Aisha was really annoyed by the class already. She was smart, probably smarter than all of the children in the room combined, so she found it a little irritating that the teacher would say a word like 'bumblebee' was difficult and that they would have to take their time with each letter as they put it into a sentence. Of course he explained what a bumblebee was, probably for the kids that had never been outside before, so everyone would know how to put it into a sentence.
Writing down on the paper in front of her, she wrote down: The bumblebee is a member of the genus Bombus, and the family Apidae. That made her grin a little bit since it would really show the teacher what it meant to underestimate her. Sure she couldn't beat him to a pulp yet, but that didn't mean that she couldn't prove that she wasn't a force to be reckoned with. Of course, she still had to remain undercover, so she could just say she read it in a nature book and remembered it. Normal kids read nature books right? Thinking about that, she looked around and saw that there were actually kids struggling with what to write. Was it really that hard to write a sentence?
About five minutes passed before the teacher stood up and called for the papers to be passed up. Taking the papers of the kids behind her and getting a quick glance at the one on top, she was surprised to find one filled with hearts and flowers, as well as the bumblebee sentence: My heart flutters like a bumblebee. Talk about weird. Giggling a little bit, she passed the papers forward.
The teacher gave them free time while he looked over the sentences, as long as they stayed in their seats and just as she expected, she was flooded by a barrage of more questions. Who's bright idea was it to put her in the middle again? Trying to settle down the kids around her, she managed to get them to calm down enough to ask questions one at a time, which relieved her to a point. The first one was a boy a little taller than she was, which irked her since he was two years younger than her.
"Is that your real hair color? I've never seen anyone with blue hair before." It was obviously the question most of the kids wanted to know since the teacher hadn't allowed it before but now that it was free time, they could ask.
Giving a small sigh, she explained precisely why her hair was blue, and that it was completely natural with no dye at all. The explanation seemed to fly over a lot of the kids' heads but one or two seemed to be able to keep up, which made her happy since she wasn't the only smart kid in the class. After a few more questions, she felt like it was her turn to ask some of her own questions. Looking to the girl to her left, she said. "What's Mr. Trencino like? Do you know him outside of school?"
The little girl smiled a little bit before saying. "He's really nice and isn't boring at all! He really knows how to make learning fun! My Kindergarten teacher was really boring, but Mr. T is really fun. I don't know him outside of school though. I wonder where he lives.."
That's precisely what I intend on finding out. Aisha thought as she took in what the girl said. So he has fun with the kids and none of them seemed to harbor any ill will towards him but that didn't mean he was a good guy. He was probably trained to be deceptive.
Looking to her right, at the boy who had asked her what it was like in Florence, she said. "So no one knows about Mr. Trencino outside of school? What about his hobbies or likes?" To her these were perfectly good questions but the kids seemed to recieve them a different way.
"You're asking a lot about Mr. T, could it be you have a crush on him?" Aisha's eyes grew wide at that claim and before she could stop it, even more joined in. "Wow, now there are two girls who have a crush on Mr. T! Good luck Aisha! Do your best!"
Words of encouragement filled the room and even the teacher caught wind of it. Chuckling a little bit, he said to the very embarrassed Aisha. "Sorry Aisha, but I'm afraid I can't return your feelings. Don't be discouraged though, there are plenty of handsome guys out there." Aisha wanted to pound him into the ground so bad but she knew that was the worst thing she could do right now. Holding in her anger, her eyes teared a little and once more the kids took it the wrong way.
"Aww, Mr. T made her cry! There there Aisha, there's plenty of fish in the sea!" More words of encouragement followed and she just covered her face with her hands and laid her head on the desk. The kids seemed to take the hint, though they thought she was just sulking over getting turned down. Aisha on the other hand, was thinking. Triela was right..Kids are annoying!