Emma squealed, waving her hand in front of him and tilting her nose up higher in the air.
“Is it real?” Ethan asked, grabbing her hand and pulling it close r to his face to examine the ring. Next to him, Mark Klein snickered.
“Yes, of course it’s real,” Emma snapped back , pulling her hand away and brushing it off, as though he had given her low social status cooties . “Why would you even ask that? I wouldn’t wear fake jewelry! Besides, Jason Masterson gave it to me. He wouldn’t dare give a girl fake jewelry.”
Etha n shrugged. “I was just asking. No need to get your panties in a knot.”
Emma scoffed and settled back into her seat. As she began text messaging away on her cell phone, Ms. Shay came into the classroom. Today, she was sporting a mustard yellow pants suit with a magenta camisole and matching scarf. Samara knew Emma was probably trying to resist offering their teacher that makeover that she so desperately wanted to give her.
“Well, I just had the most wonderful weekend! As many of you probably already know, my niece, Lilly, has returned. She won’t be coming back to school for at least a few days, but the most important thing is that she’s home, safe and sound, ” Ms. Shay said, beaming a wide smile as she handed out the blank exams.
With everything else that had been going on with her own life, Samara had nearly forgotten that Lilly had came back home. She still wanted to find out what had happened, but she also wasn ’t sure how likely that was. Samara also wasn’t sure why she even cared so much . It wasn’t really any of her business, and she generally didn’t like to intrude on anyone’s personal stuff.
She still felt like she had to know what happened, though.
When Samara skimmed through the questions on her test , she drew a complete blank. If she had been taking an algebra test, it would make sense for her to forget all of the formulas to do the problems , but bio logy was her strongest subject. Most girls Samara’s age had no idea what they wanted to do when they grew up, but she had known for years that she wanted to major in zoology or marine biology so that she could work with animals. She often felt like she could relate to them more than humans, which was iron ic ; now, she had just as much in common with animals as she did with humans.
Samara tried to focus on the test, but the answers just weren’t coming to her. It was like she was staring at a piece of paper with words on them that held no meaning. Deciding that there was nothing that she could do but guess, Samara ended up filling in circles to make a pretty swirly design. Grabbing her tote bag, she tossed her test face down on the teacher’s desk an d hurried out of the classroom.
Her next period was gym class, and she was glad that she was a little early. Her gym teacher, Mr. King, had an emergency so their class was going to have to sit with Mrs. King, his wife and the school’s Sex Ed teacher, for the next hour.
Samara breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn’t really in the mood to participate in gym today, anyway. She wasn’t sure if she would be able to stop herself from whacking someone with a ten nis racket if they annoyed her.
When Samara walked into Mrs. King’s classroom, her excitement about not having gym class was quickly replaced by disappointment – and nervousness. Apparently, Luke had Sex Ed this hour. He was sitting in the back of the room next to Colby. Samara wasn’t sure if he had seen her, but she turned around quickly to make it seem as though she hadn’t noticed him.
As she glanced on the other side of the classroom, she realized that Jason was also in this Sex Ed class. Jason was staring in Luke’s direction, with an angry look in his dark eyes , which made Samara wonder again what their fight at Emma’s house had been about.
Things got even worse when Emma came into the classroom. Tossing her Coach bag onto her desk, she plopped down onto her seat and glared at Samara
“Is it real?” Ethan asked, grabbing her hand and pulling it close r to his face to examine the ring. Next to him, Mark Klein snickered.
“Yes, of course it’s real,” Emma snapped back , pulling her hand away and brushing it off, as though he had given her low social status cooties . “Why would you even ask that? I wouldn’t wear fake jewelry! Besides, Jason Masterson gave it to me. He wouldn’t dare give a girl fake jewelry.”
Etha n shrugged. “I was just asking. No need to get your panties in a knot.”
Emma scoffed and settled back into her seat. As she began text messaging away on her cell phone, Ms. Shay came into the classroom. Today, she was sporting a mustard yellow pants suit with a magenta camisole and matching scarf. Samara knew Emma was probably trying to resist offering their teacher that makeover that she so desperately wanted to give her.
“Well, I just had the most wonderful weekend! As many of you probably already know, my niece, Lilly, has returned. She won’t be coming back to school for at least a few days, but the most important thing is that she’s home, safe and sound, ” Ms. Shay said, beaming a wide smile as she handed out the blank exams.
With everything else that had been going on with her own life, Samara had nearly forgotten that Lilly had came back home. She still wanted to find out what had happened, but she also wasn ’t sure how likely that was. Samara also wasn’t sure why she even cared so much . It wasn’t really any of her business, and she generally didn’t like to intrude on anyone’s personal stuff.
She still felt like she had to know what happened, though.
When Samara skimmed through the questions on her test , she drew a complete blank. If she had been taking an algebra test, it would make sense for her to forget all of the formulas to do the problems , but bio logy was her strongest subject. Most girls Samara’s age had no idea what they wanted to do when they grew up, but she had known for years that she wanted to major in zoology or marine biology so that she could work with animals. She often felt like she could relate to them more than humans, which was iron ic ; now, she had just as much in common with animals as she did with humans.
Samara tried to focus on the test, but the answers just weren’t coming to her. It was like she was staring at a piece of paper with words on them that held no meaning. Deciding that there was nothing that she could do but guess, Samara ended up filling in circles to make a pretty swirly design. Grabbing her tote bag, she tossed her test face down on the teacher’s desk an d hurried out of the classroom.
Her next period was gym class, and she was glad that she was a little early. Her gym teacher, Mr. King, had an emergency so their class was going to have to sit with Mrs. King, his wife and the school’s Sex Ed teacher, for the next hour.
Samara breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn’t really in the mood to participate in gym today, anyway. She wasn’t sure if she would be able to stop herself from whacking someone with a ten nis racket if they annoyed her.
When Samara walked into Mrs. King’s classroom, her excitement about not having gym class was quickly replaced by disappointment – and nervousness. Apparently, Luke had Sex Ed this hour. He was sitting in the back of the room next to Colby. Samara wasn’t sure if he had seen her, but she turned around quickly to make it seem as though she hadn’t noticed him.
As she glanced on the other side of the classroom, she realized that Jason was also in this Sex Ed class. Jason was staring in Luke’s direction, with an angry look in his dark eyes , which made Samara wonder again what their fight at Emma’s house had been about.
Things got even worse when Emma came into the classroom. Tossing her Coach bag onto her desk, she plopped down onto her seat and glared at Samara
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