Ulrich stands by the loading area for the buses, his back leaning against a large support beam made of differently shaded red bricks. He watched his fellow classmate enter the bus, waiting for Yumi who minutes earlier went to the bathroom.
"Ulrich!" Ms. Hertz called, leaning from the entrance of the bus. "Get on the bus!" Her voice was demanding, but not in an angry way, rather in a more relating way, much in the way you feel when you are given a command by a teacher, you expect the demanding tone.
"I'm sure Yumi's almost..." Yumi walked up beside him, smiling slightly at his surprised look.
"Both of you, hurry! The sooner we get there the longer we can stay." Ms. Hertz re-entered the bus, sitting down at the front seat next to Jim. He was looking through an exercise magazine, reading an article entitle "Connecting to a Younger Generation Through Fitness".
"Jim, are you going to use these ideas with your students?" Ms. Hertz asked, glancing over the subheadings of the article.
"No, I'm sending this to my father." Jim replied, tilting the magazine slightly.
"Why are you doing that?" She asked, looking as Ulrich and Yumi entered the bus.
"I'd rather not talk about it." Jim said, closing his book and turning to the students, standing over them.
"Now I know you think this will be all fun, a day in the forest, the birds chirping and the wind blowing, but we need to set a few rules. Number one: don't wonder off too far from the buses. The last thing we need is someone getting lost. Number two: no goofing off. This is a public park, meaning other people will be there. You kids will represent Kadic Academy through everything you do, so don't be stupid." Jim gazed over at Odd, who had miraculous fallen asleep in the maybe five minutes he had been on the bus. Jim walked over to where Odd lie resting, raised his hands and clapped them together, the thunderous bang bouncing off the walls of the bus like a hyper child.
Odd's eyes burst open as he jumped, his body hovering out of his seat for a good five seconds before it relaxed in the slightest.
"Now then," Jim said, moving back to the front of the bus, "number three: stay with your partner. If you lose sight of your partner, report back to the bus. Everyone understand? And questions?" Jim looked around the bus for a second, and, after not noticing any hands, began to turn back around to sit in his seat. As he nearly reached his seat, he heard a voice from behind him.
"Jim," Odd said, his hand raised as the gym teacher turned around to look at him. "Can I go to the infirmary, my head is killing me."
Jim looked at him, considering whether or not to believe him, eventually deciding to go along with it. "Okay, who's your partner?"
"I am, sir." William said, his hand raising into the air.
"Dunbar, take Della Robbia to the infirmary." Jim said, Ms. Hertz whispering something into his ear. "Oh, it seems we have to leave now. Are you fine with missing the field trip?"
"Yeah, I guess." William said, walking up to meet Odd at the front of the bus.
"I'll have an assignment you two can do later, for now just stay with him in the infirmary." Ms. Hertz said, watching the two walk out of the bus. "Now then, let's get moving." Ms. Hertz said, the driver starting the bus forward. "Can anyone tell me what osmosis is?" She asked as the bus exited the school gate.
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Yolanda walked over to the bed, her lab coat freshly cleaned and ironed, something she was always proud of. She looked down at Odd, pulled the thermometer out of his mouth, looking quite cheerful for the results.
"Well, you don't have a temperature, that's good. When did your headaches start?" She asked, wagging the thermometer in the air as a way to clean it before she grabbed a cloth and cleaned it thoroughly.
"It started when I woke up this morning, it's gotten worse sense." Odd said. He could have sworn his head had a heart beat, pumping through and through, causing him to feel great pain.
"Well, here's what I'll do. I'll give you this pill that should help your headache, and if it doesn't help after about an hour, come back and I'll see what I can do." She said, reaching into her medicine cabinet. She grabbed a small bottle, popped it open and gave Odd two pills from it. She placed the two pills on a table, grabbing a cup, and moved over the the sink. She filled the cup about half full and handed it to Odd saying: "Here, this should help. If your headache persists, we can try this again in about twelve hours."
"Okay, I hope it works." Odd said, the first pill in, gulped, and
repeated the process for the second pill.
"Do you mind stating for another hour or so? I need to make sure you don't have a reaction to the medicine." She closed her medicine cabinet and sat down on the corner of the bed.
"Sure, we were supposed to go on field trip anyway, so I don't think timing matters very much." Odd replied, reaching for his head as he tried to lean forward.
"Just rest, it'll help you feel better. William, you can go now if you want." Yolanda said, looking over towards the raven haired boy sitting in a chair in the back corner of the room.
William looked up to her with a faint smile, explaining his situation. "I'll just stay with him, I don't have anything better to do." William looked out the window, gaining the attention of the nurse.
"William, what are you looking at?" She asked, already turning to look in that direction.
"It's kinda strange, Ms. Hertz said it was supposed to be really sunny all day, but it looks like it's pouring outside." William said, his head slightly tilted in confusion as he looked out the window.
Sorry if the quality isn't as good as usual, I was very tired writing this, but next couple of chapters are gonna be really interesting. Thanks for all the support,'it means a lot to me. Read and review!