"Oh come on
Sakura!" Tomoyo says, "Isn't she a Card Captor just like you?
And Kero-Chan said that she wasn't after the Clow Cards right?"
"Yeah,
but I just can't shake this feeling that there's something
different about her. I don't know what it is." Sakura replies.
"Well
anyway, we better hurry up or we're going to be late!" Tomoyo tells
her and then starts walking faster towards the school.
"H-Hey!
Wait up Tomoyo!" Sakura shouts to her friend, and runs to catch up.
"Besides, I haven't sensed anything lately."
"Well
have you though about the fact that maybe you can't sense these cards?
Kero-Chan did say that they were a different type. Maybe you can only sense the
Clow Cards." Tomoyo says.
"I
guess." Sakura says dully, and walks into the school. "You're
right though. We better get to class or Mr. Terada will
kill us!" And at hat she and Tomoyo run to the room just in time. Only a
few seconds after they sit down the bell rings.
"What
took you?" Audrey asks from her seat. "You almost didn't make
it!"
"My
brother Touya kept me. He really likes to tease me a lot." Sakura tells
her.
"And
I was waiting for Sakura. Sense Touya graduated I've been walking with
Sakura instead." Tomoyo explains. "Not that I don't like
walking with her."
"Oh
thanks." Sakura says and then laughs.
"What's
so funny Miss Kinomoto?" Mr. Terada asks.
"Uh.
Nothing sir!" Sakura says looking flustered.
"Alright
then. I'm proud to announce that you have a new science teacher her name
is Mrs. Kelly." A young woman in a lab coat walks into the room.
"Hello
children my name is Mrs. Kelly. I look forward to teaching you this
year." She addresses them.
"You
will begin her class at 12:00 this afternoon." Mr. Terada explains to
them.
"Yes Mr. Terada," The students say in
unison.
When
12:00 rolls around all the students are eagerly awaiting Mrs. Kelly's
class.
"Good
afternoon children. I expect that since you have not had science yet this year
I should explain the basics. This is going to be advanced science. Not just
learning about things like the human body. We will be doing experiments. During
this class I will explain to all of you how to light a Bunsen burner."
She walks over to a piece of equipment that looks like a candle. "Now the
first thing you should know is that you should never light a Bunsen burner with
out supervision… or unless I tell you to. Also, never light one with out
wearing these." She holds up a pair of goggles. "And if you have
long hair tie it back so that is doesn't catch on fire."
When
she is done explaining how to prepare the equipment and how to light it, She
tells the children to get into groups of three. Sakura, Tomoyo, and Audrey get
into a group.
"So Audrey," Tomoyo says, putting on her pair of goggles, "Why did your family move here?"
"Because
my mom got transferred. No big deal for me. I didn't care about moving.
My sister did though. She put up a huge fuss… And to think she's
older than me!" Audrey replies. She hooks the burner up to the gas.
"Why
didn't you care?" Sakura asks.
"I
didn't have too many friends where we lived. To tell the truth, I
didn't really care much for the town we lived in either." Audrey
shrugs. "It wasn't the best place to live. I would have happily
gone to live with my older brother in Missouri instead."
"You
have an older brother too? But didn't you say that you were twins?"
Sakura questions.
"Yeah
I have a twin. But the brother I'm talking about isn't my real
brother. They live in the same city sure… But I really like my older
brother Max much better! For one
he doesn't give me a headache like…" She says but is
interrupted by the teacher.
"You
girls should be working." Mrs. Kelly says.
"Uh…"
Audrey says turning to her. "Sorry about that! I guess we kinda got
caught up in the story I was telling them… It won't happen
again!"
As
the teacher goes off to look at another group of students work Audrey turns
back to her friends. "That was amazing!" Sakura tells her.
"If that was up to me I would have choked and ended up causing a
catastrophe!"
"Really?
You look like someone who could handle tough situations well!" Audrey
exclaims and picks up the book of matches.
"Can
you use those?" Tomoyo asks nodding to the matches.
"Yep.
My mom smokes unfortunately. I've almost always been able to light
matches with no trouble at all."
"Miss.
Estock… I though you said you were going to get to work." Mrs.
Kelly comes up behind her.
"I
am! I'm just lighting the match now! Oh… and another thing…
don't call me miss… please! I hate it when anyone refers to me like
that!"
"I
will call you what is necessary." Mrs. Kelly tells her. "Now get to
work!"
"Uh
huh…" Audrey rolls her eyes and turns back towards the Bunsen
burner. "Oh do I loath teachers…"
"If
she heard you say that, you wouldn't last the week in this class!"
Sakura says.
"Well…
if you say so… I just can't stand teachers." She lights the
match and holds it over the Bunsen burner, and watches the burner light up.
"There we're done." She tells Sakura and Tomoyo.
"It's rather simple to do… I learned about Bunsen burners
last year in school."
"Well
maybe we should have you in our group all the time!" Tomoyo exclaims.
"Well
done… I see you stopped talking long enough to get it properly
lit." Mrs. Kelly walks over to their table. "See everyone this is
how it should be done." She turns back to Sakura and her friends.
"Turn it off and you are dismissed."
"Geez
does she give me a headache! I hate strict teachers!" Audrey complains
the Sakura and Tomoyo as they walk home. Plus we have that woman for two hours a day! Ugh!"
"I don't
see anything wrong with a strict teacher." Tomoyo replies.
"Well
it doesn't help that I never have been able to stand her…"
Audrey says. "I had her a few years ago for science when I lived in
Missouri. I couldn't stand her then and I can't now…"
"You
had her before?" Sakura asks
"Yep.
She's a real pain. No one where I lived could stand her either. She never
gave me a break. I couldn't get away with anything!" No one could…"
"That
must have been rough…" Sakura replies sympathetically.
"You
have no idea! I have this slight
tendency to goof off in school… I'm not too sure why…"
"Hey
Audrey, you want to come over to my house today?" Sakura asks.
"Sure…
why not! Not like I have anything better to do!" Audrey exclaims happily.
"I
can't come over today Sakura. My mom wanted me home to test something her
company came up with yesterday." Tomoyo tells Sakura.
"Oh…
that's ok Tomoyo, I understand. How many things does your mom's company
come up with each week?" Sakura questions
"About
five I guess. Well bye Sakura! Audrey!" She runs off down her street.
"Bye
Tomoyo!" Audrey and Sakura say together, and turn down Sakura's
street.