Chapter 2
Matt's pov.
Author's note- ok well I finally got chapter 2 up. I was a little bit lazy with this chapter, but I'm sure the next one will be better =) by the way I would like to thank Violet Avrie for being my first reviewer!!!!!! THANK YOU VIOLET!!!!!
I flew down the hallway into my next class. I felt bad about just leaving Mello there, but hey, I've got other things to worry about. I sat down in the very back row of the classroom and waited for class to start. A few minutes later Mello walked in. I shrunk down in my seat so maybe he wouldn't notice I was there. He sat down in a seat on the front row, the closest to the board. Apparently, he was one of those kids that actually try in school. Soon the teacher came in. She started up the math lesson before realizing that she had a new student, typical. Ms. Green, the teacher, asked Mello to stand in front of the class and tell about himself. He jumped up without hesitation. He was definitely not the shy type. He told the class pretty much the same thing he told me earlier, before he noticed me sitting alone in the back. He gave a small wave in my direction. Everybody turned to see what the new kid was waving at. They were surprised when they saw me. I never really talk to anybody at school, a few kids try to make a conversation but I usually don't say much in return. Mello returned to his seat and the lesson began. I'm really glad teachers read what they write on the board because I can only really read numbers. Since I spend most of my life in a little metal cage I wasn't taught to read. On tests I just guess but I do pretty good on them for some reason. Ms. Green wrote a complicated math equation on the board and volunteered Mello to solve it. I watched him walk up to the board, write some numbers that really didn't make sense to me, and turn to the teacher.
"Finished," he said. Ms. Green started to check his answer, confident that he got it wrong. That equation was her trick for all new students. Her smile fell as she looked up.
"It's correct." I couldn't believe it! He actually got it right! She wrote an easier equation (to some people anyway) on the board. "Ok, who wants to solve this one?" Nobody volunteered. Ms. Green look annoyed, "Ok. Matt, come see if you can solve this one." I made my way up to the board. Some of the mean kids snickered at me, but I just kept walking. I stood with the Expo marker in my hand and adjusted my orange-tinted goggles. I looked at the math problem for the first time. It was a word problem, crap. I studied it for awhile, trying to make any kind of sense out of it. Some kids snickered and the teacher looked on with disbelief. I glanced at Mello who looked confused. It was probably a really easy problem and I'm just standing here, stumped. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and wrote a random number on the board. I looked to see what number I wrote, it was a 3. I was proud of my 3 and turned to look at the teacher. Out of the corner of my eye I could see kids whispering and laughing. Mello's eyes were lit with amusement, not a good sign. Ms. Green shook her head. "Matt," she said, "what are we going to do with you? Can you not get one problem right?!" I held my head down and walked back to my seat. I was embarrassed. Mello turned to look at me with that confused expression but I just looked away. "Now class, this problem states that James had two apples and gave one to the market. How many apples does he have left?"
"One," the class said in monotone. I was annoyed. If she would have read the problem aloud I woulda gotten it right! Ms. Green called Mello to the board a few more times and he got all the problems right. The class was impressed. "Matt?" Ms. Green asked. I looked up from drawing swirly lines on a piece of paper. "Maybe Mello would like to tutor you after school sometime?" Mello swung his head around to look at me. "Sure," he said. I opened my mouth to object but the bell rang, school was out. I was packing my things when a familiar presence was felt. I looked up to see Mello standing over me.
"Hi," he said, clutching his books tightly. "So about the tutoring thing…"
"Don't worry about it I've got other things to do anyway," I insisted as I got up.
"But, Ms. Green said-"
It doesn't matter what she said, I told you I have other things to do," I snapped. I felt guilty afterward though, I hate being aggressive. He stepped backward, I could see the fury in his eyes. Apparently he doesn't like to be back mouthed, but I still have to run by the store and I didn't want this guy around me, no matter how many times my dog brain says he's a sweet kid. Anyway I still have to stop by the store, I pushed past him and went out the door, leaving him and the awful school behind.
Also updates might be just a tad slow since I have to get ready for end of the year exams, etc., etc. So yeah, in a couple of weeks it'll be summer!!!!!!!!=)