BPOM chapter 2;
The next day, I went to school with Morty. I had stayed up all night, studying the English language and how the world worked. I hoped I was better at English now.
We sat in math class with Mr. Goldenfold.
"Pass these papers back please." He asked the front students. I sat near the back with Morty. As I took a paper and handed the rest back, my eyes flicked through the equations. I put my name at the top, and began. The questions were easy. Five times five? Twenty five. Three times six? Eighteen. I finished the questions within five minutes, and handed them to Mr. Goldenfold. He checked them all before handing me another piece of paper with different sums on it. I took it back to my desk. Fractions. Easy.
During recess, Morty had disappeared somewhere, so I sat in the cafeteria with Summer.
"Sooooo, what species are you?" She asked, taking a bite of her sandwich.
"I don't know what you would call it on Earth, but I am a species of aquatic, human-like creatures. We can breathe both in and out of water. The males of my species have spikes on their tales and a small frill around their neck. I guess you could say we look like lizards." I explained. "But strangely, we don't have cold blood, though we have scales, and lay eggs." Summer gazed at me for a while.
"So, how fast can you learn?" She asked me.
"No one knows for sure, but we are among some of the smartest species in the known universe." I smiled. "For example, last night, I started looking at algebra and geometry. It's quite simple actually." I showed Summer a page from my work book, displaying several solved equations.
"Oh wow..." She looked at me with amazement as the bell rang, signifying it was time for the next class.
"Iv'e got to go." I waved to her as I left, heading towards my cooking class.
"Hey Dad!" I called to Dad as I shut the front door behind me. I heard a squeaking noise coming from upstairs. "What's that noise?" I asked.
"You don't want to know." He replied. I sat at the table next to him.
"So Dad, guess what I learned today." I said, smiling at Dad.
"What?" He asked grumpily.
"That there is no animal on Earth like me!" I exclaimed. "And also, I learned how to boil an egg, but that's beside the point."
"Wow. How EXCITING." Dad replied sarcastically.
"You know Grandpa, she's learning this stuff for the first time. Could you be a little more sympathetic?" Summer asked Dad.
"No Summer, I couldn't. I'll be happy when she learns something IMPRESSIVE, like -Uurrp- how to create concentrated dark matter or something."Well, I knew what I was doing tonight. I headed into Summer's room, put on headphones, and turned on some music while I searched for concentrated dark matter online.
That night, Rick was out with Summer, while Morty looked after a small male Gazorpazorp. I hadn't found anything online about concentrated dark matter, so I decided to search Dad's garage for the answer. I looked through a few cupboards and stacks of papers, but found nothing. I opened the last cupboard and found a safe. It must have been Dad's, but I didn't know the pass code. I sat there for a while, thinking about how I could get into the safe without damaging it. I then remembered seeing a UV light torch in one of Dad's cupboards. I took it out and turned it on, pointing it towards the safe. UV light could detect blood, urine, semen and saliva on surfaces where it may have been left... And sure enough, there it was. Saliva on four buttons of the safe. Judging from the amount of saliva on each button, I put in the combination, 1 * 5 3. The safe popped open.
"Yes!" I whispered excitedly. I took a look inside and sitting right on top was a large folder marked, "Top Secret". I opened it up and flicked through, searching for any information on concentrated dark matter. "Here it is." I whispered, taking a piece of paper in my hand. It had the complete equation and solution on it. I rushed out of the garage and into the kitchen to find some paper and a pen. Eventually I found both, and scribbled down the equation and solution. I then rushed back to the garage and put the paper back in it's spot. I was finally aware of my adrenaline rush when I put the folder back in the way I found it and closed the safe. I giggled and smiled as I went back to my paper, to see Dad looking at it.
"What the...?!" He looked at me, holding the paper in his hand. "How did you..?" He asked, looking surprised. I looked down at the ground.
"I ran a UV light over your safe and entered the combination..." I confessed. I looked up at Dad, and he looked back at me, staring for a while. He scrunched up the paper in his hand and walked past me.
"I'd expect no less from my daughter." He said, as he shut himself into the garage. I smiled, now knowing where the level of expectation sat. I went to bed, feeling happy, knowing I'd made my Dad proud.