"Mr. Vaster, can I use da bathroom."
Royal watched as the teacher turned towards her, his eyes glinting with disgust as she came into his direct vision.
He glanced at the clock near the door and sighed, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Ramona there are 5 minutes left in the period, cant you wait?"
Royal crossed her legs anxiously, wringing her fingers out with her hands.
"Nah, I gotta go real bad. I finished all my math problems too." She held up the completed trigonometry sheet he had given her.
The teacher sighed once more, closing his eyes in aggravation.
"Fine, next time wait for the period to end."
Royal nodded curtly, picking up her schoolbag from its spot beside her desk and turning on her heals, fleeing the classroom.
As soon as she was in the hallway she slowed down her pace, her gait becoming more comfortable.
Today was the day of their first rebellion. It was to be a minor one for, as Skittery had said earlier, they did not have much to rebel against. They had only been at the orphanage for a week and had not really experienced much maltreatment.
Royal wandered about the corridors, finally reaching her destination in front of the earth science room where Skittery was to meet her.
She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around sharply, finding her self nose to nose with Skittery. He kissed her gently on the lips, shifting his schoolbag on his shoulder so it would not get in his way.
Royal smiled against his lips and pulled back after a couple of seconds.
They did not have time for such fooling around.
"Ready?"
He nodded, his face becoming serious. "Its not like we've got anything ta be ready for though," he rationed, as they began to walk down the corridor, heading for the main hallway where most classrooms were located. "I mean… all we gotta do is wait 'til we create a accident or what ever…"
Their plan was to lie down in the middle of the hallway and wait until a child tripped over their bodies, creating a domino effect upon all other passing students.
Royal smiled demonically as she ran over their scheme in her head.
Their punishment would most likely not be very grand, detention maybe but no floors or missed meals.
They reached the most popular hallway, which was to the left of the lobby.
Suddenly the bell began to ring and the sound folders and notebooks closing could be heard coming from each classroom.
Skittery turned towards royal smiling. She gave him a toothy grin before sitting heavily on the tiled floor and spreading out her feet in front of her. She waited for Skittery to join her on the floor before lieing down completely on the tiles, the top of her head against the wall, her feet barely brushing the other side of the small hallway. Skittery had to bend his knees slightly to fit between the walls though royal reckoned that the elevation of his knees would only create more of a hazard.
The first groups of kids began to disperse from their classrooms, slowly making their way down the hall, chatting with friends. Most of the kids being let out were around 10-14 in age and royal almost pitied them for their inconvenience.
Though her sympathy soon faded as the first oblivious kids began to trip over her and Skittery's outstretched legs, their schoolbooks skidding every which way across the tile.
She muffled a laugh in the back of her throat and she could feel Skittery doing the same. Even if their rebellion did not affect the system, it was worth it just to see the faces of these stunned kids as their bodies collided with the floor.
The kids began to pile up in the hallway as the fallen ones searched for their notebooks and folders, which had been strewn across the floor at some point in their fall.
Skittery searched for Royal's hand beside him, gripping it and turning towards her smiling. He seemed to be saying the same thing she had been thinking; this is so worth it.
A couple of the misfortunate students were glaring at Skittery and her as they collected their books though royal ignored their hateful stares. She could care less about their distress.
Out of the corner of her eye, royal saw a teacher stick his head out the door looking around the hallway for the kid who was making all the raucous.
The teacher's eyes soon came to rest on she and Skittery and he scowled, gripping the doorknob in aggravation.
He began to walk over to Skittery and her, first calmly though his steps soon quickened as yet another child fell to the floor.
"Up!" the teacher shouted mercilessly at them, his voice stern yet commanding. "Up!"
He bent down and grabbed Skittery by the collar, dragging him to his feet. Once standing he took hold of Skittery's ear before reaching down for royal.
She winced as he forced her to stand, his hand tugging at her ear as well. She caught a glimpse of Skittery smiling at her though the teacher, noticing their eye contact, pulled them away from each other.
A few of the kids watching this scene began to laugh as royal and Skittery were hauled off in this awkward position and royal could feel their eyes watching her pitilessly.
The orphanage had never been this way. The children had never laughed at their acquaintance's pranks. They had joined in. Why were they laughing?
The teacher dragged Skittery and her to Mrs. Muller's office, half throwing them into the chairs outside the door. Though the man did not go away as royal had expected him to but instead stood in front of them, watching the children closely.
She wanted to be alone with Skittery.
Suddenly royal turned towards Skittery and pulled him towards her into a deep kiss, hoping this would repel the teacher and convince him to let them be. Skittery hesitated for a moment before catching on and playing along with her scheme.
The teacher gave them a scathing look before turning on his heals and leaving the room, shutting the office door behind him.
Skittery slowly pulled away from her after the man left, a smile planted firmly upon his face.
He traced his finger along Royal's chin, creating a warm sensation throughout her skin.
The door opened and Mrs. Muller stepped through the frame, her eyes resting upon Skittery's hand on Royal's cheek.
"How ironic," she remarked skeptically, folding her hands across her chest. "Come in and stop that fondling."
Both Skittery and Royal snorted with laughter though soon shushed them selves as Mrs. Muller gave them another loathsome stare.
They entered her office, taking a seat in the two armchairs in front of her desk.
Only last week they had sat in these exact chairs while Mrs. Muller had explained how their lives were to be led at the orphanage. Now they sat in the chairs, waiting to be scolded for not following the rules she had laid down then.
Mrs. Muller walked over to her desk and began to shuffle papers into that littered the desktop into a neat file.
"Well I see you two have managed to reek havoc fairly easily. Your little prank could have caused an accident. But… since it did not, thank god," her eyes wandered up to the two kids before her, "I have decided your punishment will not be all too grand. You have detention for tonight. I understand Mr. Cooper that you usually get tutored during the time scheduled for detentions so both of your detentions will be served after hours, in the testing rooms on the second floor."
Skittery gave her a sarcastic smile before looking down at the carpet covered floors once more.
Mrs. Muller caught his expression and her tone suddenly turned from informative to cold and sharp, "I am letting you two off easily today but next time your punishment will be more severe. Consider that a warning."
Skitter gave her another quick smile, shifting awkwardly in his chair.
Mrs. Muller began to arrange her desk once more,
"You two are excused."
Skittery and royal began to get out of their chairs, sending each other wordy glances.
Suddenly Skittery dove into royal, placing his lips over her mouth. Royal joined in, grabbing at Skittery's vest, her tongue clashing with his. She stole a look at Mrs. Muller who looked thoroughly horrified with their actions.
"Stop that! I said stop that! You two look like beasts."
Skittery pulled away from royal though still held on to her waist.
"Why thank you Mrs. Muller. I take that as a compliment." he replied smirking at the stunned woman.
"Out… of my sight!" Mrs. Muller fumed, pointing to the door.
Skittery smiled again, pretending to tip an imaginary hat to her.
"Have a nice day Mrs. Muller." Royal called pleasantly to the woman as she and Skittery left the room.
