Chapter 3: Middle School
Lucas walked slowly down school hallway. He took a deep breath as he knocked on his new form room.
"How could be I late on my first day?" he said to himself.
As he entered the room all eyes were on him. Most of them just thought he was a lost little kid. He gulped. They were all about twice his height.
"Hey, are you all right? Did you get lost?" said a girl from the front of class.
She had a sweet, sincere smile and Lucas was about to answer her when the teacher, Mr. Green, interrupted.
"No Miss Parker, he isn't lost, I'm afraid he is a new student here!"
Everyone stared back at Lucas and he looked down at the floor, ashamed to look up. He got so embarrassed when people stared at him. He already got that a lot in his last school.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said the teenage girl.
"...It's Ok" Lucas replied a second later.
"Don't be late again. You may take a seat over there..." Mr. Green looked at him expecting his name.
"...Oh, Lucas Sir"
Mr. Green then pointed over to a seat next to some guy, who looked like he really needed to shave.
"Right then Lucas, go on!"
Lucas timidly started towards his desk.
"...Oh and Lucas, don't call me Sir, call me Mr. Green, you understand." He said arrogantly as though Lucas was just there for fun and didn't know a thing!
Lucas nodded and sat down at his new desk. "You better not bother me you little squirt!" the boy next to him whispered viciously.
The bell went soon after he had sat down.
He hurried down the corridors to his next lesson. He got stopped by a couple of teachers who didn't believe him when he said he was a student there. They asked him questions like...
"What's 9 x 7 then?" Of course being a genius Lucas didn't take even a second to give them the answers and so they let him go.
He got to his first class late. But once he explained to the teacher they were all right with it, plus his teacher was nice to him anyway. She was quite a young looking woman probably in her early twenties. She had blonde curls and sparkling green eyes.
She smiled at Lucas as he entered the classroom. He hadn't felt very welcome at the school until he met her, Ms. Holly.
"Hi there, and just who might you be?" She smiled at him as she said this.
"Lucas Wolenczek, Ms" he said nervously smiling back at her.
"Well, Lucas welcome to your first English lesson here!" she said politely.
"Thank you, erm..." Lucas looked around the room, everyone was staring at him again and he only just noticed.
"...Where should I sit?" he asked uneasily.
Ms. Holly looked around the classroom. There were a few spaces.
"Well, where would you like to sit Lucas?"
"Well..."
Lucas thought for a second. He looked around some more. There were three places he could sit. Next the guy he had been sat next to in his form room. He glared at Lucas, when he caught him looking in his direction. There was a girl who sat chewing gum and writing little notes. And lastly there was the girl he had seen before, the one who had asked him if he was lost. She smiled at him. She didn't look threatening.
"Can I please sit there?" He asked intently.
Ms. Holly smiled and nodded her head.
Lucas paced across the room to where she was sitting, and sat down next to her.
"Hello again, my name's Samantha, but you can call me Sam if you like!" she said as Lucas rested in his seat.
"Hi, Err...Lucas" Lucas answered nodding
She smiled again. "I know you told our whole class"
He knew she still treated him as though he was just a little kid, but really he was and this usually got on his nerves a lot but with Sam it didn't. He didn't know it, but Samantha was his first crush.
The teacher began to speak.
"Ok, welcome everyone! Now I'm going to hand out some exercise books, I need you to write the obvious name, subject, room and teacher on the front of it please, then..."
Lucas did quite well for his first lesson at middle school. After Ms. Holly had stopped talking, about half an hour into the lesson she told the kids they had to write about something they wished they could have but could never get and they had to write it as though it was actually happening or had happened! This assignment seemed to really get to him. The only thing he could think of was his father! So he wrote:
'I come home every day and my father is there with welcoming arms. Today he tells me that we are going to get some ice cream and then go to the cinema. He looks into my eyes and tells me he loves me. Then we play and laugh and run around. He hugs me and tells me how proud of me he is. I smile as he holds me tight. My mother comes home and we all go out for ice cream. My father let's me have all the toppings I want and we stop by at the toy store on the way to the cinema and my Father buys me a huge teddy bear with large Ribbon tied around it's neck. We go and see a movie about animals and happy endings and then when we get home, my father tucks me in and kisses me good night. I smile as my father closes the door and says good night. I close my eyes. I love him and he loves me!'
"How are you doing Lucas?" asked Ms. Holly.
"Err, fine, I think"
Ms. Holly looked over his work and then glanced over at him.
"Lucas, you do know you're meant to write about something you can never have don't you?"
"Yes Ms, and...and I did"
"Alright, good work" she said and smiled at him warmly.
"Poor kid" she thought to herself.
Just then the bell went and kids started pouring out of the classrooms.
Sam got up and headed for the door.
"Sam..." Lucas called after.
She turned around.
"...Can, well can I sit next to ya in the next class"
"Sure" she said wearing that same sweet smile.
Lucas walked slowly down school hallway. He took a deep breath as he knocked on his new form room.
"How could be I late on my first day?" he said to himself.
As he entered the room all eyes were on him. Most of them just thought he was a lost little kid. He gulped. They were all about twice his height.
"Hey, are you all right? Did you get lost?" said a girl from the front of class.
She had a sweet, sincere smile and Lucas was about to answer her when the teacher, Mr. Green, interrupted.
"No Miss Parker, he isn't lost, I'm afraid he is a new student here!"
Everyone stared back at Lucas and he looked down at the floor, ashamed to look up. He got so embarrassed when people stared at him. He already got that a lot in his last school.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said the teenage girl.
"...It's Ok" Lucas replied a second later.
"Don't be late again. You may take a seat over there..." Mr. Green looked at him expecting his name.
"...Oh, Lucas Sir"
Mr. Green then pointed over to a seat next to some guy, who looked like he really needed to shave.
"Right then Lucas, go on!"
Lucas timidly started towards his desk.
"...Oh and Lucas, don't call me Sir, call me Mr. Green, you understand." He said arrogantly as though Lucas was just there for fun and didn't know a thing!
Lucas nodded and sat down at his new desk. "You better not bother me you little squirt!" the boy next to him whispered viciously.
The bell went soon after he had sat down.
He hurried down the corridors to his next lesson. He got stopped by a couple of teachers who didn't believe him when he said he was a student there. They asked him questions like...
"What's 9 x 7 then?" Of course being a genius Lucas didn't take even a second to give them the answers and so they let him go.
He got to his first class late. But once he explained to the teacher they were all right with it, plus his teacher was nice to him anyway. She was quite a young looking woman probably in her early twenties. She had blonde curls and sparkling green eyes.
She smiled at Lucas as he entered the classroom. He hadn't felt very welcome at the school until he met her, Ms. Holly.
"Hi there, and just who might you be?" She smiled at him as she said this.
"Lucas Wolenczek, Ms" he said nervously smiling back at her.
"Well, Lucas welcome to your first English lesson here!" she said politely.
"Thank you, erm..." Lucas looked around the room, everyone was staring at him again and he only just noticed.
"...Where should I sit?" he asked uneasily.
Ms. Holly looked around the classroom. There were a few spaces.
"Well, where would you like to sit Lucas?"
"Well..."
Lucas thought for a second. He looked around some more. There were three places he could sit. Next the guy he had been sat next to in his form room. He glared at Lucas, when he caught him looking in his direction. There was a girl who sat chewing gum and writing little notes. And lastly there was the girl he had seen before, the one who had asked him if he was lost. She smiled at him. She didn't look threatening.
"Can I please sit there?" He asked intently.
Ms. Holly smiled and nodded her head.
Lucas paced across the room to where she was sitting, and sat down next to her.
"Hello again, my name's Samantha, but you can call me Sam if you like!" she said as Lucas rested in his seat.
"Hi, Err...Lucas" Lucas answered nodding
She smiled again. "I know you told our whole class"
He knew she still treated him as though he was just a little kid, but really he was and this usually got on his nerves a lot but with Sam it didn't. He didn't know it, but Samantha was his first crush.
The teacher began to speak.
"Ok, welcome everyone! Now I'm going to hand out some exercise books, I need you to write the obvious name, subject, room and teacher on the front of it please, then..."
Lucas did quite well for his first lesson at middle school. After Ms. Holly had stopped talking, about half an hour into the lesson she told the kids they had to write about something they wished they could have but could never get and they had to write it as though it was actually happening or had happened! This assignment seemed to really get to him. The only thing he could think of was his father! So he wrote:
'I come home every day and my father is there with welcoming arms. Today he tells me that we are going to get some ice cream and then go to the cinema. He looks into my eyes and tells me he loves me. Then we play and laugh and run around. He hugs me and tells me how proud of me he is. I smile as he holds me tight. My mother comes home and we all go out for ice cream. My father let's me have all the toppings I want and we stop by at the toy store on the way to the cinema and my Father buys me a huge teddy bear with large Ribbon tied around it's neck. We go and see a movie about animals and happy endings and then when we get home, my father tucks me in and kisses me good night. I smile as my father closes the door and says good night. I close my eyes. I love him and he loves me!'
"How are you doing Lucas?" asked Ms. Holly.
"Err, fine, I think"
Ms. Holly looked over his work and then glanced over at him.
"Lucas, you do know you're meant to write about something you can never have don't you?"
"Yes Ms, and...and I did"
"Alright, good work" she said and smiled at him warmly.
"Poor kid" she thought to herself.
Just then the bell went and kids started pouring out of the classrooms.
Sam got up and headed for the door.
"Sam..." Lucas called after.
She turned around.
"...Can, well can I sit next to ya in the next class"
"Sure" she said wearing that same sweet smile.
