I know Lawrence gets very OOC towards the middle of this chapter but that's kind of how I want him to go. Also be prepared for a teeny weeny surprise towards the end.
*Tap, tap, tap*. Ciel stood, arms folded and a scowl painting his face, he tapped his foot impatiantly as he caught sight of his teacher approaching the office door, "You're late."
Sebastian halted suddenly, "Excuse me? Who do you think you are? Back-chatting an adult, not to mention a member of staff." He grabbed the handle and threw open the door, "In." He motioned for Ciel to enter his office. Ciel dropped his arms and huffed as he reluctantly shuffled into Mr Michaelis' office.
Sebastian slammed the door shut before he gracefully strided across to his desk. Ciel stood infront of his desk, straight back and hands clasped behind him he waited for his teacher to speak.
Sebastian sat in his chair, "Now then, Phantomhive, I'm not here to punish you, I just want to talk so let's see if we can put what happened outside behind us and start from scratch."
"Yes, Sir."
"I've noticed that you don't seem to be handing in your homework on a regular basis. Are you struggling with anything at all?"
Ciel shook his head, "No, Sir."
"Now, Ciel, you can talk to me you know. I'm here to help so if you're having any problems-"
"I'M NOT STRUGGLING!"
Silence quickly followed the echo of Ciel's statement resonating around the high ceilinged office. They both stared at eachother for a while when Ciel suddenly realised that he had slammed his hands on the desk and he was leaning over at his teacher threateningly. Sebastian was still sat down, not a bit perterbed by the young boy's sudden outburst, "Well, now that we have that cleared up, I'll see you in my dormitory office this evening. I believe you have a lesson to be heading to don't you?" There was a pause as Sebastian waited for Ciel to make a move, "Run along now."
"Fine." Ciel spat before storming out of the office.
Ciel slammed the door behind him. Taking a deep breath he stalked to his next lesson. Turning the corner he collided with another uniform, though this uniform was adorned with items of the the colour red, including a waistcoat of that colour.
"Aaah, Phantomhive, You're a little late for your lesson you know."
"Y-yes, s-sorry." Ciel stuttered, 'He's one of the P4, Redmond right?' He thought to himself. As he came out of his thoughts he realised that the leader of Scarlet Fox was smoothing his hair and straightening his tie.
Redmond stood straight and looked Ciel over, admiring his handy work, "There, someone of your status should always make sure to look presentable at all times." He slipped his hands into his pockets, "Well then." He leaned down to Ciel and lowered his voice, "Run along now." Edgar then carried on down the corridor. Ciel looked at the clock at the end of the corridor, 12:20, "Shit, 5 minutes late." Ciel then legged it to his classroom.
1:30, Lunch. Ciel took his seat in the dining hall. After finishing his lunch he took his leave to find the library.
"Phantomhive, may I have a word?" With Shakespeare's Sonnets under one arm he pushed his glasses up his nose with with his other hand. His uniform adorned in blue items with a waistcoat of the colour blue, and straight hair that nearly matched. The leader of Sapphire Owl strided towards Ciel.
"Bluer, what do you want to talk about?" Ciel was hoping that it might be something to do with being a fag, but was bitterly disappointed when Lawrence uttered the the phrase 'Homework'.
Lawrence drew in a breath through his teeth, "You're not having problems with it are you?"
Ciel clenched his fists, "No."
Bluer casually leaned against the wall of the corridor not noticing Ciel's angered state at the topic, or he was just ignoring it, "No struggles at all?"
"No, I'm fine." Ciel stated through gritted teeth.
Bluer stood up properly, "Well then, that's good to hear." As he was about to walk off he stopped next to Ciel and leaned towards him, "I'll be keeping a close eye on you...Phantomhive." He then proceeded to walk down the corridor. Ciel shivered slightly before turning to watch his senior walk away, he then proceeded in the opposite direction. After a few paces he rolled his eyes and turned on his heel, muttering incoherent mumbles about 'wrong direction'.
Library, Ciel glanced at the sign above the door, "This is it." He whispered to himself, he gingerly placed his hand on the elegant, gold, leaf engraved handle (It was engraved to look like a leaf.) and slowly turned it. As the door opened his sight was greeted by two floors of three meter high shelves, crammed with books suitable for forms 1 to 6, but mostly high ability readers. Novels, plays, poetry all lined each shelf, Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Thackeray, Tennyson all held a place somewhere in the library. It was busy but still silent, as a library should be, a few whisperings but nothing loud.
The whole room was in the shape of a circle. As you entered by the door, on the right was a desk with a couple of books, on the left was a staircase that curved to follow the shape of the room. The upstairs was only a small balcony that followed the circle until it reached the door again. A round rug lined the floor in the middle and five rectangular desks where placed on top of it to form the shape of a circle. The desks, bigger than the ones in the classrooms, were joined by chairs.
Ciel caught sight of some familiar blue hair. Bluer finished putting the book back and carefully climbed down the step ladder, seeing Ciel almost caught him by suprise, "Aah, Phantomhive, you've found the library then. I was just putting back Shakespeare's Sonnets. It's a good read, I really recommend it, you're studying Shakespeare at the moment aren't you?"
"Y-yes, I am."
"Yes, thought so, it's a really great book to aid you're studies."
'He seems like a totally different person here, I wonder why that is.'
"Well then, Phantomhive, I'm guessing it's you're first time here, is it?"
"Um, yes it is."
"I'll take you through the place then, shall I?"
He leads Ciel to the books on the right, "These are the 'sign in' and 'sign out' books. When you take a book out you sign this by here, the name of the book, the date, your name, and then you sign it. In this book." He points to the other book, "you do the same but when you bring the book back. Of course you don't have to take a book out, you can always sit at the desks in the middle and read or get books for reference for homework and do it here. Downstairs, we have literature, plays, novels and poetry and upstairs we have non-fiction and reference books, text books and such."
Ciel nodded, a smile lining his face, approving of the school's library, he seemed impressed, 'A school has a library like this? And the books are kept in such immaculate condition.' Though just then, the loud ring of the school bell reverberated from outside the library, shaking Ciel from his thoughts. He looked up at Lawrence, "Well then, thank you very much for the tour, Bluer. I'd best be heading to class now." He bowed slightly before leaving for the door.
Bluer leaned casually against the desk that held the Sing In and Sign Out books, folding his arms, "Have you completed the homework?"
Ciel halted and tensed, 'Homework.' He slowly turned back to his elder.
The look on Ciel's face told the whole story. Bluer smiled, knowingly, "Well." He motioned his hand to the desks in the middle of the room, "That's the beauty of the library, even if you're meant to be in a lesson, if you're studying in here, they can't do anything. So complete you're homework in here."
Ciel's face lit up, but swiftly fell. This did not go unnoticed by Lawrence either. Bluer stood straight and strolled towards Ciel, "Something wrong?"
Ciel looked at his feet and shuffled uncomfortably.
Bluer placed a caring hand Ciel's shoulder, "I'll give you a hand if you want."
Ciel suddenly turned his head towards his house leader before looking straight infront of him and holding his head high, "N-no, I'm perfectly capable on my own, thank you." He attempted to state confidently, but it was not convincing.
Bluer side glanced Ciel, "Now now, Phantomhive, we all need a helping hand, asking for help from someone is not beneath your dignity. It has not gone unnoticed by the teachers that your homework is not up to scratch. Now being house leader, I'm here for you to ask for help on anything, now tell me, what's the problem?"
"Oh, I've seen that book, hang on a min, I'll get it now."
"Oh, and see if you can find a book on digestive system illenesses."
"Ok."
Bluer ran up the stair case two steps at a time, "Origins of Enzymes, Origins of Enzymes, Origins of- ah." picking the book out carefully he went back to searching for the next book, "Right then, Conditions of the Digestive System, I believe it's up here." He grabbed the step ladder, and slid it across to where he wanted it. (Each floor had three step ladders attached to rails/tracks on the shelves themselves, so the step ladders could easily slide to wherever on the shelves and then a brake will stop the ladder from moving whilst climbing up to the higher shelves.) Bluer pulled the lever to put on the brake, then climbed up to the shelves. "Ta ta ta ta ta, ah, there we are." He pulled out the book carefully and climbed down the steps. He then proceeded back down to Ciel and placed the books on the desk.
Ciel looked at the text books, "Wow, Bluer, how did you know what they were called? You got the names correct."
"Well, I've read nearly every book in here. Especially the text books. Oh and tell you what, while we're in here, just between you and me, I'll allow you to call me Lawrence."
Ciel's face lit up slightly, "Ok, you can call me Ciel then."
It'd had been half an hour since class started and half an hour since Ciel and Lawrence got to work on the matter of homework. Bluer was meant to be in Maths, whereas Ciel was supposed to be in Biology.
"Lawrence? Aren't we technically skipping class by doing this?"
"Umm, no. We're studying so really we are just learning without a teacher."
At that moment the door burst open, "Ciel Phantomhive, why are you not in my class?" The deep, stern voice boomed throughout the library (which was empty).
Ciel sat, staring at the man, dark grey suit, dark green tie, and black teacher's cloak, Ciel's face morphed into shock. Even Lawrence was stunned.
"I-I'm s-studying, Sir." Ciel stuttered.
"Oh yeah, Biology I presume." The teacher folded his arms and nodded his head knowingly.
Bluer suddenly stood, "Mr Spears, Sir, don't you teach French?"
"Yes, Bluer, but I'm covering for Ms Morgan-Jones."
"Ah, I see, but Sir, I am sure that you are well aware that pupils have the right to study in the library even if they have a lesson."
"Yes, Bluer, I am well aware of that but I believe that the class has homework to hand in." He glanced at Ciel who lowered his head swiftly.
Lawrence was serious and slightly irritated, "Mr Spears, may I have a word?"
He motioned for them to go outside to talk.
As the door bumped shut, Ciel sighed deeply and lowered his head to the desk. The door was a an arch and made from thick, fine oak, so he couldn't even hear faint mumblings. Suddenly the door opened again and Ciel's head shot up from the desk. Bluer gently shut the door behind him, smiling at Ciel. He strolled towards Ciel, noticing his expectant face, "Everything's fine, he understands." He winked reasuringly. He sat back down next to Ciel and was about to get back to the studies when the door opened again.
Mr Spears poked his head in swiftly, "Phantomhive, my office, now." He then slammed the door shut again.
Again I want to hear your views and ideas, so please just leave a little comment just so I know how I'm doing. (Even if you think it's totally crap, still tell me, I won't bite, though I'd rather the words of hatred be masked under constructive criticism, that way I can do something about what you think is wrong).