The Modern Fairy Tale Town Book 1: Magic is Coming

Chapter 8: That Still Small Voice

"Can you hear me, Mr. Herman?" Mr. Deley's voice demanded in his classroom once he saw one student best known for slacking off in his class whenever he got the chance.

Chad blinked before he seemed to wake up. "Yeah. Totally. Gotcha, Mr. D," he then answered with a confident grin. "You were saying how the universe revolves around the son."

"...Well, yes, actually," Mr. Deley said, surprised that Chad had gotten that right. "What made you come to that conclusion?"

"Well, I'm the younger brother in my family so I get all of the attention," Chad smirked boastfully. "That makes me the son, so the universe in my house revolves around me!"

"Oh, dear..." Mr. Deley groaned as some of the other students laughed at that before he shook his head at the blonde boy. "Count on me thinking Chad Herman would qualify as a class genius for once," he then mumbled to himself before speaking aloud. "Anyone else?"

A few students held up their hands, waiting patiently to be called on.

"Yes, Mr. Clark?" Mr. Deley then called upon the bespectacled boy in his classroom.

"You were telling us about Sirius," Doug answered as he stood up from his seat and put his hand down as he pushed back his glasses. "The Dog Star which is the brightest star in Earth's night sky and the name also means 'glowing' in Greek."

"Correct," Mr. Deley nodded at him, prompting the boy to sit back down in his seat before looking at Chad. "Did you get all of that, Mr. Herman?"

"Yes... Yes, I did..." Chad replied. "I even know about one star in the sky that you might know too, Mr. Deley."

"Oh? Well... Go ahead and make my day." Mr. Deley then said, trying his hardest not to be too condescending even though Chad being in his class was a frustrating experience for him.

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star... How I wonder what you are~" Chad then started to sing out loud.

Other students then began to laugh a little at that.

"Up above the world so high... Like a diamond in the sky~" Evie soon added before giggling.

"Good one!" Chad smirked at her.

The other students, except for maybe Doug, then started to laugh before they felt startled as Mr. Deley slammed a ruler against his board to make them shut up.

"Miss Mills, I expect much better from you to disrupt class like that, so I'll give you a warning," Mr. Deley glared firmly which made Evie shift in her seat and her stomach turn before facing Chad. "As for you, Mr. Herman, perhaps you'd like to drop out of school and become a stand-up comedian if you think you're so funny."

"No more school? Doesn't sound too bad for me." Chad smirked.

Mr. Deley groaned and shook his head. "Let's just try to get back to our lesson," he then said as he came to the blackboard and took out his chalk. "Now, I want you all to read these chapters from your Astronomy books before Friday because there's going to be a field trip..." he then started to say as Doug wasted no time in jotting down some notes while many other students, especially Chad, stared off into space (no pun intended).

Chad soon blinked as he had an idea as he looked at Evie who also took notes, looking very thoughtful. He then smirked as he took out a scrap of paper and decided to write on it before he had the other students pass the note on over to Evie. The other students whispered and passed it along and Evie quickly lifted up her textbook and snatched the note. Mr. Deley felt triggered somehow before he turned around to his class with a firm glare. The students just looked innocent while Evie peeked up from her textbook while hiding her hands with the note so that he wouldn't notice the note passing.