Chapter 4
"Class, I'd like you to meet Aideen Rusicka, our new student from…from… Well, what part of Louisiana are you from?" Mrs. Hertz asked of the girl who stood at the front of the class room.
"Natchitoches."(Pronounced Nak-Uh-Dish)9OR, for short, Nasty toes cheese. That's seriously what they call it.)
"Okay, well then, Aideen, you'll be sitting in the back by Jeremy. Jeremy, Raise your hand so that Miss Rusicka will know who you are."
Jeremy raised his hand and Aideen moved to the seat next to him. Ulrich and Odd turned around and faced the newb. Odd was the first to speak.
"So, have they gotten a room for you yet?"
"Nope, but I'm feeling quite at home at the Ishiyama household. They seem to be good people."
"They are." Ulrich said coldly as he turned around to face the front of the class.
"Does he have a problem with me or something?" Aideen whispered in Jeremy's ear.
"I don't know. He's never acted like this towards anyone, except for William." Jeremy replied.
"Well, what the hell? I never-"
"Miss Rusicka, since you are so bent on talking why don't you tell me what y equals if the square root of 3x times pi divided by .685."
"Y equals 8.6934, to be exact."
"That is wrong."
"Actually, Ma'am, she's right." Jeremy interrupted, astounded by Aideen's capabilities.
"Wow! Nice job in algebra back there. You so told her." Odd said with great enthusiasm.
"Well, well, well. I see there's another little nerd for me to correct." Sissy stopped in front of Aideen, her nose wrinkling like something stunk, "Oh, what a horrible ensemble. Can't you guys even match your clothes?"
"Can't you get your head out of the clouds? First off, this outfit came strait from Milan. Second, at least I have half a brain, unlike you. And third, those shoes? Yeah, they went out of style in the 90's. So maybe you should update." Aideen turned around and walked to Odd, "Would you like a shot? Or are we done here?"
"No, I think we're done."
Sissy's jaw was just about touching the ground. Odd raised his hand and Aideen responded by smacking it and walking to her next class, a hot cup of coffee to her lips.