At his locker, Noah took away my book and replaced it with my pre-calculus book . He grabbed his own book, then started to walk me to my class in the upperclassmen hall . "Kyle is slightly nicer than Dave so try to stay closer to him . Dave will only bring you trouble . And if they start to fight, just ignore them and move on . Don't try to get in the middle, they'll just drag you down with them . "
Uhh? I wouldn't have thought of getting between them, ever . It was only yesterday they trapped Noah between them and tickled him till he cried mercy .
He led me to an inner classroom that didn't have any windows . How bland .
Advertisement"I'll take it from here . " Kyle met us at the door . "Better hurry to geometry before you're late . You don't want detention when you have such a huge wager on the line after school . "
Noah nodded . He gave me a tight smile, a wave, then ran off . Leaving me on my own for the first time since the batting cages . I swallowed down my panic .
"Well, lets go meet the teacher . He's an old man, close to kicking the bucket . Maybe we'll all get A's if he passes away . " Kyle dragged me into the room . I felt my panic starting to rise back up . Who would wish for their teacher to die?? Too drastic . I thought Kyle was supposed to be nicer than Dave . . .
Kyle introduced me to the teacher and the rest of the kids that were already in their seats . Then he dragged me to a two person table and squeezed me between him and Dave . This is what Noah told me to avoid . Oh god . I started to breathe in and out really slow to try and calm myself .
"Jake, you look scared as hell . " Dave commented as the class started . "I thought you were supposed to be good at math? Are you nervous that you won't know anything?" He pulled out a sheet filled with problems . "Here . This is from last week . What do you think?"
I slowly looked it over and nodded . This was simple . If I could focus on the problems and not the fact that the twins were squishing me, then I could make it through the hour .
"Oh? Why don't you go ahead and try them then?" Dave slid the sheet in front of me . I glanced at the teacher who was talking up front . "Don't worry about him . We already explained that you don't talk much . He won't call on you in class . Just work on that sheet . "
I got a pencil out of my bag and started to work on the sheet . I don't know what it was about math, but it always came easy to me . Math doesn't lie and it doesn't have multiple meanings . It felt like the only constant I had since childhood . I finished the worksheet quickly and easily . It honestly felt just like a refresher on what I already knew .
"Wow . Done so soon?" Dave took the sheet back and looked it over . "No trouble at all?"
I shook my head no .
"Why don't you try this one too?" Kyle pulled a sheet out of his folder and put it in front of me . I finished his even faster . It was the same kind of problems, just different numbers . "Wow . Mom wasn't kidding when she said you were good in math . "
"This is going to be great . " Dave smiled at me, making me feel slightly uneasy .
"Okay, pass up the extra credit sheets I handed out last week . " I heard the old man announced . Then I watched as Kyle and Dave both passed up the sheets I had just worked on . They put their names on my work, and shamelessly turned it in . My jaw dropped .
"Thanks kid . " Kyle patted my head .
"Yea, we'll be counting on you this semester . " Dave laughed .
My lips twitched . Counting on me? For what? Doing their math homework?
Chapter end
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