Chapter 2: Spanish Class
Part 1
Haley walked in and sat down beside Lucas.
"Everyone, everyone, sit down!" Mrs. English told the noisy class. "The bell has already rung and that means that everyone should be seated," she added.
Within moments, the entire class was situated and quiet.
"Good," she said as smile formed on her face with pleasure. "So as everyone remembers, in the beginning of the semester, I told you all that I had a surprise for the top two students and for the other three students that were drawn and the time has come," she began.
"So what's the surprise?" asked the boy that got into trouble the first day of school, Billy. "No homework?"
"Billy…" she replied with a devilish look.
"Okay, fine…" she responded as he backed away from the desk and began to slump.
"As I was saying, the surprise for the top two students and the three people would be…" she began to add tension to the group of students.
"Ohh, just tell us," Billy spoke up again.
"BILLY!"
"Sorry…"
"The surprise is that the five students will go to and live in Acapulco, Mexico for two weeks with a family located there. They would experience the beautiful culture of Mexico by attending classes there and living with a family," she told the class.
Looks of surprise and excitement filled the faces of the students immediately.
"Who are they?" interrupted Billy again.
"Billy, get out of the classroom right now!" she ordered him as she pointed to the door, mad of his rapid interruptions.
"Thank you," he answered back to her as he grabbed his books and left the classroom.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Billy has left the building," he said before he closed the door.
Laughter filled the classroom.
"Everyone, be quiet and let me finish," she instructed the class.
The class became abruptly quiet.
"Good… as I was saying the top 2 students are…Haley James and Lucas Scott," she informed the entire class as she looked at the pair.
Haley turned around towards Lucas and he did the same. They smiled to each other and high-fived each other.
"We are going to Mexico!" she told him excitingly.
"Oh, what a surprise?" said a voice in the back of the classroom.
Haley turned around towards the voice and gave Nathan a glare. He turned around towards his friends and high-fived them while he looked at Haley with a smirk.
"The other three students that will be attending the trip, by the luck of the draw, are…Peyton Sawyer, Brooke Davis, and Nathan Scott," she continued, not hearing Nathan's comment.
"WHAT?" Haley said aloud when Nathan's name was mentioned.
"Yes, Haley, Nathan will be attending the trip with you," the teacher answered as she looked at her.
'Why in the world is this happening?' she asked herself as she looked at Lucas.
Lucas also had a surprised look on his face, but just shrugged it off. Haley turned around and looked at Nathan. She noticed that Nathan was also looking at her with a grin plastered on his face.
"Two weeks," he mouthed to her while smiling.
"You five will have to stay after class to discuss the plans of the trip," she told them as she looked at them. "Moving onto regular class," she said as she changed the subject, "time to turn in those essays and begin on notes of Spanish Art," she continued.
Groans filled the classroom by the mention of notes.
"Come on lets go! We are wasting valuable time," she told the class.
"Looks like I was wrong. This day just got worse," she said to herself as she passed Lucas her paper.
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Part 2
"Okay my chosen students, you guys are flying to Mexico in 2 days," she began.
"What? That's really soon," Haley stated to the teacher.
"I know, but that is the only available time that also works with the families in Mexico, so you guys are going to have to work with me here," she responded.
"Do we have to pay?" Haley asked.
"Oh, no. The Foreign Language Department is paying for this, but you do have to pay for all the little things like food, and other things, but nothing major. They just want to see how this whole entire thing works out and how successful it will actually be."
"So do we all live with the same family or do we each live with separate families?" Brooke asked.
"You all will be living with separate families," she answered.
"Duh, Brooke. Didn't you pay attention when she said that," Nathan informed her.
Brooke gave him a glare and she looked away.
"Nathan," cautioned Mrs. English to him.
"Sorry," he replied.
"So we will basically be living there for two weeks, go to school, and spend time with the family?" Peyton concluded.
"Yeah, but some of you will also work," she replied to them.
"WORK?" Brooke asked surprised and shocked.
"Yes, I'm sure it won't be a problem. Oh, and you'll also write an essay on your experience and read it to the class once you get back," she added.
All five groaned of the abrupt assignment given to them.
"Hey take it or leave it? You guys won't have to make up any of the work when you get back so I have to make you guys turn in something for credit," she told them.
She looked at all of the five's faces and smiled.
"Any other questions before you guys go to your next period?" she asked them.
All five looked at each other and shook their head in response.
"Good. Now get to class," she told them as she turned around and began to grade the essays. "Oh, and have fun. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so take as much advantage as you can. Acapulco is a stunning place and I'm sure you guys will like it," she added before they left.
"So two weeks?" Haley asked again to Lucas.
"Yup, two weeks of lovely Mexico with…" Lucas began.
"With the devil," Haley finished, referring to Nathan.
Lucas began to laugh as they walked to their next hour.
"Come on…I don't think that it'll be that bad," he told her.
"Excuse me, what has the punk done to you since you joined the team?" Haley asked him.
"Just ignore him, we'll have fun. Free vacation to Mexico, how good can that get?" he asked as he smiled to her.
"Yeah, I guess…It would have been a lot better without him," Haley replied as she looked at Nathan walk with the rest of the basketball team down the hallway, ahead of them.
Suddenly Nathan turned his head around and looked at Haley. He just smiled at her and she groaned and turned around with a disgusting facial in response.
'Oh, some fun this trip is going to be,' she thought to herself as she walked into her English Lit class.
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AN: Hey you guys! I hoped you liked the chapter!
Next chapter…
In the airport and the airplane ride…
Who will be sitting next to who in the airplane?
Come check on Friday (4/16) for Chapter Three!
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