"Pass your assignment up," the teacher said.
"Oh, shit," Jack whispered to himself.
"Did you forget it again?," said Mark.
"No, I just forgot to do it. Here, hand me your paper real quick" Jack said.
"No! You always do this. This is becoming a problem. Unlike you, I do not have that problem," Mark said.
"Oh, you think you have no problems. Everyday you walk in here like Mr. Big Shot, then you show of your muscles," he said as his voice was getting louder.
"Well at least I have something to show off," Mark said.
The teacher noticed them. He walked up to their desks and said, "What is going on?"
"It's nothing, like the size of Mark's brain," said Jack.
"Alright, you want to go. At least I will win because I have muscles and abs! Unlike you," Mark said.
"Oh, it's on," yelled Jack!
"Alright! Jack and Mark, in my office now," the teacher said angrily. Mark follows Jack to the office. The teacher closes the door. "What is the problem this time? And don't say that you were joking around! This is the third time this week!"
Quickly, Mark said, "Jack forgot to do his homework and tried to put his name on my assignment."
The teacher sighed and then said, "So, this is about some middle-school problem crap. I am tired of this. If this is the real reason why, then you two are going to do everything together."
"NO! Mr. Dier, you can't be serious," Jack said.
"Since this was about sharing the assignment, you guys will be doing assignments, projects, and tests together. And I don't want to see only one person doing the work. Both of you will agree on everything in this class," the teacher replied.
"I can't work with this guy. He doesn't do anything," said Mark.
"You think I'm the problem. You just look down upon me," Jack said.
"See, you guys already have one thing in common," Mr. Dier said. He opened the door and left. Mark and Jack followed and went back to their seats. "Thank you for waiting patiently". He opened his book and then quickly closed it. "You know what? Instead of doing a test about Romeo and Juliet, you guys will do a project on it. This project is not going to be a slideshow, but a reenactment of a scene. You can have three to five people in a group. There should be four groups then, since the only two-person group is Mark and Jack."
"Are you serious?," Jack whispered to himself.
Mark leaned towards Jack and said, "I'm Romeo."
"Fine, as long as I don't have to kiss you," Jack said.
"Now, since there might be most groups doing the same scene, I will pick the scene for each group. Let us start with Mark and Jack, " Mr. Dier said. He numbered the scenes and grabbed a pair of dice. He rolled. "This should be interesting. You guys have the final scene. Good luck to you both."
"Oh, isn't that just great," said Mark.
As the teacher was giving the other groups their scenes, Jack grabbed the book and started writing notes on the last scene. Mark noticed him. He was shocked and said to Jack, "Wow! You actually are doing the work right away."
Jack leaned close to Mark and whispered to him, "Well, I actually like this play. Also, I don't want you to do all the work. I know that it can be stressful on you."
"Thanks Jack! That is really nice to say," said Mark.
To be continued...