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CHAPTER 3

Jake and Rose entered their homeroom class to find Trixie and Spud already there and talking about something. "If you add olive oil to smashed baked potatoes then they will taste a whole lot better, or maybe you should bake them before you smash them, otherwise it would be difficult to bake them, or maybe they would be easier to bake if you smash them first", Spud rambled away, lost in this thoughts. "No Spudinski, I hate those baked potatoes-smashed or unsmashed. Why in the world are you telling this thing to me?" Trixie asked a bit annoyed.

Jake and Rose went and stood beside his friends. "Hey guys, whatup? I want to introduce you to Rose, she is new here. So Rose, this is Trixie and Spud, my partners in crime." Jake introduced them with a bit of flourish. Spud and Trixie smirked.

Both of them shook hands with Rose.

Just as they were settling down on the chairs behind spud and Trixie, Rotwood entered the class and said, "Good Morning hoodlums, sit down quietly and do not dare to utter a single word and disturb my peaceful yet intellectually benefitting thoughts." Rotwood warned a handful of students present in the class.

"Yo, why is Rotwood taking our homeroom period? Sometimes it seems as if he specifically takes all those classes I am in." Jake asked frustrated. "Actually, I heard something about a suspension and layoff so I am guessing that's why Rotwood is here" Spud turned back and replied to Jake.

"Why are you so annoyed by Rotwood, he seems like a nice enough person" Rose asked. "Nice enough? Believe me Rose that guy doesn't have a single nice bone in his body" Jake grumbled. "Pardon our Jake here Rose, Rotwood is constantly on Jake's case and just refuses to give him a break" Trixie explained to a confused Rose.

"Mr Long, another word and you will be sent to detention." Rotwood threatened.

"Now you see, this is what I was talking about" Jake said under his breath to Rose who simply nodded. He then proceeded to put his head on his hands and closed his eyes. Rose stared at the sleeping boy next to her and found her heart skipping a beat. He was so peaceful when he slept, Rose noticed that there were dark circles under his eyes and his face looked a bit haggard. "Why does he look so tired?" Rose asked herself but then brushed it off thinking that maybe he worked at a part time job or something.

Rose pulled out a book and resumed reading the novel which she had started the previous night.

After sometime she heard Jake whispering. Rose turned her head to the side thinking that he must be talking to her but his head was turned to the other side and he was furiously whispering something to uh,-someone? Rose couldn't understand exactly what he was saying but he suddenly jumped out of his seat and ran from the class.

Rose stared bewildered at his rapidly retreating form and then heard Rotwood happily call out to him-"detention for you today Mr Long."

"What happened? Why did Jake just leave like that?" Rose asked in a hushed whisper to Trixie and Spud in the front bench. "Uh Bathroom maybe?" Trixie tried to explain Rose. "Yeah! That's entirely possible actually, boys bladders can hold a lot less.." spud tried to explain, but then Trixie said, a bit grossed out "Shut up spud, that sentence, thought and mental image is just nasty."

Rose could certainly agree with Trixie's sentiments. But she still thought that Jake's behaviour was a bit odd. But she ignored it for the time being and resumed her reading; she would simply ask him later.

-BACK AT GRAMPS SHOP-

Jake flew in from the window in his dragon form and then dragoned down. What he saw shook him to the core.

The whole shop was smashed and Jake was eerily reminded of huntsman's actions on the homecoming night and then a horrific thought crossed his mind-what if the huntsman was back?

Jake forced himself to calm down and think logically and rationally- the huntsman couldn't ever be back so who or what had done this?

Fu came out from the back room and said "we have problems Jake!"

As if Jake couldn't see that.

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