Summer Vacation
Part 01: No More Teachers' Dirty Looks...
The clock chimed two at Odaiba High, and Tai was more fidgety than ever. He was so happy, he just shouted out joyously...
"YEAH! ONLY ONE MORE HOUR UNTIL SUMMER VACATION OFFICIALLY BEGINS!!! I thought it was never going to get here!" He then started to sing, "No more homework, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks..."
"Mr. Yagami, is there some sort of a problem," his teacher, Professor Fujita, scolded while literally giving Tai a dirty look. "Is my lecture on differentiating between Exothermic and Endothermic Equations boring you?"
All of the children started to snicker as Tai refrained from singing his song and stood up respectfully since his teacher had addressed him.
"Um, no, Fujita-sensei."
"Then you wouldn't mind explaining why you were making a fool of yourself just now."
Tai thought for a moment, trying to make something up.
"Well, um...you see, ma'am...I...I was planning on starting a band while on break and I was practicing my singing skills," he said with a nervous sweat drop.
"Your summer vacation hasn't started yet, Mr. Yagami, and might I add that you need a passing grade in this course in order for you to pass to your 11th grade year next April."
The 16-year old boy nodded.
"One more outburst from you and I'll send you to Principal Touchika and you'll spend your entire summer break in detention!"
"Yes ma'am," Taichi responded gloomily.
"Have I made myself clear, Mr. Yagami?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Please come up here to the board, Mr. Yagami."
The boy shrugged and walked up to the front of the class.
"Let's quiz you now, shall we," the woman said, pointing to an equation on the board. "Now, by looking at this problem, Ag NO3 + NaCl --> AgCl + NaN03, which has already been solved for you, is it an Endothermic Equation or an Exothermic Equation?"
The children around Tai were still snickering quietly.
"Um...none of the above?" he responded while scratching his head.
His teacher shook her head in disbelief.
"Wait, I know this," Taichi said, a his slight smirk turning into a big grin. "That's the formula for Nitro Glycerin!"
The entire class burst out laughing, but they tried to keep it quiet so that Prof. Fujita wouldn't scold them since she was a very strict teacher.
"Go back to your seat, Mr. Yagami," Professor Fujita said as she massaged her temples from the stress Taichi was giving her. "If you had been paying attention, you'd know that the answer is Exothermic and no, this is not the formula for Nitro Glycerin! This particular equation was on last night's homework, it was one of your examples for your lab assignment you jus did earlier this week, and it says so as the self given problem in your book, which is supposed to be open to chapter 14 in the self study section!!"
"Um...sorry?" Taichi apologized with his infamous lopsided grin.
"Sit down, Mr. Yagami," the woman said with a sigh. "Please, just sit down."
Tai did as he was told and walked back to his seat as the kids around him snickered. Tai was nothing but a class clown and he always acted like this pretty much on the last day of school.
"Silence!" their teacher shouted. "Now, I want you all to copy these formulas down from off of the board and I want every single one of them solved by the time you get back from your summer break. I also want you all to do the review problems of chapters 15-21 and I want a 3 page report on the main topic of chapter 21 when you all return in September. There will also be an examination, so study hard..."
The whole class groaned at the thought of all of the work. There were at least 50 problems on the board and the book was even worse. They knew better than to complain, though, and did as they were told.
Tai hadn't bothered copying and turned to two of his very good friends...Ishida Yamato and Takenouchi Sora.
"Tai, I can't believe you did that!" Sora said, speaking lowly so that their instructor wouldn't hear her.
"I can," Yamato said. "This is Tai we're talking about here. He's the class clown who always goofs off right before school vacations start."
"Hey yeah, you're right," Sora said, agreeing with Yamato. "Tai, why aren't you copying down the equations from off of the board?"
The boy laid back in his seat and put his hands behind his head before answering, making himself more comfortable.
"I'm in too good a mood to copy a bunch of stupid old problems, besides, you can copy them for me," Taichi started, getting a pleading look, " can't you, Sora?"
"Sure, why not," she sighed. "You look so pathetic whenever you beg for anything, I actually feel sorry for you."
"Haha," Taichi fake laughed. He took a piece of candy from his stash in his uniform jacket pocket and tossed it into his mouth. "I'm looking forward to my summer vacation too much to ruin it with Chemistry problems."
"Yeah, a whole entire month and a half of freedom," Yamato stretched. "Too bad we're getting out later than usual for summer break this year. I can't wait until next week!"
"And to make it even better, we all can travel someplace this summer!"
Tai, Sora, and Matt were all sitting in Chemistry Class--if you haven't figured it out yet--and it was their last day of school. That next week was the start of their summer vacation.
"I love traveling, it's fun!" Yamato smiled. "It's cool that we are traveling some place this year."
"Yeah," Taichi nodded in agreement. "Michael's family's summerhouse on that private island of theirs. I never would've guessed that the kid was so loaded!"
"Well, his father is a famous movie star," Sora reminded him.
"Where's that beach house located again?" Taichi asked.
"The Bahamas," Yamato said.
"Oh yeah, that's right."
"This is definitely going to be one great vacation," Yamato said.
"Yeah, girls in bikinis," Taichi said.
"Single girls in bikinis!" Yamato added.
The two then howled and gave each other hi-fives. Sora rolled her eyes at the two of them and continued with her work while the kids around them snickered.
"Mr. Yagami, Mr. Ishida, is there some sort of a problem?"
The two boys stood up and said, "No ma'am.'
"I should hope not." The woman then turned her attention towards Tai. "Because of your little outburst, Mr. Yagami, I am assigning an extra 20 problems to your summer work, and I want to see you after class."
Taichi groaned at the thought.
"And as for you, Mr. Ishida, I'll let you off with a warning this time--only because you've never caused me any trouble before--but next time, you won't be so lucky."
The two boys nodded and sat back down.
"Serves you two right," Sora muttered to them in a whisper.
"What's a few more problems," Taichi said, not really caring too much. "Jou can help me with them or either Miyako. They're geniuses when it comes to Chemistry and science in general. Or better yet, I could ask my friend Emi to help me. She's pretty good with this stuff too."
"We have almost another half hour to go," Yamato said, noting the time. "We have to meet the others in the park today after school to discuss the trip."
"We leave Sunday for a nice, long vacation," Taichi said dreamily.
"I don't think we should go on the trip now," Sora frowned. "Look at all of this Chemistry work we have."
"It is a lot. She's the only teacher that's loading us up with the stuff," Yamato said. "All of our teachers are giving us normal amounts of work...you know, the usual read chapter whatever and expect a review test when we return. But man, it's like going to school at home with the work Fujita-sensei is giving! I know the work is supposed to be more extreme and harder when in higher grades, but this is a lot!"
"We'll swing it," Taichi said confidently. "We'll finish all of it Saturday so that way, when we come back, all we'll have to do is study for her exam."
"I sure hope Fujita-sensei grades our exams on a curve," Sora muttered.