Simon sat in the health room next to Isabelle who was looking at the fake babies to the side of the room in disgust.
"I swear I'm going to kill Maryse." She muttered.
"I'll be right behind you." Simon said.
Rather than individual desks, the health room had group tables, as more people came in, less room became available and two girls sat at their table. One of the girls was Hispanic and curvy with black hair, the other was chubby with pale skin and blonde hair. Simon was also noticing there was only one other boy in this class.
The girls whispered something to each other and giggled before glancing at Simon.
"Hey what are your names?" The black haired girl asked.
"I'm Isabelle, he's Simon."
"My name is Sophie, and this is Cindy." The girl replied.
"So why are you taking this class?" Simon asked.
"Mainly to get out of gym. It's not required if you take this class. Is that why you're here?" Cindy asked.
"No, my mother is making me take this class and Simon agreed to take it with me." Isabelle half-lied.
The four talked a bit, then the girls returned to whispering.
"Hey Simon, I think those girls think you're gay." Isabelle whispered in his ear.
"Hey what happens in the demon realms, stays in the demon realms." Simon said back at a normal volume so the girls could hear. They have him a strange look.
The class started and the teacher explained it would be a few weeks before they got their fake babies. They would get lessons on raising children and would be able to choose who they wanted to be in a "couple" with.
Simon would obviously choose Izzy. Although that was probably what Maryse wanted, he wasn't too keen on asking one of the other girls.
The teacher gave an explanation of how the mechanical babies worked. "The baby will get "hungry" or "tired" or need its diaper changed and will cry to signify this. There is also a sensor in it that detects motion, so if you shake the baby, it will cry more and a computer in the baby will track how much its mistreted and that will determine your grade."
The class went by slowly, but it finally ended. It was last period to so they would got to go home after.
The bell rang and Simon left with Izzy. They met up with Jace and Clary. They would have to take the bus. Magnus had only agreed to take them there, probably so he could tease them.
The stepped into the roasting, rust bucket of a bus which had barely any kids on it, and those kids that were on it were all on their phones.
Jace and Clary took one of the Vinyl seats and Simon and Izzy took the one next to them.
A bunch of kids from the group of kids labeled "freaks" by their classmates got on the bus and took the seats in the back and started talking. Simon could pick up random lines that were probably strange even in context.
"So how was the baby class?" Clary asked with a grin.
"We get the babies in a few weeks, and get this- they'll actually cry and stuff." Isabelle complained.
Clary and Jace started laughing.
"Oh laugh now, but you'll have to share a house with the crying, robotic monstrosity." Simon pointed out.
"I'll wear earplugs." Clary said with a grin.
The bus came to a screeching halt in front of an apartment building and the doors creaked open letting out a few kids.
"At least we don't have homework." Isabelle said.
"I do." Jace said.
Isabelle laughed. "What do you have to do?"
"An autobiography."
She laughed more.
"Guess you're going to have to sit down at a computer and type." Simon said.
"You know maybe I should be totally honest in my autobiography, just to see the teacher's reaction." Jace said.
"Yeah do that and Maryse will murder you, or find an even worse class than the baby class and stick you in there." Simon said.
The bus came to a jarring halt outside of a big house with peeling paint and a dead lawn. It was old and falling apart and painted on the mailbox were letters that probably once made up a name.
The entire back of the bus got up and left and as they were passing by one of them leaned down and whispered.
"One of us! One of us!" Then continued forward laughing.
The girl behind him kicked him in the butt.
"I didn't think you'd actually do it asshole!" She shrieked.
They all ran into the house and Simon could have sworn he saw a girl boy with fangs just inside the door.