Moving
Hey everyone, just the normal disclaimer... I don't own anything about this series, I just love it.
Maddy's POV
It was now Friday. Rhydian and I hadn't spoken since Tuesday. He'd even switched desks to avoid sitting next to me – whenever he glanced at me, he looked worried, almost as if he thought I was going to go to pieces and he'd have to stick me back together with glue. When I saw his new 'look' directed at me, I would always scowl and roll my eyes; did he seriously think I was that devastated by his leaving? At this point, my brain would whisper, yes, of course you're shattering apart inside you ninny, just make sure he doesn't see that.
"Mads? Mads!" Shannon's persistent voice pulled me back into the chemistry lab – the last class of the day, hallelujah. "Were we meant to add the magnesium to the hydrochloric acid or heat it, then add it to the acid?" She was frowning, glancing quickly between the metal and the solution. "Well?"
I just shrugged; since I hadn't been paying attention either, my input would probably be less than helpful. I couldn't help but wonder... this was Friday. And on Fridays, Rhydian always came over for dinner. Would he come, or just ditch us prematurely? I glanced over at his blonde head bowed over the experiment he was working on with Tom. I sighed, and Shan noticed.
"Are you ok Mads? You haven't been acting like yourself at all these past few days..." This speech trailed off as she dropped the magnesium in the acid and there was a small explosion. We both squeaked in surprise and hopped back, Shannon flapping her hands like a puffin flaps its wings as it flies – ie. stupidly. I clamped down a laugh and automatically shot a wide smile at Rhydian who grinned back. All at once we both seemed to notice that we were communicating again and Rhydian immediately focused closely on what appeared to be a stain on the desktop.
The chemistry teacher came bustling clumsily towards us, flapping her hands – very like Shannon actually - and readjusting her overlarge glasses. "Girl, girls... Oh dear, oh dear..." As a result of Shan's little 'accident' as the teacher called it, we were both stuck in school cleaning up well after everyone else had left for the day, which left me anxiously watching the clock tick ever closer to 5pm and dinner.