Cockroach Chick

Chapter 8: There's our answer

"Good morning boys and girls! Today you will report to your caretakers classroom. Today's subject is Geography and Science," the p.a announced in that fake cheerful voice.

Drue turned to me and gave one of his brilliant smile as the crackling of static from the p.a shut off.

"Okay, but we have to plan this out a little better." He laughed.

"Fine, just meet me at my room after dinner." I explained as we walked to the trash to drop our trays. He nodded in approval as we made our separate ways.

~*~

Walking into the classroom, I was the first person there. I walked over to her desk and grabbed my notebook. Sitting myself in the group farthest from the teacher (who's Mrs. Pufferman if you were wondering) then pulling out my pen and started just doodled. The room slowly filled in with kids and began to take their seats.

My group usually consisted of a nerdy girl, I think her name was Hanna. A jock looking kid from my school, named John and the last a girl was named Sam. She was pretty cool, considering she didn't bug me or anything. Plus she's not fake like the most of the other obnoxious girls around here.

As Mrs. Pufferman walked in, I continued doodling my 3D stars. Concentrating all my mind on them, I ignored Reality for a while.

A while into drawing my soon to be perfect stars the sound of my name brought me back into reality, causing me to strike the pen across the page. Resolution; another imperfect star. Just great.

"Ren is doodling during the lessons again!" Some girl shouted in a high pitch voice.

I looked up, promising to murder the person of which those words came from. Carly. No surprises there.

I glared at her trying to hold back the urge to beat the hell out of her plastic little ass. But her oblivious to the fact that she was about to be murdered,just smirked at me with a wink.

"Ren, hand me your pen..." Mrs. Pufferman commanded me, clearly agitated.

I capped my blue gel pen and handed it to her with a sigh.

"Okay where was I..." She continued onward with the lesson. Which I believe was about how animals became mutated..... lovely.

Carly looked back at me and gave me an evil smile. As I mouthed back 'Fuck you' flipping her the bird.

"Hey," Sam whispered from next to me. I turned my head and raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah?" I looked up at her.

"Take this one. Keep it if you want." She stated, as she held out a pen.

"Thanks." I whispered back gratefully taking the pen from her hand.

"No problem," She smiled shyly and turned around to continue listening to Mrs. Pufferman's lesson while I got back to drawing.

The lesson continued, until Mrs. Pufferman told us that we would now go to Geography. I decided to listen. Shocking? I know. But I couldn't pass up the opportunity of finding out more about the wasteland.

"The North East consist of almost all ruins," She explained as she drew an imaginary line threw Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania with her finger.

Though most of the rest of the country is still fine. Excluding some parts..." she added as she pointed toward a few states. New York, Utah, Texas, and Washington.

So we are very lucky to still be alive and much intact!" She finished with a smile as she pointed at Colorado.

"Yes, just blessed!" I thought to myself as I took down some notes of the lesson and resumed my doodles.

"Most of our Doctors, Engineers, and Scientist move to the south because that is where our troops are stationed."

I looked up for a split second and flipped a page in my notebook, continuing to take these notes.

Thinking to myself -

There's our answer!