A/N

Sorry for the ridiculous delay… I just lost inspiration for this one, but I got it back! Sorry if it's not up to par but I thought you guys deserved something.

To say the week so far had been an insane one for Merlin would be an understatement. So far Merlin had taken three tests, turned in two projects and was about to take another test in his physics class, but for once, he felt ready. Grinning, Merlin set his backpack down and sat down in his desk.

"What are you so happy about?" Gwaine grumbled.

"I am so ready for this test!" Merlin exclaimed, grinning.

"Smarty pants," Gwaine grumbled and Merlin grinned cheekily.

"Well if you'd studied…" Merlin teased. Gwaine stuck out his tongue just as the bell rang and Mrs. P called,

"So today we have an opportunity to excel…" A loud bell interrupted her followed by an announcement over the loudspeakers,

"This is a lockdown, teachers lock all your doors, this is not a drill." All at once everyone started talking in loud voices and Merlin had to stifle his laughter. Not even two weeks ago there had been a lockdown because of a 'bomb threat' which in the end had turned out to be a false alarm, and as bad as it was, Merlin couldn't help but wonder if once again it was a false alarm.

"Do you think if we all act really scared Mrs. P will call off the test?" Gwaine asked looking bright eyed after Mrs. P had gone outside momentarily. Elaine, the girl sitting next to Merlin shouted,

"I'm too scared to take the test!"

"I can't take it either!" Gwaine exclaimed.

"I'm half expecting for an evacuation to be called halfway through the test," Merlin commented and Elaine sighed,

"I hope so." Merlin rolled his eyes laughing as Mrs. P walked in saying,

"So as I was saying, we're going to take a test today!"

"But I can't take it! I'm too scared!" Elaine exclaimed, followed loudly by most of the class, including Gwaine. Merlin rolled his eyes as Mrs. P handed out the test, much to Gwaine's annoyance. Merlin was able to finish the test with relative ease and was able to catch up on reading, while Gwaine scrambled to finish his test.

After class, Merlin was not surprised to discover that everyone was talking about the lockdown.

"Anyone know why they called it?" Merlin loudly asked, throwing down his backpack.

"Yea, apparently there was a homeless man on campus," Arthur informed them.

"How do you know this?" Gwaine asked.

"My dad is the head of the police," Arthur said slowly.

"Right…" Gwaine replied, looking embarrassed. Merlin burst out laughing and sat down next to Arthur.

"Anything interesting happen in your class?" Merlin asked, still laughing.

"We just continued class as usual," Arthur replied shrugging.

"Gwaine was terrified," Merlin informed Arthur, loudly enough for Gwaine to hear.

"I was not!" Gwaine exclaimed indignantly, Elyan and Percival snickering behind his back, "He's lying!"

"But I can't take it! I'm too scared!" Merlin shouted in a poor imitation of Gwaine's voice.

"I only said that to get out of the test!" Gwaine exclaimed.

"Sure you did," Merlin agreed sarcastically, causing Arthur to burst out laughing. Gwaine glared at Merlin as he continued to laugh.

"Anyone else think that all these lockdowns are starting to get ridiculous?" Elyan asked no one in particular.

"One of these days when it's actually a serious threat no one will listen," Gwaine agreed, happy to change the subject, "then we'll all die and a movie will be made all about it and they'll call it um… 'The Administrators Who Cried Lockdown!'" Merlin burst out laughing along with everyone else and agreed,

"Yep, we'll all be dead, but there will be a movie made about us."

"Isn't that what life's all about? Living a short but epic life and have a movie made about you?" Gwaine asked, grinning cheekily.

"You only live once, so if you die oh well," Percival added. Arthur rolled his eyes chuckling.

"You guys do that; I'll live a nice long happy life ok?" Merlin informed them.

"Ditto," Arthur agreed.

"You guys are no fun!" Gwaine exclaimed.

"I like living," Arthur corrected.

"What do you think Evan?" Gwaine asked poking their freshman friend.

"I'm trying to read here," Evan grumbled, bending over to read.

"Romeo and Juliet?" Gwaine asked.

"Yes, now leave me alone!" Evan exclaimed.

"Here, I'll just give you a quick summary, everyone dies! The end!" Evan rolled his eyes and grumbled,

"Yea, I figured, Paris just died."

"Who killed him?" Arthur asked.

"Jul… Romeo, I meant Romeo!" Evan exclaimed.

"What happened to Romeo after he killed Paris?" Arthur quizzed.

"I don't know," Evan sighed, "his parents yelled at him…"

"That's not in the play," Lancelot laughed.

"It happened off stage," Gwaine declared, causing everyone to laugh.

"Yea, that's it," Merlin agreed rolling his eyes. His friends where ridiculous sometimes.

"Yea, then his parents grounded him, no electronics for a month!" Evan declared.

"Which Romeo and Juliet are you reading?" Arthur asked.

"I can see you're teachers' reaction now, 'did you even read the book?'" Gwaine agreed.

"I'll tell her my so called friends helped me study," Evan confirmed.

"Just mention Gwaine, she'll understand," Elyan added. Merlin sometimes wondered why Evan even hung out with them, maybe it was because Merlin and Arthur where there, or maybe he actually enjoyed the insanity.

"Hey!" Gwaine shouted, "I know the book!"

"Yea? So… what happens to Horatio?" Arthur asked, eyebrows raised.

"Umm… he dies?" Gwaine replied, unsure.

"Wrong, he's not even in Romeo and Juliet," Arthur corrected, "He's in Hamlet and doesn't even die."

"I knew that!" Gwaine hurriedly exclaimed, "I just umm… was testing you!"

"Yea… testing us," Merlin agreed, snickering slightly, "it's not like you nearly flunked freshman year or anything."

"Hey, I passed!" Gwaine corrected.

"Yea, with straight D's," Elyan muttered. School and Gwaine just did not mix very well.

"I'll have you know I only got a D in foods," Gwaine declared looking smug.

"Yea, how do you fail a class where you only have to attempt to cook to pass?" Arthur asked.

"I slept most the time," Gwaine explained shrugging.

"That explains it."

"Why are you in Physics if you hate school so much?" Elyan asked skeptically.

"My mom insists that I can't get into a good collage unless I take physics," Gwaine groaned.

"Weren't you planning on going to a Junior college?" Arthur asked.

"Exactly my point!' Gwaine exclaimed. Merlin couldn't help but laugh and Gwaine glared at Merlin, "stop showing off Mr. four point o." Merlin shrugged, grinning cheekily.

"He might even become Val Victorian," Lancelot added.

"Of course!" Gwaine exclaimed.

"Just face it Gwaine, Merlin is more awesome then you," Arthur declared.

"Yea Mr. also possibly going to be Val Victorian," Leon grumbled.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Gwaine exclaimed.

"But you're blond!" Lancelot exclaimed, "Blonds can't be smart!"

"The school was desperate," Merlin replied, shrugging.

"They must be, they chose you to," Arthur retorted. Merlin grinned and rolled his eyes. Things never got boring around here.

End Notes

Half of these conversations happened with my friends or family… how I've managed ti stay mostly sane is beyond me. Let me know what you thought!