake.

"What have you got first?" Sherlock asked, he was rather unconfutable, he wasn't used to making conversation with people outside his immediate family. Molly looked down at the freshly given out timetable.

"Erm… Set 1 Science"

"I have the same" Sherlock said looking at her still with the blank expression.

"Well then we'll get lost together" Molly said making a weak attempt at humour. Sherlock flashed her a smile that she would later find to be a rare occurrence.

What seemed about 10 minutes later they found the place, a medium sized classroom with a large collection of chemicals and tools that barley challenged his own at home. Sherlock sat down on one of the nearest benches and started to deduce the teacher. Married, but probably unhappily due the tan line that went (as for as Sherlock could tell underneath the ring). Probably having a long string of affairs. The teacher was maybe about 40, but trying to look younger due to the amount of makeup and some signs of cosmetic surgery, probably to keep herself attractive and 'on the market'. The teacher was surprised by their appearance meaning she was probably scatter brained and didn't have anything planned. Great Sherlock thought to himself. This will probably result in a simple experiment.

About what seemed like an hour later they found the place, a medium sized Lab filled with chemicals and tools that Molly had never seen. Despite the fact that he had pulled her around a lot and been mildly unpleasant, Molly took a seat next to Sherlock Holmes. She looked on at the teacher, who seemed nice, though her smile was a little excessive and looked very fake.

After the teacher (Mrs Woodbridge) had explained about lab safety she set them a basic experiment to do in pairs.

"Do you wanna go and get the Bunsen and the heat proof mat and I'll get the…" The boy next to her was paying very little attention to her. "Sherlock!" She almost shouted pushing him a little.

"Yes?" He asked sheepishly

"Do you have any idea what we're doing?" Sherlock considered it for a moment.

"No," He decided "I think I deleted it"

"Deleted it?" Molly asked confused and starting to walk off the get the equipment.

"Yes deleted it" Sherlock confirmed "I'm a genius you see but I only keep information that is needed"

"Well you need the information now" Molly pointed out trying to get Sherlock to take one of the pieces she was now laden with.

"Yes but I won't tomorrow" He pointed out. As they made their way back to the desk Sherlock started to stare at one of the girls.

"Sherlock?" Molly asked poking him

"You'd like her Molly" He said pointing at a ginger girl who was laughing madly

"You're both into reading and she's outgoing which would make a good counter for your very obvious shyness and your both rather clumsy,"

"I'm not cl…" Molly watched as a piece of her equipment fell off the desk and didn't finish her sentence.

"How did you know all that?" She asked instead, picking up the Bunsen burner

"Deduction," Sherlock told her simply

"You're weird" Molly decided

"How do you know that it's not the other way around, that you're not the weird ones?" Sherlock Asked. He had often used this line on bullies when they called him a freak (earning him an extra punch). But Molly just shrugged.

"Odds are against it" She said Sherlock thought about this for a while before saying

"I like you Molly Hooper" And finally helping her set up the experiment.