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Chapter 8 ½: January Part 2
When April and Katelyn walked into my math class the next day, they were deep in discussion.
"Ah, you know the muscles that people have on stomach?" April asked Katelyn.
Katelyn nodded. "You mean abs?"
"Yeah, that," April grinned. "I find out that Bob have some, I did not think so. They are not really… you know, big?"
"Developed?" Katelyn supplied.
"Yeah, but I do not want really big, you know? Just enough to have them there. I did not think he have any," April told her.
Katelyn smirked. "Well, there's another reason for you to like him, April."
"Ah na!" April frowned. Obviously she'd told Katelyn about her 'encounter' with Bob. "I not like that guy, he too…strange…"
Katelyn snickered. "You're not exactly normal yourself, Ape."
Suddenly, they both seemed to realize something and turned around to face me. I sat there and smirked. "Oh, don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
Their eyes widened. "Please don't!"
"Darn," Katelyn muttered. "I can't threaten to tell Ms. P you like her anymore."
"No, you can't," I laughed. "But don't worry. I already know that Bob likes April, anyway."
Katelyn and April shot each other shocked looks. April was the first to speak. "What the heck, man? How you know that?"
"I have my sources," I shrugged.
"Sources?" April shrieked. "What do you-"
She was cut off by the rest of the class rushing in just before the bell rang.
The seats had been rearranged so that they were in two rows. Usually, the first row contained these people (in this order): Jessy, Olivia, April, Up and Bob, while the second row contained Adi, Breanne and Katelyn (the first row was longer than the second).
Today, however, Up had chosen to sit two spaces away from Bob, right next to April. Scowling, April moved to the space right next to Bob.
"Why you move?" Up asked, pretending to look sad.
"Bob look lonely," April explained. She then muttered something in Korean.
Up looked startled. "Hey! Mr. B! She call me bad word in Korean, you know!" He mumbled something back in Korean.
"You cannot prove," April said smugly.
I just rolled my eyes. "Both of you, don't speak Korean in class or you will get a discipline slip. And Up, I can't prove that what April said was a bad word, but I assure you that if either of you speak Korean again this white slip will be in your possession." I held up the intimidating form.
"Ah na," Up muttered.
Bob smiled. "Ah, thank you, you wanna sit next to me."
"Me and you friends, you know?" April exclaimed. "Friends do nice thing for each other, and I think you look lonely, so I sit with you. Do you want me move back?"
"No!" Bob yelled. All of us gave him weird looks, so he quickly elaborated, "I mean, I want you sit here so I not lonely, not wangda, you know?"
April smiled a little. "Sure, man."
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Sam grabbed me again and started dragging me.
"Sam?" I hissed. "What the… are you doing?"
"You cansay what the heck, dork," Sam snickered.
"So not the point," I retorted.
Sam cocked an eyebrow. "We're doing some more….should I say, detective work."
"Spying?" I wondered.
"In a sense," She replied airily. "I prefer to think of it as… inventive ways of learning things."
I stared at her. "Sure…"
"Well, we've gotta hide," Sam reminded me, pulling me behind an oversized trashcan.
Rolling my eyes, I reminded her, "You know, we could just ask what's going on."
"Yeah, like they'll tell us," Sam chuckled. "Besides, this is even better than those Korean dramas I got hooked on because of April."
I stared at her. "You watch Korean dramas?"
"They're pretty good, actually," She said, smiling. "Now turn around, you nub, my favorite show is coming on."
I turned around to see Olivia and Tom heading towards us. Quickly, I ducked down as they approached.
"What do you mean, you don't believe me?" Olivia's voice was sugary-sweet, as always. "When have I ever lied to you?"
"Never, but that doesn't mean you can't start now," Tom told her.
Olivia was starting to sound desperate. "Tom, I'm not lying. I really like you!"
"Sure," Tom drew out the word longer than it should be held. "Then why'd you tell Paris that you disliked me? And if I remember correctly, you told her I was annoying and chubby."
"I was in sixth grade!" Olivia protested. "Sixth graders don't know what they're doing."
A short sixth-grader suddenly appeared. "Hey!"
"Get out of here, kid!" Tom tried to be threatening.
The sixth-grader stuck out his tongue. "You don't scare me."
"Sorry, Tom," Olivia told him gently. "But you're not all that scary."
Tom cleared his throat. "Right. Back on topic. I just don't see why you would like me."
"I need someone to balance me out," Olivia explained. "People say I'm too normal, too nice, and you're just weird enough to balance that out, no offense of course. You're also really sweet and actually pretty cute."
"Really?" Tom's face lit up.
"Yeah, of course," Olivia grinned at him, then pecked him on the cheek. "Well, I gotta go, Tom."
Tom grinned. "Sure, see ya in class then."
"Course," Olivia grinned at him as she walked away.
As Sam and I climbed out of our hiding place, we accidentally crashed into two people that had also been hiding behind the opposite trash can.
I brushed myself off. "Katelyn? Davey? What are you two doing here?"
"I think the question is more of what are you two doing here?" Katelyn smirked, her red hair falling in front of her face. "I'm pretty sure it's against school policy for teachers to hide behind trashcans."
"And students," I added.
"Since when has Katelyn ever cared about school policy?" Davey retorted.
Sam nodded her head. "True, she's a great kid in that way." Seeing the look on my face (that showed my remorse towards her words) she quickly added, "But you shouldn't….um….want to break the rules…"
I groaned. "Anyway, why are you here, Davey? Thought you were a good kid!"
"I am!" Davey was quick to answer. Glancing at Katelyn, he explained, "She brought me here."
"That I did," Katelyn confirmed, unfazed. Tugging on Davey's arm, she announced, "Well, guess we better get to class. You tell no one what we did, we tell no one what you did. Agreed? Agreed. Now come on, Davedork, we gotta get to class." She intertwined her fingers with his and pulled him off up the stairs to her class.
I shook my head. "She's so much like you."
"Except she has a bit more of an aversion to getting in trouble," Sam reminded me. "My freshman year, I wouldn't have cared if teachers caught me skipping class."
Thinking it through, I finally nodded. "Katelyn has stricter parents, though."
"True," Sam grinned an adorable grin. "My mom couldn't care less about what I did during sophomore year."
"Yeah, isn't that supposed to cause problems later in life?" I glanced at her.
Sam nodded. "Yeah, but I think I turned out okay."
"True," I grabbed her hand. "Now, let's go, before the other teachers start getting suspicious."
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On Boys Beside Girls day, I sat beside Adi (who was too squeamish to sit beside any real high school guy) and across from April, who was between Up and Bob.
Up smiled at her. "Hi, April."
"What you want, man? Why you smile at me? I not want talk with you," April scowled, turning to Bob. "Bob, who does Davey like?"
"Why you want know?" Bob asked, frowning.
April smiled a little. "Ah, Katelyn and Jessy both like him, you know? I will talks with them and tell them if you tell me."
"Ah, I cannot," Bob held up a palm. "I promise Davey I will not tell."
"I just want know, man," April pouted. "Fine, I will not tell peoples."
Bob scowled. "Too bad, I cannot tell."
"Ah, please!" April shrieked. "Ah na. Just want know."
Bob shook his head. "No, cannot tell you. You will go tell peoples."
"Ah, shoot!" April yelled. "I will not."
"You will," Bob shook his head. "Too mafan. I just tell you later maybe."
April calmed herself. "Thanks."
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One day after school, Sam and I were staying late to 'work on our lesson plans'. We were chatting and were about to kiss when Carly burst in.
"Guess what!" She exclaimed.
Pouting slightly, Sam asked, "What?"
"I think Gibby's gonna ask me out!" She squealed. "I heard him chatting with another teacher and he said Carly, like and date in the same sentence!"
A smile broke across Sam's face. "That's great, Carls! Me and Freddo have been waiting for you to hurry up and get a man."
"Yeah, I know!" Carly looked so happy, that I couldn't help that think I was going to kill Gibby if he managed to screw this up.
Which he usually did (you know, screw things up).
Oh, crap.
Haha, hope you liked it! For those of you that don't understand the Korean/ Chinese phrases, here's a translation:
Mafan- craziness, complicated, insane
Ah na- an exclamation, meaning 'oh, man!' or something along those lines
Wangda- isolated
And yes, these phrases are actually used by people at my school, mixed in with English! We also use shala shala (yell at, reprimand), dongxi (stuff), xiexie (Thank you) and others. Hope you liked it, please review and tell me what you thought! Yes, the switching seats scenario with Bob and April really happened. And yes, Bob likes April, and April apparently likes Bob's abs. Nice, April.
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