Disclaimer: I still owe nothing. Stop pestering me. 'Shoots all the lawyers
outside with bug spray.'
There's gotta be something in the water here, Serena thought later on. The teachers had such little emotion, like they were robots or something. And this Miss Burke is mousier than even Casey.
"Now, can anyone tell me what was Crusoe's greatest fear?" Miss Burke asked the class. No one raised their hands.
"Anyone?"
Zeke's hand went up.
"Ah, yes, Zeke?"
"Crusoe was afraid that he'd be stuck on that island forever with nothing but callouses," he smiled.
The teacher was stone-faced, "No, that's not correct. Isolation was his greatest fear."
Zeke laughed, "Yes, but his external existence in no way compared to the internal agony of the loneliness he felt," Zeke ended looking right at Serena.
Serena's breath caught in her throat. She didn't pay attention to the rest of the class and Zeke's eyes never left her.
Next class was Science with Casey, Zeke, Stokely, and no Delilah in sight. Plus the teacher, Mr. Furlong, seemed cool and funny. Serena got to class in time to rescue Stokely from being Mary-Beth's lab partner. Then Casey can running in with a weird looking thing in his hands.
"Mr. Furlong."
"Present," the teacher replied.
"I found this on the football field," Casey showed him the creature. Everyone gathered around Mr. Furlong's desk.
"Casey, I don't wanna blow smoke up your butt, but I think you may have discovered a new species."
"Yeah right," said a skeptical Gabe.
"Hey, it could happen. New species are discovered everyday. It's pylogic."
"What's pylogic?"
"Sea-dwelling organism," Zeke piped up from somewhere in the back.
"Right," the teacher confirmed.
Just then, Zeke decided to take over the class. He and Mr. Furlong went off on a tangent about the creature.
Mary-Beth eventually remarked, "Well, you just know everything." Getting no response from Zeke, she looked like she'd decided it was a lost cause.
"Hey, maybe it's from your planet Stokely," Gabe joked.
"Oh blow me, asshole," she replied, knocking into Gabe, causing him to hit the table, knocking over the water there. It spilled on the thing and it started to move. Everyone started. Mr. Furlong walked it over to the large fish tank.
"Couldn't this kill it?" Casey asked concerned.
"You don't want to drown it," Serena agreed.
The teacher dropped it into the tank and it started swimming around. Then it spilt into two. Everyone dropped to look at the creatures. Mr. Furlong put a glove on and tried to feel the creature, but it bit him.
After a string of swears, he said, "I'm alright."
"It has teeth. Where did it get teeth?" Casey was voicing everyone's concern.
Serena put her hand up to the glass and one of the creatures formed to it exactly. Something is not quite right, she thought.
There's gotta be something in the water here, Serena thought later on. The teachers had such little emotion, like they were robots or something. And this Miss Burke is mousier than even Casey.
"Now, can anyone tell me what was Crusoe's greatest fear?" Miss Burke asked the class. No one raised their hands.
"Anyone?"
Zeke's hand went up.
"Ah, yes, Zeke?"
"Crusoe was afraid that he'd be stuck on that island forever with nothing but callouses," he smiled.
The teacher was stone-faced, "No, that's not correct. Isolation was his greatest fear."
Zeke laughed, "Yes, but his external existence in no way compared to the internal agony of the loneliness he felt," Zeke ended looking right at Serena.
Serena's breath caught in her throat. She didn't pay attention to the rest of the class and Zeke's eyes never left her.
Next class was Science with Casey, Zeke, Stokely, and no Delilah in sight. Plus the teacher, Mr. Furlong, seemed cool and funny. Serena got to class in time to rescue Stokely from being Mary-Beth's lab partner. Then Casey can running in with a weird looking thing in his hands.
"Mr. Furlong."
"Present," the teacher replied.
"I found this on the football field," Casey showed him the creature. Everyone gathered around Mr. Furlong's desk.
"Casey, I don't wanna blow smoke up your butt, but I think you may have discovered a new species."
"Yeah right," said a skeptical Gabe.
"Hey, it could happen. New species are discovered everyday. It's pylogic."
"What's pylogic?"
"Sea-dwelling organism," Zeke piped up from somewhere in the back.
"Right," the teacher confirmed.
Just then, Zeke decided to take over the class. He and Mr. Furlong went off on a tangent about the creature.
Mary-Beth eventually remarked, "Well, you just know everything." Getting no response from Zeke, she looked like she'd decided it was a lost cause.
"Hey, maybe it's from your planet Stokely," Gabe joked.
"Oh blow me, asshole," she replied, knocking into Gabe, causing him to hit the table, knocking over the water there. It spilled on the thing and it started to move. Everyone started. Mr. Furlong walked it over to the large fish tank.
"Couldn't this kill it?" Casey asked concerned.
"You don't want to drown it," Serena agreed.
The teacher dropped it into the tank and it started swimming around. Then it spilt into two. Everyone dropped to look at the creatures. Mr. Furlong put a glove on and tried to feel the creature, but it bit him.
After a string of swears, he said, "I'm alright."
"It has teeth. Where did it get teeth?" Casey was voicing everyone's concern.
Serena put her hand up to the glass and one of the creatures formed to it exactly. Something is not quite right, she thought.
