Little Roe's Trouble (Peaky Blinders)

Wiggle legs

(Roe's P.O.V.)
Dad crouched down in front of me. "Alright, let's try our hardest to not get distracted and listen carefully" he told me. I nodded softly at him. I will try my best to listen to the teacher. "Good" daddy said and stood up before giving me a push to go into the classroom. With hesitation I walk inside and take my seat. While I wait for Mr Redlow to start the lesson, I feel my legs begin to swing back and forth in boredom. "Roelynn?" I heard my name being called and I turn my head to the teacher who called me. "I would like to begin the lesson. So sit still". I sigh softly and try to keep my legs as still as possible. But it wasn't enough. "Roelynn Shelby, can you stop wiggling your legs?" He asked me, "no" I answer truthfully. Everyone around me giggles at my answer. "Pardon? What do you mean 'no'?" Mr Redlow asked annoyed, "Its not my fault" I told him, "My legs want to move". Everyone laughs again and Mr Redlow shushes them "but I want them to be still. Tell that to your legs". He walks away and begins his lesson of writing words. After a while Mr Redlow gives us some words to write while he looks over a couple of tests from a higher grade. Meanwhile I really try to keep my legs still. Suddenly Julia nudges my arm and I turn to her. With her eyes she looks behind me. I have a feeling at who she was looking. "Roelynn". I mentally groan when I hear him call my name once again. I turn in my chair and look at him. "Come here" he tells me and points to the ground beside his desk. I stand up and was about to make my way over to him. "Take your notebook with you". I turn and grab it before making my way over and hand Mr Redlow my notebook. He takes a quick look through it before looking at his pocketwatch. "We are working for 10 minutes now. And you have only written 1 out of the 20 words I assigned you. How did that happen?" He questioned dissapointed yet stern. I don't answer immediatly and he narrows his eyes at me. "I tried to keep my legs still like you asked me too-" before I could even finish my explaination he pushed my notebook back in my hand. Basically saying he doesn't want to hear it and ushering me to go back to my desk. With a low hanging head I return at my desk. It's not that I am not trying... why is it so hard for him to understand that its not easy to keep still. I turn my head to the girl to my right, who smirks at me. Clearly Paulie enjoys seeing me getting scolded. Not long later the teacher went on to give us more words. "Book, is a word with 2 oo's. Can someone give me another word with 2 oo's?" He asked looking at the class, "school" Paulie said raising her hand, "very good. Anyone else?". "Moo!" I called out. Mr Redlow turned to look at me with a question look. "Moo! It also has a double O. You know the sound that a cow makes" I told him excitedly. Finally I could do something right in his eyes, I thought. Mr Redlow crossed his arms and shook his head at me "did you raise your hand?" He asked dissaprovingly, "no, but-", "no but's Ms Shelby!" He snapped at me, "that's not fair! You asked to hear words with OO. I gave you one and-", "I don't want to hear it. Go sit outside and finish your work". I huffed and grabbed my book and made my way to the hallway of the school. Thankfully the bell rang not long after, signaling that the school day was over. My friend Ansel came to the desk I was sitting at "I liked your word" he told me and I smiled. I spotted Mr Redlow and grabbed my notebook to hand it to him. But before I could even get away from him, he stopped me. "You haven't done anything!" He said flipping the pages, "Roelynn, we are at school. That is where we learn and work hard", "yes, sir. But-" I tried, "but. But. You and your but. I want you to listen  better" he told me before his eyes turned to someone else. I noticed my father walking through the school hallway towards us. I ran to greet my father, wanting to go home as soon as possible. But sadly my teacher wanted to have a talk withy father. I was told to go play by my father whike the two had their talk.

(Tommy's P.O.V.)
"She is constantly busy with other stuff. I can't describe it to you otherwise, Mr Shelby" Mr Rudlow explained. Roe couldn't sit still in class, she wasn't paying attention to the lesson. "It seems like she doesn't want to learn". That was a statement I had not expected to hear about Roe. "I understand that it can be difficult. But I have no idea why. Because Roelynn has always had an eager to learn. She has read alot of books, knows how some thing work. She likes going outside to search for all kinds of things in nature" I told him, "that is impressive Mr Shelby. But in my classroom, Roelynn just needs to learn. How to write, how to count... but she is constantly busy with other stuff". I looked over his shoulder and saw that Roelynn was jumping up and down to reach for her backpack... how did it end up on one of the overhanging support beams? O had a feeling I knew why because Ansel was standing beside her and they like to play catch with one another. "Its my job to teach her how to finish her work-", "my apologies, Mr Redlow, give me one moment" I told him before making my way to Roelynn. Who just couldn't reach her backpack by jumping up and down. "Roelynn!" I called out stern. Both Roelynn and Ansel looked guilty as I walked towards them. I reached up and grabbed her bag from the beam and handed it to her.