"Welcome to Science class," Vexen smiled slightly at us. Vexen was a science-obsessed-man-girl with blonde hair. Long. Blonde. Hair. On a guy.
But who am I to judge? I have my flaws too…
"We'll be learning a lot of science this year," Vexen gave the class a stern look. "And it is not going to be easy. At all."
Groans.
"You will have many tests and pop quizzes. And they will be very easy." He continued.
"Really?" somebody called out.
"No." Vexen continued. "Those tests and pop quizzes will be very hard. And you will get a lot of homework each night. And every test or pop quiz you get has to be signed! I want your parents to know how you're doing. Do NOT forge signatures. I've had kids do this in the past. For one, it is illegal. You might get arrested. And second, even if you are as good as an FBI agent as forging, I can tell if your parents actually signed it.
"Moving on to my homework policy. Homework must be completed and handed in on time! If it's late, automatic ZERO! And if it is incomplete, automatic ZERO! You may only be excused from homework if somebody in your family dies. And you must have your parents call me and tell me that you won't be able to complete your homework on time. No notes or emails. I want CALLS!
"Class room behavior. No swearing at all. No calling out. No sleeping in my class. And absolutely NO NOTE PASSING! If you are caught note passing, you will get lunch detention. THIS IS YOUR WARNING! So even if it is your first time, it will not be a warning. It is automatic detention because this is your warning. If you get a one hundred percent on five tests in a row, you get a free homework pass that excuses you from doing your homework for whatever night. Homework passes can only be used ONCE, and it counts as if doing the homework. You get the credit. Do not forge passes, because," Vexen held up a little red book. "I will record everything from grades to how many notes you passed to how many lunch detentions you have to how many homework passes you have and when I gave you the pass. So I will know if it's forged.
"I do have 'Student of the Month.' The student who shows most improvement, most participation, most charisma, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera… will be student of the month and get a free homework pass. From now until June, there will be exactly nine 'Student of the Month' awards. And at the end of the year, our grade will be getting together and giving out awards. Like, 'Humanitarian Awards', 'Literature awards,' etcetera, etcetera, etcetera."
He scanned the class. "Any questions?"
I timidly raised my hand. "What if we can't get a problem right on our homework?"
"You will not be penalized if you get an answer wrong as long as you show your work that you really tried. You must show your work for each problem. No printouts."
"Thank you." I said.
A girl named Selfie raised her hand. "What if we don't know what to do for our homework?"
"You will get strategy sheets and if you copy down this website URL," He wrote the website on the board. "You may reprint strategy sheets and go through virtual walk-throughs on how to do the problems. Like if you need help with percentages, you will go through a walk-through on how to find percentages, multiplying and dividing percentages, etcetera, etcetera, and etcetera."
Riku raised his hand. "Do we get homework on Fridays?"
"Yes. You will get less homework on Fridays than during the week, though."
Sighs of relief.
"Thank you." Riku slouched back in his seat.
"Any more questions?" Vexen scanned the room. "No? Good. Moving on. This term, we will be focusing on Fronts and density, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera."
"So please pass these back down your rows." Vexen handed each person in the front desks strategy sheets to pass back. I took the pile from the person in front of me (A person named Misa, I believe.) and passed them back to the person behind me (Somebody named Daisuke).
I looked at the strategy sheet. (Author's Note: Skip this section! Just a reaaaally boring strategy sheet with stuff I don't understand teehee. Skip until the italics/bold ends! Unless you WANT TO read it but… o.o)
'The Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Chemists are primarily concerned with the electrons in atoms and with the interactions of the electrons in one atom with those of other atoms. Our concern with the nucleus is generally restricted to its control of the electrons. In this and in several following sections, we explore the electronic structure of the isolated atom.
The experiments of Rutherford in 1911 had clearly shown that the subatomic constituents of an atom were not uniformly distributed within it. The small central nucleus contained the comparatively massive protons and neutrons while the much less massive electrons occupied the remainder of the atomic volume. Spectroscopic measurements of the emission and absorption of light, discussed in a previous section, made it clear that each different type of atom had a different, and complex, internal energy structure. A quantitative understanding of the internal structure of the simplest atom, hydrogen, was first achieved by the Danish physicist Nails Bohr in 1913. The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom was a major step toward modern quantum mechanics.
Bohr Model of Atoms
The Bohr model of an atom postulated a structure in which a single electron moved in circular orbit around the central nucleus, much as a satellite orbits the earth or the planets orbit the sun. Satellites may circle the earth at any distance outside the atmosphere; their orbits may have any radius. As a satellite travels in its orbit there is a balance between the inward force of gravitation, mm'g/r2, and the outward or centrifugal force of the moving satellite, mv2/r. In these equations m is the mass of the satellite, m' is the mass of the central earth, r is the radius of the orbit, and v is the velocity of the satellite in its orbit. The forces are equal in a stable orbit; mm'g/r2mv2/r gives by rearrangement v2rmug. Since the mass of the earth man the gravitational constant g are both constants, a satellite can assume an orbital radius if and only if it possesses the appropriate velocity. Acceleration of the satellite must therefore increase both its velocity and its orbital radius so it moves outward, while deceleration will move it inwards. Astronauts use this procedure, decelerating their capsules or shuttles by firing rockets to move inward until they reenter atmosphere.
The Bohr model of an atom explains the interaction of light with matter as being interaction between one quantum of light and one electron in one atom. The emission of light is a loss of energy, and a loss of energy would occur as an electron decays from a higher (outer) orbit to a lower (inner) orbit of lower energy. Light is absorbed when an electron in an atom is excited to a higher-energy orbit from a lower-energy orbit. In both cases, DEE(f) hf. (In this equation, the symbol D is used to indicate difference; the more common symbol for difference is the Greek upper-case delta.) The analogy between the Bohr model of an atom and the orbits of satellites is shown in the Figure below.
Figure is not available.
Bohr's model postulated that electrons in atoms, unlike satellites in Earth orbit, could take up only certain orbits. As a consequence electrons in atoms could engage in orbit changes which had only certain values of changes in E and thus of hf. Mathematically, this is most easily expressed by stating that the angular momentum of the electron is quantized. In equation form this is mvrnh/2(pi), where m is the mass of the electron, v is its velocity, r is the radius of its orbit, h is the Planck constant, and n is a quantum number which can have only the integer values: 1, 2, 3, ...
Consider an atom which consists of a single electron circling a nucleus. The outward centrifugal force of the moving electron, mv2/r, is balanced by the force of electrostatic attraction. The force of electrostatic attraction between two charged objects is given by the Coulomb law:
FQ1Q2/4(pi)er2
In the Coulomb law, Q1 and Q2 are the charges on each of two bodies, r is the radial distance separating them, and e (more commonly symbolized by the lower-case Greek letter epsilon) is the permittivity of the medium separating them. For an atom whose nucleus consists of z protons circled by a single electron, the Coulomb law giving the attractive force between them is
F -ze2/4(pi)e0r2
The equation assumes this form because both the negative electron and the positive proton have one elementary charge e and the permittivity is that of vacuum or free (empty) space. The permittivity of vacuum, e0, has the value 8.8541878176... x 10-12 farads/metre, F/m. The equivalent SI units of C2/J m are more useful units for e and e0 for our purposes. The force of electrostatic attraction, like that of gravitational attraction, decreases as the square of the distance separating the charges.
The two forces are equal and opposite, so their sum is zero and ze2/4(pi)e0r2mv2/r. The radius of the orbit can have any value, because the velocity of the electron can have any value. The radius of any orbit is given by
rze2/4(pi)e0mv2
The key assumption of the Bohr model is that the circumference of the orbit must be an integer multiple of the de Broglie wavelength of the electron. Mathematically, this is 2(pi)rnh/mv. This quantization assumption was originally made by Bohr in the form of quantization of momentum, as mentioned above, because the work of Bohr came before that of de Broglie, but the two equations are equivalent. Quantization of any of the physical quantities describing the electron (orbit radius, circumference, angular momentum, velocity, energy) requires that the rest are quantized as well. The quantized orbital velocity of an electron is then vnh/2(pi)mr. Substitution of the quantized electron velocity in the equation for radius r gives the radius of a Bohr orbit as
rn2h2e0/(pi)mze2
and the velocity of the electron in that orbit as
vze2/2nhe0
We now turn our attention to the energy associated with electrons moving in the Bohr orbits of atoms. The kinetic energy of any moving object is mv2/2, and the potential energy of the separated electronic and nuclear charges is -ze2/4(pi)e0r, so the total energy of an electron is the sum of these. Substitution of the previous equations for the quantized radius and velocity gives the energy of an electron in a Bohr orbit as:
E -mz2e4/8n2h2e02
For an electron free of the atom, at an effectively "infinite" distance from it, r is infinite, n is infinite, and so the energy E is zero. The energy of an electron bound to the atom in any orbit, relative to that of a free electron, is given by the above equation. For a mole of atoms, the number of them with which chemists usually work, the value must be multiplied by the Avogadro number NA:
E -mz2e4NA/8n2h2e02
Application of the Bohr Model of Atoms to Hydrogen
We now apply the Bohr model of atoms to the simplest of atoms, that of hydrogen. The innermost Bohr orbit of hydrogen has the lowest quantum number, n 1, and has a radius r of 0.0529 nm. The next outer orbit, for which n 2, has a radius r (0.0529)(22) 0.212 nm. The radius of any Bohr orbit of hydrogen can be calculated in this way. These calculated Bohr radii are comparable in magnitude to the radii of atoms and ions as measured in various ways.
Combination of the values of the fundamental constants gives -1311.8/n2 kJ/mole for the energies of the electrons in the Bohr orbits of hydrogen. Continuation of these energy calculations for the successive integers n gives the values of the Table below.
Table: Energies and Sizes of the Hydrogen Bohr Orbits
n E, kJ/mole Factor r, pm
1 -1311.8 1/1+2 53
2 -327.95 1/2+2 212
3 -145.76 1/3+2 476
4 -81.99 1/4+2 846
5 -52.47 1/5+2 1322
6 -36.44 1/6+2 1904
7 -26.77 1/7+2 ...
... ... ... ...
inf. 0.0 0 inf.
The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom is a model, but it is not usually called a theory, since Bohr did not attempt to explain why the properties of an electron in hydrogen is quantized, or, to put it another way, why certain orbits are allowed for electrons in hydrogen while others are not. Although Bohr did not explain why quantization existed, the Bohr model is a model which has considerable explanatory power. Bohr realized that the structure of energy levels for electrons in hydrogen, taken together with the Planck equation E(f) hf, provided an explanation for the observed structure of frequencies of light emitted and absorbed by the hydrogen atom. The energy difference between two allowed Bohr orbits in hydrogen is identical to the energy of one quantum of light emitted or absorbed by an atom of hydrogen.'
Ehhh?! What the hell? I don't understand a thing! What the hell does quantization mean?! Okay, this is not ninth grade level. THIS IS FUCKIN PAST COLLEGE LEVEL!!
I raised my hand. "Yes, Lucky?"
"THIS IS PAST COLLEGE LEVEL WORK!!" I exclaimed.
"Keep your voice down!" Vexen gave me 'the eye'. "I said this wasn't going to be easy,"
"But this is past college level!" I sighed frustrated. "It's not fair!"
"Stop!" He snapped. "By the time the year ends, you will understand this perfectly! And don't ever say the F-word in my class again!"
It's not fair! It's not fair! It's not fair! IT'S NOT FAIR!!I have a bad habit of crying when I'm angry. Tears started to streak down my cheeks by the bucket. I put my head down.
"Sit properly at your desk!" Vexen said to me.
I sat straight up, facing down. I hate him. I hate Vexen. I'm not even kidding. I HATE HIM! I HATE HIM! I trembled a bit, and a whimper escaped my lips. Crap.
"Lucky!" Vexen exclaimed. "Are you crying?! Look up!"
I looked up, everybody getting a good look at my red, tear stricken face. A few people snickered, but a lot just stared. And one face looked at me with worry. Riku.
"Why are you crying?" Vexen said.
"It's something I do when I get angry." I started to cry more.
"You're shameless." Vexen said sternly. "Like a child. You are a young adult now. Start acting like one. People like you make me sick."
My lip quivered, and my eyes welled up. I started to cry harder. It's not fair! How could he be so cruel? This was too mean. He has to be fired!
"Go into the hallway and don't come back until I call you."
A few people sat wide-eyed. Others had a 'What the hell?' face on. But mostly, everybody looked at me like 'Sorry' face on. Except one, who looked like he was about to beat the shit out of Vexen. Riku. He… he really cared.
"Go!" Vexen repeated.
I stood up, my head down, and walked out of this Torture chamber Vexen called a science class and into the marble hallways. I sat down in front of my locker, my head down. I hate him.
I HATE HIM! I HATE HIM! I HATE HIM! I cried more.
"Lucky?!" A voice said. "Is that you?"
I looked up and saw a boy with spiky brown hair, blue eyes, and a concerned expression. Sora. I stood up in a flash, wrapping my arms around his neck. I buried my head in his chest, letting the tears out.
"What happened?" He whispered into my ear. I got the sudden chills down my spine when I felt his lips brush against my ear.
I told him. I told him about the strategy sheet, about the crying, about the everything. He listened, then he wrapped his arms around me in a sudden hug.
"You're not shameless. You're a person. With feelings." Sora said. "Unlike Vexen. He isn't a person. He's a monster."
My eyes widened. Sora was so sweet! I can feel myself falling for him a little bit. I squeezed my eyes shut, and hugged him back.
I pulled away, and smiled lightly. "Th-thank you, Sora. You're a great person… somebody I really like."
He smiled his sweet smile. He rubbed tears away from my cheeks gently with his thumb. "You're a person I really like too," He brushed away some hair from my cheek, leaned closer to me, and kissed my forehead. He looked at me, and smiled.
I smiled back.
"Lucky?" Somebody called.
"It's Vexen. You better go," I whispered to Sora. Sora kissed my forehead again, and dove into the nearest room. A janitor's closet.
"Lucky." Vexen stepped out of the classroom and looked at me. "You may come back now. It's been long enough for you to learn to behave."
I looked at the clock. Class ended in thirty seconds!
"Thank you." I bowed to him, and hurried back into the class. The bell rang, and as I grabbed my books and left the class, Vexen stopped me and handed me a big book.
"Pages ten through thirty. Show all your work."
"But, I don't know what to do!" You kicked me out of the class, you bastard.
"Too bad." Vexen said.
I glared quickly, rushing out of the class, only to slam into Sora.
"Sorry," I blushed, picking up my stuff.
"It's okay," Sora smiled at me. "It's time for lunch anyway."
We walked side by side in silence. Not awkward creepy silence though. Nice, peaceful silence. We both got to the café, and I followed Sora sheepishly to a table.
At the table, I saw Kairi, Riku, a boy with spiked blonde hair, a girl with blonde hair up to her shoulders, and two empty seats. I sat down next to the boy with spiked blonde hair, across from Riku.
"Guys, this is Lucky. That girl I told you about from the letters." Sora smiled at the table. But this smile wasn't the sweet one. It was a normal smile. Was the sweet one… for me?
"I already met her." Kairi said, glaring at me. I swear I heard her say 'unfortunately' under her breath.
"Me too." Riku said, and looked at me with a some-what affectionate look in his eyes.
"Well, I haven't." The boy with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes said. "Hey, I'm Roxas." He smiled at me. A happy smile.
"Hello, Roxas." I tilted my head to one side and smiled.
"Hello, I'm Namine." The girl with blonde hair and blue eyes said, smiling up at me from her sketch-pad.
"Hello, Namine." I smiled at her. "What are you drawing?"
She showed me. "You."
Eh? Me? "Aw, thanks!"
"I draw pictures of everybody I meet." She smiled again.
"Hey, Lucky." Somebody tapped on my shoulder. I turned to look at the person. It was Roxas. "Wanna go get lunch?"
"S-sure, Roxas." I smiled lightly as he helped my up by taking my hand and lifting me up from my seat. We walked to the lunch line, as Roxas took out a little card.
"What's that?" I asked.
"School Lunch Card. Your parents or legal guardian fill it up with money for you to pay for lunch with." Roxas said.
Panic mode! A card? Did I even get one?
Yes I did. I remember my mom putting it on my… dresser!
"Do you have one?" Roxas looked at me confused.
"Um, well, uh.."
"You don't have it with you." Roxas smirked. Then he smiled sweetly. "You can use mine."
"No, it's okay… I can go without lunch today." I refused, blushing.
"No, really. It's okay. You can use mine." He smiled at me again.
He got my a tray, and one for himself. He put a slice of pizza, a orange soda can, and a peach on his tray. I put fried chicken and a Pepsi on my tray.
"Finally!" Roxas sighed dreamily.
"What?" I asked.
"A girl who eats." He gestured toward every other girl. I looked at their trays. Waters and salads.
I blushed timidly. Roxas ran his card, then handed it to me. I ran it, then returned it to him. We both walked back to the table, sitting down next to eachother.
I started to eat. This food was actually good! I ate it quickly.
"Somebody's hungry," Sora teased. I smiled.
"Somebody's gonna get fat," Kairi rolled her eyes, taking another bite of her salad. I glared at her.
"That wasn't nice," Sora looked at her, glaring.
"At least she eats real food," Riku said nonchalantly.
"She eats like a guy," Kairi rolled her eyes.
"Hey!" I exclaimed. "At least I'm not underweight."
"At least I'm not over-weight!"
Oh no she didn't. I wasn't overweight. I was pretty short, and weighed an average one-hundred.
"Kairi, what are you talking about. She's not over-weight. She's almost as skinny as me." Namine said.
"Sure." Kairi said.
"At least I can beat somebody up!" I glared at her.
"Sure you can."
I flexed my muscles. "HOLY CRAP!" Sora said. "You're strong!"
I grinned at him. "Pretty but dangerous,"
"I feel bad for the boy who messed with you," Roxas said.
Riku smirked at me. I blushed.
We ate some more, then a bell rang. "Class already? That was only fifteen minutes!"
"No," Namine replied. "That's the bell signaling we can go outside."
"Oh," I smirked. "I knew that,"
"Sure you did." Kairi said, rolling her eyes.
What is up with her? Seriously, get a life you fricken' Sora-stalker.
"Hey, Lucky." A voice said from behind me. I turned. It was Roxas. He smiled at me.
"Yea?"
"Can I ask you some questions? To, like, get to know you better?" He asked.
"Sure, why not." I smiled lightly.
"Uh, favorite song?" He asked.
"Once Upon a Broken Heart by the Beu Sisters."
"Color?"
"Ocean blue."
"Book?"
"So far, all I've read of Twilight." I smiled. Twilight was the best.
"Uh, band?"
"McFly. Danny is just sooo cute!" I stretched out the 'o' in so.
"Oh," Roxas looked pretty disappointed. "Favorite food?"
"Hard question." I smiled slightly. "It's a tie between fried chicken and fried fish,"
"You just love grease, don't you?" Roxas teased. I blushed a bit, and giggled.
"It's just so good!" I smiled crookedly. "I have an OCD over greasy food."
Roxas smiled gently at me. "Do you use ProActive?"
"Huh?"
"Grease gives you lots of acne… so do you use ProActive?" He repeated.
"Nope," I replied. "I just wash my face three times a day."
"Amazing," Roxas smirked. "Kairi would get like-"
Roxas was cut off by Kairi smacking him over the head.
"Jeez, whaddaya' do that for?!" Roxas rubbed the back of his head.
Kairi turned toward me and gave me such a cold look, it made me shiver.
"I-I'm gonna go… I'm gonna go outside," I stammered, pointing towards the door.
"I'll come with you!" Sora smiled, getting up, but was pulled back down by Miss Bitch herself, Kairi.
"I'd prefer you stay with me." Kairi said to Sora, but glared at me.
"Fine," Sora mumbled.
Seems like Kairi is being very possessive. Does she see me as a threat?
"Crap," Riku mumbled. "I have to go to the school library and make up a test," He smirked at me. "See ya' around."
"Bye," I smiled back crookedly.
I started towards the door outside.
"Wait!"
Somebody called behind me. I turned. Roxas!
"I'll come with
you," He said. "I need the fresh air."
"Ok-kay," I blushed.
We passed a table filled with blonde girls. They stared at me in shock.
"Are they together?" I heard one of the girls say.
"No way! I thought he liked Namine!" Another said.
"I was gonna ask him ouuuut!" Another whined.
"Hey Lucky," Roxas said.
"Yeah?"
"What do you treasure most?"
The question caught me off guard completely. "What I treasure most?"
"Yes," Roxas replied.
"Love." I responded without hesitation.
By now we were outside by a sakura blossom tree (cherry blossoms). He turned to smile at me affectionately. "How poetic,"
I blushed again. "Thank you,"
"Very welcome." He smiled sweetly at me.
We sat under the sakura tree, lots of sakura petals falling. I guess winter would be coming in a few weeks. A lot of people were outside, but were all crowded around a spot.
"Wonder what's going on there," Roxas sighed.
We suddenly saw a boy who I recognized from my English class running towards us.
"Hey, Wakka." Roxas said to the boy.
"You'll never believe what's going on over there!" The boy, Wakka, exclaimed. "-He's beating up a teacher! He's beating up Zexion!"
I froze.
"Who's beating up Zexion?" Roxas asked.
"Riku!" Wakka exclaimed. "Riku's beating up Zexion!"
"He said he had to go to the library!" Roxas cried.
"Well he
didn't." Wakka said. "He's beating up Zexion!"
"Why?!"
Roxas said.
"'Cause he tried to take advantage of a girl he knew," Wakka said, then ran off.
My body immediately went into Panic mode. My eyes widened, sweat started to form at my forehead. I put my head in my hands, babbling on and on about Riku.
"… and he said he was gonna beat him up but I didn't stop him…. He's gonna get expelled because of me!" I said.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Roxas said. "What are you talking about?!"
I told him. I told him about the Zexion, the Riku, the me…
"We have to stop him!" I gasped.
"Let's go!" Roxas
We scrambled to our feet and started to run as quickly as we could. I hope we weren't too late…
I pushed through the crowd, ignoring the 'Hey, watch it!' or 'I can't see!' from the people behind me.
Then there was Riku, punching Zexion in the face.
"Stop!" I shouted, tears in my eyes. I didn't want Riku to get expelled! Or worse… hurt. "Stop!"
I ran into the inner circle, stepping in front of Riku. Zexion pushed me out of the way so he could try to punch Riku's jaw. I stepped in front of Riku, and spread out my arms. "Please stop!"
"Stop?" Zexion chuckled. "Sounds like an order. But don't worry, I won't hurt a pretty young lady like you," He tried to push me out of the way.
My instincts got the best of me. I turned, wrapped my arms around Riku's neck, turning my head to look over my shoulder. "Don't hit Riku!"
Zexion glared icily at Riku. "I'll make you pay for this,"
Then he smirked at me. "You'll come around,"
Zexion took a step toward us, and I pushed Riku to the ground so now I was on top of him.
Zexion got a dirty look on his face, and walked off… (Followed by at least half the grade's girls)
A lot of other people stared at me and Riku. I saw a big group of girls glare at me. Riku's fan club. I guess I'm getting a little over-whelmed, because I just started crying right then and there, not bothering to get off of Riku.
I don't know how, but somehow, Riku was standing up, carrying me bridal-style, back into the cafeteria. He walked past that table again, but this time it was occupied by Riku's fan club.
"Who does she think she is?!" One of the girls said.
"I know right? This is like, her second day here!" Another said.
Riku turned to glare at them. "At least she cared if I was gonna get in trouble instead of standing and watching!"
That shut 'em up.
He walked back to the table, sitting down with me in his lap.
Namine's eyes widened with concern. "What happened?"
"She probably fell down and now faking an injury so Riku can carry her," Kairi rolled her eyes.
Sora scowled at her. "Kairi, stop! You've been mean to Lucky ever since she got here. I thought you were so nice, but I guess I was wrong. I'm break-"
Then Kairi did the expected. She broke down in hysterics. "No!!"
Kairi shot up and ran out of the café, followed by the Riku fan club, the Roxas fan club, and Selfie. I looked down, looking immediately back up because if I looked down I'd be looking in the direction of Riku's… uherm… place.
"I'm sorry." I said to Sora. "It's my fault."
Sora bit his lip. "Don't blame yourself. Nobody's perfect."
"What happened outside, anyway?" Sora continued.
Riku explained.
Sora and Roxas' jaws were at the floor. Namine looked as if she was scared to death.
"You are so dead." Sora mumbled.
"Well, he's 21. I highly doubt he'll get you suspended, he might get you…" Namine's voice trailed off.
"I don't care." Riku stared out the window. "He deserved it. And I hope I can finish the job."
"Why have you only protected Lucky from Zexion and not any other girl?" Roxas asked.
"Because she's not a slut and she doesn't want him." Riku stated.
"Or maybe it's because you like her!" Sora smirked, teasing in his eyes.
Riku turned to glare at him. "I'm asexual!"
Namine scribbled away at her sketchpad, Roxas looked dumb-founded, and Sora looked absolutely shocked.
"Riku! You never told me you were… you were…" He said. "GAY!" he shouted.
A few girls turned to look at us.
"No!" One banged her head against the table. "I was gonna ask him ouuuut!"
"I'm not gay!" Riku sighed furiously. "It means I am not attracted to any gender!"
"Oh…" Sora said. "Are you attracted to this shoe?" He asked, holding up a white leather lace-up boot.
"No, and that's Lucky's shoe." Riku stated.
I looked down. One of my shoes was missing! How'd he get it though?
"Give it back!" I said, holding out my hand. Sora put my shoe in my hand.
"How 'bout a donkey?" Sora asked. "You just loooooove donkeys! You wanna be the father of little donkey-children, right?"
"NO!" Riku clenched his teeth. "I am not attracted to ANYTHING!"
"What about a chair?" Sora said. "The red cushions just turn you ooooon, right?! Right?!"
"Oh my God…" Riku put his face in his hands.
"I got it!" Sora said. "You like PENCILS!!"
I looked down as I laced up my boot, only to hear a big THWACK! Sound. I looked up to see a red hand-mark on Sora's cheek.
"I got bitch-slapped by the asexual!" Sora exclaimed, putting hid hand on his cheek and making his mouth a perfect 'o'.
Riku stood up, grabbed his books, and left the table, heading for his next class.
As soon as he did, Roxas burst out laughing. "Wow, Sora!"
Namine and I both giggled into our hands.
The bell then rang, making us all take different ways to our classes.
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I slid open the door and walked into my next class. Social Studies. A lot of people were in my class this time, so the only available seat was in the absolute front. I sighed, and walked over to the seat, sitting down unwillingly.
Everybody chatted for a few minutes until the door slid open. A teacher walked in, a female with short blonde hair except for to long parts pushed back in the front. She smiled deviously at us, and everybody quieted down.
"Hello! I
understand we have a new student with us today." The teacher said.
Her voice was so high-pitched and annoying!
I raised my hand
reluctantly.
"Ah, hello!" She said. "My name is Larxene! What's your name?"
"L-lucky."
"Ha! Both our names start with 'L'!" She exclaimed. Then she walked back to the front of the class, grabbed a textbook, and gave it to me. "Everyone else take out your textbooks."
The class did so.
"Page three-forty-seven!" Larxene said. "Read from page three-forty-seven to page three-ninety. Then complete this work sheet," she handed out the worksheet. "If not completed, you have to do it for homework!"
I looked at the sheet. Fifty problems in total about Greek mythology. Fair enough, considering the questions was multiple-choice except for the last three which were short answer. I started reading, determined to finish the reading and the sheet so I have less homework tonight.
I looked around everybody else was already writing. How could they?! It's been ten minutes! I looked again. They were passing notes. I guess they didn't have Vexen for Science.
I continued to read, answering the questions for the sections I already finished reading. The bell rang, and I'm surprised I was able to do thirty-five of the fifty questions! I put the sheet in my homework folder, and then zipped the folder into my binder. I picked up my binder and textbook, and continued to my next class. After my next class, only one more class and I could go HOME!
I stopped at my locker to put my textbook in it, and hurried off to my next class, Skills.
I scoped the classroom for a seat far from the front, but once again, found myself sitting right smack-dab in front of the teacher. Who ever the teacher was.
I noticed that this classroom was as big as the auditorium. To the right were marble counters, cabinets, stoves, etc…. and to the left were sewing machines, fabrics, etc….
"HELLO CLASS!" A voice boomed. I jumped in my seat, then looked to the front of the room.
A male teacher with spiky red hair and black markings below his eyes stood leaning against the desk. Another teacher with long blue hair and an 'x' mark on his face was standing next to the teacher with red hair.
"I'm Axel," The red-haired teacher said. "And this is Saïx!" He pointed to the blue haired teacher. "I know you know that, but we have a new student with us, so that's why I'm saying this!"
He smiled at me.
"I'm Lucky," I said, blushing.
Axel smiled. "HI! Anyway, we have finished our computer skills for the year, and now we're moving on to Cooking and Sewing! Yay!"
The class groaned.
"Anyway, you get to decide whether you want to cook or sew!"
Sighs of relief.
"Okay, who wants to learn how to cook?!" Axel said.
The whole class except for me and seven other kids raised their hands. "So the twenty-three that wanna cook, follow Saïx! The eight that wanna sew, follow me!"
The blue haired teacher went right with twenty-three kids, and I and eight others followed Axel to the left.
"Okay, so you guys are the only ones that wanna sew?" Axel said. "Well, how many know how to stitch already?"
We all raised our hands.
"Who knows how to work a sewing machine?"
Nobody raised their hand.
"Good! So we'll hand-stitch for your first project!" Axel said. "So we don't have to do the boring practices. For the next two weeks, you will be working on sewing something that will be graded. So PLEASE do your best. Thread is over there along with needles, so you may begin!"
I knew exactly what I was going to sew. A quilt! I always wanted to make one. I took some white thread, a needle, and blue fabric.
I went to a desk near a window. I started to sew blue fabric squares together, taking my time to do so. After all, I had two weeks to do this, and I am intending on using this quilt after it gets graded.
"Hey," a voice said.
I looked up at the person. It was that girl, Olette!
"Hi," I smiled.
"You're from my first block class, right?"
I nodded.
"Oh cool! Your name is… Lucky? Yeah, that's it. Mind if I work here too?"
"I don't mind," I grinned.
She sat down, and we began working.
"What're you making?" She asked.
"A quilt. You?"
"A stuffed animal." She said sheepishly.
"That's cool!"
"Not babyish?" Olette said.
"Nope! They're adorable! I collect them." I said.
Olette smiled. "Finally! All my friends thinks stuffed animals are babyish. I collect hem too. Maybe you can show me yours sometime."
"Yeah," I said.
About forty five minutes later, the bell rang. I got pretty far, since I was able to sew two feet across of fabric. I still have a lot to go, though.
I put away my quilt and fabric in my cubby, and started to walk to my next class. Independent Study.
The teacher, Demyx, told us that we couldn't talk, so we should get started on our work.
In that short our, I was able to do all of my Social homework, the reading for English, and about… two problems of Vexen's science homework.
As soon as the bell rang, we all ran out of the classroom to our lockers. I put all the essentials into my shoulder-back-pack and headed out to the outside of the school.
"Free at last!" I said.
"Seems like somebody doesn't enjoy school." A voice said behind me. I turned to see Roxas.
"It's t-tiring," I gasped.
Roxas smiled sweetly at me. "Me and the others are gonna go get Sea Salt ice cream. Wanna come?"
Screw Vexen's homework. "Sure!"
"Cool! Let's wait for the others here. This is were we always meet." Roxas said. By now, we were sitting on the two foot wall of the Disney-world-sized water fountain in front of the school.
Roxas pulled a penny out of his pocket. "Wanna make a wish?" He asked me.
"You make one." I said.
"No, you." Roxas said.
"Let's both make a wish." I said. "… How do you make one?"
"Look around." Roxas smiled.
I did. The people around us, held the coin with their eyes closed, making a wish, kissed the coin, and then flipped it in the water.
"Okay, then." I put my hand on top of Roxas' palm, over the coin.
We both closed our eyes to make a wish. Then we had to kiss it.
He kissed the heads side, then handed me the coin. I kissed the tails side, and we somehow both flipped it into the clear water.
"What'd you wish for?" Roxas asked me.
"Not telling, or else it won't come true!" I said.
"Hey, Roxas! Lucky!" a voice said.
Me and Roxas both turned to look. Sora, Riku, Namine, and Kairi were coming towards us. It seemed as if Kairi and Sora weren't fighting anymore.
"Let's go!" Roxas smiled.
We all started walking down the street until we reached a little Hawaiian themed shack. We all bought Sea Salt ice cream, and sat on the border wall facing the ocean. Behind us was more ocean.
"It's gorgeous." I breathed.
"I guess so." Riku said.
"How come the ocean looks light blue and sea foam green from here, but clear when we're in it?" Roxas asked.
Nobody answered. None of us knew.
"Magic," Namine guessed, smiling at Roxas.
Roxas smiled back.
I looked down at my Sea Salt ice pop, smiling sadly…
We finished our ice pops, and walked down to the ocean. I took of my boots, and stepped into the cool ocean water. Roxas did the same. Then Sora pushed Roxas in.
"Hey!" Roxas said, laughing. He pulled Sora into the water, Riku was somehow pulled in, and before I knew it, somebody pushed me in.
The four of us started swimming around as Namine and Kairi sat at the shore.
--Out of Lucky's POV—
"That looks really fun," Namine said to her friend, Kairi.
"It kinda does but as long as she's there, I'm not going in." Kairi rolled her eyes.
"Why do you hate Lucky so much?" Namine asked.
"Because I've listened to Sora talk about her for years because of the penpal thing and she sounded really annoying and she IS annoying." Kairi stated
"Okay then," Namine smiled crookedly. "Now tell me the real reason."
Kairi sighed. "Because of the look Sora gave her."
--Lucky's POV—
"Hey Lucky!" Roxas said to me.
"Yeah?" I turned to look at him.
"Look over there!" Roxas said, pointing to the horizon. "Dolphins!"
And it was true. Faint dolphins were visible, coming up, then diving back down.
"Oh my God!" I exclaimed.
"Whoa that's pretty!" Sora said.
"Yeah, I guess." Riku said.
"Hey, are you attracted to dolphins?" Sora teased Riku.
Riku splashed Sora.
"I gotta go," Riku said, he turned to leave. "Bye."
"I gotta go too, or my mom's gonna freak."
Sora left too.
"Hey, Namine," I looked toward the shore. Namine and Kairi were gone too. It was only Roxas and me.
"We better get going," Roxas said.
"Yeah, I guess." I said.
Me and Roxas both went to shore, all wet. We gathered our stuff and walked a block together before Roxas had to go the other day.
"Hey Lucky," Roxas said.
"Yeah?"
"I found this, and I thought you'd like it." He said, and put a clam in my hand, and walked away.
I opened the clam and looked inside.
A pearl.