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Chapter 4: Lab Partners

I wake up from my bed and feel a slight grumble in my stomach. I look for a stray slipper and found my Nike Flops laying there. I wear them and start walking down the stairs.

As I look at the clock it says 6:30 a.m. Thankfully school starts at 8:30. I sniff and smell an aroma I've been looking for. Food. I walk to the kitchen to see my aunt cooking scrambled eggs and bacon. I feel my stomach screaming for me to just gulp a whole plate of it. It's just so tempting. The fluffiness of the egg. The sizzle of the now crisping golden brown bacon. Ughhh!! I can't resist. I grab a plate and get a huge serving of scrambled eggs and 5 pieces of bacon. I should prepare myself for the vomiting later. "Woe your horses. Are you sure you could finish all those?" My aunt says with a chuckle. "Well, there's only one way to find out" I say before gulping my food in a span of 30 seconds. Finally, I am now satisfied.

I make my way back to my room and start bathing. I grap a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, and wear my Air Jordans. I go downstairs and grab my bag and skateboard. I kiss my aunt goodbye. Suddenly, I felt guilty for not telling her about the whole detention thing. Should I? Maybe I'll let it slide and not. I make my way outside and start skateboarding from there.

I make my way to school and walk down the hallway. The familiar sounds of chatting and gossiping echoes through the hallway. I reach my locker and thankfully my locker is big enough for my skateboard to fit inside. I make my way to my Calculus class before the bell rings. I wouldn't want to be late for Baldie's class again. I walk inside and...great! I'm the first one there. Suddenly, I made eye contact with Mr. Philip. He's just so intimidating. Though he looks like a man in his 40's, probably he was good looking back then. Taking my seat, he just keeps glaring at me. "It's a good thing you're not late young lady. You can do whatever you want. As long as it doesn't involve violence" he says with a bored tone. Violence? There's no one even here. Only him. Ohhhh, now I get it. I grab my PS Vita from my bag and start playing Call of Duty. Then, what a surprise. Logan the devil walks in. "Sup Buttercup" he says and nods in Baldie's direction. He sits beside me and watches me play. I take a quick peek at him and saw a red bruise in his jaw. I kinda felt a little bad knowing that I caused it. Well, it was his fault. He just had to push my buttons. "Stop staring. I already forgave you for that." Oh no, he saw me staring. "It was still your fault." I say casually still focused on my game. This is the hardest level on the game. "Hey, we're on the same level. I just couldn't pass that level. Let me see you try" he says with a daring look on his eyes. " Is that a challenge?" I say with a playful smirk on my face. "Challenge accepted" Then I start focusing more as my virtual self starts shooting at the enemies. "Level Complete" shows up on the screen and I almost jump in joy. He just stares at me and chuckles. "Wow! You've got skills." He says with an amused look. "I am a pro gamer" I reply. "Well, preo gamer. Wanna play bideo games at my house later?" I think about his offer. What if he's still mad about what happened yesterday. "Maybe you're just planning to murder me in your house." I say seriously. He throws his finger in his chin to resemble thinking. "That wasn't the original plan. But now that you gave me the idea...I might consider it. So, can you?" I just laugh. Maybe he isn't that bad after all. "I'll see, if there's not much homework." I say so that he wouldn't expect too much. "Then why not do our homework together?" Hey, that wasn't such a bad idea. I could just copy his answers. "Okay then" He smiles widely. He looks likes someone that cam out of a magazine. The rest of Calculus wasn't that bad. Logan stayed quiet throughout.

As Calculus ended with a new batch of homework, I exit faster than every other student does. I just want this day to end. So I rush to my next subject. Biology. As our teacher said yesterday, we have to head straight to the Biology Lab.

I enter the lab before the bell rings. I see that everybody's already here. I take a quick glance at the teacher and she just smiles at me. Wow! She's really pretty. "Good morning Miss Mary" returning her smile. She gestures for me to take a seat. "Oh! Ms. Johnson. Everybody here already has a lab partner. Maybe you can work on your own?" She says apologetic. Why? I'm not really good at science. I'm not good at anything. Well, P.E perhaps. My thoughts got interrupted when a guy in glasses enters the class. "Sorry Ms. A, I just lost my book, and I had a hard time finding it" the guy says smoothly. "No problem Luke, just take your seat. Oh! You could be partners with Miss Johnson." She says sweetly pointing at me. He approaches me and sits next to my chair. "Hi! I'm Luke Andrews. You must be new here. Guess we're gonna be lab partners for the rest of the year" he says. I was left there flabbergasted because I didn't know I was already drowning in his blue eyes. "Uh-uhm" I snap out of it. "I'm Maximillian Johnson. But you can call me Max" I say smiling. "Nice to meet you, Max" he says with a cute smile. He really looks likea teacher's pet. Like, did anyone but me notice how Ms. Mary was victimized by his charm? No? Okay. "I guess we're lab partners" he says while winking at me.

As Ms. A just lectured about our experiment, I couldn't catch up. I feel a sensation in my head. I could feel it throbbing. I guess I shouldn't go to school anymore. It's just too much to handle. "Hey, are you okay?" I look back to see a concerned Luke. He must've noticed me massaging my temples. "Well, if you consider that my brain is anout to explode okay, then I'm absolutely fine" I say with pure sarcasm. He chuckles at my remarks. "It's okay, just give your mind a rest. Let me take care of our experiment." What he said  just warmed my heart. I looked at him in awe, "I can't. You shouldn't do everything. That's not how teachers give grades you know". "It's fine. I'd rather take all the tasks than make a girl feel worse" why is he such a charmer? "Well, atleast someone thinks I'm a girl" I say pertaining to Logan. He just smiles and I feel my eyes slowly closing as darkness takes over. It's actually a good thing I'm sitting behind Luke where I am far from Ms. Mary's view.

Author's Note:

Hey guys! This is a super long chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!