Soulmate

Crackheads from Frying pot

Life skills was a welcome hour after the gruelsome excercises in simple combats. They sat exhausted, infact they would be more than happy if the proffesor was on leave today again.

They sighed as a person in black trench coat walked in, he had hat and black glasses that covered most of his face, the collar was turned up hiding any part of skin that revealed. That rose suspicion and which eventually lead to ethusiasm among the students. They peered at him when he walked past them. He passed on sheets that cotain a list of  invaders names that he was going to talk about this semester.

As soon as they flicked through the page, it caught their attention and as they read them out loud a few snickers passed by unnoticed.

Mr. Pinto’s crude voice interrupted the laughs.

“Today we will be discussig about the Crackheads…”

Rose was all ears when she heard the name, she wanted to know all about the friendly chef. If she was going to meet him again it would be good to know what to talk.

“Crack heads are from the planet frying pot…” there were a few snickers as he mentioned their name.

“They are little creatures with slimy green skin, visible cracked brain, two slits for nose, they are great cooks. They cultivate crops by their home, their planet is the only place with no monetary value. They live to eat and reproduce…”

At this someone whistled. “I love that planet… I’m so going to it.” A boy from the last row commented.

“You’ll probably be fried by the temparatures there…” Mr. Pinto remarked.

Everyone laughed at that, a few boys commented “Burn,man…”

“Crack heads were literally named after their cracked brain system, their bodies were built to tolerate those insane temperatures. Their favorite past time is story telling…”

“How come they cultivate when it’s extremely hot?” one of the girls asked.

Rest of the session went on much the same way, Rose was excited to learn more about him she even learned that the guy who wanted to go to Frying pot was Ronny. His remarks were hilarious and Rose enjoyed it.

Rose didn’t know that she was starving until her stomach growled loudly. She sighed and began digging into the contents when she noticed someone setting their food plate beside them.

“Is the seat taken?” Ronny asked already sitting comfortable in the place.

“No…” Rose smiled.

“Well, the class was interesting today…”

“How was the day?” The twins sat eying Ronny suspiciously.

“I’m Ronny, you were great yesterday. I heard that you are unbeatable and one of the best fighters ever…” Ronny went on flattering and they took the bait. They grinned ear to ear.

“Did you hear that one? Your cousins are the best…” They grinned like two idiots.

They were chattering happily when three more people joined their table much to everyone’s surprise. People froze and there was numbing silence, a few seconds later gasps filled the air. Rose looked up to see what it was about. She too was stunned to see Jesse sittig beside a very tensed Kenny.

“What?” she thought.

“You are the one who said that people should get to know me…” he thought in her head.

There was an awkward pause after that, people resumed eating after the intial shock, near by tables eavesdropped to hear what was going on. Rose was uncomfortable with the silence, she could literally see Andy letting his steam off by giving her a nice lecture.

“How did you know about the Crack head, did you ever see one?” Ronny broke through her thoughts.

“What?” everyone chorused and Ronny repeated his question this time more directed towards Rose.

“There is no way that she would see an Invader, she didn’t even know about this world until a few days earlier.” Kenny said.

“But, I saw her mouthing some answers even before Mr. Pinto said.”

Rose didn’t know how to reply to that, what was she supposed to say? If she admitted that she had seen one that would lead to questions and that would be no good since it involves her talking to Jesse.

“Yes, she did see one…” Jesse replied for her.

“No way…” Kenny snorted.

“Yes, I took her to one.”

Everyone looked at me questioningly.

“She was here only for two days and she wasn’t out of my sight for a second…” Helen replied.

Jesse smiled at that.

“I took her to Mr.Crackhead our head chef…” he stated in a simple tone.

Their reactions was totally from a cliché movements in soaps. Their eyes went wide, sharp intake of breath and then disbelief transparent in their eyes.

“No way… there is an invader in our school. Aren’t we thought to fight against invaders?” Helen asked.

“Yes, but aren’t we told that not every invader is evil?” he reasoned with them.

“I can’t believe it…Are there any more invaders in our school?” It was Ronny’s turn to ask.

“Yes…quite a few. Mr. Pinto from planet LadyCactus, Mr. Harry...”

“I knew it… When I saw him covered from top to bottom. I thought something was fishy…” Ronny grinned as if he made the world’s most important discovery.

“Why is he covered like that?” Rose asked.

“Their body is covered in pine like needles, it was a protection measure.” Jesse explained.

Each one of them were lost in their own thoughts, they didn't know which was hard to believe? Leads sitting with them? Jesse taking to them as if it was normal or knowing that they had been practically living with invaders in their school?

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