Chapter Twelve
Outside Gregson was trying to spit up the fight, though he was finding it hard. Jay and Ste hated each others guts.
"Break it up boys otherwise I have no choice but to expel the lot of you" Gregson hissed.
Steven stopped. If he gets expelled, he knows that Terry will give him another beating no doubt. His mother Pauline is always either of her face on drink or passed out from drink so she won't be much help.
"What?" Jay snarled. Looking toward Gregson with an angry expression. As he wiped the small patches of blood which were on his lip.
"I think you know what, Jay in detention now or go after school; your choice" Gregson told him, Jay turned around as he walked away in a bad mood.
"As for you, come back to the classroom and try not to get into any more fights" Gregson was somewhat more understanding than some teachers. He knew these type of kids inside out.
As soon as Gregson and Ste walked back towards the classroom, the class ran back to their seats frantically. As they all faced the front like angles, as they all looked across with looks of innocence.
"Ah, I swear I seen your faces popping from the window; I must have been mistaken" Gregson smiled.
"What gave you that ideal sir?" Michaela asked him.
"Never mind me" Gregson knew full way they were out of their seats, he just never made a big deal out of it.
"Right, today we are basically just going to learn some Shakespearean words and if you're all good than I let you know an old Shakespearean swear word" Gregson spoke again, making them all laugh.
They did like this teacher a little bit more than the others. He was on their wavelength most of the time, he lived near a couple of them too so they sometimes see him outside of school as well.
"Since only a couple of you put your hand up; I'm going to pick on you instead; Mark, what is the Shakespearean word for you?"
"Erm, is it thou?" Mark asked.
"Yes, it can also be thee" Gregson informed them.
"Ste, what is the Shakespearean word for your?"
"I don't know" Ste replied, he wasn't pay much attention.
"Can't you hazard a guest?"
"No"
"Okay Ste, well listen and remember it for next time; Texas, I pick on you lovely" Gregson spoke as he looked at her.
"Thy" Texas replied, she seen Romeo and Juliet once and remembered it from there.
"Yes correct, Amy; what is the Shakespearean word for Are?"
"Art" Amy replied nervously.
"Yes; right one more and then I read you some Romeo and Juliet, I know how much you miss primary school" Gregson spoke, the laughed again.
"Leanne, I ask you my dear; right what is the Shakespearean word for unfortunately" Gregson always gave the hardest one to work out last.
"Erm, I don't know" Leanne spoke with a fake cry, Texas smiled putting her arm around her.
"Hazard a guess"
"Is it doth?" Leanne asked.
"Not quite, doth is do; does anyone know?" Gregson asked, looking around.
"Okay that was a bit hard for first timers; the answer is alas; remember that one" Gregson address.
"Sir, can you tell us that swear word now?" Justin asked, leaning back in his chair.
"Oh yes, the swear word is Zounds okay; you would say it if you're fed up and you want to curse somebody okay; so in future use that word instead" Gregson started to pass everyone Romeo and Juliet the play.
So the lesson pretty much went without a hitch after Jay and Wayne left, Wayne and Jay were currently hanging about in the hallways. With their hands in their cheap school trouser pockets, as they dragged their shoes across the ground.
"Right go on" Gregson spoke, as they all rushed out.
"I'm gonna skive, I'm not going to another lesson" Ste said to Justin, Mark and Kevin. Turning on his heel.
"Oh yeah, have fun on your own Ste" Justin replied with a sigh.
"He isn't alone, come on Steven" Brendan spoke, he was going to skive with Brendan. Both of them were going to happily skive their lessons.
"Where did he come from?" Mark asked, still a little startled. He almost came out of nowhere, as Mark looked around.
"Never mind; Amy wait" Mark called, as she was walking away.
"I'm trying to find my class" Amy told him.
"Sorry about before like; I wanted to walk with somebody" Mark told her with a smug look on his face.
"It's fine" Amy insisted.
"Good" Mark spoke with a smile.
Kevin shook his head, he didn't really like Mark. Thought he was just a lying scumbag, only reason he hangs out with him, Ste and Justin is because they seem to be the only people who don't mind hanging out with him.
"He is unbelievable" Kevin spoke quietly to Justin.
"Don't mention it Kevin" Justin replied quietly back.
Amy carried on walking as she placed her hands in her pockets. Her sister Sarah has been sent to the personal learning center just for a week than she can do the rest of her exams much to Mike's annoyance.
"Here we go" Mark told her, as he opened the classroom door to RE. The teacher was Mr Des (Father Des)
"You're all very late" Des spoke with a sigh. As all four walked slowly in looking as guilty as sin.
"Yeah we got lost" Mark insisted.
"Oh right, got lost after three years Mark?" Des asked.
"Yeah" Mark nodded, some of the class smirked.
"Justin and Kevin; you got lost as well after five years?" Des than asked with a smile.
"Yeah, we wanted Mark to find his own way for once" Kevin piped up.
"I don't believe you but I let you all of this once" Des told them, they breathed a sign of relief. As they slumped down on the seats, looking to the front.
"Okay, well because you four were late; I will excuse you miss because you are new; as for you boys, you will stay behind five minutes at the end" Des informed them, he heard them all groan.
Once again, the lesson pretty much went to plan. Kevin, Justin and Mark a bit pissed that they have to stay behind five minutes. Amy smiled slightly, she was grateful to get away from them a bit.
She looked across to see Sarah walking with her new friends Nancy and Hannah. Nancy looked liked she should be in a punk band the way she dressed with her dark black hair which had pink streaks in it and her dark make-up.
"Watch it" Nancy hissed, as she bumped into an unimpressed Sienna Blake.
Hannah gave Sienna a dirty look, they never got on. Sienna scoffed before walking away from them.
"Nancy, I don't think it's the Marilyn Manson look a like contest today" Sienna finally spoke, as she crossed her arms with a cunning smile.
"You little bitch" Nancy hissed, as she too crossed her arms.
"Well I didn't realize it was the best Mary Poppins accent today" Nancy added.
Sarah smiled with Hannah.
"Come on Nancy" Hannah laughed, as they walked past Sienna again.
Hannah smiled again when she bumped into her boyfriend John-Paul. As she unlocked her arms with Sarah and Nancy.
"Alright?" John-Paul asked, as he nervously held onto her hand.
He was still nervous and that wasn't because he didn't want to be in a relationship with her it was because he was scared of how far she would want to go. Even kissing her displeases him, he has secret feelings for his best friend Craig though he doesn't think Craig would feel the same.
"Yeah, can I say the same thing about you?" Hannah asked him.
He just nodded.
"Right, so I was thinking we could hang out tonight after school; I was thinking the pictures" Hannah was quickly cut of.
"Sorry, I'm meant to be meeting Craig; were going to watch this footie match, the school one" John-Paul bit his top lip, he did feel guilty.
"Okay I come with you and Craig to the footie match" Hannah was cut of again.
"You won't like it, just boys will be there" John-Paul insisted.
"Oh, that's fine" Hannah spoke, as she was hiding her disappointment and her one tear since he always says no.
"Hannah" John-Paul spoke, as she went back to Nancy and Sarah.
Amy eyes widened as she walked across the hallway more, to see Brendan and Ste sitting down on the wide window still.
"Look Brendan, look what that twat done to me; I don't want you to get involved though; I can handle him, will you piss of" Ste hissed as he noticed that Vinnie has been staring from the other side.
"Sorry" Vinnie rushed of with a red face.
"You're charming Steven" Brendan spoke with sarcasm.
"No need to remind me" Steven smiled.
Brendan looked around, as nobody seemed to be looking. As he placed his hand on Steven's knee, making him shiver.
"Relax Steven, don't make a show" Brendan took it back of.
A bit worried for himself, he needs to contain himself. Steven is not sixteen yet, he is fifteen. A seventeen year old groping a fifteen year old would not go down well in any court. Ever since Brendan went out with Steven, when Ste was thirteen, he was already fifteen. He didn't like it, he was scared of becoming like his father.
Even more so now, ever since he started to date the underage boy. He was scared he was feeling what his father felt, though he talked himself out of it. Though now the feeling was returning and he hated it.
"Me make a show?" Ste asked with another smile.
"I swear to God Steven, if you bring your mates to my drama class" Brendan shook his head, Ste always takes Mark, Justin and sometimes Kevin to watch him and the others. Just to laugh at them too.
"Oh it's your drama class now" Steven laughed, he felt Brendan softly slapped the back of his head.
"Ow" Steven spoke just to take the piss him of even more.
Amy walked past them quickly. She can't believe that a gay couple is out in the open in like that, in high school. Where getting bullied and getting teased is apart of the experience, Brendan and Ste do get bullied and teased but they don't take much notice if it's just kids.
Though some of the adults like to mock them as well, their parents being one. Terry and Seamus call their sons 'queer' and 'poof' on a daily basic. Their mothers too scared to stop it, as they just watch. Though Brendan's mum actually does say sorry to him, Pauline doesn't seem to care.
Even one of the teachers slightly mocks them by treating them slightly differently. One of the English teacher always gets them to write more lines or give them detention for a small thing.
"Amy; alright?" a familiar voice asked, she sighed.
"Hey" Amy spoke, it was just Mark again.