Okay, I am hopefully going to get this all up and completed by today. So stick with me and there will be a huge COMPLETED on the summary.
Which means, there probably isn't going to be a lot of chapters which is a shame since I really like this story.
So, hey, along with Chapter 2.
Chapter 2
It wasn't until after lunch that I saw Casey again, actually nearing the end of lunch.
I was about to got and get him from the football field when he came running out of nowhere and collided with me.
'Sorry, shit, sorry.' He cried.
'Hey, you okay?' I asked as I turned back around after regaining my balance and we walked back into the building.
He let out a shaky breath but didn't answer and I didnt press it any further. We walked into the building and saw Stokely, looked like it was girl clumsiness today as she had just walked backwards into Stan.
I held my breath to see what she would say, but just like her, she made a snidy remark, 'get a fucking eye dog.'
Stan sighed and replied with a 'maybe if you didn't paint your fucking eyes shut.'
Me and Casey walked past him and followed Stokely into Mr Furlongs Science Room.
As soon as Casey walked in however, he became excited, 'Mr Furlong.'
'Present,' the teacher announced.
I took a look around the class and saw Zeke smirking at me, I swallowed and saw MaryBeth approach Stokely.
'Wanna be lab partners?' She asked.
Stokely didnt say anything and MaryBeth sat down anyway, 'I didn't you know you were a lesbian.' I rolled my eyes at that, the damn hoax thing Stokely had going on was pretty old. It didnt work as a cover, not really, it was just ammunition for Delilah and her pack of hyenas to bully her more.
I walked up to Stokely and sat down on the desk in front of them, turning to say, 'she aint a lesbian.'
MaryBeth looked confused but then turned back to Stokely to say, 'be one. Please. Fly free.'
'Look, you were right about me, her and Casey are the only kinda friends I have but I like it that way, okay? Being a lesbian is just my security.'
MaryBeth glanced from me to Stokely but I didnt answer and kept my head forward trying to work out what Casey was saying.
I didn't miss the question MaryBeth asked though or the rude reply Stokely came up with.
A group of people were now huddling around Mr Furlong and Casey to ponder around what Casey had found.
I would have thought Casey would have mentioned something about it earlier, but he seemed freaked by whatever had him running earlier.
So, I stood up and walked towards them.
'Certain mesozoan only exist in the kidney of certain squid and octopi.' Mr Furlong stood up straight from the microscope and said, 'which doesn't make sense because-'
'This is Ohio,' Casey finished.
'Right.' Mr Furlong said before leaning down again to look through the microscope. He poked it with a small metal, dental like pole, 'It's a pelagic organism.'
'What's pelagic?' I recognised Gabe's voice and looked up to see him stood next to Stokely now.
Before anyone could answer, that cocky voice told him. That cocky voice that belonged to that gorgeous boy who just made my stomach do flipsies.
I forgot he was in the room.
'A sea-dwelling organism.' He said from his desk at the back. One of a few who hadn't yet found interest in this thing at the front.
Mr Furlong looked up again while I turned to him, but he was looking at his desk, poking it with his pen. 'Exactly.'
'But I dont recognise this surface tissue at all. Casey,' he stood again and faced Casey, 'I don't want to blow smoke up your butt, but I think you found a new species.'
I raised my eyebrows and held onto his arm, wow.
Gabe scoffed though and said, 'yeah, right.'
'Hey, it can happen!' Mr Furlong defended him, 'new species are discovered every day. Dont be so cynical.'
Just then, I felt a hand on my lower back. I looked round and saw Zeke making his way through, he didnt look down at me but kept his hand at my lower back so it tingled as he asked, 'could it be gnathostomulida?'
'No.' Zeke removed his hand and I frowned at myself for actually wanting it there. I perched my glasses higher up my nose and watched as Zeke took over the microscope adjusting it. 'They escaped detection till the mid-20th century.'
MaryBeth hovered beside me and leaned over grinning, 'well, you just know everything.'
I narrowed my eyes a little, feeling a little flirty for the bad boy druggie are Miss MaryBeth Louise Hutchinson of Atlanta? Bitch.
I was shocked at myself, but hey, she has been here for one day and already knows who she has dibs on?
Zeke looked at her and narrowed his eyes a little, he glanced at me but I was looking at the organism still.
'I'm a contradiction,' I heard him say.
'Check the mesodermic follicles on its underbelly.' Mr Furlong instructed.
Casey felt left out, I felt him squirm by the people who were now ALL surrounding it and asked, 'what does that mean?'
Mr Furlong took the microscope back while answering him, 'it means, we gotta call the university, let them take a look, maybe get in on some of that federal grant money.'
He looked up suddenly, 'our secret.' And I smiled.
He picked it up and placed it on a tray.
'Hey, Stokely, maybe it's from you and your other freaks planet.' He said directing the insult at me and Casey too.
'Blow me, blood fart.' Stokely said as me and Casey simultaneously said, 'hey.' That was the best we could muster, Stokely always had a fast tongue though. (Dirty minded people, keep thoughts to yourself.)
Stokely pushed Gabe who knocked into some water, causing it to spill over the organism. It moved. I gasped along with some others.
'Whoa, did you see that?' Casey asked.
We all knelt down to get a better look and I felt a familiar hand on my lower back again. I took no notice and asked, 'What is it doing?'
It was still moving. Nobody answered my question, it wasnt like I was expecting them to and rolled my eyes at Mr Furlongs, 'Ca Ching.'
He picked the tray up and began moving to the back of the classroom. I stood up causing Zeke's hand to fall off as he walked behind me, 'so you think it's amphibian?'
'Well, water resuscitated it.' Mr Furlong replied.
Casey stepped in front of me now, 'yeah, but couldn't this kill it?'
'Yeah, you dont wanna drown it.' I put in.
Dipping the tray so the organism slipped off and putting in a quick, 'one way to find out,' Mr Furlong, along with the rest of the class watched as it was enveloped in water.
I moved behind, shooting daggers at MaryBeth who had moved close to Zeke, I didn't dislike her. Shit, he wasn't even mine. But, it annoyed me how she can be here for a day and aquire his attention.
I have been here for five, plus an extra year with him, and all I get is his signiture smirks and shit eating grins.
I watched, and my eyes widened when it mutated in the water.
The class jerked back a little and Mr Furlong comforted us by saying, 'its alright, its okay.'
Casey was watching with extreme fascination though, it was scary.
'Mr Furlong, what are you doing?' Gabe asked. That brought me out of my somewhat stupor and looked up at Mr Furlong putting a white glove on his hand.
'Im just gonna check it's prostrate. Actually, the surface texture changed, so I want to feel it.'
'Wait,' I said, 'you are gonna touch that thing?'
'Come on Carley,' Zeke said from next to me, 'what is it gonna do? Eat his hand off?'
I shot him a look and there it is again, his stupid cocky smirk.
I looked away. I watched closely along with the others as Mr Furlong very nearly grasped it but it slithered away when suddenly, there was two!
I felt sick now, I honestly didnt care what this was. Science was never really for me. Numbers was always for me. Maths was good, simple. You are always confirmed an answer.
Mr Furlong joined everyone else by looking at it with wonder now, 'it can replicate. Jesus.'
Suddenly, he brought his hand out of the water. Red lined some water and the rest of his finger.
'Ah fuck!' He cursed and everyone jumped. 'Goddamn it!' He calmed and looked around while inspecting his finger, 'I'm okay.'
'Eat his hand off huh?' I couldnt help but smirk back at Zeke who shook his head and smiled at me.
I then looked over at Casey who said, 'it has teeth. Where did it get teeth?'
Point. Where the hell did it get teeth? It looked like a helpless little wormy thing under the scope, but now, it was like water was it's salvation. It's nutrient.
Mr Furlong didnt answer, 'I'm gonna call the university.'
I swallowed and walked away from it. I couldnt look at it anymore. When is Math's class?
