What do I want to be?
The morning bell rang as all the kids headed inside their homerooms and the volunteers went up and down the stairs carrying books and papers ready to help the teachers with their daily school chores as the principal got ready to do the morning announcements. Chase was assigned a seat not to far from Cameron and Forman, too far to talk but close enough to understand what they were mouthing.
"Alright settle down" Mr. Ghelert yelled over all the chitchat. He was a gym teacher so he was very stricked but very fun with tall strong legs and very blue eyes
"What do we have first" Chase mouthed over to Cameron seeing how her and Forman were the only people he really met yesterday
She skimmed through her schedule and looked under today followed with a big sigh
"We have stupid double block language arts" she mouthed back
Chase only came yesterday so he didn't know how bad that class was but he already hated Mrs. Whiley
The late bell rang and the announcements came on with some mindless unimportant news and when they where finished all the kids squeezed through the door way since they all tried to get out at the same time. Chase still didn't know his way around so he walked around the halls not knowing where to go until Cameron grabbed his sleeve and pulled him to the L.A room kindly
"Good morning class would you please write down in your agenda's what's on the board" Mrs. Whiley ordered as the class groaned
Two minutes later she walked down the desks to see if they had it all written down and when she made sure of it she would go sit on her stool again
"Today's assignment is what you want to be when you're older; I expect them to be finished by the first block"
The class sighed as they got out their pieces of paper and started to write
"What are you writing about?" Forman whispered to Cameron
"A doctor, you" she whispered back
"Same, What about you Robert"
"He likes to be called Chase" Cameron interrupted with a smile to Chase
He smiled back but not as flirty as he hoped it was more of a thank you smile
"What ever, most likely the first thing that comes to mind" he told him while playing with his cross. Cameron watched as he twiddled with his necklace but didn't say anything
As time went by Chase, Cameron, and Forman passed notes to each other asking Chase all these questions. Cameron knew that Forman didn't know that Chase was rich but she remembered what he said at lunch about not liking it so she didn't bother to ask
"Times up, who would like to read theirs out loud" Mrs. Whiley asked the class as some girls put up their hands
"Yes Alex" she said pointing to the girl in the back. She stood up and flipped her blonde hair to her back
"I'm going to be a model because I am beautiful and I know just how to walk. I'm not the only one who thinks I'm beautiful my dad calls me it all the time and he's my dad so I have to believe him" she read out loud in her spoiled tone of voice. The whole class stared at her and as she sat down she winked at Chase in a very flirty way which made Forman laugh
"Looks like the so called super model wants you Chase" Cameron joked
Chase made a face at her in a friendship way and looked back at the teacher
"Robert, what did you write down" Mrs. Whiley asked
"Oh nothing I'm not finished yet" he mumbled making his accent sound funny
"Well let's hear what you have"
"I'd rather not" he replied making some kids laugh
"I'll go instead of him" Cameron asked
"Alright but when your finished your paper Robert I want you to read it" Mrs. Whiley ordered
"When I'm an adult I want to become a doctor working at a hospital. I like the feeling when I help people so I'm sure saving their lives would be much more rewarding then just helping them carry their books or picking up their money for them when they fall"
Chase smiled as he remembered the embarrassing trip he had yesterday
"I want to be thank you'd for giving a patient a needle when they are sick or bandaging up a wound and plus I like those white coats you get with your own little name tag" she joked as she sat down with the class clapping
"Very nice" the teacher said with a smile "Robert are you finished"
"No Mrs. Whiley" he replied writing the last paragraph to his paper
"Alright who's next?" she asked this time no one raised their hands "Eric how bout you"
Forman sighed and flipped through his papers
"Do I have to stand up" he asked
"No" Mrs. Whiley sighed
"When I'm older I want to be a neurologist. I have always been interested in how the brain works and I want to per sew a career in it. I plan on being the head of my department and I want to have my own office and everything with my own parking space and a nice car to go in it" he read out loud to the class
"You really find that stuff interesting" Mrs. Whiley asked
"Yeah, and you don't" Forman replied back
"It's the sight of blood that I can't stand" she shivered "Robert can you please read yours now" she asked sitting back in her stool
"But I'm not finished yet" he mumbled in his accent
"So I don't care we waited long enough" she told him in a tone
Chase sighed and looked around the class while they stared at him
"When I'm older I want" he said quietly
"Speak up please" the teacher ordered
"When I'm older I want to go to seminary school. My dad wants me to become a doctor but I don't find that stuff interesting; no offence you guys. My favorite passage is peter one seven, these trials only test your faith to see whether or not it is strong and pure. Your faith is being tested as fire tests gold and purifies it. I also like the way how the people who are in seminary schools life's are so pure and clean and how they can stay away from beer and drugs just because of a simple rule instead like the rest of us we choose to drink because we know it's bad but there's no one telling us we can't do it. The difference between us and them is that they follow the boundaries that we all have like stealing and all that but they choose to follow them because they respect god and believes that he is right; he knows all of the bad things in the world and warns us about them. The only thing is we need someone to teach us to see the signals and that's what seminary school is and that's how I want to live" he read out to the class as they all looked at him even Mrs. Whiley had nothing to say about his report
"Uh" the teacher cleared her throat "That was very good Robert, you can sit down now"
Chase sat down as all of the kids followed with their eyes
"That was amazing" Cameron whispered to Chase
"It was nothing"
The bell rang and they all headed to their lockers to pick up their things for their next class
"What do we have next" Cameron asked Forman
"Option" he replied back getting his books
"Hey Chase what are you in" Cameron asked as she walked over to his locker
"Uh band I think" he said as he read his schedule
"Oh I'm sorry man" Forman warned him
"What's wrong with band" Chase asked
"Nothing wrong with it; it's just that on Thursday you guys have to share the class with the grade nine's" Cameron told him
"Is it really that bad" Chase asked with a laugh
"Well that's what we heard and the worst part is that Greg House is in band" Forman told him
"Who" Chase asked
"He's the boy you ran into yesterday" Cameron told him
"He can't be that bad" Chase asked as he got his instrument out of his locker
"It is if your playing piano; House always shows off to the teacher and when someone else can play a song better then him he goes out of his way and plays that same song all week until he's the best" Cameron explained
Chase looked at her and laughed and shook his violin
"I play the violin so I have nothing to worry about" he said with a smirk
"Unless you're really good at it" Forman told him
"What do you mean?"
"If you're good at something House will prove that you're not that great at it"
Chase's eyes got big. He was really good at the violin; he has been playing it since he was ten and it was the only thing he had
"See you guys later then" he said nervously
Chase walked into the music room slowly. He didn't know anyone there and everyone was staring at him
"Hello are you new?" his music teacher asked him
Chase looked up at him and didn't say anything for a couple seconds
"Yeah" he said with a gulp
"I'm Mr. Erdmen I'm your teacher, what instrument are you playing" he asked
"Violin"
"That's quite the accent you got there are you Australian" he asked kindly
"Yes"
The teacher smiled
"What's your name son" he asked politely
"Robert Chase" he told him waiting to be seated
"Nice to meet you, you can go have a seat in the violin section over there" he pointed to the corner
Chase looked at all the kids staring at him. There were kids from other grade eight classes and some grade nines. The grade nines were talking with their friends but the entire grade eight girls that didn't see the very handsome young boy stared at him with awe. He sat down by a girl who was in his class; even though she still had a crush on him he still knew her name
"Alright last time we were working on page twenty, Greg can you start us off"
Chase turned around and saw a grumpy looking kid sitting on the piano stool and remembered that that was House
House looked down at the piano and started to play beautifully even though he was still grumpy. It was time for the violin to come in and Chase rested it on his shoulder and started to play. He was the best one their and Mr. Erdmen smiled
"Stop for a moment" he ordered the class "Robert"
Chase looked up at him and smiled
"Yeah"
"Can you play again for me" his teacher asked
Chase sighed and started to play; he was really magnificent and it made the teacher overjoyed but it made House angry. When Chase stopped playing the teacher smiled
"Another natural like Greg"
Chase looked around the class. He hated being the center of attention. All of a sudden House started to play on his own without any sheet music which made the teacher excited. Chase remembered what Forman told him and new he had to fight back so he stated to play another song with out any sheet music like House and it kept going back and forth until the bell rang
"Well umm that was an interesting class I hope next time it won't be just Robert and Greg playing. See you all next time" Mr. Erdmen said
Chase got his thing and headed to the door being pushed away by House so he could be first
House walked to his next class waiting for Wilson to show up. When he got inside his social class he sat down in the far corner and just sat there not interacting with anyone else
"Hey Greg" Wilson said as he put his books under his desk
"It's House" he said more angry then usual
Wilson sighed and shook his head slightly
"What's your problem" Wilson asked
"I have a rival" House replied
"What?" Wilson asked
"He thinks he's better then me" House said to himself
"Who does, what are you talking about"
"That kids I ran into yesterday he's in my band class" House told Wilson
"And he's better then you at piano"
"He plays the violin and he's damn good at it" House told his friend
"You don't play the violin and if you did you wouldn't be good at it, Greg" Wilson told him
"House" her interrupted
"House, you have to know that there are people out there who can do things that you can't"
"I don't want to play the violin I want to be the best in band like every other class" House told Wilson with a smirk
His friend laughed a bit through his braces and shook his head
The bell rang for lunch and all the students headed up to their lockers to get the brown paper bags their moms made for them. Chase pulled out his wallet and got a five out of it and headed to the school shop to by a bag of chips and Cameron walked over to him
"Where's Eric" Chase asked
"He had to go home for lunch like always; why do you buy your lunch" Cameron asked
"Because I don't have a lunch with me to bring"
"Don't you have some butler to make you one or your mom" Cameron asked
Chase looked at her and then down on the floor
"No" he replied
"Moms busy huh" she asked
Chase looked away and nodded
"What are you buying" she asked changing the subject
"A packet of crisps" he told her
"What?" she asked with a blanc face
"You know crisps, oh yeah you Americans call them chips" he joked making Cameron laugh
"Are you coming to the lunch room" she asked
"Just to eat one packet of crisps or chips" he said with a laugh
"Please all the other girls in the class are annoying really and you are pretty much the only friend I got that's not at home" she said with pleading eyes
Chase smiled. He just met her and she considered him her friend
"Fine what ever"
Cameron smiled and waited with him in line talking about his interesting band class. When they were finished eating they went outside and waited for Forman to show up so until then they sat down on the bike rack and talked. Finally when he showed up they all walked around the school together as Chase told about his life back home or well his school back home and how it was different from school in America until the bell rang. As they were all at their lockers Chase asked the regular question
"What do we have" he asked waiting for an answer
"Gym" Forman told him
"And then"
"That's it, it's early day today we get to go home after class" Forman explained to him
"Really" Chase asked excitedly
"Yeah, you didn't have that back home" Cameron asked
"No, we never got to go home early"
"Well don't you just love north America" Cameron joked
"I have to go use the phone" he said as he walked away with the others following him
"Who do you need to call" Cameron asked
"Wayne" he replied
"Who's Wayne" She asked
Chase didn't answer he just looked at her hoping she would get the picture he didn't want Forman to know that he had a limo driver. She realized that she was the only one who knew he was rich so she slightly nodded
"Am I missing something" Forman asked
"No it's just a inside joke it's to hard to explain" Cameron lied
Forman shook his head and looked at her
"I see"
They walked inside and sat down and when Forman wasn't looking Chase turned to Cameron
"Thank you" he mouthed
"No problem" she mouthed back with a smile
Finally the late bell rang and the pointless announcements came on and when they were finished Chase walked over to Mr. Ghelert
"Can I use the phone" he asked him
"Why" Mr. Ghelert asked back
"I need to call someone"
"Who"
Chase looked at him funny; his teacher asked a lot of questions
"My ride"
"Make it quick" his teacher sighed
"Thank you" Chase said as he walked over to the phone and dialed the numbers
"Hello Wayne" he said into the phone "I need you to pick me up at…" he put his hand over the mouth piece "What time do we get off today" he asked his teacher
"Two thirty" he replied
Chase took his hand of the phone
"Two thirty, we have a early day today, thank you bye" he said politely
Chase grabbed his back pack and headed down stairs as Mr. Ghelert his gym teacher followed. When he got inside he quickly Changed into his gym shorts and headed in the gym
"We're going to be playing soccer today with the girls since their teacher is sick today"
The boys sighed because they hated gym with the girls; they were always bossy and whiney
"Quite your complaining" Mr. Ghelert said with a laugh. When they got outside all the girl were already there. Talking away to their friends as Cameron ended her conversation she was having with another student and walked over to Chase and Forman
"Hey" she said with a smile
"Hey" Chase and Forman said at the same time
"I hate soccer don't you guys" she asked
"I like it" Forman told her
"I don't I like cricket" Chase said with a more deeper accent then usual
"What's cricket?" Cameron asked him
"It's a game we played back home; it's really fun it's kind of like baseball but it can last days if you play it right" he explained to them with a big grin
"Days" Cameron asked
"Yeah but it's worth it. I should ask Mr.…" he asked now knowing his name yet
"Ghelert" Cameron told him
"Yeah Mr. Ghelert if we could play it some time" Chase told them. Cameron and Forman looked at each other; they didn't like the sound of a game lasting for days
"Everybody in" Mr. Ghelert yelled as they all ran in and on the white line "As you know your teacher is sick se we are going to play soccer any questions" he asked the girls as they just looked at him
"We need three captains" he asked the class as they raised their hands. He saw that Chase, Cameron, and Forman were talking to each other while he was talking so he thought he would punish them by putting them on different teams
"Robert, Eric, and Allison you three are captains" he ordered
They all sighed and stood a arm length away from each other
"Robert you go first"
Chase looked around and tried to remember the kid's names
"You" he said pointing to a girl in the front. The girl smiled and stood up as all the other girls were stricken with envy that he picked her first
"Naomi" Cameron called as they girl stood behind her
"Clarence" Forman called
They did this until their team was full. They did rock, paper, scissors to see whose team would sit off first and Chase lost. For fifty minutes they played the game and in the end Cameron's team won and after they're cheers they went inside and changed into their regular clothes and waited until the bell rang. After their homeroom Chase quickly got all the things he needed and headed out as quickly as possible almost bumping into House and Wilson again. House stared at him and walked off with Wilson at his side
"Is that the kid"' Wilson asked
"Yeah" House told him with a tone
Outside Chase started to walk down the same street as the day before waiting for his ride until Cameron caught up with him
"Waiting for your limo" she asked
"Yeah"
Cameron was thinking about his report he did in language arts and she wanted to know if he meant it
"This morning; your report, did you really mean it like all the stuff about living pure"
Chase looked to her and smiled as he nodded
"So you are into god" she said pointing at his cross
"I guess but being a seminary doesn't always mean god" he said with a sweet smile
"This is my house" she said as she stood there waiting for something
"Bye Cameron" he said nicely
"Bye Chase" she waved as she ran inside. She put her stuff down and again went to the window and watched as his limo drove off as she thought about what he said
Inside the vehicle Chase looked out the window and thought; waiting for the next day
The end