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"So that means," Mr. Walker said as he wrote the chemical equation on the whiteboard, "because bromine is a diatomic element, and it's by itself, you write a subscript two. Then the equation is essentially finished, well, after you balance it."
Kory sighed. She knew chemistry at this school would be a waste of time. She had taken AP chemistry at her old school was much farther ahead than this class. Unfortunately, this school didn't offer AP chemistry and her counselor insisted on taking the regular course anyway. Kory glanced at the clock mounted above the door. Only two more minutes.
"Since we're almost out of time, how about we wrap things up with a chemistry joke?"
The whole class groaned. Mr. Walker was notorious for his extremely cheesy jokes. "C'mon, c'mon. It's a good one, I promise. Okay. Why did the white bear dissolve in water?"
Then her stomach grumbled. Loudly.
Kory clutched her stomach through her sweatshirt and felt her face heat up. She had slept in and forgot to grab breakfast due to some late night thoughts about a certain brown-haired, blue-eyed boy that kept her up longer than usual. She scanned the room. Thank God, it looks like no one noticed, she thought as she let out a breath of relief.
"No one can even guess?" Mr. Walker pressed.
A half-suppressed chuckle made its way to her ears. Kory turned towards her lab partner.
His purple t-shirt was stamped with the words 'Valley Ridge Varsity Soccer'. His dyed-green hair matched his green eyes that were currently peeking through his hands at her. His lean frame shook with the force of his laughter. Unable to hold it in anymore, he removed his hands from his face, tilted his head back, and let out a long guffaw. Kory stared at him, embarrassed. Finally, his laughter began to quiet down and he regained his composure.
"Would you mind telling us what's so funny, Garfield?" Mr. Walker asked, unamused. Kory turned towards the rest of the class, shocked to find everyone's eyes on them.
"Oh, um," Garfield began. "It's um, your joke! Yeah! Why did the white bear dissolve in water? Because it's a polar bear! Ha, hahaha. That's funny, polar compounds dissolve in water, ha ha."
Mr. Walker beamed at him. "Why thank you Garfield." Did he actually believe that? she wondered.
The shrill ring of the bell sounded through the intercom. Everyone grabbed their bags and headed for the door. Kory followed suit.
"Hey! I'm not done yet!" Mr. Walker yelled as he jumped in front of the exit, trapping the teenagers. "Don't forget that payment for the French field trip is due in a month! If you need more information go find the French teacher, Madame Coleman. Have a nice lunch," he said as he stepped out of the way, letting the hungry juniors into the hallway. Kory made a mental note to speak to Madame Coleman. She was fluent in French, and perhaps a trip with hot foreign men could take her mind off of Robin.
"And don't forget about the test on Friday," Mr. Walker continued. "If I remember correctly, the average of the last test was sixty-seven percent! Very disappointing considering that this is basic chemistry! Do better!"
Kory stepped into the hallway and grabbed her keys from the side pocket of her backpack, not craving cafeteria food. Let's see... a Chipotle bowl sounds really good.. but there was a Noodles on the way here and their pad thai's are absolutely amazi-
Her train of thought was disrupted by someone pulling her arm. She stopped and looked down at the olive-skinned hand gently holding her forearm, and up at the green-haired boy's face. He retracted his hand and smiled awkwardly.
Kory continued walking. She pushed through the front doors and turned towards the parking lot. "Jesus, you walk fast," he said, matching her stride. "I'm sorry, I never had a chance to introduce myself. I'm-"
"Garfield, right?" she said. What do you want?"
"Well, by what I heard back in the classroom, I'm gonna guess that you're hungry," he retorted. Kory glared at him. "So, wanna join me and my friends? We're going to Noodles and Company today, I'm sure you'll find something to eat there," he finished.
"Look," she said. "I'm flattered, but I'm not looking for a relationship right now."
He made some sort of choking sound and started coughing uncomfortably. "Um, me neither... I mean, I am, but not with you. I have a beautiful, sexy girlfriend who I am madly in love with. I was just trying to be your friend."
Garfield stopped. Kory stopped as well and turned to look at him.
"I heard that you... I... You've just had a hard time adjusting to Valley Ridge. We wanted to help out but you seem to have got it covered." He began walking towards the other side of the parking lot and fished out a lanyard from his back pocket. Kory inwardly berated herself for driving away the first person that has shown her kindness since she stepped in the school.
"Wait," she called. Garfield paused again and turned his head. "I'm not very good at this friend thing. I've been to six schools including this one in my three years of high school, and everyone just seemed to hate me. I didn't mean to be rude to you, it's just that whenever people did talk to me, it definitely wasn't to be my friend. Could we just, start over? Also, I'd love to meet your friends."
He shot her a toothy grin. "They'll love to meet you, too."
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"Taylor, enough," Robin said to the shirtless redhead that was currently sucking on his neck. She ignored him and continued her ministrations. Robin groaned and pushed her off of his lap. Taylor pouted.
"Baby, what is it? We've been going at it for like ten minutes and you're not even hard," she said.
Robin began massaging his temple, realizing just how irritating her high-pitched voice was. He needed some sexual relief. Ever since Kory walked into his life and denied him, it was as if someone turned his sex drive up a couple notches to compensate. Everything about her drove him crazy, so, as soon as lunch hour started, he grabbed the first girl that vaguely reminded him of her, and floored it home so he could fuck his troubles away. But Taylor wasn't Kory, and he was only fooling himself thinking he could solve his problems with her by screwing a cheap knockoff.
"I'm sorry Taylor," he said as he buried his face in his hands. "I'm just not into it."
She sat down on the bed next to him on the bed. "Want me to go down on you?" she offered as she ran her hands through his hair.
"No," he said as he swatted her hands away. "This was a mistake."
Taylor's body reared back as if she'd been slapped. The bed creaked with the sudden movement of weight. "Are you fucking kidding me?" she exclaimed. "You really brought me all the way over here to be denied?"
"Do you want me to call you an Uber or something?" Robin said looking up at her. "I don't think I'm going back to school."
Taylor stared at him, her face a combination of shock, anger, and confusion. "You know what? Fuck you." She slipped on the blouse that had been tossed in the corner a couple minutes ago. She grabbed her purse, and Robin thought he saw a tear running down her extremely red face as she exited his room.
Robin felt a little bad, but he was mostly grateful he didn't have to hear that glass-shattering voice anymore. He grabbed his phone, that was discarded near the edge of the bed, and froze when Kory's contact popped up on the suggested list. What am I gonna do about you? he thought. He was now realizing the severity of her effect on him. She had him in a chokehold, and he couldn't breathe.
Robin heard the faint sound of screeching tires in the driveway. He stood up and walked to the window, where he saw a sobbing Taylor dashing down the steps towards a pink Volkswagen Beetle in the mansion's driveway. He was pleasantly surprised at how fast her friends had arrived. Taylor quickly jumped in and shut the door. As the car circled the rotunda, a brunette poked her head out of the passenger window and flicked him off. Robin recognized the girl as Kennedy Robertson, a girl in his history class that happened to have a massive rack. Weird, Robin thought. By all those noises she was making in the back of my car yesterday, I could've sworn she was enjoying herself.
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