Undercover

Chapter 9 - Class?

Gabe and Trevor hurried back to school. They ran into their class as fast as possible and of course, Gabe was faster than Trevor. The school was like a maze to them. They kept on making the wrong turns. But as soon as they found the right class, they bolted right through the door. Panting out of breath.

The class went all quiet and everyone tilted their heads slightly so they were all facing the two boys.

Mrs Tary, their form teacher gave them a stern look. "Tardiness will not be excepted here. I assume that you two are the new boys here? Gabe and Trevor Waltson am I right?"

"Yes, ma'am," the boys said in unison.

"Well, since it is your first time here, I will not punish you. But if ever you are late again, you shall be punished accordingly. I am Mrs Tary your form teacher. You boys will take the two empty seats next to Tessa Morison and behind Maddison Carter.

The boys weren't very far apart from each other. The only thing that separates them from each other was the two girls.

"Hi, I'm Tessa and I'm the school prefect," She had long brown-ish-black hair. Neatly tied into a ponytail. She spoke with confidence and pride.

"And I'm her friend Maddison but you can call me Maddie," A petite girl with short blond hair with a faint purple hairband said. She had rosy cheeks, ocean blue eyes and a sweet smile.

"Are you a prefect too?" Trevor asked.

"Nope, but I usually accompany Tessa when she does her rounds."

"You seem taller than the average height of boys in our class and you seem shorter," Tessa eyed the two boys suspiciously.

"I'm studying a year ahead. I'm a young genius," Trevor said flashing his biggest smile.

"And you?" Tessa asked Gabe.

"I've been demoted," Gabe said rather unenthusiastically about it.

"Wait what? You two gotta be kidding me. You're telling me that one of you is the young genius and the other one is a.... is there a better way to put it?" Tessa laughed, "What are you two cousins because you two look nothing alike but you have the same surname."

"Yes, our fathers' are brothers," Gabe said. He put the carefully crafted lie together.

"Okay, let me just lay down the rules real quick for the new people like you. Usually, they are explained at the beginning of the year but since you two weirdly joined in the middle of it, I'll try to gist it all up for you. " Always come to class on time. Don't run in the halls because I will catch you," Tessa said.

"Oh... I'm so scared of the little girl. She thinks she can catch me." Gabe said sarcastically. Which earned a chuckle and a giggle from Trevor and Maddie.

"Har har very funny. You are on very thin ice. Very thin, because I don't think you fully understand who I am. I don't know where you came from but in here, I'm in charge when the teachers aren't," Tessa said pointing to Gabe.

"Alright Trevor, let's listen to Ms Queen Of The Halls," Gabe said with a smirk.

By now, Tessa's face has gone red. "Tessa, calm down," Maddison whispered to her.

"Alright! settle down, class. Today we're going to start a science project. I will assign each of you a partner to help work on the project. The project will be titled Our Planet. You are tasked to find a way to save it. Make a prototype, do some research. Your deadline is the first week of next month. You got just about a month to complete this," Mrs Tary announced. "Let me read out the names of your partners."

She read out loud for several minutes. Trevor was paired up with Maddison and Gabe was paired up with, you guessed it, Tessa.

"Mrs Tary, there got to be some mistake. There is no way that I can be paired up with HIM! Anyone but him." Tessa whined.

"I'm sorry, but you must learn how to work together," Mrs Tary said.

"You will not ruin this for me!" Tessa pointed her index finger right at Gabe. So close to his face she could practically feel his breaths.

"Chill, princess," Gabe smirked.

"Don't call me that!" Tessa said.

"Okay, so I want you to take this period to discuss your project." Mrs Tary announced.

"Hey, why don't we meet up after school to work on our projects together?" Maddison asked.

"Oh, that's a great idea."