More New People
Rae sat at the front of the Chemistry Lab, her book on her lap, one hand almost negligently turning pages, as she read the story. Her other hand was fiddling with a propelling pencil as the new teacher went through the usual spiel.
The new teacher was fairly young, a red-head, with absolutely no idea of how to control a class. Or to give her, her due, she had some idea, but couldn't. Rae had spotted this within a minute, and once she broke the rules the others followed suit; Rae had an uncanny ability to judge a teacher and get their skill level, it probably had something to do with being a daughter to a teacher. She also didn't like breaking rules, if she was going to get caught, detention cut into fun time.
"My name is Miss Gray, I am your cover teacher for this year, while a new teacher is found permanently. Yes?"
"Why aren't you going to be our permanent teacher?" Rae spun round and saw Tiny lowering her hand while she asked,
"I'm only available for this term. Yes?"
"Are you American?" this time it was Tiny's mate, Mandy, doing the asking
"Yes. Yes?" Rae didn't need to turn around for this statement; she knew who it would be.
"What are we going to do?" Luce asked, the last of the trio.
"I was just going to tell you," Rae cringed, she knew that tone of voice, it was the voice of a person on the edge. "In order to assess your practical skills, I am going to allow you to plan and perform an experiment of your choice in this and the next lesson. Could you all please pair up?"
Pairs quickly formed across the class-room, and Rae found herself in her usual position, on her own.
"Would you mind forming a three...?" Miss Gray's words were left hanging as she tried to identify the kid left over.
"Rae. Actually I'd prefer to be on my own." She admitted,
"Okay then." Miss Gray's voice revealed surprise, but acceptance, as none of the class offered to let Rae join them. "Could you all start planning now?"
Rae slipped her laptop out of it's case, and waited for it to load up, while numerous ideas ran through her head, one of them being the thought that she recognised Miss Gray, but it was quickly dismissed. Her mind settled on one idea for an experiment, she just had to talk to Hayley, and get some help.
Hayley and Althea were chilling out in the common room, by some weird coincidence they had rooms next to each other.
"So, what's this place like?" Althea asked
"The food's pretty bad, but Friday lunch is better."
"Why?"
"That's when Hannah's got cookery, I don't like her, but her food is excellent."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Anyway, visit the Tuck shop when ever it's open."
"Thanks for the tip off. But it can't be worse than my last place."
"Really?"
"Yeah. There we call the chef 'Bon Appetite', and trust me we don't. A while back, I swear his food was so off that it could have crawled away." Althea said, Well, I'm not exactly lying.
"SH!T!"
"Yeah! We nearly called in the Army" We are the army
"So apart from the Trips, any other family?"
"I've two baby brothers, Claudius and Barney. My dad looks after us."
"Right."
"You?"
"One older sister, one younger, but there's a big gap between us and the younger." Hayley replied.
"Right. What about your gang?"
"Huh?"
"How long you been together, who is everyone, etc?"
"Okay, I'm the leader, then there's Rae, Henry and Sarah. We never really started, just met, and became friends. The only problem is Hannah. She can't take a hint!"
"Know the feeling."
Henry sat in English her book blatantly open on her desk, as she re-read LOTR for the zillionth time. The rest of the chaos going on around her was easy to ignore, as she chatted with Cat and Kitty.
Cat was a nutty, red-headed girl, who got on well with everyone. So she and Kitty were becoming good friends, as Kitty adapted to British humour and lessons.
The teacher was trying to teach the class something about a play, Henry thought it was 'Romeo and Juliet', but both Kitty and Cat swore it was 'Twelfth Night'. So they were probably right, the whole class would have to act parts of it for the Shakespeare Festival, but no one cared right now.
"So is this, like, how the classes normally go?" Kitty asked
"No, Flower's the worst for rules. Bow is one of the worst for keeping us in order." Kitty replied fairly relaxed.
"Hasn't Henry, like, read LOTR yet?" Kitty steered away from the weird names,
"She's the most dedicated fan there is! Of course she has. She just re-reads it a lot."
"Is it, like, just me or is this place, like, nuts?"
"Yes, but don't worry, you'll fit in fine." Henry replied, turning a page.
FINALLY! Another chapter up!
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