A/N: Max and the flock (except for Angle) are in their senior year of high school. I don't think I mentioned that before. My bad!
Disclaimer: Sadly, I am not rich, out of school, and living my dream job. Therefore: me no owny!
Chapter 2
I pulled open the door to room 209 only ten minutes after I left the front office. Turns out the classrooms start with the lower numbered classrooms on the top floor for some stupid reason.
Every head in the classroom turned to look at me as I walked up to the teacher, where he'd stopped teaching in front of the class. He was an old man with a big gut and a comb over .
Ewww.
I handed him my papers and he nodded, signing the second sheet and turning to the class.
"Class, this is our new student Maximum Martinez. Would you like to say a few words about yourself?"
I automatically hated this guy.
"Not really." I said shortly, taking my papers back.
Mr. Carn blinked a few times, muttered something about 'ungrateful younger generations' and said "Then you can go take a seat next to Nicholas over there." He pointed to a seat next to…oh. Oh no. Great. Just great. My life is amazing.
I went and sat next to the dark haired kid that had shown me to the office.
He smirked at me. "See you found your way around okay." He inclined his head.
"I think the builders of this school were drunk, why did they start with the lowest numbers on top?" I grumbled.
He shrugged. Man of many words, he was.
I pulled out a notebook and started copying notes on the board.
Welcome to school.
After the initial getting the feel of the room organization, I managed to find my second period class, chemistry, and slip in just before the bell rang.
I handed the teacher, Ms. Kelly, my papers and she sent me to sit in the only available seat, next to a strawberry blond dude with pale blue eyes.
I vaguely wondered why everyone was giving me sympathetic eyes. ..
"Howdy partner!" the guy said with a fake southern twang. "I'm Jeff, but call me Iggy."
"Um, why?" I asked.
He opened his mouth, then closed it and shrugged. "Actually, I don't know. I've just been called that forever. What's your name?"
"Max," I said. I liked this kid already. He seemed weird, but himself, and that's what so hard to come by in my profession. He reminded me of why I wanted to come to school in disguise.
He shook my hand. "Nice to meet you Maxie."
"Max." I said clearly. "Just Max."
"Whatever you say…Maxie." I punched him lightly in the arm. Well, I thought I punched him lightly. He fell off his stool.
"Iggy!" Ms. Kelly said in exasperation, "Stop fooling around and pay attention. I don't want a repeat of our last lab."
"Yes ma'am!" he saluted.
"Um, what happened last lab?" I asked quietly, wondering once again about those sympathetic looks and why he was the only person without a partner.
He looked at me…actually he looked about two inches to the right of me and said "I blew up the lab."
"Oh," I said faintly.
He chuckled. "It was awesome. Though, I burnt my last partners eyebrows off, I'd stay away if you value yours."
"Good to know." I smiled.
"So, what brings you to our little town?" he asks quietly as the teacher goes on about the lab we're supposed to do.
"Just a change of scenery. A quiet place." I hedged.
"Well then you've come to the right place. For quiet that is. I wouldn't know about the scenery."
That's when I looked at his textbook and realized that it was in brail. "Oh," I gasped quietly. "Your blind."
"Thank you Captain Obvious!" He smiled.
"You're welcome Lieutenant Sarcasm!" I replied. (A/N: I can't take credit for this awesome line, I read it in another FanFic. But I thought it was good.)
Iggy chuckled. "I like you Max." he said. "You should sit with me and my friends at lunch."
I smiled. I was doing what I'd thought was impossible since my first album went double platinum. I was making friends.
A/N: Well? What do you think? Is it worth it? Please R&R!
Peace!
