It's A Deal

0.3 | Awkward Interrogation

❀Sapphire's P.O.V❀

I stare at the teacher writing down an equation on the board, with my cheek rested against my palm. He instructs for us to write down the equation, then for us to solve it.

With a sigh, I look down at my open notebook and do as told, writing down the equation before solving it.

Once I finish, I put my pencil down and lay my head on my arms while they lay on my desk.

I feel a finger poke my shoulder and I look up to my right. "What?" I ask Ian in a whisper.

"Can I copy? I don't get it." He tells me sheepishly and I lay my head back down.

"Ask the teacher for help."

He groans. "Come on."

"Ian, are you finished already?" The teacher asks aloud and I chuckle to myself.

"No, sir. Not yet." He answers, pretending to write down the answer. Instead, he's tracing over the same writing he's already done.

"Then I don't understand why you're talking, young man."

Ian scoffs at that and I snort, catching the attention of the girl in front of me. "Oh, hey." I wave at her and she raises an eyebrow at me before she turns back around.

I lay my left cheek on my arms, fixing my attention on Ian, and laugh softly to myself when his eyebrows crease in deep thought as he stares at his paper.

"Here," I tell him, handing him my notebook. "But don't make it obvious."

His head turns in my direction and a bright smile spreads across his face when he sees what I'm offering him, quickly taking it and checking if the teacher saw him before copying down the answer.

"Thank you." He says once he hands it back.

"No problem."

"Alright class," the teacher speaks up again and we all turn to pay attention to what he has to say. "Once you're done with that, turn to page 367 in your textbooks and work on numbers 1-35. Odd numbers only."

I quickly do as told and flip through the pages, until finally landing on page 367.

"It's due at the end of class. Get to work." He finishes, and the entire class groans out loud. "Grr, indeed." The teacher mocks, going back to his laptop.

I laugh softly to myself as he does so, taking out a sheet of paper and working on the assignment.

"Can I copy when you're done?" Ian asks from beside me and I turn to raise an eyebrow at him.

"You won't have enough time, at least try."

He huffs. "Fine."

Well that was easy. I think to myself and smile as I focus my attention back on my paper.

* * *

"So..?" Amber questions from across the table and I look up at her.

"So...what?"

She pushes her tray next to me, and I scrunch up my eyebrows in confusion when she stands up from her seat. She walks around the table and I give her a slight smile when she sits next to me.

"So what did you guys talk about?" She asks and I roll my eyes, as I laugh.

"We just went over the rules, that's all."

"Well, that's a bummer." She comments. "I was totally expecting something exciting."

"Like what?" I ask, moving my food around on my tray.