Otherworld

Chapter 2 to be or not? . . . wait what's the question again?

After many failed attempts at their assigned pastry, it was time for second period as the bell rang. Jarl hugged O'donnell, who blushed and ran to hide it. As he turned to leave, he swore he saw her blush, but he wasn't sure. He tried telling himself it was impossible, saying, "Naw, definitely not. I mean, who would fall for someone like me? I'm nerdy, I complain too much, I am a complete klutz, and I have the worst taste in music EVER!" His second period was English with Miss Gorbachev. It's always been an inside joke between Jarl and O'donnel, that it was a wasteland name. Today, they were going to be studying Shakespeare. They were right about to go into Macbeth, as he was thinking about O'donnel, until he got distracted thinking about something his foster dad's grandma told him on her deathbed.

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Great Grandma Twiddle, or at least that's what he called her; her real name is Dorothy Mayber. She had succumbed to cancer, and he was the only other person in his great, foster grandmother's hospital room. She looked at him and said, "I have a gift for you it's a gift of . . . shall we say knowledge?" He looked at her puzzled, almost as if she were crazy. She smiled and said, "Don't believe me do ya? Oh well, either way listen to me. I'm an old person, I know a lot more about life on this world then you do. If you fall for someone then come to grips with it, and confess your love to her. Or so help me I will spring up out of the grave and make you." They both laughed as his foster dad walked in and retrieved Jarl. Within a matter of minutes, the doctors came in and announced her death. His foster dad wanted Jarl to get her name in a rose tattoo saying "These are from growing up." He just glared at his foster dad. Wanting to be far from this hospital life has taken three of the most important people to him in the same place! He decided he had enough. He wanted to run away, but his foster dad found out about his crush on O'donnel and threatened, "Boy if you ever run away from this here house, I'll make sure to it that you never see that lass again, aye?" He hated his foster dad sooo much, he coldly stared at his foster dad and slowly nodded.

"SLAM!" He was awoken from his day dream with the teacher slamming a few books on his desk. Miss Gorbachev coldly sneered saying "Mister Mcfarland, if you want to take a nap, do that in Mr. Medlon's class. I'm sure he won't stop you." Jarl almost stood up and fought her, but then he remembered that he was planning on confessing to O'donnel that day, so instead he just said, "Yes ma'am, however I'll think that you'll find that his teaching methods are more superior to yours." She whipped around as the class quietted to pen drop level. She stared at him with a look that said, 'You dare speak against me?' He gave her his infamous, 'Come at me I dare you. I know you don't have anything on me look. She just smiled and said, "You are aware of the whole science rule survival of the fittest?" He smiled even more devastatingly devious and said, "Oh absolutely ma'am, but as far as I can see I'm more fit to face this world then you are." This shocked everyone in the class. Usually Jarl was fine with being an arrogant ass, but that was way past his normal boundaries. today Jarl seemed more confident in himself. Almost like he could take on the entire romirish empire which he was sure, if he had a rifle with a scope and unlimited ammunition he could. The teacher was obviously losing patience, and quick. She smiled as sweet as possible and said, "Answer the question Jarl, what is the most quoted shakespeare line?" His eyes got wide thinking for a moment, before finally saying, "To be, or not . . . what was the question again?" He smirked remembering one of the videos they watched was a terrible school play from a few years ago, which was directed by their own Miss Gorbachev. The class had erupted in a few chuckles and a silence that was even more shocked. As Miss Gorbachev's eyes widened in anger. She had obviously blown a fuse as she shrieked

"TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WITH YOU!"

He simply smiled and retorted "fine . . . oh by the way classmates . . . don't look her in the eye, unless you actually WANNA be turned to stone."