Moving slowly into the classroom, with much doubt as to whether I'll be able to survive this lesson without any queries about my swimming costume, the thought of which was mortifying. It was bad enough that I have Itachi in my lesson today…the thought of which makes me want to choke myself slowly with the pocky I stole from him. Paper, clean and gleaming form the light pouring in from the windows is set on each desk just as I had asked Tobi to do. Really he is a very good boy, sometimes though it makes me wonder what made him this way. A normal man of his age would not refer to himself in the third person unless he had a total ego problem and I don't really think that this is the case here.
Nevertheless I sit down upon my uncomfortable chair, waiting for the three pupils to settle themselves. I suppose that is one of the benefits of having such a small group that as a teacher you don't really miss anything or anyone who tries to play hooky from lessons. Overall it shouldn't be too bad today group wise I have Kisame, Kazuku and him to be honest he doesn't even really deserve a name!
"Abi-sensei?" I hear Kisame ask
"Huh, oh yes?"
"Well we're all here apart from Itachi, should we start without him?"
"I suppose we should, he's just an arse who I will have detained to Leader's quarters when I see him next the arrogant little! To think he can skip out on MY lesson."
"Heh well I'll make sure that he knows about your anger."
"Never mind hey it's only him that's missing out isn't it? Now today we're going to be learning about Romeo and Juliet the famous Shakespeare play, does anyone know what it is about?"
"I can safely say I have never heard of it." Kazuku chimes in
"Well it is about two lovers who after only a night of knowing each other propose marriage but they can only meet in secret as they are from two clans sworn to hatred, the Montague's and the Capulet's. They both end up dead as a result of their parent's hatred towards another."
"After a night? They were a bit hasty weren't they?" Kazuku snickered
"In those times it was often so that the bride and groom would have only known each other a little longer than that time and sometimes didn't see each other until their wedding day."
"That seems a little off I have to say, I wouldn't enforce that upon anyone!" Kisame shouts
"Neither would I but parent's in those times around the 1800's didn't think about their child's happiness only what would make an acceptable social match for the time."
I hand out the delicate volumes of the play, one of which was my mum's before she gave it to me this one I keep for my own reference simply because now it is too precious to even lend out for a day, knowing that I'll probably never see her again. The skulls on each volume gaze lifelessly out at us. They really are good students, strange really but I hope that they will grasp the concept of semantic fields and all the other stuff that they need to understand. I know it takes a while to get back into the mood for English but since there will be a test at the end of each year they have to get this stuff sooner rather than later.
"So if you two can turn to the prologue, we will be reading this today and comparing the different words that can be found in the passage. Now the word 'word' is not the best to use in an exam and so I suggest that you should use the word 'lexis'."
"What does the word lexis mean?" Kazuku asks
"Lexis basically just means 'word'. I sigh exasperatedly into my hand when two very blank faces just stare back at me like I just basically spewed a load of nonsense out in a completely different language. Which, alright, I kinda did.
Without knowing I have gained an audience of three people, Itachi loiters by the door grinning his little rat face off, Siobhan flops against splintered wood partly in awe of Itachi's presence but mostly because in tow is a beaming Dei- Dei his hands masterfully swooping birds around all of our heads, one lands on my shoulder pecks my cheek then flies off back to Dei- Dei. Now what? I scream in my head. I have just begun to get the basic principles of english for the able minded into their heads and now this.
"I'm sorry to interupt Abi but I really need you to take him away!" Siobhan cries managing to scrape her eyes away from Itachi for a second.
"Why? What's the matter with him?"
I inquire while my hand points to a vacant seat away from the rest of the group, typical school punishment I know and I also know it never works. Sitting someone two desks away from their friends will not stop them talking to them, even if they were in separate classes it wouldn't stop them, besides that's normal friends…ninja friends what's the point in trying? They'll just jutsu it up wont they?
"He won't learn his science and he blatenly refuses to let me help him. He says he wants to do more english, I don't know what you teach them but they seem to like it. Why couldn't you have been my GCSE teacher?"
"'Cause our system at home sucks. Right leave him with me, I'll make sure he does his work. What is it on?"
"Hello un? I am right here." Dei-Dei grumbles as we continue to talk about him
"It's on buckminster fullerine, just leave him to it."
"Alright. See you later." I smile
As soon as Siobhan leaves I turn my head to glare at Dei-Dei who simply shrugs his shoulders whilst his eyes burst with laughter as I stand there tapping my foot at him. I suddenly remember about Itachi who is still perched by the door smirking at me, I whip my head around to his surprise with genuine anger blazing in my eyes I storm over to him, grab him by the collar bringing his face close to mine. Clouds of confusion swim all over his face as I yell down his ear:
"What do you think you're doing?" I growl
"Um, I'm showing up to your lesson." Itachi attempts to joke his way out of it but it only increases my anger to boiling point
"You're late. I'd give you a detention but I really don't want to spend any more of my time being disgusted by your presence. Sit down."
I secretly smile inside at his shocked face as I force him to sit in the seat furthest away from me, and I 'unintentionally' forget to give him a book. It's all part of my evil plan. I'm setting homework and if he doesn't have a book he can't do it, mwhahahaha and then I can get him in trouble with Leader. I'm standing in front of the class rubbing my hands in an evil motion and that leaves Kisame and Kakuzu looking at me very very confused.
"Sorry about that, right, now…let's continue on with the analysis of the book. Do you understand the basic plots?" I grin
"No." Everyone moans
I feel like killing myself, how long would it take to drum into their heads the basics about this book? Ohhh, idea. A play sounds good…Tobi could be Benvolio, Itachi can be the Nurse, I'll be Juliet and Hidan can be Romeo and I suppose Zetzu can be Tybalt (my favourite character). Obviously they can tell that I've had a good idea, well good for me, bad for them because they have their nervous faces on and as Kisame opens his mouth to persuade me not to do whatever they thought I'd do. Too late.
"Abi-sensei…"
"No, I have a great idea in order to make you understand the book."
"What?" Kakuzu grimaces
"We're going to act it out. All of us." I laugh
"No!" Everyone yells, fleeing from their seats and preceeding to grovel at my feet in order to try to stop me from going through with this plan
"Yeah, it's a good story and don't worry Dei-Dei I wont make you be Juliet, I shall be Juliet."
Without anymore complaints everyone goes back to their seats and begins to think about the play and who would play who, so we spend the whole lesson reading the book and decideing through the first act who gets to play who. It was amazing as the guys totally agreed with the choices I had made, apart from Itachi but someone has to be the nurse I said to him. Itachi suggested Dei-Dei, we shot him down in flames and he ran off in shame to Siobhan's classroom. Poor baby.
We were just about to go into the other classes to tell them about it when Leader creeps into the room and demands to know what's going on. I clam up whilst hoplessly telling him about our plans and how it's going to be educational to the students and how everybody gets a part.
"I hope you find me a part…wait…did I just say that?" Leader muses
"Yes you did! Put Leader down as the Father Capulet, I'll see you in practice. Will you ask Konan what she wants to do?"
"I suppose, she's on a mission though so she may not be back."
"Alright, this is going to rock!"
I turn around and see all 7 of the males that I find attractive, looking at me with large puppy dog eyes and I can guess what they're going to say before they say it. I cover my ears to stagger the roar of offers of who exactly would be the Romeo to me and for once since I've been here I can clearly grasp who is going to be my very own Romeo. But the longer I think about it the more confused I become, should I pick Hidan since his religion says that he has to go out with me? Should I pick Zetzu because he's cute and charming? Pehaps I should choose Tobi otherwise he'll pummel anyone else who I pick to be Romeo? I glance at Leader for help but I find that he merely pats my shoulder before poofing off back into his dark stone lair…some help he was.
I manage to escape to my room changing rapidly into my pyjama's after a day of wandering around avoiding people and spending most of my time with Zetzu who was too shy to ask more than once to be my Romeo. As I slide into bed the dilemma plays over and over again in my head, who am I going to pick?
Hey I don't know if any of you guys are still hanging in there for I new chapter I realise that I've taken ages to post a new one but I just haven't had the time! I'd appreciate messages telling me who my Romeo should be, I really don't have a clue, as long as it's not Itachi I'm good with anyone.
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