The Cycle of Friends to Strangers

Chapter 2 - BOOM!

The bell rang, signalling everyone had to go to ther first lesson.

"What lesson do we have?" asked Ian.

"Chemistry... that's just down the corridor" Anthony began walking.

"Oh okay" smiled Ian as he followed his companion. Ians heart skipped a beat at the way Anthony said 'chemistry', it kept playing over and over again in Ians head, but mostly in his heart, like it was stuck on replay.

"Are you okay?" Anthony noticed Ian in a world of his own.

"Perfectly" Ian grinned.

Mrs.Noom came out of the classroom and let everyone in, "Safety goggles on, get into pairs and stand by your chemistry sets".

"What about safety gloves?" called out a smart-ass.

"Yes, and gloves".

The duo followed the instructions but decided to add their own orders to the list. Anthony took off one of his gloves and flicked Ian with it.

"Ow," Ian took one of his gloves off, "why would you do that?" he laughed as he flicked Anthony back.

They continued having fun and messing around until...

"Okay you can start now" said the teacher.

Ian and Anthony looked around, in horror, to see people putting chemicals in their pots.

"Do you know what to put in?" gulped Ian.

"Nope"

"Okay don't panic, don't panic, we can just," Ian looked around the room, "we can just copy these guys, they just started" he sighed with relief as he started to copy the pair next to him.

"Thank god!" Anthony began helping Ian.

"See easy as pie!" smirked Ian.

"Watch out" Anthony grabbed Ians hand before he knocked over some acid, he immedietly let go of his friends hand.

"Thanks"

"Anytime" Anthony smiled as he was about to put in a dark blue liquid.

"What are you doing" asked Ian who was holding a dark green liquid.

"Putting this blue stuff in - that's what they did"

"But I saw them put in this green stuff"

Ian and Anthony looked at the chemicals then at eachother, "Fuck it" they said, and with that poured both liquids in.

They took several steps back as they mixture began bubbling and smoking.

"Is that supposed to happen?" Ian grabbed Anthonys arm.

"I don't think so"

BOOM!

The chemicals exploded and there was smoke everywhere, out of shock, the pair grabbed eachother and didn't let go until they heard the teacher again,

"Everyone, follow the sound of my voice and make your way through the smoke".

When everyone escaped the classroom, the teacher went mad, "WHO DID THIS?" she screamed.

"Anthony and the new kid" said the same smart-ass from earlier.

"Detention! For both of you!" she huffed before walking off to get some detention slips.

Anthony and Ian looked at eachother and couldn't help but collapse into heaps of laughter.