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With a groan, you lifted your head, finished with your drink from the water fountain, only to see Mrs. Olson staring holes straight through you.
"Mrs. Brummel, may I have a word with you?" she asked as she walked over to Mrs. Brummel's, leaning into the room.
"Certainly," Mrs. Brummel smiled, looking up from her book.
Mrs. Olson turned around to close the door, but not before giving you one last dead-eyed stare.
'The fuck...?'
She slowly shut the door and you pushed it out of your head, turning and walking into Mr. Furlong's classroom.
You headed over to your usual window seat and plopped down, allowing your head to flop back.
"Hey, sunshine," Zeke sarcastically greeted, sitting down next to you and kicking up his feet, "How's your day been?"
You lifted your head and turned to him with a pointed look, not in the mood for jokes.
He winced, fiddling with the pen in his mouth.
"Well, then allow me..." he scooched his chair closer and leaned over, resting his head on your shoulder, "...to make it better."
You cracked a smile and he gave a triumphant smirk, which only made you laugh.
'Idiot.'
"Class, come take a look at this," Mr. Furlong called, lifting his eyes from his microscope.
You groaned, tapping Zeke on the shoulder as he moved, begrudgingly, lifting his head so you could get up and walk over.
The whole class, minus Zeke, circled around Furlong, trying to get a glimpse of what he was looking at.
"Certain Mesozoan only exist in the kidney of a certain squid and octopi. Which doesn't make sense because—" "This is Ohio," Casey finished.
Furlong nodded in agreement and picked up his tweezers, prodding the little creature, "It's a pelagic organism."
"What's pelagic?" Gabe asked, leaning in to look.
"A sea-dwelling organism," Zeke chimed from the back of the class, swirling a scalpel between his fingers
"Exactly," Furlong nodded, standing up straight, "But see, I don't recognize this surface tissue at all. Casey, I don't want to blow smoke up your butt here, but I think you found a new species."
Gabe scoffed, the rest of the class snickering, "Yeah, right."
"It could happen. New species are discovered every day. Don't be so cynical."
