☞ H i s S o n g | W h e r e - C o n c e a l i n g | W i t h - A v a ☜
The room was almost full, and the teacher was satisfyingly late. Scott had time to himself just rolling up spitballs to use on whoever he would choose to victimize. There was yet to be a seat taken next to him, perhaps the other little kiddies already found him creepy and avoided him... Or it could just be the fact that he was openly rolling up ammo that he might use on them. Silly kiddies, the people furthest from him would be his aim, not closest. He popped one in his mouth as a young girl took a seat beside him. She was a simple looking one, wearing a plaid skirt and white blouse, her brown hair tied up into a neat, slick back pony-tail. Scott was interested, not because of her plain jane appearance, but because of her audacity to sit beside him. Perhaps she was a bad apple like Scott? Was there a secret under her facade? She kept looking forward, merely scanning the room before reaching into her bag to pull out a pen and notebook. He glanced down at her and her penny loafers, tempted to startle her with a creepy greeting but another voice distracted him.
"Are you going to sit down, miss?" It sounded partially annoyed, like some little red-head was standing in front of their desk and making them feel awkward. Oh look, he was right. It was as if everyone's attention shifted over to her.
“Reed. Ava Lynn Reed.” She greeted and corrected the person that called her out. Scott watched with snake-like eyes as the girl maneuvered over to the last desk available, which was conveniently right next to him opposite of the plain jane girl.
Ava looked straight forward, not breaking contact with the empty board. She obviously didn't want to talk to him, which was almost offensive. Not even an insult? Perhaps she was tired of the adjustment, tired of the people, and tired of the shitty events. Scott felt a slight sting in his leg, rubbing it with a bit of shock in his expression. It was as if someone pinched him, just to remind him of what happened yesterday with Ava. Scott gritted his teeth as the fork sunk into his leg once again. He flashed out of his thoughts. He peered at the plain jane girl. He would get Ava back. Time did not concern him.
"Hi, I'm Scott." He introduced himself, his voice a bit emptier than he anticipated to sound, the girl looking up from her doodle. She was drawing a sun at the corner of the page. She eyed him down before determining whether she wanted to talk to him or not.
"Jenny." How ironic, even her name was plain-jane-ish. Her attention returned to the doodle, continuing to draw little lines outward to imitate sun rays. Scott felt as if he met someone like her just yesterday. She didn't talk much, and found him not worth her time. That's right, she reminds him of Kitty. He wondered if he'd run into Kitty again, and perhaps he'd give her more attention next time. Kitty was probably the only girl he felt a bit vulnerable around, he must change that. Scott would continue to bother Jenny but he couldn't help but feel bothered at the teacher's still absence. Maybe that was why the school didn't care about attendance... Teachers didn't either.
Scott glanced at Ava again, she was rigid as ever, still staring at the board with a disturbed blank stare. Scott rolled the spitball in his mouth, almost forgetting that it was still under his tongue. She would most definitely be his first victim. Ready... He pushed the ball up towards his lip. Aim... He turned his head to face Ava. Fire...! The ball shot out his mouth, shooting through the air in slow motion. He watched as it slowed down midway to the target, Scott's mouth parting open in shock. And then... The spitball began to spin backwards, now shooting backwards towards Scott and smacking him right on the nose. What. The. Hell. No one seemed to notice but Scott himself! Did the spitball just fly right back at him? Scott looked around, catching Jenny's attention.
"Is that a spitball on your nose?" She asked curtly, her sleepy-like eyes casting a semi-curious glance at him. Scott simply rubbed it off, shrugging it off as if it never happened. But it did and it bothered him. He can't have just imagined it, it was real. There was a forcefield around Ava. Scott reached out to test his theory, just a harmless poke to the arm. Suddenly, a face morphed right in front of his finger before he could lay a hand on Ava, along with the rest of a body of a skinny, old woman crouched down to face him.
"CONCEALING!" She cackled as Scott jerked his arm back, completely caught off guard.
"That is what this class is all about." The woman had graying hairs, very tall and very boney. She wore a pink cashmere sweater and a modestly long baby-blue skirt. She strutted up to the front of the bewildered classroom.
"If I didn't surprise you, then I have failed you as a teacher already." The woman basically eyed Scott with pleasure plastered all over her face. Scott blanked his expression, regardless of his tiny heart beating faster than the speed of light itself.
"If you expect this to be an easy A, you are correct. Concealing is going to be the easiest class you will ever take. So if you fail, just know that you're incredibly stupid and destined to fail every other class you will ever take." She turned to the board and picked up a piece of chalk, ready to write on the board.
"Let's begin shall we?"