Chapter 4 Its A Boy Girl Thing!

Claire's P.O.V

I'v been thinking hard about how to get Shane back. Who knew it was so tricky to find a good prank that will humiliate someone. I guess its because he's always with his group of friends, there always stood in front of him or just blocking the way to get to him. I had know I idea what I was going to do and I hated myself for it.

It was only two days ago when Shane put that red paint thing in my locker, that exploded in my face. That was so embarrassing everyone in the full corridor was laughing at me and I hated it. I wanted to curl up in a ball and die. It was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me, and I know that if I carry on like this with Shane that wont be the most humiliating thing.

So maybe I should just give up now, I mean he and splashed me whilst I was walking to school and then I put the bottle of water over his head. After that he put the red paint in my locker and I havnt done anything about that. So its my turn to get him back but I really dont know if I should or not. If I do he will do something far worse then before and then i'll have to think off another thing to do. Either way I wont win, If I do get him back he will humiliate me again, if I do nothing i'll always feel weak and there will always be that temptation to just...prank him.

I sighed as I walked into my Science lesson, not many people where in the class room yet. The only people who were in the classroom was people who didnt hardly talk to anybody. The other difference about me and them is that I would talk to anyone as long as they are nice, but them...they hate it when people even look at them. I took my seat at the back and sighed again. Right then the teacher walked in carrying a tray of chemical bottles, she placed them on her large desk and looked up at me.
She smiled 'Hello Claire'
'Hi Mrs' I say.
'I see your early, as always' She pointed out.
I nodded my head 'Yer, what are we doing today?'
'We are mixing chemicals' She told me, I shrugged and took out my phone. The lesson should have began right now, and they were hardly anyone in this room. Clearly people dont realise they are wasting valuable learning time. Like everyone knew what I was think people started walking into the lesson. Some where laughing and some where whispering to each other. They all sat down in their seats and faced the front.
'Lesson started 3 minutes ago' The teacher announced, nobody said anything.
She sighed 'Right so today we are going to be seeing what happens when you mixes the different chemicals together. You will be writing if anything happened, was they are reaction and describe how you know if they was a reaction.'
Some student put their hand up 'Mrs I have to go 5 minutes early, the head teacher wants to see me'
The teacher nodded 'Alright just tell me when your going. Right so, can anyone tell me the name of this ch-' The teacher was cut off by the door opening and Shane Collins walking in.
'What's wrong?' The teacher asked him.
'I'v been sent in here' Shane told her.
The teacher frowned and looked down at her watch she then sighed and looked up 'Shane its been 10 minutes, what did you do that was so bad?'
'Exactly Mrs, what did I do that was so bad?' He repeated.
She shook her head and pointed to the desk next to me 'Sit over there, and do not distract people'
He nodded his head and walked over to the desk she point to, as he sat down he looked at me and grinned, I shook my head and looked forward again. I could see Shane in the corner of my eye sit down.

After about half an hour of the teacher explaining what to do she finally let us go and test some chemicals. I noticed that when the teacher was speaking Shane would look over at me now and then, but of course I just ignored him and kept focusing on the teacher. Everyone got up and walked to the front to collect the chemical bottles. I waited for people to get there's before getting up and getting some myself, once I had the right bottles I walked to the side of the room to collect the tube holders. Grabbing a sheet of paper and a pen I walked to the back of the classroom and placed the tubes in the tube holders.
'Shane Collins' The teacher called, I heard Shane sigh from behind me and start to walk over to her. I looked back for a moment and then went back to my work, when I looked back all I so was the teacher telling Shane something and then she looked at me. I wonder what he's saying to him, probably telling him to do a job or something. Or maybe she's giving him work to do so he's not just sat the-

'The teacher told me I should work with you' Shane said from behind me, I yelped and spun round. He smirked and I glared at him.
'You cant work with me' I told him.
'Well the teacher told me I had to so...' He trailed off and I shook my head.
'No, I am not working with you' I say.
He frowned 'Why?'
'Oh, I dont know maybe because you humiliated in front of everybody? I dont want to work with you and I wont' I snapped, with that I turned around and tried to focus. That was until Shane spun me around again.
'I only put the red paint bomb in your locker because you put water over my head, and that was in front of everyone!' He told me.
'And I only put water over your head because you splashed me when I was walking to school' I snapped.
'Well I dont care anyway, I'm working with you whether you like it or not' He says.
I sighed in frustration and turned around, Shane stood by me and frowned at the chemicals.
'What are we meant to be doing?' He asked me.
'We are meant to be mixing chemicals' I answered.
He scoffed 'Sounds boring'
I sighed 'Its not boring its Science, maybe if you would actually try and work a bit you might find you like it'
He shook his head 'No, I'll never like this. It looks way to confusing'
'Of course its going to look confusing to you' I said.
'What does that mean?' He asked me.
'It means your dumb' I answered, he stared at me and I smiled at him. Looking back down at my work I began to take the chemicals and pour them into the tubes.
'I am not dumb' He said.
'Shane I called you dumb like 5 minutes ago and you still havnt dripped it' I pointed out.
'So what?' He asked, it was then a kid walked up to us. We both looked at him.
'You need to put your safety glasses on' He told us and passed us some.
I smiled 'Thanks'. he passed me them and I took them and put them on. Shane just took them and put them on, the boy quickly walked off.
'You could of said thank you' I told him.
'Thank you' Shane says.
'I meant to that boy, not to me' I sighed.
He shrugged 'Dont care, anyway back on the subject on you calling me dumb'
I rolled my eyes 'What about it?'
'That was totally out of order! Why would you say something like that?' He asked me.
I shrugged 'Because you are dumb, its the truth'
'No it is not the truth, I can even prove it' He tells me.
I laughed 'Is that so?'
'Yer' He says.
'Alright go on then, prove it. Mix the right chemicals together' I ordered.

He shrugged and moved me out the way. I stood there watching everything that he was doing, he picked up the first tube and looked at the rest. It was then when a great idea hit me, I stood up straight and he looked at me.
'Alright so I just out this into one of these?' He asked me.
I nodded my head 'Yer, but which one?'
He looked back at the other tubes and frowned, he was clearly thinking of which one to mix the chemical with. He looked behind him at the board and then turned around.
'Do I mix it with that one?' He asked me and pointed down at one of the tubes, he had picked the right one but he had gotten the answer from the board.
I laughed and shook my head 'No that is the wrong one, I was right you are dumb'
'Well how comes it says to mix it in with that one on the board?' He asked me.
'We did that last lesson, that's just a reminder of what to do' I lied.
'Oh...right' He says.
'It was a good guess though, your suppose to put it in the one next to it' I told him.
'Oh...ok so shall I just...pour it in?' He asked me.
I nodded my head 'Yer but be careful you dont want to get that stuff on your hands'
Shane laughed and took out the other tube, he began to pour one into the other 'I think I can look after myse-' Shane cut himself off by shouting as the chemical exploded into this big steam cloud. I burst out laughing and everyone looked over at us and started laughing at Shane.
'Carry on class!' The teacher yelled, she walked over to us.
'What's going on over here?' She asked us.
'She told me the wrong chem-' I cut Shane off, he was not going to blame this on me.
'It was Shane Mrs, I told him which chemical he should of mixed it with but he just...wanted to experiment. I think he likes science Mrs' I explained to her.
She sighed and looked at him 'Shane, as much as you want to know what happens when you mix all of them together, you cant do that. Its dangerous, listen to Claire next time okay?'
'But Mrs-'
'No Shane, no buts. If your that keen to know what happens you can join the Science club' She told him.
'No' He said a bit too quickly.
'Exactly' The teacher checked her watch and looked back up again 'The lesson is over now anyway so pack your stuff away'. With that she walked off.

I then checked my watch and raised an eyebrow, the lesson had gone by so fast. I grabbed the tube holder and the chemicals bottles. I put everything away and walked over to my desk, everyone was packing away now. I put my pen and books into my bag, Shane had obviously packed his stuff away because he came over to me.
'You did that on purpose' He said.
'Me? No I wouldn't do such a thing' I say, sarcasm was practically dripping of every word.
'Why? Why did you do it?' He questioned me.
I felt my blood boil, how could he not know why I did that? 'Oh I dont know maybe because you put a stupid red paint bomb in my locker and splashed me. You humiliated me in front of everyone and this is what you get'
'You are free to go class' The teacher announced, I pushed by Shane and walked over to the door. I waited for people to walk out the door before I began to walk out the Science lab, when I walked outside I saw Michael outside the classroom, he's probably waiting for Shane.
'Is Shane in there?' He asked me.
I opened my mouth to speak but Shane spoke for me.
'What do you mean that's what I get?' He asked me.
'What else could It mean? You embarrassed me and did that stupid prank, you deserved that' I told him.
'So I deserved to have that stupid chemical thing get blown in my face?' He asked me, I shrugged and went to walk away but of course he grabbed my arm and spun me around.
'What the hell do you think your doing?' I asked him, I tried to move out of his grip but it was no use.
'You are so going to regret doing that' He tells me.
I laughed a bit 'Oh am I? I am so scared'
'I'm being serious' He says.
'What the hell is there to be serious about? Nothing bad can happen from those chemicals anyway' I tell him.
'You made it blow up in my face' He yelled.
I shrugged 'You were wearing your safety glasses'
'Oh you think this is so funny dont you?' He asked me.
'Yer I do' I said automatically.
'I'm going to get you back' He warned me.
I smiled at him 'Just dont do the paint bomb thing again, that's just old'. He looked me in the eyes then, and I mean deep in the eyes. His eyes where brown, like a nice rich brown with hints of gold in them.

I heard someone clear their throat 'Shane'
Shane looked around and then looked back at Michael 'Sorry man, just talking to...erm..-'
'Yer I know I'v been here for ages' Michael told him.
'Oh have you? Right sorry, shall we go to lesson?' He asked him.
Michael nodded his head and looked down at Shane's hand, it was only then I realised Shane still had hold of my arm. Shane must of realised this because he let go and stepped away from me.
'I'v got to go, i'm late for lesson.' I told them both. They both nodded their heads at me, I slowly turned and walked away.
'Wait!' I heard Shane shout, I spun around and looked at him.
'What's your name?' He asked me.
'Claire? Claire Danvers' I answered with that I carried on walking to my lesson. I didnt dare turn back if Michael and Shane were still there that would be awkward. Right then I realised that Shane had told me he was going to get me back, and I couldn't me anymore worried.

So Claire and Shane argued throughout the full lesson...how nice. Wonder what Michael thinks of them. Please comment your thoughts. Thanks for reading :)