The next day Lisa came into her class as she normally did. Walking in, she saw her students all had grins on their faces.
"Well you all appear quite happy. I trust this is because you all finished your assigned read-." She stopped when she saw what was on her desk.
A Burpin Burger kids meal.
From behind her, she heard a few snickers among her students. She was stunned for a moment before shaking her head to come back to her senses.
"Uh, it appears someone was kind enough to bring me lunch." She said, attempting to shrug it off. "But I've already procured some food for my midday meal, now if you would all be so kind as to look at the screen." She pressed a button on her desk to activate a projector. "You'll quite clearly see-WHAT IN THE NAME OF ISSAC NEWTON!?"
On the screen, instead of an image of the test sheet she would be passing out, there was a drawing of Lisa underwater with a snorkel and a friendly looking octopus intertwining two of its tentacles with her hands.
A burst of laughter came from her students as she ran to push the projecter button repeatedly until the image disappeared.
"I-I don't know how that got in there. Well uh, instead of showing you, I'll simply pass out the worksheets so we can get started." She said nervously. Lisa went to her desk and grabbed the sheets for the test but noticed the questions were different than they were supposed to be.
"Name the process by which plants absorb oxygen? Define the term extinction? Explain how water is taken from a liquid to a gas form in clouds? This isn't the test I was planning to give today!"
"Oh yes Miss Loud." The sound of that voice made her blood run cold. "I took the liberty of changing the test questions to better suit your research."
Lisa turned and saw Phineas leaning coolly against the side of her classroom door looking absolutely smug.
"I also made sure your students knew to take a look at your most recent works for this test."
To her horror, each student reached underneath their desks and brought out a copy of Little Lisa's science journal.
Soon the entire class was in an uproar of laughter. Lisa's hands curled into angry fists.
"Phineas, how dare you-! Of all the inconsiderate-! I-! STOP LAUGHING AT ME!"
But her outburst simply fed into the student's mirth.
"Aw, Look I think she's gonna cry!"
"Maybe somebody should get the professor a bottle!"
"Stand back guys, looks like she's about to throw a temper tantrum."
All around the room the students who had been learning from her and listening to her every word were now laughing and treating her like a common infant. One had the gall to throw one of her science journals at her, shattering her glasses and knocking her down.
Lisa picked herself up and tried to stay strong. She couldn't let these juvenile taunts get to her. Once they had stopped laughing, she could- could-.
Wait, what was that dripping from her eye socket? Tears? She had no irritation or damage to her corneas!
Despite her best efforts, Lisa's eyes began to well up with tears and her lower lip quivered like a shaking bowl of jell-O.
She ran out of the room with tears flowing from her eyes like a sprinkler spray, hoping to get away from those mean kids, that horrible man and their nasty words.
Lincoln was simply laying on the sofa reading comics, when Lisa suddenly came in.
He could immediately tell something was wrong. On top of missing her glasses and backpack, she was sniffling heavily with her head facing the floor and she had something grasped tightly in her hands.
"Lisa! What's the matter? What happened?" He asked worriedly.
Through her tears and sniffles she said. "O-one of my c-colleagues at the college. T-t-they turned my s-students against meeeeee!" She cried.
"What do you mean?"
"T-they w-were all laughing at me! Because of this!" Lisa held up a copy of the science journals he had made.
Lincoln's heart sank. "Someone made fun of you because of my science book?"
Lisa nodded. Lincoln pulled her into a hug and let her cry silently into his shirt.
"Shhh, shhh. It's alright. I got you."
He held her until she stopped crying. Once she was done she sat down on the couch and said. "I don't think I can teach my class tomorrow."
"It's okay. You can just call in sick." He said. He climbed onto the sofa with her. "I'm sorry Lisa. I didn't realize my science book was causing you so much trouble."
"No, it's not your fault Lincoln. I shouldn't have reacted to so strongly to such pathetic mockeries. It's just, hearing them say such horrible things and having them laugh at me, it...well,it hurt. It really hurt my feelings."
"That's the whole point of it Lisa. They were trying to hurt your feelings. That's what bullies do." Lincoln pointed out.
Lisa turned to look her brother in the eye. "How do you do it Lincoln? Whenever someone makes fun of you or mocks your choices, you never that much worse for wear."
Lincoln thought about it for a second. "I guess I just don't let it get to me. I'm pretty comfortable with who I am so it doesn't hurt when people insult me."
"Well, I suppose I'm not completely comfortable with myself than." Lisa admitted." It's just, everyone was treating me like some kind of child."
"Lisa, you are a child." He pointed out.
"I know, but I've always tried to be more than that. Ever since I've joined the scientific community, I've tried to show my maturity. To make it so people see me as an equal and not look down on me. And in one swift move I've flushed it all down the proverbial toilet"
Lincoln patted her on the back soothingly. "Lisa, I know you want them to see you as being mature, but it shouldn't matter to you what those guy's think."
"What do you mean?"
"You shouldn't need to worry about them seeing you as mature. Sure, you might not be as old as them, but look at what you've done. You made a living trash monster, you cured a variant of strep throat, you have a NOBEL PRIZE, and trust me, I did my research on those things, they don't give those to just anybody. Any scientist worth their lab coat should respect you. If if they don't, well maybe their just not that smart."
Lisa wiped her face. "You're right. I can't allow Phineas to simply get away with this! Lincoln I will need you to escort me back to the university."
"Sure thing Lis."
"Um, I will also be needing some change for the bus."
And thus ends chapter 2. This is the second part to this 3 part story. I really wanted to try and get across Lisa's pain. Sure, she's and accomplished scientist with a lot of accomplishments but she's also 4 years old. Please, let me know what you think and provide some feedback.