Parents of Circumstance

Chapter 3: The Bull straight from the Horses Mouth

Blossom looked at her schedule of classes for the first semester, it was divided into five periods (or bands), A, B, E, C, and D respectively on day one. On day two A and B switched places and C, and D switched places. All of the periods were 1hr ten minutes long except E which was 35 minutes. School started at 8:50 with ten minute locker breaks in between classes, except between B/A and E which was only five minutes, while lunch break was a whole hour. Blossom squeezed her eyebrows together grunting as she was remembering all this to much thinking for the first day of school she thought. Despite still searching for her first class she knew all this because she'd read the information booklet which had come with her schedule and map of the school, unfortunately she'd forgotten the map, But fortunately the rooms were numbered in order and she had been able to find her class room without much trouble. The warning bell rang as she opened the door and stepped in. Her first class was science, and the room looked it. There were ten octagon shaped tables with four chairs each, at the front of the class was a large platform counter with a large flat mirror hanging over it at an angle which displayed a top down view of the counter top. In the corner was a metal desk with a new computer and a number of photos and papers on the top. She stood in the door way and spotted Will sitting at the table reading a book directly across from her at the end of the row. She went over and sat in one of the chairs to his right. "What are you reading?" she asked him.

"It's a novel" he replied "about General Montgomery."

"Really?", Blossom asked trying to sound interested. "Hey how did you get here so long before me?"

"I went to the orientation last week" he replied

Finally the final bell rang and a voice came over the PA system, "greetings students this is Principle Picken, I would request everyone to please stand for the national anthem. Everyone stood, though Will seemed reluctant to do so but he stood. The music was playing over the speakers and drifted and echoed throughout the class room. "Greetings", the Principle said "and welcome back to school."

Buttercup let out an exasperated sigh as she slumped in her desk, she didn't even listen to the principle's much rehearsed back to school welcome speech, she was thinking about how much of a pain it would be to adjust to this new school, but a new voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Hello class, I'm Mr Beefo, I will be teaching you math this semester."

Buttercup rolled her eyes, what else would you be teaching in a math class. She tuned him out and looked at the desk to her right, Mandy sat there with her feet up on the desk and her legs crossed, she sat slouched with her arm crossed, her face was expressionless.

"Now class," Mr Beefo continued "go put your bags in your lockers and stand outside them to move to the auditorium for a special presentation." Some students groaned but did as they were told, they had been assigned lockers, their locker numbers were on their schedule but they had to provide their own locks.

Buttercup went to her locker and stuffed her bag into it, Mandy had her locker just to the right of hers. After a few minutes Mr. Beefo came out and escorted them to the auditorium. The auditorium was easily the largest room in the school, the sign above the door said "Max 1500" so far a quarter of the auditorium had been filled, with the rest filling up fast. Mr Beefo lead them to the centre of the front row. The stage floor was made of polished ash and the curtains were maroon with white frills on the bottom. The room was silent, all that could be heard was the sound of shuffling feet as the students found their seats. Finally a person in a navy blue suit and a red silk tie and handkerchief strode onto the stage.

"Greetings students", he began "and once again welcome back, I'm Vice Principle Mcnbeer and today I will be talking to you about our goals for the year", he paused "but before I do we have an Important speaker from the Adolescent Parent Protection Agency. A murmur went through the audience and every one had looks of puzzlement and interest.

A man in his mid thirties walked onto the stage, he had his dark black hair gelled back and wore a cheap black suit and a dark blue clip on bow tie, which Buttercup didn't think existed. He stepped up to the podium and all the stage lights winked off, after a seconds pause a spotlight focused on him. "Greetings students of Endsville High", he began "I'm sure you've all heard this about premarital sex and not to do it." The students groaned knowing they'd heard this lecture over and over again. "In fact", the man continued "according to statistics at least two girls in this school will have premarital sex and get pregnant. This leads to humiliation and neglect, while you experience the trials of parenthood at to young an age. Well students I'm here to tell you that it's okay!" a look of shock and puzzlement came over everyone in the auditorium including the teachers and Mandy. "Because", the man continued "the agency will help and support you in that time of great need. You'll get tutors, specialized housing that will allow for the child's father to take care of you girls. This and many other things will save you from rejection and humiliation. Keep in mind that this can happen to anyone of you, he pointed at Buttercup even you.

"You're out of your mind" Buttercup said furiously

"No", the man said "I'm quite sane, it's can happen to you as easily as it could happen to her", he said pointing at Mandy

Mandy became enraged "I would never permit such a thing" she fumed

"Or me" Buttercup added

"Well", the man said "they say the ones that deny it most are the ones who it is most likely to happen to." He returned his attention to the student body "for more information pick up the pamphlets on your way out, and I look forward to speaking to your parents tonight." So without another word he left the stage, leaving Buttercup and Mandy with smoke coming out of their ears.

I Realize that this chapter is short compared to the others, but it is one of the most important duh duh duuuuuuuhhhh. I will be uploading the fourth and fifth chapter very soon, but I still have to type up six and seven.