"School Days"
Based on "Psych", but more specifically on "If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?"
"And that is why the Civil War began" said Mr. Killery, history teacher at Santa Barbara Middle School, as the bell rang to go to the next class.
The sounds of papers and bags rustling were drowning out Mr. Killery's ending words on the lecture of the day. Realizing that no one was paying attention to him anymore, Mr. Killery decided to stop talking.
"Man! I thought that that class would never end!" exclaimed Alicia Silverman "I hate learning about slavery and the Civil War!"
"Just be glad that we're almost done with that subject" replied Olivia Spencer as she and Alicia headed out of the room "In a week, we'll have our test on it and then we won't have to talk about it again until finals"
"What do you have next?" Alicia asked "I have Math"
"The nothing class" Olivia replied as they stopped at their lockers, which were right next to each other
"They still haven't found anything to fill that time up?" Alicia asked, in a surprised sort of way
"Nope" Olivia replied as she closed her locker "It was originally supposed to be chorus, but, when the administration found out that Mrs. Radcliffe was moving to Alabama, they had to find a whole new teacher. When they couldn't find a good enough teacher, they tried to find some other sort of topic to fill the time. Well, they're still trying"
"You should have some of your friends from the police department come in to do a class" Alicia said as she and Olivia started walking down the hall
"I would ask" Olivia said "But, none of them have the time to do it. Cases spring out of nowhere!"
"What about your Dad?"
"What would he do?"
"Teach about psychic stuff, maybe"
"I know all there is to know about being a psychic, just from watching him at crime scenes, and there's not much to teach about the subject" Olivia replied as she stopped in front of her classroom door "How could he make a class out of it?"
"You do have a point" Alicia said "Well, I'll see you after school"
"See ya!" Olivia said as she watched Alicia walk down the hallway.
Olivia was still debating whether or not to tell Alicia that she was the real psychic and her father was faking it. After all, Alicia was her best friend in Santa Barbara. But, Alicia also had a tendency to gossip and Olivia didn't want that secret to be let out for all of Santa Barbara Middle School to know and talk about.
Olivia opened the door to the classroom and groaned. Mitchell Danery and James Wikenson, two boys who were very obnoxious and who lie all the time, decided to sit next to her and all of the other seats were filled. Now, for the next 40 minutes, Olivia would have to listen to them lie about something else.
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Shawn Spencer was practicing his video game skills when he heard his daughter enter the Psych office. Shawn was having a very hard time playing "Super Mario Brothers 3". Olivia had finished the game numerous times, but Shawn couldn't even pass level 1. He could play and finish any other video game, but not one of the easiest games on the market.
"Hey Liv" he said without looking up from the TV "How was your day?"
"Fantabulous" Olivia said sarcastically, mixing the words "Fantastic" and "Fabulous" together, as she rolled her bike into the office and leaned it up against a wall.
Shawn had just recently given Olivia permission to ride her bike to school, but only one day a week. After all, Olivia was only 13.
"How was your day planning the wedding with Juliet?" Olivia continued as she walked over to Shawn, who had just lost the game (again!).
Shawn let out a huge groan. Olivia started laughing under her breath.
"She has gone insane!" exclaimed Shawn as he shut the game off and got up from his chair "She was looking at flowers, smelling the flowers, making me smell the flowers, which I thought was pointless because who is going to be smelling flowers at the wedding?! People will be looking at the flowers, not smelling the flowers!"
"So, you tried to choose the flowers today?" Olivia said, being sarcastic again "I thought you were going to look at cakes today?"
"I did too!" replied Shawn "That's why I agreed to go with her today. If I had known that she was really going to look at flowers, I would have stayed here"
"Where's Gus?" Olivia asked, as she put her backpack down on one of the nearby chairs "I thought that he was coming here this afternoon and we were going to go to the police station"
"He got held up at his other job" Shawn said "But we are meeting Juliet and Gus at Chili's at 6:00 for dinner"
"Sweet!" exclaimed Olivia "Good thing I got all my homework done in the nothing class today!"
"They still haven't found something to fill that up?" Shawn said as he went to the refrigerator to get himself a glass of orange juice, knowing all about "nothing class".
"No. Not yet"
"They better find something soon" Shawn said "The year's almost over"
"I think that they should stop trying just for that reason" Olivia said "There's no point anymore!"
"I'm sure that they'll leave it as a study" Shawn said "Come on. Let's got to the park and play catch before we go to the restaurant"
"Ok" Olivia said as she went and grabbed her and Shawn's baseball gloves out of the closet "I need to get ready for softball practice tomorrow anyways"
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"Nothing Class" came all too quickly for Olivia the next day. And, Mitchell and James decided to sit next to her again.
"Olivia, we need to talk to you" Mitchell said when Olivia entered the classroom. Olivia could tell that if she had even tried to sit at a different seat, Mitchell and James would follow her.
"I'm sorry, Mitchell" Olivia said as she sat down at her desk "But I do not want to hear another story about your 'alien encounters'!"
"This is important!" James said "We witnessed a murder!"
"A murder?" Olivia said, with a chuckle "Yeah! Right!"
"It's true!" Mitchell said "Mr. Killery killed someone!"
"Mr. Killery?" Olivia said "The nicest teacher in the school? Ha! You should have picked a different teacher, like Mrs. Hamilton, one of the 8th grade math teachers. She's mean. Just because his name has the word kill in it, doesn't mean that he killed someone"
"We're not making this up!" James said "Can you talk to your friends at the police department about it?"
"Who told you I had friends at the police department?" Olivia asked
"We see it in the newspapers all the time" James replied "And we know that your father has a detective agency and we know that you have worked on cases with your father for the police department"
"It's really creepy how you know that" Olivia said
"Everyone knows it!" Mitchell said "Everyone reads the paper!"
"That may be true" Olivia said "But, if you go to my friends at the police department, they will not even take a second look at your case. They have too many real cases to worry about"
"What about your Dad?" asked Mitchell
"Just drop it!" exclaimed Olivia
Olivia turned and put her headphones to her IPod into her ears. James and Mitchell looked at each other. If Olivia wasn't going to help them, they'll go to the only other person who can.
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Shawn and his best friend, Burton Guster, were playing a game of Trash Can Ball, since they hadn't gotten a new case in a couple of weeks, when they heard the door to the Psych office open.
"I wonder who that is" Shawn said
"Maybe its Olivia" Gus replied
"No, she's at softball practice until 4:30 today" Shawn said
Just then, two boys, about Olivia's age, walked in. Shawn and Gus looked at each other. This was bringing back too many memories about the Mietner Academy Case about 2 years before.
"We would like to talk to you, Mr. Spencer" one of the boys said
"Our names are Mitchell Danery and James Wikenson" the second boy said
"Please, sit down" Shawn said as he and Gus sat down at their desks
"What seems to be the problem?" Gus asked
"We saw one of our teachers kill someone" James said
Shawn and Gus looked at each other again. This was exactly like the Mietner Case. But, they decided to listen anyways.
"Who's been killed?" Gus asked
"We're not sure" James replied
"When did you see this happen?" Shawn asked
"Last night" Mitchell replied "James and I were working in the AV room at our school late last night when we heard and saw the murder take place"
"Who's the murderer?" Shawn asked
"Our history teacher, Mr. Killery" Mitchell said
"We talked to Olivia, but she said that we would get nowhere with the police" James added "She doesn't believe us, mainly because we have a tendency to lie and make up stories, but we're serious this time!"
"How do you know my daughter?" Shawn asked
"We go to school with her" Mitchell replied "We sit next to her in study and she has Mr. Killery as a teacher too!"
"I see" said Shawn "Well, my partner and I will talk it over. Gus!"
Shawn and Gus got up and headed into the kitchen of the Psych office.
"I think that we should do it" Gus said
"Especially because of the fact we are talking about Olivia's school" Shawn said "And one of Olivia's teachers."
"And, even if it turns out to be a copy cat case," Gus added "We don't have anything else to do right now"
"And it would get me out of a lot of wedding planning meetings with Jules" Shawn said.
They walked back over to James and Mitchell.
"Ok. We'll take the case" Shawn said
"We figured you might" James said "Here"
He handed Shawn and Gus some name tags.
"What are these?" Gus asked
"You are our new teachers" Mitchell said "Principal Waters agreed to let you two come in and teach us about crime solving and psychic stuff, but only because she thought that it would be a treat for us since we had to deal with having no teacher for the whole year. A lot of kids in our class are really amazed and interested in what you guys do"
Shawn and Gus looked at each other again. Just like Mietner.
"You start tomorrow" James said "Oh, please, don't tell Olivia. She'll kill us if she found out we came to you"
"But, she'll just find out tomorrow in class" Gus said "And if she sees us at some point before the class"
"We'd rather have her find out when she can do nothing about it than tonight when she can" Mitchell replied.
"Alright" Shawn said "We won't tell her. See you tomorrow"
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Once Mitchell and James left, Gus turned to Shawn.
"Are you sure that it's a good idea to not tell Olivia?"
"No" replied Shawn "But, it'll be really funny to see the look on her face when she sees us tomorrow"
"Do you realize how close this is to the Mietner case?" Gus asked "I wouldn't be surprised if these kids were lying and just want attention"
"They're not lying, Gus" Shawn said, pulling some pineapple flavored jellybeans out of his desk "They're telling the truth"
"How do you know?" Gus asked
"Because they looked us straight in the eyes" Shawn replied, as he popped some jellybeans in his mouth "That was one of the things my Dad taught me. If people are lying, they won't look you in the eyes. If they aren't lying, they'll look you in the eyes"
Shawn looked at the clock.
"I got to go get Olivia" he said "Do you want to come?"
"Sure!" Gus said "Why not!"
"I'm driving!" Shawn said, grabbing Gus's car keys before Gus had a chance to grab them.
Gus rolled his eyes and followed Shawn out of the Psych office.
Happy New Year! It's a new year, so that means new stories!! I know, so far, that this story seems alot like the episode. But, I'm going to throw in some twists and turns to make it different. I just wanted people to know that I am not copying that episodes storyline exactly. Only a little bit.
Hope that you like the chapter!! Please Read and Review!!