The School Series
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Rated: T
Genre: Romance/ General
Part One: English (As a Second Language)
The bell had just rung when the door to the class banged open and in dashed two students. Ben Tennyson and Julie Yamamoto, running late, looked a mess. Their peers began to snicker.
Their clothes were clearly put on in a hurry (Ben's fly was undone for example), hair was un-brushed, they were sweaty and flushed, and very jumpy.
The teacher gave them a disapproving look, they gave her an apologetic look back, but she took there excuse notes and let them take their seats. They were good kids, she would be investigated as to why she singled these two out amongst a hundred and fifty students if she reported their behavior without concrete proof.
They were separated in the class, not because they were troublemakers but because they were troublemakers.
They seemed to have their own little language and it irked their English teacher to no end when they 'chatted' during lectures. It was nothing verbal and she couldn't prove anything but they seemed to use a modified form of American Sign Language and Morse code. And what was worse, she couldn't figure out what they were chatting about and so she, being forever paranoid, had separated them with the idea that it would stop. She was wrong. The tapping and signing continued.
As soon as they were seated, pens and binders out, it began and she couldn't stop them because no one would believe her.
"Fly's open," Julie tapped out to Ben; he looked down, blushed, and quickly closed it.
"Thanks," he replied with a series of taps, "you okay?"
"Bruised, sore; but considering we were on our own this morning, a hundred percent okay." She coded back quickly, a smile playing in her eyes.
"Bra's ripped. I'll buy you a new one later."
She looked down, blushed, and pulled on her emergency jacket, zipping it shut.
"Thanks."
"You two!" the teacher shrieked, "I know what you're doing, knock it off!"
"We aren't doing anything ." they chorused back politely. Their classmates began rolling their eyes and miming that the teacher was loony. The two weren't doing anything. Ben and Julie glanced at each other and gave quick smiles before they decided to give the teacher a break and so the chatting stopped, for the hour at least.