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First period was Spanish II B with Señora Plackis. Because all my classes have a seating arrangement in alphabetical order, I'm at the end with a few empty desks behind me.
"Okay people, the tardy bell has rung. Time to get in your seats and begin class. Now, today we will begin Càpitulo Tres, Segundo Paso. Okay?" Señora Plackis began class. The door opened and a guy with a long, brown braid walked in along with Quatre. They each hand Señora Plackis their schedules.
"Hmm, I see. You two sit behind Amy. Amy raise your hand," instructed Señora Plackis. I did so and they sat behind me.
"Okay, everyone begin, and Amy, tell them where we are," Señora Plackis told me. I turned around.
"We're on Càpitulo Tres, Segundo Paso," I informed them.
"What?" asked the one with the braid.
"Chapter Three, Section Two" I translated.
"Oh," he said in response.
"Read the Vocabulario, Gramàtica, Nota Culturala, and then translate the Nota Culturala," I told them.
"Okay, what are those?" the same one asked while Quatre had already begun reading.
"It's vocabulary, Grammar, and Cultural Note. There's a Spanish to English and an English to Spanish dictionary in the back for you to translate. Okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, yeah. I understand now." He answered. Señora Plackis started to teach us ten minutes later.
"Why don't we let our new students introduce themselves and tell us a little about themselves," Señora Plackis suggested. The brunette with a braid stood up.
"Okay. My name is Duo Maxwell. I'm…" he started, but Señora Plackis interrupted him.
"No, no, no. This is Spanish II. Tell us about you in Spanish," Señora Plackis instructed.
"Aw, come on Mrs. Plackis. It's his first day here. Let him say it in English. I'll be able to understand it then," Dan Brothers whined.
"No, Dan. And it's Señora Plackis. Please go on, Duo," Señora Plackis coaxed. Duo tried to think of the words while I raised my hand.
"Yes, Amy?"
"Señora Plackis, maybe if I tell something about me, then he would have an idea about what to say about himself," I suggested.
"That sounds wonderful! Go ahead," Señora Plackis praised.
"Me llamo Amy. Soy Florida. Tengo quince años. Quiero un carro, un stereo, e ir a la playa. Cuando tenìa cinco años, fastidiè mi hermano mucho. Necesito un novio. {everyone laughs a little} Soy rubia," I concluded.
"Well, mañana I expect both of you to give us something like that about yourselves. We don't have time right now. Now, we need to have three volunteers. Ah, Rachel, Dan, y Andrea," Señora Plackis said.
"But I didn't even raise my hand!" yelled Dan, "This isn't fair!" I heard Duo say something about injustice and Wufei. He and Quatre found this funny and laughed a little, but not too much that Señora Plackis would notice.
"I'm volunteering you myself. You have no choice. Now go up and perform the skit," Señora Plackis said. The three go up into the front of the classroom and get into positions.
"Me llamo Clara. Ayer saquè muchos fotos. Quiero ser la fotògrafa. Con permiso, saco fotos con la novia y el novio. O saco fotos con la madrastra y el padrastro," Rachel Dalfonso said.
"Lo siento pero no queremos sacar fotos," Andrea Diehr commented.
"I don't like this. ¡Quiero sacar fotos!" Dan mumbled.
"Dan, no debes hablar en ingles," Señora Plackis reprimanded.
"I don't want to be this character! Look at him! He's gay!" Dan exclaimed.
"So?" Señora Plackis asked.
"I don't wanna be gay! I hate this! There's no point to this!" Dan argued.
"Fine! Girls, you may sit down. Class, please keep the noise level down. Dan, grab your stuff and meet me in the hall," Señora Plackis said. She was obviously mad. Dan grabbed his stuff and stormed into the hall along with Señora Plackis. Duo tapped me on the shoulder.
"Yes?" I asked.
"What did you guys say?" asked Duo.
"Well, in the skit, Rachel said her name was Clara. Yesterday she took many pictures. She wants to be a photographer. Then she asked Andrea's permission to take pictures of the bride and groom. Or she could take pictures of the stepmother and stepfather. Andrea said she was sorry, but they didn't want to take pictures. Dan said he wanted to take pictures. Señora Plackis scolded him and said he shouldn't speak in English," I translated.
"What did you say?" Quatre asked.
"My name is Amy. I'm from Florida. I'm fifteen. I want a car, a stereo, and to go to the beach. When I was five years old, I bothered my brother a lot. I need a boyfriend. I'm blonde," I translated once again.
"Wow," Duo said.
"If you can't understand that, why are you here? Most of my description of myself was Spanish I," I explained.
"We haven't spoken much Spanish lately. It might take a little while before it all comes back," Quatre explained.
"Well, I could help you. Let's see, unless your parents don't mind that you come home late today without them knowing, you can't come home with me. I could do it tomorrow though," I suggested.
"We don't have any parents," Duo said. Quatre seemed to cringe whenever 'parents' was said.
"Oh, I'm sorry," I said feeling very sad.
"It's okay," Duo comforted.
"Well, we can come over. I'm sure it would help," Quatre said a little more cheery.
"If you guys are sure…" I started. They nodded their head.
"Okay, can either one of you drive? I'm not old enough, and if you drove to school, I don't want you to leave your car here so you can ride the bus home with me," I said.
"Neither one of us has a license. Although, Quatre you can have Rashid come pick us up with something," Duo said matter-of-factly.
"I'm not sure," Quatre said.
"You can call him if you have a cell phone. If you don't, you can use mine," I informed.
"I thought cell phones weren't allowed," Quatre said a little confused.
"Well, they aren't, but as long as we don't get calls during class, it's okay. Did you not bring yours? Señora Plackis won't mind since we aren't doing anything," I said.
"I brought mine, I just didn't know I could use it," Quatre said. While Quatre was calling Rashid, I pulled out my cell phone and called my mom.
"Hello? Mom? Hi, it's Amy. Yeah. She's out in the hall yelling at Dan in Spanish and English. He was being a smart-ass again. Uh-huh. We got two new students today. Well, they need to review their Spanish so I told them they could come home with me. Thanks. I think we're getting a ride from one of their….oh, okay. Bye!" I said hanging up.
"Both of you have cell phones? I feel even poorer now," Duo said.
"Well, you better get used to it. Most of the peops here are preps or could be preps if they wanted to," I said.
"Well, Rashid agreed to pick us up after school. He'll take us to your house," Quatre said. Then the bell rang and we went to second period.
How was it? Please r+r
