Chapter Four: The First Class
(the first day for the Wolfgang twins)
It is now the morning of the second day of school, and Chase is still haunted by what Harry had said about asking out Chase. 'I can't believe that Harry would ask Zoey out right when he sees him,' he thought when he woke up. 'Don't worry, Zoey barley dated when she came to school, she might say no to this coal mine camper.'
Harry wakes up, and throws something at Michael and Logan.
"Dude, what did you just throw at us?" Logan ask.
"Anthracite coal," Harry said. "This is one of the hardest coal ever in the world. This is best use to make steel, and also for American homes still running on coal furnaces. I bet you wouldn't know since you are what my father and Anne say, Wohlstand Ruck."
"What does that mean?" Michael ask.
"It's German for Rich Jerk," Harry said, right before he starts hacking up. He grabs his bandanna on the glass case and coughs violently into it. After it is all done, Chase ask, "Are you sick?"
"No, it's my allergies, it last all seasons," Harry said. "I'll have them check out sooner or later so I could get some allergy medicine. Anyway, I'll be going down to breakfast right now." He starts to leave, but Chase stops him.
"Um, Harry, this isn't exactly home, so you should put on some cleaner jean," Chase said.
"Well, if you hadn't notice, my father started getting paid last month so we're a little short to afford anything right now," Harry said. "He said he'll find other ways to get money so we could stay in school." He leaves with the clothes he was wearing yesterday.
"So Zoey, what to do you think about Monica?" Nicole ask.
"I think that Monica is some sort of a nice girl, I just wish she had cleaner clothing," Zoey said.
"Well, she came here from a dirt town, she must had sweat them all out," Dana said.
"Well, if you hadn't notice, she could had wash them clothing," Zoey said. "But there was something strange, a white blouse she owns has some sort of a black shade to it, and it almost smells like she's been around lots of carbon."
"That's what you get for living in a declining coal mining town?" Dana said. "I think she should go back because I don't think she'll ever fit in here."
"Dana, this isn't working," Zoey said. "We shouldn't be ragging on her because she just came here."
"Hey," said Monica from the door. "Anyone want to accompany me down to the cafeteria?"
"Yeah, i will," Zoey said leaving Dana and Nicole behind. Nicole eventually gets up and follows them to the cafeteria.
At the cafeteria, Moncia picks a lot of food from the counters. Harry, who also have a lot of food on his plate, was pigging on it a lot.
"Whoah, Harry Wolfgang, take it easy," Logan said. "Don't you have food frorm your hometown?"
"We did, but it wasn't much," Harry said. "You see, for about three years, my father was nearly out of work, and we had to be put on the welfare list in order for my family and Anne to survive."
"Whose Anne?" Logan ask.
"Anne is my father's girlfriend," Harry said almost coughing. "She diagreed with my father getting food from the government, but became happy once again when he found a job as a salesman. I heard that they've thinking about getting married. I might have a real mother again, not like the one who left my family for a poorer man for Pittsburgh."
"If I was married, and my wife leaves me, I would hunt her down, and take her back," Logan said.
"If I was married, and my wife leaves me, I would blame you Logan Resse because you would steal my wife," Michael said.
"Well, if I was married and my wife leaves me, I would just divorce her," Chase said thinking if Zoey and him got married, and he divorcing her.
"I would just plain and simply get married once again," Harry said. "I refuse to go through court just to legally end a marriage."
"Well buddy, you have to or you can't get married again," Logan said. "Now I want to eat because I'm very hungry."
In the first period, they got Mr. Bender, the media emergance teacher.
"You will like Mr. Bender, he's a cool teacher," Chase said.
"I had better teachers who didn't bother teaching us at all," Harry said. "Besides, I could go on forever without education, but since my father wants me to graduate, I have to go along with his ideas or he'll sent me to the coal fields if I drop out."
"Why would he send you to the coal fields?" Logan ask.
"Pay attention next time, I said if I drop out of school, he'll send me to the coal fields of Shamokin, Pennsylvania," Harry said again. "He's serious because my older brother drop out of school in 1994, and he was sent to work in Shamokin, only coming back to Memphis on holidays and vactations."
"Isn't that harsh for a parent to do?" Chase ask just as Zoey, Dana, Lola, Nicole, and Monica came in. "Hey guys, what's up?" she ask.
Monica looks up literally at the cealing. "All that's up is just a huge chunk of palster," she said.
Instantly, they crack up a laugh.
"What, she did said what's up," Monica said. "So I look up and all that's there is a huge chunk of plaster."
"Monica, when they say what's up, it means how are you doing today," Harry said.
"You should know, you go to that rich library almost everyday last summer," Monica said. "He knows almost everything about almost every subject."
Logan started to laugh. "Why would a guy almost as strong and handsome as me would go to the library for?"
"Maybe so he could be too smart to be friends with a super strong jerk," Zoey said.
"That's right, I'm too smart to be just likey you Logan, a Ruck," Harry said. "I would rather go into a coal mine rather than be another Logan Resse. Besides, The girls chase after you too much. Not that I'm trying to be a jerk, but I think it's time for girls to chase after other girls."
"Excuse me, but class is about to begin," Mr. Bender said. "Okay, who can tell me what propaganda is?"
"Propaganda is what Hitler and the Nazis use to promote that the Jewish people of Europe were subhuman, evil beings to gain more people to hate the Jewish people," Harry said.
"True, but what is propaganda that is used in commericals?" Mr. Bender ask.
Zoey raised her hand. "They use propaganda to promote publicity to people so they could sell their stuffs."
"That's correct Zoey," Mr. Bender said. "Now, propaganda can be use in anything, like what Harry said, the Nazis use it to promote evil among the Jewish people of Europe in the 1930's and 1940's. That is one way of using propaganda."
The lesson on propaganda went on and on until the bell rang. It was at that time when Harry finally got up the courage to ask out Zoey.
"Hey, Zoey, can I ask you something quickly?" he ask. Zoey nods her heads.
"Listen Zoey, I know I've hadn't been hear for a long while, but I think this might be a good time as for anyother occasion." Then he pop the question. "Can I take you out on a date?"