And Then There Was You

Chapter Three

Mimi glanced around the class and sighed. How on earth did she get herself into these things? To her left was Belle who was completely wrapped up in Shawn. He was using his pen to play with hair while she tried to ignore him.

"Well isn't this a lovely Kodak moment," Mimi mumbled to herself and rolled her eyes.

Unfortunately, they landed on Chloe and Philip who were conducting their own little study session.

'Yea, of how long they can kiss before they need to come up for air.'

Where the hell was Jason when she needed him?

'Oh yeah, that's right. He took off at lunch and never came back.' She thought miserably and sighed again.

"Damn you Jason!" she whispered as she banged her head on her desk.

"You know, when people say that, they're usually supposed to have a reason."

Mimi's head whipped around and she glared at him.

"Jason, where the hell have you been? I've been putting up with this little love fest for the past…" she glanced at her watch, "fifteen minutes. BY MYSELF!!!"

"I had some stuff to take care of."

She looked at him pointedly, clearly wanting a better reason.

"Well… I-I-I…" he stuttered.

Her interest was now piqued. She really had to find out what he had been up to. But before she could further interrogate him, Mrs. Perez, the psychology teacher walked into the class.

"As I remember correctly PDA's are strictly forbidden in school. Right Mr. Kiriakas? Ms. Lane?

Chloe and Philip quickly jumped apart, earning a few chuckles from their fellow classmates. Mrs. Perez eyed the six teens that lined the last two rows of her classroom. They would be the perfect group to use as the first victims for her new assignment.

"Today class, we have a very interesting assignment. You all will be learning about the ins and outs of marriage relationships. Along with all the joys of having children. As my first few victims, I think I'll choose the six that seemed to be already wrapped up in each other. Chloe and Philip, you first."

The two stepped to the front of the class. A little weary because you never knew what Mrs. Perez was capable of.

"You will be "married" for the next four weeks. In this time you're going to have to deal with the aspects of jobs creating marital problems and also caring for your child or children as the case may be. Your jobs will be picked from the bowl on the left of my desk and the number of children from the right."

After they picked from both bowls they handed the paper to Mrs. Perez. She opened it up and a big smile immediately creeped across her face.

"Well, well, well… this should be very interesting. One occupation is that of a singer, the other of a homemaker. Since we all know that in this relationship Chloe is definitely the singer, it appears that Mr. Kiriakas has just become a house wife."

Philips eyes bulged out of his head as his classmates, especially all the football players laughed as they envisioned the idea of Philip at home in an apron cooking.

"Chloe, can you please bring that big bag I have in the corner over here please."

When Chloe got the bag, Mrs. Perez continued. "Now can you please open the bag, preferably with eyes closed, and choose one."

Chloe did as she was told and the results pulled out shocked everyone.

"Mrs. P, no offense, but have you completely lost your mind?" Philip asked, almost in a daze.

Mrs. Perez laughed then removed the object from Chloe's hands and showed it to the entire class. "This class, is your new child. Since it has the pink tag on the corner it means it's a girl."

"Mrs. Perez," Chloe began in her sweetest voice, "not only is this ridiculous, it's insane. I refuse to carry that around with me for the next two months. It's a bag of potato chips!!" By now, the irritation clearly showing in her voice.

"Brilliant deduction Ms. Lane. Not only is it a bag of potato chips, but it's a bag of Lays and as the slogan goes 'You can't have just one' and you my darling have been blessed with twins."

Chloe's mouth dropped. This was absolutely the strangest thing that Mrs. Perez had ever come up with. It was some kind of torture. A way to get back at her students for doing something to her Chloe convinced herself mentally.

The entire class was in total hysteria over the current situation of Mr. Popularity himself and his little Diva. This was gonna be an interesting four weeks. The project sure had Mimi's attention. That was until it was her turn.

"Ms. Lockhart. Mr. Welles. I believe the two of you should be next.

Mimi and Jason glanced at each other and then got up and took the long walk towards the front of the class. Their other classmates however, found it quite amusing that they were walking so slowly so Jan decided to hum the wedding march. She was quickly joined by everyone else. Including Mrs. Perez.

"Screw you!" Jason mouthed to her before getting a "Been there, done that!" in relpy. He glared at her and continued. When she was in her silent mode, she was surely nicer.

After five minutes, Jason and Mimi returned to their seats as the proud parents of one bouncing baby boy of potato chips and as a lawyer and journalist. The two figured it could be worst, they could have ended up like poor Philip and Chloe.

"Twins, I feel for ya man," Jason said to Philip as he sat back in his seat.

Pretty soon the entire class had bags of potato chips and Mrs. Perez couldn't be any more excited to see what the results would turn out like.

"So Mrs. P, what happens if one of us gets hungry and decides to eat our child?" came a voice from the front of the class.

"That's an automatic failure," she replied instantly with a way too sweet smile on her face.

"But how would you know?" chimed in someone else.

"Because they are special bags with little surprises inside. On the due date of the project you will all find out what I'm talking about. If your bag doesn't have the surprise I'll know it's a fake. But I know none of y'all will eat your children. Anyway, class is dismissed. Have fun guys." And with that, Mrs. Perez left a class of twenty very confused students.

*TBC*

A/N: Kinda corny, I know. But everyone uses a sack of flour or an egg for these assignments so I thought it would be cool to try something new. I was just in the mood for potato chips  so I chose Lays. Anywayz, hope you enjoyed. Thanks for all the feedback. It's greatly appreciated. Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters so please don't sue me.