Sherman sighed as he sat down in his seat, he noticed that the teacher wasn't in the class room yet, that was odd. He shrugged, maybe she had to go to the restroom or something. The rest of the students piled in the room as well, they were quick to notice the missing teacher as well.
"Do you think we'll get a substitute?" Penny asked Sherman as she sat down at her desk. Sherman turned to her.
"I don't know..." Sherman told her with a shrug.
"I hope so."
The last of the students piled in, followed by an elder looking woman.
So, they did have a substitute. She was a short looking woman, maybe around five foot, she had short brown hair that stopped just below her ears, she wore blue jeans and a somewhat fancy looking shirt. Odd, according to Mrs. Coal, teachers can only wear blue jeans on Friday. It was Monday. This woman walked up to the chalkboard and started to write her name.
As she wrote on the board, she started to speak.
"Hello class, I am Ms. Chapman, I will be your substitute till the end of the week." Ms. Chapman said, underlining her name in chalk, Sherman raised his hand up in the air. She glanced over at the seating chart that was placed on Mrs. Coal's desk.
"Yes...Sherman?"
"Why won't Mrs. Coal be here?" Sherman asked, the substitute frowned and straightened up a bit.
"I don't believe that is any of your concern young man." She said rather harshly then walked over to Mrs. Coal's desk, taking out some paper from the drawers. Sherman turned to Penny who just shrugged, Sherman shrugged as well and turned back around.
"Ok...According to Mrs. Coal, you guys were learning about...Edgar Allan Poe. Ok, Yeah I know a bit about him." She muttered and walked back to the chalkboard, Sherman knew a lot about Mr. Poe, according to Mr. Peabody, He helped Mr. Poe with some of his greatest works. Also according to Mr. Peabody, Edgar Allen Poe was really into happy endings.
"Ok, take out your notes, we'll be writing a bit down." She ordered, the children did as they were ordered, placing their note books on their desks and opening it to a crisp clean page. Sherman grabbed one of his pencils and waited for the teacher to start talking.
"Well, the first thing you need to know about Edgar was that his parents were both actors, his father left when Edgar was young and his mother died when he was three, then he got adopted to the Allan's-"
Instantly, Sherman's hand went up. The Sub seemed to have sighed out but still called on Sherman.
"Yes?" She asked the boy.
"Mr. Poe wasn't adopted by the Allan's, he was fostered by them, but never formally adopted into their family."
She shrugged and shook her head as if she didn't even care.
"Right. As, I said, Poe was adopted into the Allan's-"
This time, Penny put her hand up, the teacher let out another louder sigh, looking over at the seating chart again.
"Yes, Penny?"
"Sherman's right, the Allan's never adopted him, they just fostered him, and he took their last name." Penny said, backing Sherman up.
"Fine. Poe was fostered by the Allan's, but you know, that doesn't change anything about him, he was still a messed up man, I truthfully blame the fact that he was taken in by a different family." She muttered as she started to write. The room went quite, Penny and Sherman looked at each other, then slowly, Penny raised her hand.
"Yes?"
"You saying he's messed up...Because he was taken in?"
"Yes, kids that are adoptive or fostered, aren't as good as normal children, I mean think about it, if they were 'normal' their parents wouldn't of abandoned them."
Before Sherman could stop himself, he abruptly stood up.
"Do you think if Mr. Poe had a choice, he would of chosen to live with his mother?! His mother died, that's out of his hands! Do you think she planned on dying?!" Sherman yelled, the whole class went silent.
"Excuse me? Who do you think you are? You can't talk to me like that, Young man."
"I'm adopted, and what you said I find that very offensive..." Sherman said with a slight growl.
"Well...If there is one thing I hate the most...is a liar."
"I'm not lying!"
"He's not lying!" Penny shot up from her chair, defending Sherman. The woman stormed up to the desk and brought out a red slip of paper.
"I've had enough of you, young man, as for you, young lady, sit back down." She ordered as she scribbled furiously on the red paper. Sherman didn't care, he started to pack up his stuff, in an angry huff, he didn't want to stay in this classroom, not with this teacher.
"No." Penny said, causing everyone to look at her, including the teacher.
"What did you say?" She asked Penny, the girl stood there.
"I said, No, you're being unfair. Sherman is adopted, everyone in the school knows this, he's not lying." Penny said, standing her ground. Sherman smiled at her. Sure enough, the teacher took out another red slip.
"Then you can join him."
"Fine."
Penny packed up her stuff as well, the teacher gave both of them red slips and both of them walked out. Right before the door shut behind them, they heard Ms. Chapman speak.
"Anybody else want to join them?"
Both of them sighed and walked down the hallway. Then they heard Mason's voice.
"Wait up!" Both turned and saw both Mason and Carl coming towards them.
"You two didn't have to walk out." Sherman said, blushing slightly as the four of them walked, well, Carl rolled, down the hallway.
"We wanted to, she was wrong. Plus, you're both our friends so, what kind of friends would we be if we didn't stand up with you two?...metaphorically speaking" Mason added quickly. Sherman smiled and so did Penny.
"Thank you guys-"
"Penny! Wait up!" All four of them stopped to see one of Penny's friends running towards them, It was Jenny, Penny's best friend. The black haired girl ran up to Penny and started to walk with the rest of them.
"Man, I never seen a teacher so mad before. I mean for you two to just get up and walk out like that." Jenny said to Mason and Carl, both boys looked down and smiled at the ground.
"I'm sure she's steaming now, I just did the same thing, I think Mia was just about-" Before she could finish her sentence, another female voice cut in.
"Hey! Don't forget about me!" Mia yelled running to catch up with the rest of the group, once caught up, she let out a low huff, trying to catch her breath.
"That makes six." Carl said, Sherman could see the principal's office just a head.
"Really, only two of us have red slips." Sherman said, for the first time, he looked at what the teacher had written down.
"Heh, according to her, I was disobedient, dishonest, oh! and disruptive!" Sherman said. Penny looked at her card.
"I got Disobedient as well, along with being...Recalcitrant...what does that mean?"
"It basically means not listening to authority." Carl said to her.
"Sooo...It's another word for disobedient?" Penny asked, everyone pretty much nodded.
"What do you think our parents are going to think about this?" Jenny asked. There was a rather heavy silence, nobody really wanted to answer that.
"We just tell them the truth, Look." Penny stopped causing everyone else to stop and look at her.
"We, didn't do anything wrong. That teacher was the wrong one, telling Sherman that he's not like normal children just because he's adopted, telling him that all adoptive kids are all messed up. What did we do? We're all standing up for Sherman, for what's right." They nodded along with her, Sherman smiled.
"Thanks, you guys, really, this means a lot to me." Sherman said the smile never leaving his face.
"Alright, lets get this mushy stuff over with and go and see the principal." Penny said and lead the group towards the principal's office. Sherman let out a low huff, he really hoped that this will be the last time he sees the inside of principal Purdy's office.
So, I read this online about a teacher telling her students that Adoptive children aren't as good as regular children because if they were normal then they wouldn't of been abandoned and this little idea just popped in my head. It's just going to be just a couple of chapters nothing too long. I hope you like it. No, I haven't given up on any of my other's works, I promise. Reviews please.