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[Sorry for the longest update EVER but I was really lazy. (It being the last few days of Christmas vacation and all...) And because the lack of reviews for last chapters to inspire me.]
* Mrs. Kigochue was in front of the class, talking about addition. She wrote the numbers on the board and was asking people to answer them. Seto kept to himself and leaned on his arm. His eyes drifted to the person in front of him.
Celeste had her hair down today and was wearing black trousers with a soft green shirt. An unzipped pink jacket hung loosely around her. His eyes flickered as he remembered the bus incidence months ago.
In the morning, Seto would take the seat first. In the afternoon, Celeste would. They would never talk; only move each other's book bag in silence. Sometimes a smirk or a glare would be given but nothing else. Seto even thought about moving to another seat but that would make her the victor of the "war". Besides, he was there first. Celeste, likewise, couldn't bear the idea of giving in to an obnoxious [HARSH..] guy like him.
And so the silent ritual continued.
In the classroom, however, they refused to notice each other's existence, which was really hard since they were right next to each other. If not, Celeste would stick out her foot to trip Seto while he was going to his seat. Seto would either kick her chair in response, just to annoy her.
"Seto?" said Mrs. Kigochue sharply, bringing the little boy out of his thoughts." Can you answer number 5 on the board?" Seto lazily looked at the board, with his head still leaning on his arm, and answered.
Mrs. Kigochue was a fair but extremely stern teacher. She was also one who over- analyzes a lot of things. [Who doesn't have one of those teachers?] Seto was an A student but never seemed to pay any attention to her. This annoyed her very much. She sighed. "Correct," she said and moved on to the next problem.
After the math lesson, she went to her desk and picked up a clipboard. "Class? May I have your attention please?" she started," We will begin a new project today. You and a partner will have to do a presentation on an animal. Requirements are a 3-page report on the animal, a visual aide, and a presentation in front of the class. Any question?"
A girl near the front raised her hand. "What's a visual aide?"
"A visual aide is something that helps show the audience what you're talking about. In this case, it can be a drawing, poster, or sculpture of the animal. But you can make something else if you want, as long as it had something to do with your animal. Any more questions?"
"Can we chose our partners?" asked a boy.
"No, you won't. "
The class moaned.
"I will pick instead. Remember, everything would be due next Friday." She began to pass out the sheet of requirements to her students. When she was finished, she calmly sat on a chair and read the teams.
"Brian and Shane."
The two boys gave each other high fives. "Great," thought Seto," I don't have to be partners with either of those two."
"Gwen and Shirley." Both gave a squeal of delight and beamed at each other. They were best friends.
"Seto and...." Mrs. Kigochue looked at her clipboard and smirked. Seto didn't mind doing a project with a partner. He could just do the project all by himself. As long as it wasn't...
"Celeste." finished Mrs. Kigochue.
Seto felt his jaw drop. "No! Anybody but her!" he thought. Celeste seemed to be thinking the same thing. She was as still as a statue.
Seto thought desperately for a way out. The only thing he could think of was to ask Mrs. Kigochue after class. Some of the students around them stared. It wasn't exactly a secret that Celeste and Seto both resented each other.
After Mrs. Kigochue read the teams, they started reading "My Lost Dog." Seto didn't' really pay attention as Mrs. Kigochue read the book. He was too busy trying to find a good excuse to get out of the project.
The bell finally rang for recess as his other classmates ran to the door. Seto didn't' notice that Celeste was also planted in her seat. She stood up and went to Mrs. Kigochue with Seto right behind her.
Mrs. Kigochue had seemed to expect this. "Yes? Is there a problem?" she asked pleasantly to the two.
"Mrs. Kigochue, I don't want to be his partner," said Celeste quickly.
"I don't want to be her partner, either." Seto said.
"Why don't you want to be partners?" smiled Mrs. Kigochue. They gave each other quick glances before continuing.
"I don't like him!" huffed Celeste. "He's mean to me."
"I wasn't mean to her! She was annoying me and wouldn't leave me alone. I don't like her, too!"
Mrs. Kigochue shook her head." It doesn't matter if you two like each other or not. I can't change the teams around so you just have to get along until the project is over. You better go play or recess will be all over."
Mrs. Kigochue walked outside, leaving the two children dragging their feet behind her.
When Mrs. Kigochue was out of sight, Celeste stopped. "What now?" he thought, slowing down to face her.
Celeste took a deep breath. "Seto, I don't like you and you don't like me. But we still have to do the project together."
Seto looked at her. "So?"
"I want to stop fighting for a little while. When the project's over, we can start hating each other again." She waited for a response. Seto looked dumbfounded. Celeste's temper returned," If we don't, we won't be able to do the project so lets just get it over with. Okay? " She stuck out her hand.
Seto couldn't believe what he heard. She was right and it wasn't even annoying him. She actually sounded mature and reasonable. He reached out and shook her hand. "You're right." he muttered." but I still don't like you."
"I don't like you either." she said. For some strange reason, she smiled. Not a smirk. Not a grin. A true warm smile.
Seto felt his cheeks growing hot and gave a quick friendly smile back. Without a warning, he turned around and ran outside to play.
*
"Which animal should we do?" Celeste whispered to Seto. It was the next day. Mrs. Kigochue had instructed the class to move their desk around in two, one facing the other.
"I don't know. Maybe the shark? The lion?" Seto offered. Celeste shook her head. "Brian and Shane had dibs on the sharks and the about 3 other teams already have lions. I want ours to be different...I mean..iIf you want to."
Seto agreed. "Well, what animal do you want?" He had expected a rabbit or butterfly for an answer.
Celeste's eyes sparkled. "What about the Komodo Dragon?"
Seto couldn't believe what he just heard. "What?"
Celeste smiled." Why not? Its my favorite animal."[My favorite animal 2^__^]
"Girls are supposed to like cute things, though. Like rabbits and kittens." Seto said. [A first-grade boy genius is still a first-grade boy.-_-;]
Celeste stopped smiling. " I don't care. Who says girls can only like cute things? Girls can like whatever they want!" she said, straining herself from screaming at the boy.
"Fine. Geesh. Don't get a heart attack." Seto muttered. [OoOoO Seto scared?]
"What?!?" [vein showing]
Seto wisely stayed silent this time.
Celeste relaxed and continued." Komodo Dragons are really cool. I read all about them and they're really interesting. Plus they have the word dragon in their name and I love dragons."
Seto had to agree. He thought Komodo Dragons were interesting too. "Fine. Let's do the Komodo Dragon."
"Class? Time to work on our Math. Put everything up in the correct order. A clean room is a happy room. I really despise that saying. I just need my room. I don't care how it feels....*grumbles about chores*]"
Seto and Celeste looked at each other. They had half an hour to work on their project and all they did was pick an animal. "Do you want to do the project..oOutside of school?" Seto asked.
"We have to. We won't have time to finish if we do it all in the classroom." sighed Celeste." Can we do it in your house? This afternoon?"
Seto thought about it. It was for a project. Nothing else. "Sure...I guess. My dad won't mind."
"Great!" said Celeste. "My parents won't mind. They won't be home until night time."
"How are you going to get to my house though?"
"I can just walk there. I need to get home first so I can change."
"Okay."
They smiled at each other and began to clean up their desks.
*
[Short chapter...I know. I was thinking about combining four and three but it'll be too long. hope I get more reviews this time.*wink wink* HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
[Sorry for the longest update EVER but I was really lazy. (It being the last few days of Christmas vacation and all...) And because the lack of reviews for last chapters to inspire me.]
* Mrs. Kigochue was in front of the class, talking about addition. She wrote the numbers on the board and was asking people to answer them. Seto kept to himself and leaned on his arm. His eyes drifted to the person in front of him.
Celeste had her hair down today and was wearing black trousers with a soft green shirt. An unzipped pink jacket hung loosely around her. His eyes flickered as he remembered the bus incidence months ago.
In the morning, Seto would take the seat first. In the afternoon, Celeste would. They would never talk; only move each other's book bag in silence. Sometimes a smirk or a glare would be given but nothing else. Seto even thought about moving to another seat but that would make her the victor of the "war". Besides, he was there first. Celeste, likewise, couldn't bear the idea of giving in to an obnoxious [HARSH..] guy like him.
And so the silent ritual continued.
In the classroom, however, they refused to notice each other's existence, which was really hard since they were right next to each other. If not, Celeste would stick out her foot to trip Seto while he was going to his seat. Seto would either kick her chair in response, just to annoy her.
"Seto?" said Mrs. Kigochue sharply, bringing the little boy out of his thoughts." Can you answer number 5 on the board?" Seto lazily looked at the board, with his head still leaning on his arm, and answered.
Mrs. Kigochue was a fair but extremely stern teacher. She was also one who over- analyzes a lot of things. [Who doesn't have one of those teachers?] Seto was an A student but never seemed to pay any attention to her. This annoyed her very much. She sighed. "Correct," she said and moved on to the next problem.
After the math lesson, she went to her desk and picked up a clipboard. "Class? May I have your attention please?" she started," We will begin a new project today. You and a partner will have to do a presentation on an animal. Requirements are a 3-page report on the animal, a visual aide, and a presentation in front of the class. Any question?"
A girl near the front raised her hand. "What's a visual aide?"
"A visual aide is something that helps show the audience what you're talking about. In this case, it can be a drawing, poster, or sculpture of the animal. But you can make something else if you want, as long as it had something to do with your animal. Any more questions?"
"Can we chose our partners?" asked a boy.
"No, you won't. "
The class moaned.
"I will pick instead. Remember, everything would be due next Friday." She began to pass out the sheet of requirements to her students. When she was finished, she calmly sat on a chair and read the teams.
"Brian and Shane."
The two boys gave each other high fives. "Great," thought Seto," I don't have to be partners with either of those two."
"Gwen and Shirley." Both gave a squeal of delight and beamed at each other. They were best friends.
"Seto and...." Mrs. Kigochue looked at her clipboard and smirked. Seto didn't mind doing a project with a partner. He could just do the project all by himself. As long as it wasn't...
"Celeste." finished Mrs. Kigochue.
Seto felt his jaw drop. "No! Anybody but her!" he thought. Celeste seemed to be thinking the same thing. She was as still as a statue.
Seto thought desperately for a way out. The only thing he could think of was to ask Mrs. Kigochue after class. Some of the students around them stared. It wasn't exactly a secret that Celeste and Seto both resented each other.
After Mrs. Kigochue read the teams, they started reading "My Lost Dog." Seto didn't' really pay attention as Mrs. Kigochue read the book. He was too busy trying to find a good excuse to get out of the project.
The bell finally rang for recess as his other classmates ran to the door. Seto didn't' notice that Celeste was also planted in her seat. She stood up and went to Mrs. Kigochue with Seto right behind her.
Mrs. Kigochue had seemed to expect this. "Yes? Is there a problem?" she asked pleasantly to the two.
"Mrs. Kigochue, I don't want to be his partner," said Celeste quickly.
"I don't want to be her partner, either." Seto said.
"Why don't you want to be partners?" smiled Mrs. Kigochue. They gave each other quick glances before continuing.
"I don't like him!" huffed Celeste. "He's mean to me."
"I wasn't mean to her! She was annoying me and wouldn't leave me alone. I don't like her, too!"
Mrs. Kigochue shook her head." It doesn't matter if you two like each other or not. I can't change the teams around so you just have to get along until the project is over. You better go play or recess will be all over."
Mrs. Kigochue walked outside, leaving the two children dragging their feet behind her.
When Mrs. Kigochue was out of sight, Celeste stopped. "What now?" he thought, slowing down to face her.
Celeste took a deep breath. "Seto, I don't like you and you don't like me. But we still have to do the project together."
Seto looked at her. "So?"
"I want to stop fighting for a little while. When the project's over, we can start hating each other again." She waited for a response. Seto looked dumbfounded. Celeste's temper returned," If we don't, we won't be able to do the project so lets just get it over with. Okay? " She stuck out her hand.
Seto couldn't believe what he heard. She was right and it wasn't even annoying him. She actually sounded mature and reasonable. He reached out and shook her hand. "You're right." he muttered." but I still don't like you."
"I don't like you either." she said. For some strange reason, she smiled. Not a smirk. Not a grin. A true warm smile.
Seto felt his cheeks growing hot and gave a quick friendly smile back. Without a warning, he turned around and ran outside to play.
*
"Which animal should we do?" Celeste whispered to Seto. It was the next day. Mrs. Kigochue had instructed the class to move their desk around in two, one facing the other.
"I don't know. Maybe the shark? The lion?" Seto offered. Celeste shook her head. "Brian and Shane had dibs on the sharks and the about 3 other teams already have lions. I want ours to be different...I mean..iIf you want to."
Seto agreed. "Well, what animal do you want?" He had expected a rabbit or butterfly for an answer.
Celeste's eyes sparkled. "What about the Komodo Dragon?"
Seto couldn't believe what he just heard. "What?"
Celeste smiled." Why not? Its my favorite animal."[My favorite animal 2^__^]
"Girls are supposed to like cute things, though. Like rabbits and kittens." Seto said. [A first-grade boy genius is still a first-grade boy.-_-;]
Celeste stopped smiling. " I don't care. Who says girls can only like cute things? Girls can like whatever they want!" she said, straining herself from screaming at the boy.
"Fine. Geesh. Don't get a heart attack." Seto muttered. [OoOoO Seto scared?]
"What?!?" [vein showing]
Seto wisely stayed silent this time.
Celeste relaxed and continued." Komodo Dragons are really cool. I read all about them and they're really interesting. Plus they have the word dragon in their name and I love dragons."
Seto had to agree. He thought Komodo Dragons were interesting too. "Fine. Let's do the Komodo Dragon."
"Class? Time to work on our Math. Put everything up in the correct order. A clean room is a happy room. I really despise that saying. I just need my room. I don't care how it feels....*grumbles about chores*]"
Seto and Celeste looked at each other. They had half an hour to work on their project and all they did was pick an animal. "Do you want to do the project..oOutside of school?" Seto asked.
"We have to. We won't have time to finish if we do it all in the classroom." sighed Celeste." Can we do it in your house? This afternoon?"
Seto thought about it. It was for a project. Nothing else. "Sure...I guess. My dad won't mind."
"Great!" said Celeste. "My parents won't mind. They won't be home until night time."
"How are you going to get to my house though?"
"I can just walk there. I need to get home first so I can change."
"Okay."
They smiled at each other and began to clean up their desks.
*
[Short chapter...I know. I was thinking about combining four and three but it'll be too long. hope I get more reviews this time.*wink wink* HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]