Just a bit of editing here and there, fix a few typos. Not much has changed. Unfortunately the chapters still aren't as long as I'd like, but oh well.
First class of the day was health with Professor Mordin. I figured it was one of those classes where I could easily just lay my head on my desk and sleep, but the professor proved otherwise. The guy was a salarian, which didn't surprise me, but the way he talked was enough to make my head spin.
"Ah! New student!" Professor Mordin cried when I walked in with Ashley, who gave me a pitiful smile and hurried to her seat. "Human. Seventeen. Smart. Possibly genius. Strong. From… Illinois? Chicago, exactly. Biotic. Engineer. Dreams to be N7. Obvious, due to jacket. Virgin, but has gotten quite far. Gay, but in denial."
My ears flushed with anger and embarrassment as a few classmates chuckled, but the professor turned on them and glared, shutting them up immediately. I was already beginning to hate this school.
I stuffed my hands into my pockets as I took an empty seat near a purple-suited quarian girl, who quickly flicked a paper note to me.
SORRY ABOUT THE PROFESSOR, the note read. HE DOES THAT WITH ALL OF US, LOL. WELCOME TO NORMANDY HIGH!
At the bottom, the quarian signed her name, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, in smooth, curved letters. I drew a little version of her underneath her signature, giving a thumb up and winking. I dropped it to the floor, just beside her feet, which she picked up quickly.
We began passing notes back and forth; the salarian at the front of the class went on about krogan physiology or something, trying to hold back giggles at jokes of how the teacher probably never was laid in his life and things like that.
When I drew a tiny version of the professor being hit in the head with a penis and handed it off to Tali, Professor Solus was at my side immediately, snatching the note from her hand. Both of us sank into our seats, staring at each other with wide eyes. We were so dead.
"Who drew this?"
Tali tried to raise her hand, but I stopped her and said I did, I drew it. I couldn't let someone as innocent as her take the blame. From what she said in her note, she'd never gotten a write up in her entire life in school.
"Detail is great!" he cried. I stared at him incredulously. "Human penis, I take it? Quite large. More than average for human at this scale. Would you mind drawing a model of human reproduction system like this for class next week? Willing to give extra credit."
"I, uh, sure!" I stumbled, grabbing the note from his hands. "No problem!"
Professor Solus smiled and went back to the front of the class, explaining the homework assignment to the entire class. Breathing a sigh of relief, I gave Tali a low five and smiled at her. When the bell rang to release us, the entire class crowded around us to get a look at the picture. I tried to show as many people as possible before the professor herded us outside.
"What do you have next?" Tali asked as Ashley caught up with us in the hall. I introduced Ashley and Tali quickly, pulling out my schedule.
"Human Studies, with Mr. Harper," I replied. The girls flinched and hissed at my response. "What?"
"Mr. Harper is the worst teacher ever," Ashley explained. "He's super pro-human and hates anyone who isn't. He never shuts up about how humans will someday rule the universe and stuff like that. He's a jackass."
"And he assigns thirty pages of bookwork a day," Tali added. "I had him my freshmen year. It was terrible. I wouldn't have had it if it wasn't a mandatory class."
"But, hey, he does pick favourites!" Ash cheerily said, trying to look at the bright side for my sake. "You never know, he might just give you a hundred for being in that class. He did that with Lawson and that girl on the football team."
I shrugged, not very assured. I went downstairs and the girls went upstairs, waving goodbye and promising they'd see me at lunch. I had made some friends already and my first period teacher liked me, so that was something. Who knows, maybe I'm a little too pessimistic about this place.