Sorry for the long update, but hey, be happy it's here!!

Chapter Four

As You Like It

The next day, was a regular school day. Everyone ran to their classes and sat presentable in their seats, waiting for their teacher to come into the classroom.

"I did some pretty down-right mean stuff this morning." Jimmy whispered, tilting his head toward Spinner who was sitting next to him.

They were in Ms. Kwan's English class, where the students would sit and work independently without words being spoken, or they would join forces and do their lessons. But today, independencies were strictly tolerable. In other words, you need to sit, work, and be quiet.

Spinner nodded, "Shut up, Jimmy. I really NEED to get this done." Spinner snapped, in a quiet whisper. Then went straight back to his routine.

"Wow," Jimmy replied. "Spin's, suddenly becoming a workaholic, when it happen?"

Spinner nodded once more in disbelief, "I told you, shut up! Tell me later, if I don't get this done-I'll be the one doing some down-right mean shit to you." Spinner barked, and went back to his work.

"Fine," Jimmy stated. "Be like that."

"Jimmy, Spinner," Ms. Kwan began, looking up from grading a few tests from the day before. "Get back to work."

Exit Exams were approaching, fast but weren't wanted. These tests, held the answer to all the seniors around the globe. If one were to fail this test, that it's bye-bye graduation and hello senior year! ---Again. Which, answers the question: "Why is Spinner working so hard?"

"Alright," Ms. Kwan began, rising from her desk chair, about ten minutes later. "Close your textbooks. We're going to end the class around in a group circle."

The class sighed of relief and closed their textbooks. And grabbed their chairs, after pushing the tables to the back of the classroom and got in a huge circle. Ms. Kwan passed around small but thick books.

"What's this?" One student called out without raising his hand. Ms. Kwan was going to correct him. But let it go.

"Well, I've found these books." Ms. Kwan held up the book in the air. "Shakespeare's "As You Like It."

The class sighed now of disbelief. Most of the students mind and faces clearly read. "OH MAN! NOT SHAKESPEARE AGAIN!" But knowing Ms. Kwan, she didn't care what her students thought of the curriculum, went on with her discussion.

" 'As You Like It' is one of my favorite pieces of literature from Shakespeare," Ms. Kwan began telling the class the basic gist of a story about star-crossed lovers, as many of Shakespeare's plays are.

But before they could start someone raised their hand. The student appeared to be Craig. He cleared his throat. "Um, Ms. Kwan? We're at the end of the year, graduating in about two weeks now..."

"Yes?" Ms. Kwan cut him off, clearly not understanding what he was getting at. "Well, why are we starting a new book just now?" Craig finished his question, and then went back to slouching in his seat, with his book on his lap.

"I decided to start a new book, simply because, I was suppose to read this in the beginning of the year, but instead we read something else. We need to fit this book in our curriculum fast, because there are question concerning it, on the exams." Ms. Kwan explained. Pulling her wheeled office chair over in the middle of the circle.

"Just to get a taste of the story, let's just act out a few passages from the story. Then tomorrow read the actual book? Shall we?"

"Ashley would you begin reading Rosalind's speech on page 126 please?" Ms. Kwan asked Ashley, who sat comfortably in the back.

"Sure Ms. Kwan," Ashley answered, with a nervous tone in her voice. She struggled in her seat, flipping through the clean, clear pages of the book, searching for page 126. She found it.

"O, I know where you are: nay, 'tis true: there was never any thing so sudden but the fight of two rams and Caesar's thrasonical brag of "I came, saw, and overcame:"

"Wonderfully said, Ashley. But could explain what Rosalind is saying?" Ms. Kwan then shot another chillingly nervous question towards Ashley. Ashley was having trouble, shooting back a logical answer back to Ms. Kwan. Ashley suddenly went uncomfortable, and she never was this uncomfortable in class, especially when it was explain a passage of Ms. Kwan's beloved Shakespeare.

Ashley began hesitating, in her sit. Trying to gather words from her high standard vocabulary in her developed steadily brain. Her years of good grades didn't pay very well, every word that came out of mouth was, ' Um, Uh, Eh, and Well.'

"Anyone?" Ms. Kwan looked around the circle, to see if anyone got it. Everyone nodded negatively. Then Jimmy's hand slowly appeared in the air. Ms. Kwan smiled and called on him.

"If we were to read on, we would learn that Rosalind is admitting that she did in fact have a plan to get Orlando's brother and her sister together." Jimmy answered, then smirked and turned towards Ashley. "Right, Ms. Kwan?"

Ms. Kwan smiled, impressed. "Very good, Jimmy."

The bell rang, and everyone escorted themselves out of the room. Ms. Kwan casually stated that they could take the book home and get a head start for tomorrow's reading. They grabbed their books and left, heading toward the hallway for lunch.

----***+++*___+++)*(**+)+)()_&%^#$@#!@!$@&$*$$$&()*^$&()&^$&$____===-+2$ Sorry, I would have made it longer, but simply because I like it how it ended. I'm going to let it go from there! I believe next chapter will be shopping for dresses. Not sure. Anyway, later!