About a minute after everyone moved their desks back to the original spots and sat down, Mr. Raditch entered the room.
"Have you finished you're essays yet?" he asked.
The students all shook their heads 'no'.
"Were you talking?" he said the last word as if it were the plague.
The students all looked at each other and then cracked up laughing.
"That's it. You're being separated. Mr. Cameron and Ms. Nash, stay here. Mr. Del Rossi and Mr. Yorke, Ms. Kwan's room. Ms. Santos and Mr. Mason, Mr. Simpson's room. Ms. Nelson and Mr. Hogart, Ms. Hazilakos's room. Now, go." Raditch said.
The groups all stood up and left the room. Raditch followed them out.
"So, this'll be fun." Sean said.
"Do you think Raditch knows we got back together?" Ellie asked.
"I don't think he even knew we broke up." He said.
"I don't think he knew we were even together in the first place." She laughed.
"Maybe he knew we were together, we broke up, and he just put us together to torture us."
"Too bad we're back together."
They smiled and kissed.
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JT and Marco were walking down the hallway to Ms. Kwan's room.
"So…" Marco said, uncomfortably.
"So…" JT repeated.
"So…" Marco repeated again.
"Let's stop with the so's. Let's just…get to the classroom, sit, and talk." JT walked ahead and turned into the room. Marco followed close behind.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Marco asked, taking the seat next to JT.
"About…us." JT said.
"Us? Is there an us?" Marco asked, warily.
"Well, there could be. If we get to know each other better and we like each other enough to actually try something."
"So, what should we start with?"
"How about old relationships? You first." JT pointed to Marco.
"Okay, well my first relationship was with Ellie. Kind of. I'm not even sure if it could be considered a relationship. Next was Dylan. We were together for a while and then he cheated on me saying stuff along the lines of 'I need to be more free' or something like that. I don't really remember. Then there was Tim. But I was never really over Dylan so me and Tim didn't exactly work out. Then Dylan and I got back together. We were together for almost a year before he decided I 'was just too young' and he needed 'someone more mature'. So we split again. And here I am with you." Marco spilled to JT.
"Okay. That's very detailed. You're taking this 'getting to know each other better' thing very seriously."
"I really want a chance with you, JT. So tell me about your relationships."
"There were only two. First was Manny. We broke up for some reason that I don't even remember, us being together was so fake. And then there was Liberty," JT looked as if he was about to cry, "I got her pregnant. Then I started selling drugs to get money for her and the baby. All the pressure and stress got to me and I started taking them too. And then I realized that I was interested in guys. First I started thinking Craig was pretty hot. I was hanging out with him and Emma while they were looking after Angie and Jack. Craig and I actually hit it off, as friends, so we started hanging out more. I came with him, that one time, to band practice. Remember?" JT asked and Marco nodded, "Well, then I saw you. I knew you were gay but I didn't actually register how cute you were until I realized that I was thinking about wanting to kiss you. That's how I discovered my sexuality." JT said.
"So, this is what you wanted to do?" Marco asked, and leaned in, kissing JT softly.
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Manny and Spinner were walking to Mr. Simpson's classroom on opposite sides of the hallway, sneaking glances at each other. When they caught each other's gaze they would both blush a giggle nervously. With each step they moved closer and closer together until they were side-by-side right at the entrance of the classroom.
They looked up to each other and smiled, taking each other's hands.
Once they were in the classroom and seated on opposite sides of the room, Spinner had an idea, "Why don't we play a game that each time we get something wrong, we have to move closer to each other."
"Then I would just keep getting things wrong. It would be an excuse to move closer to you." Manny smiled flirtatiously.
"Okay, then every time we get something right we move closer."
"What kind of questions?"
"History."
Manny laughed, "Why do you want to study?"
"I have a test on Monday that I really don't want to fail." Spinner whined.
Manny agreed to play. She found an old history textbook in the back of the room and started asking questions. Five minutes later Spinner had gotten all 10 questions right and they were sitting right next to each other.
"One more question and I sit on your desk with you." Manny said and asked the question. Spinner answered correctly. She stood up and sat on the table part of Spinner's desk.
"One more, and you get a kiss." Manny said.
Once again Spinner answered correctly and Manny leaned in, gently brushing her lips against his. She started to move away but Spinner refused to be teased.
He grabbed her arm and pulled her back, pushing his lips against hers in a deep kiss.
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Emma and Jay walked back to the classroom in silence. It wasn't uncomfortable. It was more of a budding romance type of silence. They walked closely but not so close that they were touching. And they were both smiling-whether it was on the outside or inside.
Once they arrived to the classroom they took the seats next to each other. Jay took Emma's hand and she pulled away, lightly tapping his hand and wagging her finger back and forth.
He smiled and pulled her into a kiss but she put a finger to his mouth and pushed him away. She smiled flirtatiously and shook her head.
"Why not?" Jay asked.
"We're not even dating yet." She whispered and walked to the front of the classroom and sat in Ms. Hazilakos's desk, "So class, today we will be learning about the human body."
Emma pulled a picture of the human body out of a drawer and held it up, "This right here is the pelvis and then right down here is…"
Jay cut her off, "Don't say it. I already know. And it's getting pretty hard."
Emma laughed, "How about we go out tomorrow night?"
"Okay, tonight all of us hang out tonight at my house for The Breakfast Club and tomorrow night we'll go out. I'm just gonna have a weekend full of you, aren't I?" Jay said, laughing a bit.
Then he stood up, walked over to her, and crashed his lips against hers.
She tried pulling away but he held her close. Eventually she just gave up and sank into it, knowing this was what she really wanted, she was just playing hard to get.