Naia's POV
The rest of the weekend flew by and when Monday came, I wondered why the weekend couldn't be longer.
"You ready Naia!" Gabby called from the living room. "We have to leave or we're going to be late!"
I scrambled around my room, trying to find a sweater to pull over the CFD t-shirt I was wearing. Finally, I found one and hurried out.
"Sorry, I was looking for a sweater," I apologized before grabbing my backpack and following Matt out the door while Gabby locked up.
"It's fine, we just have to walk fast," Matt chuckled.
Once Gabby locked up, I heaved my backpack onto one shoulder and we hurried on our way.
"Glad to see you showed up," Nate joked as I rushed to get everything in order so I'd make it to class on time.
I shot him a look, "Shouldn't you already be on your way to your first class?"
"I was waiting for you," Nate replied and I rolled my eyes.
"What class do we even have?" I wondered out loud.
Nat chuckled, "History."
I sighed, "Followed by science?"
"Yeah. I think we're getting our science tests back," Nate told me and I immediately remembered how I had guessed so many of the questions.
"I already know I didn't do well," I made a face just thinking about the test. "I guessed so many of the questions."
Nate looked over at me, a calm expression on his face, "I'm sure you'll do just fine." We were approaching the history classroom now and I raised an eyebrow.
Before I could speak though, Mrs. Smith quickly ushered us in, telling us we were almost late which was something we already knew so Nate and I took our seats.
After a terrible hour of history, Nate and I were in science class, sitting across the room from each other while Mr. Osgood handed back out the science tests.
I absentmindedly drummed my fingers on the desk while I waited for Mr. Osgood to give my test back. I glanced over at Nate who shot me an encouraging smile. I smiled back and then returned my gaze back to Mr. Osgood who had made his way to my side of the classroom.
When he stopped at my desk, he flipped through the stack of tests in his hand before handing me a piece of paper.
I took a deep breath before looking down at the test.
80%
I immediately felt the tension rush out of my body as I started flipping through the test to see what I had done wrong. Of course, I lost marks for only naming two of the main points of Particle Theory but surprisingly, I guess most of the multiple-choice right.
I flipped through the whole test one more time before Mr. Osgood told us to put them away since he was going to start a new lesson.
While I tucked my test into my agenda, I looked over at Nate who gave me a lopsided grin. I smiled back to try and show that I had done well and I knew if he would have told me "I told you so".
"I told you so," Nate said to me as we were walking to my locker so I could grab my lunch.
I laughed, "I knew you would say that."
As I opened my locker door, a couple of scrap pieces of paper fell out and I bent down to pick them up.
"What are those?" Nate asked as I read what was on them.
Do us a favour and die
Nobody wants a Freak at their school
Sighing, I crumpled them up and tossed them into the back of my locker, deciding that I'd throw them out later.
"Nothing," I replied to Nate's previous questions and grabbed my lunch. "Come on, we have to hurry or else all the tables will be taken."
I knew that Nate wanted to know what those notes said but didn't ask again. Instead, he just nodded and followed me as I headed towards the cafeteria.
"How was school?" Stella asked me as I walked into the firehouse.
I smiled, thinking about my science test, "Pretty good."
"What did you do?" Stella walked with me into the common room.
"Well, I got 80% on my science test," I grinned up at Stella who squealed as soon as she heard what I had said.
Stella smiled proudly at me, "Nice job kiddo!"
"It's a big improvement from the last test," I nodded, "Though I guess practically all of the multiple-choice questions so I'm kind of confused how I got so many of them right."
Stella chuckled, "Now that's some skill right there."
"More like luck," I laughed, in an extremely good mood.
"Well, whatever it was, you did a good job kid," Stella told me and I smiled appreciatively at her.
"Thanks, Stella," I said, "Hey, do you know where Matt and Gabby are?"
Stella pursed her lips, "I'm not exactly sure actually. Try the conference room maybe?"
I thanked Stella for the information and made my way through the halls of the firehouse to the conference room. I could see Matt and Gabby in there along with Chief Boden and Kelly. They didn't seem to be talking about important stuff since they were all laughing and it looked like they were joking around so I tentatively knocked on the door frame.
"Hey Munchkin!" Matt greeted me and waved me in. I went over and gave him and Gabby a hug.
"How was school?" Gabby asked as I took a seat in one of the chairs at the table.
I smiled, "It was good. I got 80% on my science test!"
Immediately, I could see the proud looks on Matt and Gabby's face.
"That's fantastic!" Matt told me and gave me a noogie. I usually would have scowled at him but I was in too good of a mood to do such a thing.
Gabby pulled me into an embrace, "I'm so proud of you Naia. Not just about the test. Everything you've done. Everything you've accomplished." She paused to plant a quick kiss on the top of my head.
"You've come a long way."