It was time for homeroom. The guppies discovered that they had the same teacher for homeroom. They entered the classroom together. The room had 6 rows of desk with only 3 desks per row.
"Let's sit in the back," Deema suggested.
"Nah, I wanna sit in the front," Nonny says.
"Screw that. I'm sitting right in the middle," Oona says.
Just as the teacher walks in, the guppies all scramble to the back of the room. Goby sat by the window, Nonny sat next to him, and Oona sat next to Nonny. Gil sat behind Goby, Molly sat behind Nonny, and Deema sat behind Oona.
The teacher enters. She's a tall woman with long blonde hair that reached to her butt. She was dressed in a pink long sleeved shirt and a navy blue jean skirt. Something that really caught the guppies' attention was her physique; she was unbelievably skinny.
"She looks like a Barbie doll," Gil whispered to Goby.
"You can say that again," Goby responds.
"Nah, she's too skinny. I love a woman with a little meat on her," Nonny whispered to himself. He looked at Oona's round stomach and smiled.
"Welcome to homeroom students. I'm Ms. Lenore, but you are more than welcome to simply call me Ms. L," the teacher said.
"Now I will assign your seats in alphabetical order…" Ms. Lenore began.
"Yes!" Gil said quietly. He figured that he'd be able to sit by Goby since both their names start with G.
"...by last name," Ms. Lenore finished.
"Ooh, even better," Gil said. If they sat in ABC order by last names, he'd get to sit near Molly, Goby, Deema and Oona.
After he heard that seats were assigned based on last names, Nonny started to feel out of the loop. His last name was Jurgensmeyer. Gil's last name was Bertrand, Oona's was Feinstein, Molly's was Gambertoglio, Goby's was Imani, and Deema's was Kaufman.
"Now when I call your name, please take your seats starting at the front of the room," Ms. Lenore said. She pulled out her class list from her desk and began reading off some names.
"Nancy Albert, Lee Barstow, and Gil Bertrand," Ms. Lenore read. Gil left the other guppies and took his seat in the front row. He was now sitting in the desk right by the door.
"Hugh Disher, Mary Ann Edwards, Oona Feinstein." Oona took her seat right behind Gil.
"Molly Gambertoglio, Jake Globentrotz, Phil Howard." Molly was slightly disappointed that she wasn't right near Gil and Oona, but she wasn't bothered by it too much.
"Goby Imani, John Isner, Joel Johnson." Goby was seated right behind Molly.
"Freddie Jumper, Nonny Jurgensmeyer, Deema Kaufman," Ms. Lenore finished.
Deema was thrilled she got to sit next to Nonny. Nonny was relieved that he got to sit near the other guppies after all.
