Authors Note: hey! I know what you're thinking, what's she doing? Why isn't she finishing Memories? Why is she starting yet another story without finishing the other one? Well I'm not really sure why, you'll just have to figure that out by your self. Know this though. I will finish Memories. Soon. This was just a spur of the moment thing for me. Like most of my work…but any who, this is jus a little toddy fic I thought up and had to write it. So now, without further interruption, Science Sucks.

SCIENCE SUCKS
By Muffin_elf


'BRRRINGGG!' The bell had rung, and 6th period had officially begun.

Book bags were shoved under chairs and textbooks dropped on desks as the Freshmen Science class started. The hustle continued until the last of the books were set out and the last chair was pulled in.

Todd sat in the back of the brightly lit classroom, slumping low in the hard backed seat he now occupied. He ran his webbed fingers slowly and gently over the shiny black surface that was his science desk. Words littered the side of the old desk. Words that were written by freshman of an earlier time, in year's gone bye. "Science sucks", "John eats Spam." Stuff like that. Todd's eye wandered. A little stick figure below the Spam quote caught his eye. Todd smirked slightly in realization of what the drawing was, crude as the thing looked. A picture of the science teacher, carved there by some bored kid with a pen. The face had a mustache and hairy armpits. Only recognizable as the hated science teacher by a little pointy arrow which said plainly "Ms. Davenport." Todd shook his head slightly, unable to suppress it, the young mutant laughed. A little too loudly.

"Mister Todd-a, is their something we should know?" Ms. Davenport, The science teacher.

Todd blushed slightly as his classmates laughed at his expense. He could even make out the high-pitched giggle of that X-Freak. Kitty. Bleh! The laughter subsided though, as the bitch of a teacher turned her attention to other matters quickly. Taking the others students attention of him. For a while anyway. Todd was left to himself.

Todd sighed. He really didn't mind Science class that much. It was the last class of the day, and he did have a B in it anyway. But the teacher freaked him out. Ms. Davenport. At the name the small boy mentally shuddered. Suppressing his need to gag. And as if it wasn't bad enough she was such a prick, he just happened to be her favorite student. She liked him! Why, he did not know, all Todd knew was that it scared him.

Todd had mentioned it to Pietro once. He said she probably liked him so much 'cause he looked like one of her science experiments. Todd never mentioned it to the speed demon again after that.

"Ah man, not HER!"

Todd's attention was brought back to the present. He turned his large green eyes to the source of the disruption. A rather distressed Kory. The heavyset boy groaned again, peaking Todd's interest.

"Kory!" A sharp reply from the skinny teacher warned.

Todd snorted. He had almost forgotten. Today was that big science lab thingy Ms. Davenport had gone all off on about yesterday. Said they would be paired up with a partner, and do some sort of experiment or something. After about a half hour of listening to the lady, no one in the class still knew what they were going to be subjected to. Ms. Davenport was like that Todd thought to himself. Can talk all day and still make not get her point across.

"Ah come on Kory! It's not like I'm gonna bite ya or something!" that was Bethany. The one who was so regretfully paired with the whining Kory.

The boy took one look at the girl and quickly turned his head back to the teacher, pleadingly. "Please Ms. D! Not her, please not Bethany!! The drama king feigned sickness.

Ms. 'D' sent a warning glance at Kory that could freeze hell over. Kory shut up and walked over to sit next to his partner.

Bethany smiled at the boy now sitting next to her. Then stuck out her tongue as she pushed a stray blond hair away from her face.

Todd sneered. Turning his attention to his hands. He studied them intently for a few seconds, until he heard the dreaded words he knew were coming.

"Todd-a…" the lanky teacher started.

Todd hated the way she mispronounced his name. Jeez, how hard was it to pronounce Todd anyway?

She continued. "You are to be paired with…"

The adolescent mutant continued his act of hand studying. Pretending not to care who he was to be mad to be with for the rest of this ungodly hour.

The teacher's eyes roamed down her sheet of paper, looking for the correct name. "Miss Kitty." She finished.

Todd's long agile fingers froze in place. He slowly lifted his head from its downward position. Meeting the equally shocked and disgusted gaze of 'Shadowcat', or whatever the hell it was those buddies of hers called her.

Kitty's shock promptly vanished, replaced by pure desperation. "Oh my gosh! Like not the 'Toad'! I mean, like, gross!

"Now Kitty…" Mrs. Davenport's reprimand was cut short by Kitty's whiny pleas.

"Please, like anybody but HIM!" Kitty pleaded, waving her delicate arms around in the air for effect. One of her little 'girlfriends' nodded, hand on her friends shoulder. He believed that one's name was Kate. Almost as annoying as the little valley girl herself. Almost. A snicker echoed from across the room. Todd tried to respond, but found his ever-mobile tongue, for once, unable to move as he wanted it to.

"Cut it young lady!" roared a now very exasperated teacher.

"But…" Kitty started

Ms. Davenport waved a yellow detention form in her hand in front of the pouting girls face menacingly. The pink-clad freshman got the point and continued to get up and sit beside the terrified mutant. Residing as far as possible from her enemy.

Todd sunk even lower in his seat, tugging unconsciously at his studded wrist cuffs.

Todd thought. Great, this days' just getting better and better.


Yep I'm done. With this chapter at least. I promise I'll start memories. Really! Well, as always, please review. Should I continue with this story?