All I Want Is You -Elmax

The Pollywog

[Max POV]

        I sat in class staring out the window. I sat there imagining what my life would be like if my mother wasn't a crazy woman, well, really what it would've been like if my dad had never left. I've always been mad at him for that. Mad that he just walked out the door leaving me with that monster knowing what she was capable of, telling me that he would come back. 8 years later, and nothing. I glimpsed back at Mike and Will, I could see Mike had his eyes on him, he's been like that all morning, I know it's definitely because of last night. He never really told any of us what he saw, well, he did tell Mike, but I take it they wanted to keep it on the down low. Suddenly everyone was startled by the door busting open, we all jumped and looked up at the front seeing Dustin scramble in with his things and his ghostbusters trap in hand.

"I'm so sorry Mr. Clarke. Really I'm so sorry, please continue with the class." Dustin panted. "Don't mind me. Really, continue please." Dustin sat down in his desk finally catching his breath, he turned back to us and whispered. "A/v room, lunch."

"Dustin!" Mr. Clarke said.

"Yes my lord?"

"Are you ready to learn now?"

"Yes, yes."

"Page 169."

"169."

"The case of Phineas Gage."

"Case of Phineas Gage, got it." Mr. Clarke nodded and went back to teaching, Dustin turned back to us again. "A/v room, lunch." We all nodded and sat back, Dustin smiled and turned back to the front, Eliza and I looked at each other then shrugged.

[Eliza POV]

      Dustin had stuffed us up in the A/v room because he wanted to show us something, he placed his ghost trap on the table and opened it, me and the whole group circled around and looked down into the box to see a tiny creature.

"His name is D'Artagnan." He picked it up. "Cute Right?"

"D'Artagnan?" Mike repeated

"Dart for short."

"And he was in you trash?" I questioned.

"Foraging for food. Do you wanna hold him?"

"No, no."

"Don't worry he doesn't bite."

"No, I don't want to-" He placed the small creature in my hands. "Oh, god, he's slimy!" I then just about threw him into Max' hands.

"Oh! Oh my god!" She passed him Lucas.

"Ugh, he's like a living booger." Then Lucas gave it to Will.

"Ugh, oh god!" Then he passed it to Mike who examined it closely.

"What is he?" Mike asked

"My question exactly." Dustin says grabbing some books out of his bag and dramatically slamming them on the table. "At first, I thought he was just some kind of Pollywog."

"Pollywog?" Max questioned

"It's another word for tadpole. A tadpole is the larval stage of a toad-"

"Dustin, I'm pretty sure she knows what a tadpole is." I interrupted

"Alright then, Well you know how tadpoles are aquatic, right?" She nodded. "Well dart, he isn't, he doesn't need water."

"Yeah, but aren't there non-aquatic Pollywogs?"  Lucas questioned

"Terrestrial Pollywogs? Yep. Two to be exact. Indirana Semipalmata. And the Adenomera Andreae. Ones from India, ones from South America. So how did one end up in my trash?"