Natasha sighed as she was lazily copying down notes into her notebook, she was so bored right now, and her hand was getting cramped from all this writing.
As Natasha was internally complaining, the school bell finally rang and everyone stood up and got their things as they walked out of the classroom.
"Finally" said Natasha in relief as a girl walked over to her desk.
"Natasha are you done copying the notes?" asked the girl as she smiled.
"Yes I am, thank you, you can have your textbook back" said Natasha as she smiled and she handed the girl her textbook as she smiled and the girl walked away.
"Time to get out of here" said Natasha with a smile and she packed up all her things and she put them in her backpack as she walked past the teacher's desk to the front door until she was called back.
"Natasha, you have to finish writing that business report" said the male teacher as he looked at her and she turned to look at him.
"Don't worry Mr. Tim, I will finish it tonight, you don't have to worry" said Natasha as she smiled and Mr. Tim smiled at her.
"See you tomorrow Mr. Tim" said Natasha as she smiled.
"The same to you Natasha" said Mr. Tim as he smiled and Natasha walked out of the classroom as she walked into the hallway and to her locker as she unlocked it and she put in her books and she took out other books as the bell rang, she was about to be late for her next class… again.
So Natasha hurriedly got all the books that she needed and she rushed on her way to the next class.
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Natasha sat on her desk as everyone in the room was in utter silence, it was English class, and well it was silent reading time, which Natasha hated, she was not really a reader, she found the words somewhat boring, especially when they were all forced to read the same book that they had to write an essay on.
It was just so boring, she would have preferred to be doing something with her hands, heck even maths was better than this, at least she cracked her brain trying to solve all the algebra and what not, but with English, she was forced to feed her eyes with words, so many words.
Natasha looked at the clock on the wall of the classroom, there were still 30 full minutes till they would be allowed to get out of here, Natasha groaned silently, this was torture, she was the kind of person who preferred to get notes from her classmates about the book they were reading a day before the essay test, and well Mrs. Dawson, the English teacher wanted everyone to at least read the book till the end, and hence why she made it mandatory for everyone to read at least two chapters in class a day.
Natasha stopped looking at the words in the book, they were making her feel dizzy so she decided that she would work on another one of her assignments, it was easy for her to switch to writing her business report since Mrs. Dawson wasn't in class, she took out her notebook and started to write in it.
Natasha was startled when she suddenly heard the classroom door open and she quickly placed her notebook on the table and picked up the novel that they were supposed to read as Mrs. Dawson entered the classroom, but she was not alone this time.
"Alright everyone, sorry to interrupt your reading" said Mrs. Dawson as everyone looked up at her.
"We have a new student joining us, and his name is Peter Peterson, he is a transfer student, and I want you all to welcome him and treat him like you would treat the rest of your classmates" said Mrs. Dawson as everyone nodded.
"Good, Peter, you can sit at that empty desk next to Natasha" said Mrs. Dawson as she looked at Pete and she smiled as he nodded at her and he walked to the desk and sat on the left of Natasha.
"We are currently reading one of our prescribed novels" said Mrs. Dawson.
"Natasha, can you tell us what chapter we are on?" asked Mrs. Dawson.
"Yes, Mrs, Dawson, Chapter 13" said Natasha as she smiled.
"Good, and can you explain to us what has happened so far?" asked Mrs. Dawson as Natasha bit her lip, she was a goner now.
"Yes, Um… oh… the… the main character's father died… no wait, it was his uncle… or was it his brother?" asked Natasha as it was evident that she had not been reading the book and Mrs. Dawson just laughed lightly.
"You haven't been reading have you?" asked Mrs. Dawson.
"I have… I just forgot…" said Natasha as she smiled sheepishly.
"Alright, someone else give us a recap of what happened so far, since Natasha forgot" said Mrs. Dawson as she smiled and Natasha shook her head as someone else explained.
"Alright so as she said, the main character's cousin died due to food poisoning, and now the main character is trying to find the culprit" said Mrs. Dawson.
"So now, everyone get back to reading" said Mrs. Dawson as she sat down at her desk and everyone went back to reading.
Natasha glanced at Pete, as she looked at him, he looked like he was actually reading, but she knew that he wasn't since he was writing on a paper that she believed he had hid prior in the book before this.
So he was the new kid, he didn't seem really friendly, since he didn't even smile, he looked so serious.
Natasha's mind started to wander, was it only her, or did Pete look almost too old to be a high school student, she didn't know why she thought that was so, but she was sure that she was just bored, so she went back to reading.
As soon as the bell rang everyone rushed to pack their things but Mrs Dawson stopped them.
"Everyone, you are going to have to write summaries, pair up with a partner, I want you all to write summaries on each of the chapters till date" said Mrs. Dawson.
"Yes Mrs. Dawson" said everyone.
"Oh Natasha and Peter, you two will pair up together" said Mrs. Dawson.
"Peter needs to catch up with the story, and Natasha needs to jog her memory isn't that right?" asked Mrs. Dawson with a smile.
"Yes Mrs. Dawson" said Natasha as she smiled sheepishly.
"You can all go now, and have a wonderful rest of your day" said Mrs. Dawson as everyone walked out of the classroom.
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Pete closed his locker when he was suddenly startled by who he saw waiting right behind him.
"Hello, your name is Peter right?" asked Natasha as she smiled.
"Yes, and how did you know where my locker is?" asked Pete because he did not remember telling her where to find him.
"Oh I just followed you, anyway, we have to make summaries together, and to be honest, we are basically on the same level" said Natasha as she laughed and Pete just looked at her.
"I think that we should meet in the library to make our summaries? What do you think?" asked Natasha as she smiled and Pete just opened his locker again and he took out a clear folder.
"Here, these are all the summaries on all 25 chapters, don't bother me" said Pete as he handed Natasha the summaries and she blinked at him.
"You have all the summaries?" asked Natasha in surprise.
"I read the book already" said Pete.
"You mean in your old school?" asked Natasha.
"Yes" replied Pete as Natasha felt something off here.
"Oh well, okay then, thank you for the summaries, see you around Peter" said Natasha as she waved at him and she walked away as Pete shook his head, she was such an annoying person.
"That guy is weird, and he must be some kind of bookwork for him to already have summaries of all the chapters" said Natasha to herself as she just shrugged off her thoughts, she had to go home right now.
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Natasha had been watching Pete for the past many days, not by choice though, his desk was always right next to hers, and to her, the guy just seemed nothing but weird, he didn't speak to anyone, he always seemed to have all the answers and homework ready, even though she didn't ever see him study, and whenever they were paired together because they sat beside each other, he would somehow have already done the assignment and he avoided her.
If that didn't scream suspicious, then she did not know what did.
Natasha was walking through the empty halls of the school when she caught sight of Pete walking alone and she quickly went back into the corner, she wondered what he was doing here at this time, everyone had gone home, she was only here since she had to do some extra credit and she was left alone.
Natasha saw Pete looking around, as if making sure that no one was watching him, and then he proceeded to his locker as he opened it and he brought out something that looked black, and Natasha gasped when she got a good look at what it was.
"A gun?" asked Natasha to herself as she whispered, why did he have a gun in school??
Natasha knew that she had to report this, but knowing how curious she was, she didn't go and report immediately, instead she quietly walked over to Pete's locker as he loaded his gun and he did not hear her footsteps.
"Why do you have a gun in school??" asked Natasha as Pete reacted in shock as he almost dropped his loaded gun but he quickly caught it as he turned around to see Natasha standing behind him.
"What the heck are you doing here?" asked Pete as he looked at her.
"Why do you have a gun?" asked Natasha.
"Are you crazy or what? You don't sneak up on someone like that!" said Pete as Natasha took a good look at the gun in his hand, she recognized the make of the gun.
"I should be the one asking you questions here, why do you have a gun, in the school? You know that's not allowed right?" asked Natasha as Pete sighed internally, he was screwed, seriously screwed, how could he be so sloppy and get caught?