"Adira!" Killian yells waving his hand in my face.
"What!? Huh? What, what, what!?" I slap his hand away from my face and yell.
"You're late for school" Killian says climbing down the ladder.
"What?" I look over at the time. 8:06 the clock reads. "Why didn't you wake me up!?" I yell while jumping off the loft. I land on the floor and run to the bathroom to wash my face.
"I thought you already left" Killian defends himself.
"Why are you home anyway?" I ask him.
"Kala and Kailey went to London last night" Killian answers.
"They what!?" I exclaim loudly.
"Mum is due to give birth in a week so they wanted to be there when the baby comes" Killian explains leaning against the door frame.
"Argh" I groan. I rush into our room and look for my uniform. "Killian where's my white shirt?" I ask pulling my pants on.
"It should be in here" Killian starts to look around.
"Never mind. I'll just wear this" I pull a white singlet over my head. I put my school jacket on before grabbing a brush and brushking my hair. I grab my bag and an apple before running out of the house.
"Have a good day, Adi!" Killian shouts goodbye. "It's saturday and yet people still have to go to school. This is why I love homeschooling" Killian sighs before walking back into the house. He looks at Asra who is teasing the cat. "I'm very sorry that you have Adi as your owner" Killian pats her head. Asra growls at him.
*
The subway takes too long so I run all the way to school which is a good hour away (less than 30 if taking the subway). It takes me 30 minutes to arrive at school. I climb over the fence since I don't want detention.
"Ah!" I scream in fright.
Standing in front of me with a angry look is PE teacher Hayashi and History teacher Sasaki.
"Well, well, well. Look what we got here, a Chikara-san" Hayashi says angrily.
"I have a great explanation for this" I say with a forced smile.
"We bet you do" Sasaki says. "Detention." he barks.
I frown. "Don't you want to know my explanation?" I ask.
"No" Sasaki answers.
"But it's about my mother" I say.
"What about her?" Hayashi asks softening.
"She's due to give birth next week" I answer.
"What does that have to do with you being late?" Sasaki snaps.
"My older twin sisters departured to England at 2 o'clock last night" I explain.
"You still get detention" Sasaki says before walking away.
"Is it going to be a girl or a boy?" Hayashi asks.
"They're going to be boys" I answer.
"Your mother's having twins!" Hayashi gasps.
"Yes it will be her 5th set of twins" I reply before running to class. "Sorry I'm late" I apologize and take my seat.
"It better not happen again" Teacher Ito says before resuming the lesson.
"What happened?" Ren whispers leaning over his desk.
"I over slept" I reply without turning around.
"Oh" Ren leans back.
"History with Teacher Sasaki there will be a small assembly to reveal the 6 competitors for the competition" Teacher Ito says when class is finished.
"Okay" The class responds.
"So tell me Chikara, are you one of the chosen competitiors?" Ren asks.
I turn to look at him. "So what if I am?"
"Who's the other competitors?" Ren asks.
"How would I know?"
"Because you are the closest to Teacher Ito so surely you would know"
"Well I don't" I turn to face the front.
"So you're one of the 6?" Quantum says.
I do a slight smile before Sasaki walks into the class. The class stands up and bows.
"Please make your way to the assembly hall" Sasaki says pointing out the door.
We walk out of the classoom and see that all the other grade 10's are in the hallway.
"I bet you 1000 yen (around 10 US dollars) that I'll be one of the 6" Quasar bets placing his hand on my shoulder.
"I'll bet you 100 USD that you'll be chosen" I place my hand on his shoulder.
"Okay" Quasar and I shake hands.
"You idiot" Quantum smacks his brother across the head.
"What was that for?" Quasar asks holding his head in pain.
"You just got swindled" Quantum says furious.
"How?"
"No take backsie's~" I sing.
Quasar thinks for a moment before realizing what happened. "Why are you so mean?" he whines.
"I just am" I respond before taking a seat next to Ren in the assembly hall.
"We, Shizen High are having a competition against 5 other schools Shonaru high included and each school gets to have 6 students to compete. As the teachers have infromed you we have already selected our 6 competitors and are going to announce them today but that's not the only reason why I called this small assembly" the principal of our school says through a speaker on the stage. "The other reason why I called you here was to inform you that we have a successfully convinced a famous doctor to work in the infirmary."
"Why do I get the feeling that it has something to do with me?" I ask quietly.
"Did you say something Chikara?" Ren asks looking at me.
"It's nothing" I smile at him before looking back to the stage.
"So without further ado let me introduce to you our new school doctor, Nicholas Adolf" the principal points at the side of the stage.
"Ah!" some girls squeal in excitement.
My eyes widen in shock.
A handsome 19 year old man walks on the stage. He has shoulder-length light brown hair which has been put up into a half-up, half-down bun, blue eyes and tanned skin.
"Hello I'm Nicholas Adolf and I will be working here until next year" Nicholas bows.
"Thank you and now time to announce the 6 competitors" Nicholas walks off the stage making girls sigh.
"The first competitor and leader of the 6 will be Daniel Carter" the crowd claps when Daniel walks up to the stage. "The other competitors are Quantum Tanaru, Quasar Tanaru, Ren Yamashita, Adira Blackwell The last competitor will be...."
I walk up to the stage and stand next to Ren. I look over at Nicholas and send a 'you're dead' look before looking at the floor.
"Aito Abe" the principal announces the 6th person.
I look over and see Aito making his way up to the stage. 'Great Mr weird vibes is coming' I inwardly say sarcastically
The crowd claps before dispersing.