𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝒩𝑜𝓌 ♡

1- The Science Project

Present day. January 20, 2056

"Rosemary Ludenberg..can you tell us how your life's changed ever since your father built that time machine?"
"Ms. Ludenberg! Can you tell us what your father is planning to build next?"
"Ludenberg? Have you've tried the time machine out yet? Does it really work?"
All Rosemary wanted to do was to go to school. But all she saw were bright cameras flashing in her face, and microphones being held against her mouth.
Yes, life has definitely changed ever since Rosemary's father built that time machine....
Before then, nobody knew she existed. Nobody had heard of the Ludenberg name.
But now...
Everyone at school seemed to want to be friends with her..
Either that, or they wanted her help with homework because she was "smart."
She hated that she was smart. She hated that everyone seemed so interested in her all the sudden. It felt...fake.
And..what she hated most of all was the fact that her dad had stopped paying attention to her. Instead, he would be at interviews, interviews, and more interviews.
But..there was nothing she could do...
So she just kept trying to live a normal life...
Rosemary pushed her way through the reporters and the cameras, and began her walk to school.
Apparently, the reporters wanted to document her walking, too.
"Not only do I walk, but I eat and drink too. How fascinating!" Rosemary thought.

Yet, reporters and people on the street were gawking and pointing at her like she was some alien that came out of a UFO.
She didn't look like an alien, did she?
She forgot to brush her hair this morning, so maybe she did look like one...
"just a few more minutes and I'll be at school..and I won't have to deal with these reporters.." Rosemary thought.
"Ludenberg! Why are you wearing that watch?"
"Because..I like to check the time sometimes. Crazy, I know." Rosemary thought.
but...one of them asked a question Rosemary just couldn't ignore.
"Rosemary? Do you think we could speak to your father about his work?"
"Well, he barely has any time for me, so I doubt he'll have time for you." Rosemary said.
She then opened the school doors, and walked inside..
"Wait! Rosemary!" The reporter yelled.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
We'll let the security guards deal with you....
And as the doors closed, Rosemary finally felt a sense of calm...of freedom. She quickly pulled her phone out to get a good look at her black mop-looking hair, and tried to fix it....
"Hi Rosemaryyyy..."  two identical voices said.
Oh. No. These were her followers...the students who wanted to be her "friend."
She didn't even know any of their names. So she came up with some.
It was a group of two girls who looked like siblings, so she just liked to call the two "tweedle dee and tweedle dum."
"So..like..is your dad rich..?" Tweedle Dee asked.
Of course he was. But that's the exact answer Tweedle Dee wanted.
"Not yet." Rosemary quickly lied.

"What a shame.."
How did she believe that?
"Do you like..need a step mom or somethingggg..." Tweedle Dum asked.
"Excuse me?!"
"Calm down. It was just a joke.."
Rosemary rolled her eyes. "Can you just..let me get to Science class? Please? I'm not in the mood."
"Fineeee. I guess...." Tweedle Dee said.
They both left, and Rosemary felt like screaming. But unfortunately, she could not.
Who would even ask that type of question...
Apparently Tweedle Dum would.
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Rosemary stepped into Science class, which was her favorite subject..despite the annoying kids in her class.
She hated that Science was her favorite. So predictable.
But..the only reason why she liked the class was because of the teacher; Ms. Lee.
She made Science fun, wasn't too strict...but wasn't too nice either...
She liked rewarding the "good kids" in her class with lollipops, and Rosemary would always make sure she got one.
Teacher's pet? Yes. Competitive? Also yes.
"Good morning class!" Ms. Lee said with a bright happy smile on her face. You could tell she enjoyed her job..
The class didn't say good morning back...they were all half asleep.
"Today, we will be doing a group project."
The whole class groaned, including Rosemary. She preferred doing things by herself...not because she hates people, but because she has a VISION.
Every project Rosemary gets, she has a clear blueprint of what she wants it to look like..and the partner always messes her blueprint up.
Maybe she would get a partner who also has a specific blueprint laid out...
"The group project will be on making a cell. You must make it out of paper mache..and it must have all the parts of the cell in it. The nucleus, the mitochondria, everything!"
"Should it be life sized?" A student joked.
Ms. Lee laughed. "Obviously not..."
"Can we pick our partners?"
"Nope! I'm picking partners!"
The class groaned again.
"I know..I know.....so terrible.." Ms. Lee murmured.
"So lameee..." a student complained.
"Ok...first pairing issss..Vanessa..and Sarah."
Rosemary started to think about which partner she was going to get..it would either be someone cool, or someone really..annoying.
"Next pairing...Rosemary and Asher." Ms. Lee finally said.
Asher Vu? oh no...of course Rosemary got a super annoying kid.
Asher was known as the "class clown" of the class. Him and his friends would always say inappropriate jokes, thinking they were comedic geniuses.
They weren't.
Just because you scream the F word really loudly doesn't make it funny...
Rosemary didn't like Asher. But, she didn't despise him. She just hated his stupid curly toothpaste blue hair, and his weird black beanie, and the fact that he wears the same brown flannel like..every day.
Granted, Rosemary wore the same Varsity Jacket every day, but that was different. that was her mom's...
Maybe she was being a little biased...
but, she didn't like Asher. That was for certain. And now, she was forced to work with him.
Asher glanced at her for a second, and then glanced back at his phone.
Yep. This is going to be fun...
"Ok..get with your pairs and discuss! Your projects will be due in two weeks." Ms. Lee said.