CHAPTER FIVE
Advanced Algebra
Rose's new plan was perfect, unfortunately, before they could go to the bus station, they had to go to school, since it was a Monday. Rose & Klaun went to different schools, and Moony had to stay home, because she was only one year old, she couldn't go to school yet. At both schools, they were given a hard time because of the death of their parents. Not that they were made fun of, but they were being annoyed at how people expected them to be sad.
In Klaun's English class, the teacher asked all the children to join in a moment of silence over the death, 60 seconds Klaun dreaded and hated.
In Rose's maths class her teacher offered her some chocolate, saying it will make her feel better.
And when the teachers didn't say a thing about the death of their parents, they still made life hard for them. Klaun hated P.E. because the students and teachers always taunted him for his weakness. Plus, Mr. Redfold, the P.E. teacher, always gave him the hardest stuff to do.
When class started, Mr. Redfold burst into the gym with a frown on his face. "Alright, maggots! Time for class!" He blew his whistle so hard some students were temporarily deaf for a few days after. "Alright! Mauldiere! Come here!"
Klaun walked over to Mr. Redfold. "Alright, you worthless piece of maggot guts!" shouted Mr. Redfold, "Take those geeky glasses off now!" Klaun did so. "Now give 'em to me!" Klaun did so again. "Alright, Maggot, you won't be getting these glasses back until you show some improvement around here, is that clear?!"
John, another student in the class, said, "Mr. Redfold, be nice to him, his parents just died."
Mr. Redfold laughed. "Good for ya, having to deal with his parents being dead will make him stronger, and being stronger makes you a man. But there's still a chance he'll end up failing that and still be the maggot he is now. Alright, Maggot, drop and give me 100!"
Klaun stood there. "No."
"What? I told you to give me 100, mister! Now give me 100!" Mr. Redfold was starting to get angry, well, angrier. He's always angry.
"Did you hear me? I said no. Now give me back my glasses." Klaun stood still and left his feet firmly on the ground.
"What? You're not ordering me Maggot! I'm the one that orders you! Now give me 100!"
"Alright," Klaun said, and he gave Mr. Redfold a kick in the shin. "One." He kicked again. "Two." He kicked again. "Three."
The other boys in the class watched in astonishment as Klaun kicked Mr. Redfold repeated times, and was even more astonished when Mr. Redfold started recoiling in pain. When Klaun finally kicked him the 100th time, he stopped. "One hundred." He said. Mr. Redfold made himself and looked seething angry. He looked Klaun in the eye and said….
"Congratulations, Mauldiere, you proved yourself." He gave Klaun back his glasses. "Class dismissed."
In Rose's Geography class, she was talking to her friend Melanie while the teacher was telling them how mountains were made.
"That maths teacher is a right bore, isn't she?" said Melanie.
"Yeah, she can be a pain sometimes." Said Rose.
"And can you believe that advanced algebra test she gave us last Friday? I'm sure I got an F in it, but I don't give a care. How does it feel to know that your parents are dead?"
"Liberating," said Rose. "But that stupid uncle of ours is holding us back. I was looking forward to living on my own until he came along. I don't even think he's actually our uncle."
"Are you going to be doing anything about it?" asked Melanie.
"Oh, yeah," Rose started cackling evilly. "Klaun and I have the perfect plan to get rid of him, I just hope it works."
"Good luck with it," said Melanie. "It's gonna be so cool living on your own, with no parents holding you back."
"Yeah, I just hope the plan works."
"I'm sure it will. And if it doesn't, just make a new plan, one of those plans are is bound to work."
Rose stayed still. "Yeah, I hope."
"Girls, stop talking." Said the teacher. "Now, mountains are formed in quite a strange way…"