Lame Choices

Chapter 18

CHAPTER 18

Alab's POV

We were almost killing each other when Mr. Tomson walked inside.

"WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HERE?!?" Mr. Tomson looked like he almost had an heart attack. "STOOOPP!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Alab started it, dad!" Hurvy cried. "He grabbed my shirt."

"Oh stop whining, Hurvy! You started the fight! You punched first!" I argued.

"Because of Dain!" Hurvy reminded.

"It was just a knock knock joke!" Dain shrugged.

"I SAID STOP!" Mr. Tomson ordered. "Why were you fighting in the first place?" He interrogated as we all fell silent.

"Because of Danford." I broke the silence as all of them stared at me.

"Danford? Again?" Mr. Tomson stared at his son. "What's up with this girl. Everyone says she's weird. You three like her?"

No one answered.

Carlo's POV

Oh my gosh! They all like Eljin! I was listening to their juicy conversation through the tiny keyhole when suddenly...

Achhhooo!

Stupid cold.

"I think were not the only people here, Sir." Hurvy walked towards the door.

I ran away as fast as a cheetah. Before he touched the rusty doorknob, I was already gone right in a nick of time.

And right in a nick of time, the bell rang for our second period.

"Good morning, class" Our English teacher greeted.

"Good morning, Ms. . . . ." we exchanged looks because ...we all forgot her name!

"Ms. Uracia." She corrected kindly.

"Good morning, Ms. Uracia!"

She discussed the lesson after we took our seats.

"Psst! Hey Eljin!" I called Eljin just behind me.

"What?!" She replied holding a pen over some piled notebooks.

"Guess what I heard from the detention room." I smirked.

"What?"

"And guess who were there."

"Who?!" the volume of her voice increased.

"So Eljin and Carlo what is the difference between euphemism and dysphemism?"

"Between what and what?" I queried.

"Ms! Ms!" Charles Garfield raised his hand reaching the ceiling while Eljin and I got speechless.

"Because you're not listening. Sit down."

We both muted ourselves after being scolded.

"Yes, Charles, what's the difference between euphemism and dysphemism?"

"Euphemism is a word used to describe something nicely while Dysphemism is the opposite." Charles answered confidently.

"Thank you, Charles. Is there anyone who wants to add?"

Angelica G. quickly shot his hand up.

"Yes dear."

She stood up and ejected these words from her mouth, "Euphemism is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. Dysphemism is the substitution of a disagreeable, offrnsive or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one."

Everyone except Charles applauded. We were all amazed by her answer.

Charles, on the other side was sheepish. He rolled his eyes.

"Excellent! Now, as what Angelica said, dys-"

Riiiiiiiinnngggg!

"Oh! it's time already?" Ms. Uracia questioned.

"No, Ms. I think they got it wrong we still have 20 minutes left." Stephen D'Fisher, the time keeper, claimed .

"Our classes are shortened. The first period only lasted for 40 minutes. It's time already." Marielle Maurer pronounced quickly.

Sometimes 'Fish' is just being silly with his seatmate Kiara that he forgot the time and I think Marielle wants to be the class's time keeper than being the chairwoman.

Just sayin'.

"Thank you, Marielle. I guess our discussion ends here. Good bye, class!" Ms. Uracia stacked her things up and carried it in her arm.

"Good bye and thank you, Ms. . . . ." Everyone forgot again.

"Ms. Uracia!" Reinhardt screamed.

Then everyone just followed, ". . . racia. God bless!"

We all went outside and I looked for Eljin.

"Eljin Tongs!"

Eljin swooshed her head around.

"Are you Eljin Tongs? Don't assume!" I stated.

"I am!" She insisted.

I joined her walk to the school cafeteria. "Did you know that Alab is in the detention room?"

"I know." She answered with a blank face.

"Did you know Hurvy was there, too?

"I know."

"Did you know they fought?

"I know."

"Did you know that Dain came in the detention room and the three of them were caught fighting?"

"No."

"Did you know who they were fighting for?"

"No."

"Well, I suppose it's better if you don't know. See ya! I ran like a cheetah again but before I could, Eljin pulled strands of my hair which kept me from getting away.

ELJIN'S POV

"Who were they fighting for?" I inquired.

"Promise me first you won't react monstrously." Carlo demanded.

"Do I act like that?" I thought. "Four waffle deluxe, please." I told the cafeteria lady.

"Woah, that's a lot of waffles. You need to be dewormed!" He recommended.

I simply rolled my eyes. I do get that a lot. Who could I blame? I just love food. "So who were they fighting over?" I changed the subject.

"I'll keep my mouth shut just for now." He stick his tongue out and hurriedly ran like a cheetah so that I won't be able to catch him anymore.