Roxanne entered to the room for Mythology and scanned it. Miss Rotwood hadn't arrived yet so she went to her desk, which was beside Matt's.
"Hey, I heard you got sent to the principal's office this morning" he said as soon as she sat down. "What happened?"
"I missed Mrs. Lee's deadline"
"Late again huh?" he said. "So, what did the principal say? Did she give you detention?"
"Ha, I wish" she muttered.
Matt stared at her. "What's wrong? I thought you hated detention"
"I do" Roxanne replied. "But I just found something I hate more"
"What's that?"
But before she could reply, the door opened and in came their Mythology teacher.
"Morning class" Miss Rotwood said. The class greeted her back in chorus. She was about to say something when someone knocked at the door.
"Yes?" she said. The door opened once again to reveal-
"Oh not again" Roxanne murmured, seeing Jasmine walked in.
"Does this happen to be the Mythology class?" she asked.
Rebecca stared at her, as well as the rest of the class. Everyone noticed how her appearances are practically identical to the best student in the room.
"Whoa, Rox, she looks just like you" Matt whispered to Roxanne who frowned.
"Um… do I have something on my face?" Jasmine said nervously.
"Oh!" said Miss Rotwood, recovering. "Why yes, I mean, no, I mean, I'm sorry. Yes, this is Mythology. You are?"
"Jasmine. Jasmine Thorn. I'm new" she said, relieved that they had stopped staring.
"I see. My name is Rebecca Rotwood. I'll be your Mythology teacher. There's an empty seat behind Miss Long" she said, staring at Roxanne with a rather weird expression.
Jasmine followed her gaze and scowled to find the person who had left her when she was supposed to be taking her around the school glaring at her.
"Miss Thorn, please take you seat" Miss Rotwood's voice came, bringing Jasmine back to her senses.
"Wha- oh. Right" she said and, reluctantly, walked to her assigned seat. "Great, just great" she muttered.
"Now" Miss Rotwood began. "Our topic today would be dragons"
Excited whispers erupted around the room. Everyone, it seemed, was waiting for this subject to come up.
Everyone but Jasmine, that is, who rolled her eyes. "This day just keeps on getting better" she grumbled.
"Anyone care to tell what dragons are?"
Roxanne's hand shot up in the air. "Dragons are fire-breathing reptilians who also have the capability of flying plus other magical abilities"
Miss Rotwood smiled. "Thank you, Miss Long. And that was right, dragons are mythical creatures. They're physical characteristics would include two bat-like wings, four legs, long neck and a tail spade"
"And did I mention that they're totally awesome?" Roxanne added, standing up.
There was a chortle from behind her. The class turned to Jasmine who was just sitting with her arms crossed.
"Excuse me?" Roxanne said, spinning around to face her.
"Look, I just wanted to tell you guys in advance that dragons are useless freaks who have nothing to do but fly around like idiots"
"They are not. Dragons are amazing intelligent creatures. They do not fly like idiots" Roxanne replied irritably.
"Yes they do. They're far from intelligent and even farther from being amazing"
"What do you know anyway? You wouldn't recognize a dragon if it flew up in front of your face"
At this, Jasmine stood up too. "Wanna bet?"
The blonds glared at each other. The class, meanwhile, stared from one to the other, wondering why they seemed so touchy on the issue. Miss Rotwood had been trying for awhile to stop them but was interrupted by one of the two every time.
"In fact, I do" Roxanne responded.
Rebecca took her chance as Jasmine took a second of thought before opening her mouth. "Girls, please, that's enough"
"But Miss Rotwood, she's insulting dragons" Roxanne said.
"Everything I said was true" Jasmine protested.
"Why I outta-"
"Roxanne" Miss Rotwood said in a warning tone. Roxanne closed her mouth but still continued to scowl.
"Now, we all have our opinions and we have to respect that. Understood?"
Jasmine and Roxanne didn't drop their glare.
Rebecca sighed. "You both apologize to each other right now before I send you to the principal's office!"
"Sorry" they said in chorus then immediately sat down, facing away from each other, both fuming.