DISCLAIMER
It's still not mine. It still belongs to Disney. Actually, I think I own the English teacher, Mary Cranston. However, if you know the actual name of the teacher, tell me and I'll change it. I do own any students that you don't recognize as well.
The next day, Jamie was half an hour late for school. As he came up to his locker, Catie Roth, glanced at him.
"Hey. Why didn't you tell me you were gonna come in late? I would've waited," she stated.
"I wanted to be alone," was the response.
"You okay?" the girl asked.
"Fine," he answered. The boy put his books in his locker, trying not to wince. A few minutes later, the bell rang.
"Come on," Catie said.
"Yeah. I'll be right there," Jamie replied. Catie walked off. Jamie looked into his locker's mirror, and rubbed his right shoulder in pain. Then, he headed in the same direction as Catie.
"Now, as you recall, we're reviewing Oliver Twist," their English teacher, Mary Cranston reminded them. "Young Oliver is abused and mistreated by Mr. and Mrs. Bumble who run the orphanage, and Mr. Sowerberry, the undertaker. At this point in the story, he really doesn't seem to have much hope," she continued.
"Yeah, well, if he wasn't such a wimp, he'd probably be better off," Jamie snapped. Everyone turned and stared at him.
"He's just a kid. It's not like he can fight back," Helen Johnson pointed out.
"That's no excuse. He should at least try to put up a fight," Jamie snapped again. Then, he pressed his lips together and refused to say anything more. This proved to be the first of numerous episodes. No matter what class he was in, Jamie acted defiantly until he was eventually given detention. When he heard this, he just scoffed.
"Not the first time," he stated. Then, he walked away from the classroom.