The Girl With One Leg

Chapter 7

We all eventually got in the minivan and got to school at a perfect time. Me and Brent had science first. Ryan is supposed to be with us but he had a meeting with his tutor. Everyone else had Art, which Me, Brent and Ryan didn't take. I can't even draw a stickman right so art was not an option for me.

We were doing some massive experiment using Bunsen burners and Brent was beyond ecstatic about it. Mrs Wainwright told us to get into pairs and Brent just looked down at me and smiled. I nodded in reply to his silent question and he jumped for joy. He wheeled me around to the desk where our experiment was taking place and went to get the equipment. He returned wearing four pairs of safety glasses covering his head making me giggle.

"Brent could you please act normal for once?" Mrs Wainwright sighed running a hand through her short brown hair. I sniggered and looked up at Brent who just winked at Miss and set up the experiment. He looked at the board and began to mix the different liquids. Miss looked over at us and I pretended to know what I was looking at.

What was on the board was completely different to whatever Brent had mixed up in the little glass beaker.

"Brent?" I asked.

"yep?" he asked popping the 'p'.

"are you sure that's correct because it looks different to what is on the board" I said with an uneasy tone.

"of course its correct I'm a professional Scientist" he said confidently making me laugh and role my eyes.

"if you say so" I mumbled under my breath so he hardly heard.

"Right Ambs are you ready?" Brent asked me as he lit the Bunsen burner.

I looked over at him in confusion "Ambs?" I asked. He looked down and gave a goofy smile.

"its your new nickname since we are roommates and besties!" he said overexaggerating slightly.

"alright then" I mumbled. "ok in 3...2...1...GO" I shouted loud enough for only us to hear in the crowded room. Brent put the mixture he concocted in the beaker and placed it on top of the tripod above the Bunsen burner. As soon as the heat touched the liquid, as if in slow motion, the liquid exploded all over Brent and the ceiling. Luckily it wasn't hot enough to hurt him but his facial expression showed complete anger and humiliation. I know it was mean but I couldn't help but laugh, everyone did. He looked on the verge of tears and I needed to change that.

I took the beaker, which still had a little bit of the liquid in it. "Brent watch this" I said. he looked up and that was my queue. I threw the slimy liquid onto my face, like what the Bunsen burner had done to Brent. Now everyone wasn't just laughing at him but at me as well. That frown that had formed onto his face had now turned into a big bright smile.

"why did you do that?" he asked me as Mrs Wainwright brought us some tissue.

"Because I know what it's like to be teased and feel humiliated and I didn't want you feeling stupid" I said sweetly. Instead of replying to me he just bent down and gave me the biggest bear hug I think I'd ever had. Which brought an even bigger smile to my face.

We came out of science with green sticky splodges in our hair and bright smiles on our faces. We met everyone at my locker and the look of confusion on our friends faces as they noticed the bogey coloured stains in our hair made both me and Brent laugh.

"what the bloody hell happened to you two?" Mia asked as she took her books out of her locker which weirdly was a few away from mine.

"explosion" Me and Brent said in unison making everyone laugh. Our happiness was short lived. One of my former closest friends, Shannon, came walking down the corridor with Rebecca and my heart beat began to increase rapidly. I wasn't going to let them affect me so I opened my locker and began to get my books out.

From the corner of my eye I noticed that Rebecca had switched sides with Shannon and her hand was slowly lifting upwards. I instantly knew what she was going to do. I put my hand against the locker and pushed it, hard enough so I could stop Rebecca from pushing it but not too hard to make it swing backwards. She got to my locker and went to push it. The weight of my hand was just perfect and her hand got caught by the edge of my locker. She cried out in pain as a small cut in her hand appeared. Everyone looked over at her.

"you bitch you did that on purpose!" she exclaimed in anger. A smirk appeared on my face.

"maybe...maybe not. Next time you might want to try and make it a little less obvious" I said. she screeched in anger and stormed off with Shannon following quickly behind. I got multiple claps from people in the hallway including my friends. Maybe school isn't going to be as bad as I made it out to be.

Hello everyone!

I finally managed to update...in two weeks I have my first exam! And my last exam is on the 26th of June. So, I probably won't be updating until after then. Please vote and comment about what you think of this chapter it means a lot.

Thanks again,

Charlotte x