Yesterday Once More
"Hiya…" Charlie smiled politely as the group of lads caught up, looking straight to Smithy.
Smithy instantly grinned and puffed his chest out, speeding up a little to walk beside her. "You done the work?"
"The homework?" Charlie asked softly, before nodding. "Catch of having a teacher in the family." She sighed. "Have you done yours?"
Smithy shifted and looked awkward. "West Ham were playing last night…"
Charlie chuckled softly. "Want to borrow mine?"
"Cheers." Smithy grinned and nodded, pushing his way past Mickey to sit beside Charlie as they entered the room.
Mickey scowled and glared at Smithy's back, sitting with Zain at the table beside them. "Whasshe playing at?"
"He's gonna ask her out." Zain shrugged. "Why?"
Mickey's eyes widened and he stared to move over to Smithy's desk, only to be sent back as the teacher came in.
"When you're quite finished…"
"Sir!" Jo looked up with a smirk, "Over 'ere!"
The teacher gave a long suffering sigh and walked towards the desk. "Joanna?"
"Sam's got girly trouble!"
"Pardon?"
Jo looked at her watch with a frown, not appreciating being held up from her important schedule of discipline-to-the-year-7's. "She's chucking up in't she!"
"Joanna-"
"Sorry sir, can't stop." Sam covered her mouth on cue, Jo grabbing her arm and dragging her out. "She'll chuck over ya!"
Gina sighed as she sat by the window, her legs balled under her as she stared outside.
"Cheer up…" Tony sat beside her. "You'll be back soon."
Gina sighed and shook her head. "Maybe I should look-"
"Gina!" Tony turned her head, getting her to look at him. "You're not a quitter. Don't run away because of her."
"Tony, this is my education!" She sighed. "I haven't got time to sit around and wait for her to change her mind and let me in!"
"The governors will let you back!"
"Yeah right, what's one kid to one teacher?" Gina sighed. "They only lose one person with me – with her, who'd teach her lessons?"
"It's not like people learn anything…" Tony mused. "You can't be the only one to feel this way about her…"
"Can't I?" Gina sighed and looked back outside. "I don't know, but I'm not crawling to her."
Amber twirled her hair around her finger as she waited outside the classroom, having been sent out. She yawned, looking bored, her face lighting up as she saw her prey coming towards her. She ignored what the teacher had said, and bounced over, stopping in front of Dan.
"Hiya!" She grinned. "You been sent out too?"
Dan smiled tightly and shook his head. "On a message…" He frowned, "I wish they wouldn't ask when they know I don't know my-"
"I'll help!" Amber practically threw herself at him, grabbing his arm and leading him along the corridor.
"Hadn't you better-"
"She'll get over it." Amber shrugged, glancing back towards her class. "Stupid cow's always had it in for me since her boyfriend was giving me the eye at the last parents evening."
"So. Er…" Smithy tilted his head a little, peering at the test tube in front of them. "What that?"
"That's his reproductive organs." Charlie grimaced, looking away.
"And that one?" he pointed at the Petri dish.
"That's his…stomach." She stammered; turning green she pushed her face into his shoulder, much like she would when Mickey would sit beside her, so she didn't have to look.
"Poor frog." Smithy grinned impishly, before looking down with a frown. "You alright?"
Charlie nodded slowly, clutching his elbow, looking up. "Can you do the experiments?"
Mickey glowered over, poking the frogs heart with the end of his biro, knowing it was him she usually asked, and hid behind.
Smithy nodded and smirked down at her. "You wanna go out tonight?"
Charlie blinked and watched him. "With the others?"
"Me and you."
"Sure." She broke into a grin before she could help it, covering with a coy nod.
Mickey pushed himself up to a standing position, about to comment, sending his Petri dish flying, the group of girls in front screaming and legging it.
"What!" Mickey glared at them. "S'not like it's gonna jump on ya is it! It's dead! Stop screaming." He scowled as they ran off.