You can probably guess from my frequent updates but i haven't done anything all weekend :) Here is the next chapter:
Samuel's POV
'Samuel? Where's your homework?' Miss Gallagher asked, her icy eyes shooting daggers at me from the front of the classroom.
'Haven't done it Miss.' I sighed, staring up at the ceiling.
'And why is that, Mr Benedict?' She asked coolly.
I could tell her that reason why I didn't do my homework was because I helped my father and mother had to take down a large drug dealing group on Saturday. That was part of being a Benedict: danger was inevitable. Victor and Rogue, my parents, both worked for the FBI and specialized in criminal savant dealings. A lot of the time, my sisters and I get dragged into it. We've been through a lot in the past so when you're getting shot at or watching someone else get shot, homework just seems meaningless.
'Couldn't be bothered, Miss.' I lied, keeping up my bad boy reputation.
'Detention! Mr Benedict!'
'Aww come on Miss! It's my birthday!' I complained, staring her straight in the eye.
'Detention, Mr Benedict. 3 o'clock in my classroom.' She glared at me and I sighed with annoyance.
A pretty girl in front of me called Chloe turns round and gives me a flirty smile.
'Happy birthday Sam.' She said seductively
'Thank-you very much.' I grinned back at her.
'SAMUEL BENEDICT! Would you like to have detentions for the rest of the week?!'
'That's a rhetorical question Miss.' I stated simply.
'Well, since you are so good at English, why don't you read out your work to the rest of the class?'
I sighed and stared down at the page. None of the letters seemed to make much sense; they all moved around the page and changed size. I struggled enough writing it, let alone reading it. Miss Gallagher tapped her foot impatiently as I struggled to make sense of what I written. I suffer from dyslexia so I've never been any good at school since I struggle to read and write.
'We're all waiting Mr Benedict.' Said Miss Gallagher. I'm tempted to just walk out of the classroom. I've done it before, more than once, but I promised my mom that I would try and stay in the school's good books.
'I'd rather not.' I said folding my arms over my chest, keeping up the bad boy image.
'And why is that?'
'You know damn well why.' I said, getting angry since she knows that I struggle to read and is only trying to embarrass me.
Miss Gallagher opened her mouth to say something but she was interrupted by the end of school bell. Everyone shoved their books into their bags and dashed out of the class room. I heard Miss Gallagher yelling my name as I shoved through the crowded hallway to avoid my detention.
'Sorry Miss, I'll come tomorrow instead!' I shouted in reply, even though I had no intention of actually going.
'Whoa, Miss Gallagher is gonna be pissed that your missing detention. I heard her yelling in the hallway' Craig told me as I walked over to his car in the car park between middle school and high school. Craig had been 17 for a while now and got a car for his seventeenth birthday since his parents are stinking rich.
'Well she'll have to stick it because it's my birthday.' I replied.
'It's a wonder why they haven't excluded you yet.' Craig mused to himself as we wait for my sisters to come. Craig lives down the road to me so he always gives me and my sisters a lift home.
'Hey Candy!' Craig waved at my sister Candice who came over with an arm full of books as usual. I think she may have read every single book in the library by now. Candy was still in middle school although most of the time she acted far more mature than me.
'Bea's just coming. She's flirting with some guy in her class.' Candy rolled her eyes at me.
'This might take a while then.' I said groaning and getting in the passenger seat next to Craig.
'So what did you do to Miss Gallagher to get a detention?' Craig asked me.
'You go another detention? Mom's not going to be happy.' Candice laughed from the back.
'It's more like what I didn't do. Anyway, mom's not going to find out because you're not going to tell her.'
'Whatever. I got an A+ in my Biology coursework.' Candice replied. She's only 13 but she's way smarter than me.
'Don't you always?' I joked.
'You must have got all the brainy genes in the family. Sam here was left with all the bad ones.' Craig grins mischievously.
Bea finally arrived a while later, beaming from ear to ear.
'Sorry I'm late. I got held back.' She said and climbed into the back.
'Yeah, we heard you were kissing.' Craig grinned and Beatrice blushed.
'That's none of your business.'
'Kind of is because I'm your brother. Anyway, you're too good for him.' I replied.
'You haven't even met him.'
'You're too good for everyone.'
Craig dropped us off just outside out house and waved us goodbye. Candy, Bea and I dumped our school bags in the hallway and walked into the living room only to find our parents avidly kissing each other.
'Eww get a room.' Candy groaned and plonked herself down on the sofa.
'We are in a room.' My dad pointed out with amusement.
'We don't want to see you kissing.' I agreed with Candy.
'Hey it's not all the time me and your mom get some time alone.'
'Really don't want to hear about that.' I said clamping my hands over my ears.
'I think old people kissing is cute.' Beatrice objected.
'Is that supposed to be a compliment? We're not that old!' My mom exclaimed sitting up.
'Of course you're not, Honey. You're beautiful.' My dad brushed my mom's hair back from her eyes and Candy and I faked vomiting.
'Anyway, it's supposed to be my birthday! Where are my presents?' I said jokingly. I only asked for one thing for my birthday: I want my soulfinder.
My Aunty Crystal is a soulseeker so she's told me where my soulfinder is. My soulfinder moved around a lot but at the moment she's in a little town in Oregon called Cloverdale. I know what you're thinking; why am I still sitting here when I know where my soulfinder is? To tell the truth, I'm not sure. There have been many times where I wanted to leave home and go and find my soulfinder but that wasn't part of the deal.
My mom and dad sat me down a few years back and told me that they wanted me to wait until I was seventeen before I found my soulfinder. My mom and dad had only met for a couple of days before I was…um…conceived. Therefore, they want me to wait until I'm legal and mature enough to get into that kind of relationship. To put it bluntly, they don't want to have grandchildren just yet.
At first I refused and promised that I wouldn't do anything like that and that I would wait till marriage but after thinking things through, I realised that I probably wouldn't want to wait until marriage. I mean, I'm not exactly a saint or anything. So I waited and waited until the day I turned seventeen.
'Close your eyes!' My mum said and I obeyed. I heard shuffling around and the strike of a match.
'Okay. Open them.' I can't help but smile at the at the clearly home-made birthday cake with wonky icing. It was a well-known fact that no one in the family could bake. My dad could chop and fry things alright but when it comes to cakes he refuses to even try because he claims it's too girly.
'Thank-you so much. Really, this is great.' I grinned and blew out my candles.
I opened the presents that they gave me. Candy gave me a DVD since she knows I would rather watch the film than read the book, Beatrice gave me a designer-looking top and Mum and dad got me some money and some X-box games but I was kind of waiting for someone to bring up my soulfinder.
'Okay. One last gift.' My mum grinned at me.
'Your mother and sisters and I had a talk and we decided that we're going to move to Cloverdale for a bit so you can meet your soulfinder.' My dad smiled at me.
'Seriously!' I exclaimed.
'Yes seriously. Only for a month though. It's a good idea since we need to keep a low profile for a bit after the last case.'
'Brilliant! When do we leave?' I asked, beaming from ear to ear.
'At the end of the week. We talked to the school and they let you have a month off. We've enrolled you in the high school in Cloverdale.'
'Damn, we still have to go to school?' Moaned Bea.
'Yup. That's the rules.'
'Thank-you so much! I don't know what to say!' I breathed. 'What about Bea and Candy? Won't they miss their school friends?' I asked
'It's only for a month and she is your soulfinder.' Candy smiles, emphasising the word 'Soulfinder.'
'Yeah…she is.' I grinned.
'Anyway, who's up for take-away?' Mom asked and we all shouted out our favourite take-aways.
'Sammy gets to choose because it's his birthday.'
'Let's get a pizza.' I declared with a massive beam on my face.
