Yesterday Once More – Chapter 3
Dan frowned to himself as he glanced around the classroom, shifting a little as he tried to concentrate, knowing all eyes were on him, some more obvious than others…
Kerry preened as she leant forward in her seat, her mouth wide open as she raked her fingers through her hair, pouting in Dan's direction, clearing her throat occasionally to try and attract his attention.
"Choking Kerry?" Mr Cryer stood behind her, looking over her shoulder at the blank page in her exercise book. A quiet snigger echoed around the room and Kerry blushed.
"N-no sir."
"Is there some other excuse for your page being as blank as your expression?"
"Sir…" Kerry pouted and scowled, dipping her head as she stared at the page in front of her, trying to work out the first question and ignore the smirk she knew was being shot in her direction from the table next to them.
"Oi!" Mickey scowled as Charlie stood up, sitting beside Dan as she narrowed her eyes a little him.
"You alright?" Charlie smiled warmly, looking at Dan's book. "You look a little lost…"
Dan shrugged, "We were on something different at my old school…" he explained. "Hadn't even started this…"
Charlie leant forward further, pulling the book closer to her. "What've you got so far?" She looked over his shoulder, taking the opportunity to lightly rest her hand on his arm. "That's not far wrong…" She smiled, pointing out small problems.
"You ain't a teacher, Chaz." Mickey hissed, scowling as she discreetly stuck two fingers up at him.
"Thanks." Dan smiled a little, working through the next problem as he showed her the answer. "That right?"
Charlie glanced over his shoulder and nodded, grinning at him, "Well done."
Mickey scowled as he chewed the end of his pen, glaring at the back of Dan's head, booting Charlie's chair. He pouted as she ignored him and did it again, harder this time.
"I will ram that pen down your throat in a minute!" Charlie hissed, glaring at him. "Pack it in!"
Mickey scowled before pouting, gesturing at the seat beside him. "You-"
"You're capable of looking after yourself, Micks." She sighed, softening a little.
"Is there a prob-"
"No sir." Charlie looked up, fixing Mr Cryer with a large smile. "Just helping Dan." She glanced behind him, seeing Kerry glaring at her, fixing her with a larger smile, just because she knew it annoyed her.
"Return to your seat, Charlotte." Mr Cryer gestured, making Mickey smirk more.
"Thanks…" Dan smiled at her, before being distracted by Mr Cryer stopping in front of him, checking over his work.
"You fancy him!"
"Do not."
"Do."
"Not."
Do-OW!" Mickey rubbed his arm, pouting.
Jo glanced around the busy canteen, frowning to herself as she looked for a clear table, looking down as Sam appeared at her side.
"Far corner." Sam gestured to a table full of year eights, following Jo as she started to stride over.
Roz's eyes grew wide as she saw Jo heading in her direction, nudging her group of friends.
Ben looked up and swallowed as he saw her, instantly jumping to his feet as he gathered his food back onto his tray.
"Ben!" Cass hissed, frowning. "What you-"
"Move." Jo stopped behind her, Sam appearing by her elbow, smirking as Roz jumped up.
"H-here…" Roz gestured to her chair, moving back so Sam could sit down.
Sam did, raising an eyebrow as she saw Cass still seated. "You want something?"
Cass looked bravely from Jo to Sam, shaking her head. "I haven't finished yet."
Jo just smirked, picked Cass' food up and dropped it from a height onto the tray, causing it to spill over onto the table. "You have now."
"Cass, come on…"
Cass ignored Roz, glaring at Jo. "I said…"
"I said you're finished." Jo lowered her voice further, glaring at her. "So you're finished."
"Cass, come on." Roz took her arm, all but pulling her out the chair as she dragged her away. "You know who that is, don't you!" she hissed in her ear as they stopped outside.
"I can't believe you just let her do that!" Cass scoffed, pulling her arm free.
"Didn't you hear what she did to Kate this morning?" Roz's doe eyes widened further. "They hadn't even flushed the toilet first!"