Maths

Four

"Right girls, The bell for second lesson went about seven minutes ago, So the boys should be settled by the time we get to the class We will be going into"Patton says and we follow him down the hall. As we walk I look around at the walls photographs and artwork line them all on notice boards with small captions underneath explaining them. I look at the floor as the same pattern of tiles repeat all the way round we finally stop outside a door with a window in so we can see all the boys in their lesson. Patton turn to us smiling before knocking and opening the door, A  Sea of eyes turn back to face us, Some wide with shock , Some just staring at us as if they'd never seen a girl before..To be fair this was an all boys boarding school..

"Sorry to disturb you sir"Patton says to the teacher at the front who just smiles and nods letting Patton carry on. He gestures for us to follow him into the room, And I start hearing the whispers.

"Girls..Are those-"
"Ohmygod ohmygod"
"Dude look at them"
"That one's hot"
"Four girls.."
"Why are they here?"

Patton carries on down the aisle and shows us to stand in a line at the front, before he starts talking.

"Right boys, For the next three months these four girls will be staying Here at Everton, You will all treat them with respect and kindness, They are not used to having so many boys with them all the time, If I hear of anything out of line you will be coming straight to me and you'll start hearing the bells of isolation"Patton says and I see an uncomfortable look pass over the boys faces which I think shows isolation means some sort of business. "After class I want the next four people stay behind, you should know who you are but I will repeat in case you forgot, Bradley Mayer, Benjamin Acre, Lewis Barton and Daniel Shep, Thank you boys."Patton says and then tells us to go to the back of the class, The lesson continues and the boys get told to concentrate several times but eventually they do start laying attention But there are still the odd looks from a few of then turning back to see us, The lesson seems pretty normal but we've already gone through this so we know what he's going on about..Electrons, Neutrons that type of thing...

Finally the bell rings and the boys start leaving the class But not without taking a final glance at us all. Until there were only four boys left. Sir motioned us to stand at the front before he started talking again.

"Alright ladies, These are your partners. Poppy you are with Bradley" Sir showed her to sit next to him and she slowly slid into the desk beside this Bradley, He had light brown hair and wore glasses that suited him really well and had his uniform all in place",Kady you are with Benjamin here" Kady copies what Poppy did and sits in the desk beside Benjamin, He had surfer blonde hair and was wearing his tie scruffy around his neck, "Circe, Lewis and last but not least Macey with Daniel" Me and Circe do the same until we are all sat next to a guy each, Lewis was wearing a black leather jacket instead of the school blazer and had his hair spiked up and Daniel had flicky dark brown hair and had earrings that you could just see, Most guys look really weird with earrings but they just..fitted him. We turned to see Patton smiling at the front." Right You are all partnered up for this project and as a school buddy basically, Boys you will all show the girls around and treat them all with respect, Now since it is tutor you all get some time to get to know one another before break, After break you boys will go back to lessons and girls come back to my office" Patton says, "Right I'm gonna head off and I'll see you girls after break" He says before leaving..and we are all silent.

Nothing...No sound at all just an incredibly awkward silence.

"So, What's it like here then, The hell hole we've all been told about?" Of course Circe is the first to speak.

"It actually very good academically, The statistic of students here that get good grades by the time. We are eighteen is-"

"Oh shut up Brad, Bloody Encyclopedia, No one gives a shit" The guy next to Circe says leaving Bradley look slightly irritated, "Its alright here, They hardly catch you sneaking out and the guys aren't too bad here, Just the few pricks that hang around by the back of the art room are fucking gits"I think his name was Lewis.