Chapter 2

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by dinosaurspoon

by dinosaurspoon

"Justin, if you sing one more Kelly Clarkson song, I'm going to blow my brains out."

"I'm excited, Klaus!"

They arrived at the school, went to the office, and got their schedules. Justin was practically jumping up and down. They held their schedules side by side to compare.

"Klaus, you're the only one who has a class with Justin. First period, History of Secret Organizations," Violet remarked.

"Of course. Just my luck," Klaus said disdainfully. He turned to Sunny. "Isn't she old enough to go to school yet?" Sunny didn't look up from her iPad, and Violet was starting to regret making it for her out of doll hair and a potato.

"No, not until next year. She and Barla go to the nursery. Hey, where is Barla anyway?"

They looked around. Suddenly, a noise came from the ceiling. "Bah." They looked up and Barla was hanging on the ceiling. Justin took a flask out of his jacket pocket and unscrewed it.

"Jesus, why are we stuck with the only infant in the world who can climb?"

The bell rang, which meant it was time for class. Violet ran into Klaus on her way back from putting the two little girls in the nursery. "Violet, please," he pleaded, "he'll embarrass me."

"I'm sorry, Klaus, I can't help you," she said glumly, turning and walking towards her classroom.

Klaus ended up taking his seat (across the room from Justin, thank the lord). The teacher still wasn't there. "Is she always this late?" he asked, turning to face the person next to him. Then he stopped.

Sitting next to him was the prettiest girl he had ever seen in his life. She had wavy red hair, green eyes, and a sweater that said "VFD University".

"No, just a bad day for her, I guess. My name's Ivy, by the way."

"My name's... Klaus," he stammered.

The teacher walked through the door. "Good morning, class. My name is Miss Notjusticestrauss. It seems as if we have a celebrity on campus this year: Klaus Baudelaire!"

Klaus was stunned.

"Don't give that look, Klaus, everyone knows who you are! You and your siblings defeated Count Olaf!"

"I guess I did. Hey, you look familiar..."

Miss Notjusticestrauss froze. "Um, no! I don't know who you are! I never lived next to Count Olaf! No!!!" She then ran out of the classroom.

"I... okay," said Klaus, just accepting it.

"The VFD handbook says that if the teacher abandons us, the oldest person in the class is then appointed teacher," stated Ivy.

Everyone turned to look at Justin, who was trying to balance a pencil on his nose. He noticed everyone looking at him and stopped.

"Did... did I miss something?"

Nothing interesting happened on Violet's first day, she told Klaus as they walked down the hallway. "In my class, Quigley Quagmire kept trying to impress me by flipping a water bottle into the teacher's desk, but the teacher smacked it out of midair and everyone laughed at him. Yours sounds cooler by far."

"Cool?!" Klaus exclaimed. "Justin is my teacher!"

"I know that, but- oh my god," she shoved Klaus behind a corner and pointed down the hall. "Look."

Justin was staring longingly at another adult student, who the two kids recognized as Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey. Justin sighed, and began to walk past him. Chris turned and bumped into him, making him dump his books all over the floor.

Justin blushed. "W-what are you doing? BAKA!!" Chris tried to apologize, but Justin quickly collected his books and shoved past him. Klaus and Violet looked at each other. This was going to be a weird year.