We'll make this work

chapter 13

Niall walked into art with his friends, half smiling at Louis. Louis sent a half smile back from behind his desk. Niall sighed sitting down. Louis was wearing his glasses, which Niall knew meant he didn’t get a lot of sleep the night before.

Last time he wore his glasses to school was after Lottie’s boyfriend was in a car accident and he spent the night in the hospital with her.

His table was quiet, all of them nearly as nervous as Niall, “Still haven’t been called down?” Liam asked quietly.

"Not yet." Niall answered, looking up to see Brett from across the room glaring at him.

"Maybe he didn’t tell?" Harry tried.

Niall turned and looked at Harry, “Doubt it, he’s an asshole.” 

Before Harry could respond, Mr. Tomlinson started teaching, “I’ve got a question for you guys.” He started, “Would you like start a new project today and do doodle day on friday like normal or have doodle day today, start the new project tomorrow, but it’s still due friday?”

There was a mixture of mumbles from the classroom, causing Mr. Tomlinson to half smile, “Alright, not all at once. Who wants to start the project today?”

Nearly the whole class raised their hands, causing Mr. Tomlinson to raise his eyebrows, “New project it is,” He said, walking back to his desk to bring back a stack of papers, “The purpose of this project is to combine realistic and cartoon drawing into one. You each will choose a shape from the back table-“

"Can I use a penis shape?" Someone from the back of the room asked.

Mr. Tomlinson closed his eyes and sighed, “Whoever said that, please don’t speak again. My day’s been pretty crappy so I really don’t need any of your smart ass comments. Got it?” He opened his eyes to see everyone shocked, Niall smirking. “Now, are we going to have anymore interruptions?” The phone rang, making some of the kids laugh. 

Mr. Tomlinson turned around, rolling his eyes as he answered the phone, “Yeah? He is. Yep. Okay, bye.” He turned back to his class, “Brett, they need you in the office.”

Niall gulped as Brett got up and left the classroom. Mr. Tomlinson continued explaining his assignment, holding up an example, “Using your shape, you will draw a realistic drawing. This drawing will not be in color. You will slowly drag it out until it turns out to be a cartoon, adding in the color.”

He paused, making sure everyone was still paying attention, then walking over to his desk and grabbing a stack of papers.

"I’ll pass out some examples to your tables, along with a paper with all the requirements." As he approached the table nearest his desk, he gave them the stacks, instructing them to pass them along when he heard the phone ring once again.

"Yeah? Sure can, uh huh." He turned back around, "Niall, they need you in the office as well."

Niall gulped, his table giving him their sympathetic looks as he slowly stood up. He headed down the hallway. As he neared the office, Brett shoulder rammed him.

"Faggot." He mumbled under her breath. Niall bit his tongue, doing everything not to turn around and punch him. Instead, Niall sighed, opening the door to the office, finding Mr. Black, his principle, waiting for him.

"Niall, would you follow me?" Niall nodded, walking behind Mr. Black and into a small room.

Mr. Black shut the door behind him. The room consisted of a table, two police officers standing at the end of it. On the opposite end, sat a man who Niall had never seen before, his vice principle standing off to the side of him. Mr. Black gestured for Niall to sit across the table from the unfamiliar man, himself sitting between the two.