Student's Body, Warrior's Heart

Chapter 4

Thomas' POV

"Class, a neutron is a neutral particle found in the nucleus of an atom." Boy, how much I hated this useless teacher. I never really understand what this scientific egotistical maniac was babbling about most of the times. He may have a crazily high degree (I think it was most likely a master's or doctorate), but damn, he failed as a teacher big time. As usual, I couldn't care less and simply zoned out of his class and secretly did something else.

But forget that. I couldn't care less about Mr. Lee and his failing tuition.

Since Marcus and I parted from Home Tree, I was calmly waiting for half two to come since we travel on the same bus to go home. Robert was sort of noticing that my mind was all over the place, just like in chemistry earlier today. He shook my arm and notified me to pay attention, otherwise I'll get picked on again, like in the previous classes. The only reason we're physically close is because we're in the lab, not the classroom.

Honestly, my head wouldn't be in Physics class, even if I wanted to. I'm currently focused on Marcus, and how I feel that he needs me and my company. That pain and loneliness in his heart. Those saddened eyes I saw when I first met him. All those students who taunt him for who he really is and what he believes about himself. I want to be the one to assist him from all his hardships and I want to be by his side... It doesn't really matter what other people say, much less think, I want to be supporting him and carrying his burdens with him. 

Softly snapping his fingers in my face, Robert whispered, "Snap out of it bro... That Doctorate mad man will most likely pick on your ass if you don't stop daydreaming." Knowing that it was true, I groaned and lazily stared at the words in the monstrous but vague textbook. I really really REALLY wanted no part of this class. But then I was taken by surprise.

"Thomas! Please tell me everything about an atom and its other relations. You may say as much or as little as you like."

This was going to be easy.

I stood up humbly and cleared my throat before I began my explanation from the top of my head. I smirked before I started, trying to give off a small hint as to what exactly was coming. "An atom is the smallest, indivisible part of anything around us. It consists of three particles, protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons and neutrons are located inside the nucleus of an atom, while electrons orbit the nucleus using their elliptical shells. Protons and neutrons have an atomic mass of 1, while electrons are approximately 1840 times lighter than a proton. Protons have a positive charge, electrons possess a negative charge, while neutrons have no charge whatsoever. Out of all three particles in the atom, the electrons are the most active in chemical reactions, especially the electrons that are located in the outer most shell. Neutrons are the particles that cause radioactivity in atoms, such as Uranium and Plutonium. In order for an atom to be neutral, the proton number must be equal to the electron number, and in order for the atom the be stable, the ratio of the number of neutrons to the number of protons should be or should be close to 1:1. Finally, the scientist who was associated with the atom and nuclear energy it stores, is Albert Einstein, who was also the scientist who created the equation: energy is equal to mass multiplied by the speed of light, which is squared."

Dumbfounded, Mr. Lee remained silent as a graveyard. All his face read was absolute shock. A genuine smile grew on his face and he nodded his head. "Hats off to you, Thomas. Have a seat young man." The class just could not understand how I knew so much information about the atom. That's only because I learnt that from my lessons teacher, who I am indebted to. But it doesn't matter right now.

I sighed a sigh of relief and returned Rob a smile that he gave when I sat down. He wrote on a post it and passed it on to me. It read, "You owned that teacher big time. Good one. ~Roberta" I realized from the name Roberta that he felt feminine and maybe submissive. What he also told me about himself what that he's a switch, so not only he can change gender, but he can also change his level of dominance that he feels at a particular time. I don't have a problem with that at all, since I've met several people who are genderfluid and are switches in my lifetime. Finally, the moment I was dying for during this class. It was about damn time that that school bell rang for the final period of the day!

I packed up all my belongings and shoved them into my bag. Since I'm a slow packer and sort of lazy during the afternoon session, I was the last one in the laboratory, or so I thought. Walking towards the door to get out of that hellish lab, Timothy, one of my fellow classmates in Physics, decided to harshly bump into my shoulder, causing me to drop everything in hand. The boy glared at me and sharply hissed, "Watch yourself, geek. Stop being so smart and just be like an average student who doesn't much."

Growling at the boy who became a bully, I muttered lowly and dangerously, "Get out of my sight, Timothy. I wouldn't bring myself down to your level since you're not worth my precious time." I stalked off, but before I could even get passed him, the big, burly, fair skinned fellow pushed me against the wall, where his hand squeezed my throat gently. He brought his breath close to my ear and deviously muttered, "I'd watch myself if I were you, Thomas. I don't think you want anything of yours to go down in flames, nerd."

With that being said, he let go of me and went his way. At first, it was quite challenging for me to breathe, damn that boy's hand has a good and tight grip. I guess I really need to watch myself from now on. I don't exactly know why, but I get a terrible feeling that the students of my year group are slowly starting to turn against me, and they are targeting me undercover. If I had to take a guess, if I step out of line, Timothy may be responsible for my downfall...

But in all fairness, I think that soon enough, they want me to leave and never come back. Don't ask me why. I just think that.

At least I have something to look forward to at the end of the day. Marcus.

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Hey guys! Another update is here after I don't know how long. But here it is... You know the drill, after you read it, comment on it and tell me what you liked and disliked. If I take a while to update again, then that means I have some other things to do... or I'm just lazy. Thanks for reading!

~Alpha Youngwolf