G is for Glue
Beck walked into his chemistry classroom with a heavy heart. Jade was his partner, and today would be just like every other when he had chemistry. She always found some way to maim him weather it was lighting his sleeve on fire, spilling her "project" (a perfume that attracted dogs) on him, or, as she had last class, refused to do anything besides sit there and complain, then once he finished the project for that class emptied it down the drain.
He'd asked to switch, but no luck.
Today, when he came in Jade was busy texting. He sat down beside her, and she didn't even look up. Not even when he said "good morning" nicely. She just sat.
So it was going to be option three. Beck was doing the project alone. Well, it sure beat attracting German Sheppard's on his way home from school by stinky steak scents. He'd rather she just ignored him, in fact.
So Beck set to work. This project was to construct high sticking glue with no solution. Easy enough. Beck snapped on a pair of goggles and light his Bunsen Burner. He took one of the test tubes and filled it with water up to its meniscus. Then he got his other ingredients; fast dry cement, three drops of oil, a strip of paper to test, and a pair of gloves. He started to create and mix, and soon his glue was complete.
It was gooey and yellow and probably wouldn't separate. The second he slathered a piece of wood with it and put the other on top, it stuck and did not release. He sat back, happy with his creation, and waited for his teacher to come grade it.
"Thanks," Jade reached out to grab the beaker, and Beck started. She was going to empty it and his work would have been for nothing, just like last class.
"Jade, stop," he reached out and grabbed it, and Jade pulled. The glue came out over the top and spilled over their hands. The text tube fell to the ground.
"No," Beck said quickly, pulling away, but it was too late. Jade came with him.
"Let go, Beck," Jade said, pulling away. But she took his hand. They were stuck together with the permanent glue.
"See what you did?" Beck glowered. "Now where going to be stuck together for God only knows how long."
"What do you mean? Didn't you make a solution? What's wrong with you?"
"No," Beck said angrily. "The assignment was to make a solution-less glue, Jade. Maybe you'd know that if you actually did the project instead of just sitting there and watching me."
"Well," Jade said icily. "Maybe I'd have done the project if you'd been a better boyfriend."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I don't know, just un-stick us!"
"It's impossible!"
"So what are we going to do?"
Beck sighed.
"Didn't you take chemistry last term? The only solution for a solution-less substance is time. And judging by this, it's going to take more than a few minutes."
Beck lifted their interlocked, gluey hands and examined them. The glue had spread on the inside of Jade's palm, and the heel of Beck's hand. Theirs were interlocked, and their fingers connected not unlike the way they held hands when they had dated.
"This is terrible," Jade moaned. "People are going to think we're…together."
"So?" Beck asked.
"So we're not, 0kay Beck? We're not."
There was a moment's awkward pause.
"You let me get to ten," Jade said softly, and Beck looked away. He didn't want to have this conversation, not with her, not now.
"I know," he said. "Sometimes I wonder if it was the right thing to do."
Jade looked away. Glue could only do so much, she was not going to get sentimental. Sure, they were stuck together but that didn't mean she had to talk to him.
"Well obviously it was," Jade snapped. "Haven't you seen how happy I am?"
Beck snorted.
"Yes, obviously. You're always happy, Jade."
"You know what?" she glared at him. "Shut up."
Beck laughed. Because besides sarcastic, angry comments that stabbed him through the heart, he and Jade hadn't talked at all. And judging by the stickiness of their interlocked hands, they'd have a lot of time for conversation throughout the day.
Thank God for glue.
Note: Haha, cute? I hope so…Review, 143!
Sshaw101: Haha, you remember! Omg, that's so cool! And good luck with life!
Anonymous: Haha, a game show I'd like to play!
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