When Wirt and Beatrice got to school she was already overwhelmed by all of the students under one roof. She quickly ducked behind Wirt so no one would notice her. Suddenly, a girl from behind Beatrice started to wave at Wirt. "Hey, Wirt! Who's your friend?" The girls said. "Hey, Sara! This is Beatrice! She's my friend!" Wirt said. Beatrice poked up from behind him and whispered something into his ear. "Wirt. Isn't this the girl who made fun of you?" Beatrice asked. "Yah, but we're cool now. I talked to her over the phone last night while you were asleep. She was just doing what friends do, you know?" Wirt said, trying to defend Sara for what she did. Beatrice didn't say anything she just shrugged her shoulders. "Oh! I almost forgot! Wirt! The most amazing thing happened to me........I'm moving to Florida!!!" Sara said, shocking Wirt. "Oh. That's great...." Wirt said sadly. A moment or two later, everyone went to class a Wirt sat down in his chair unhappily. Beatrice was about to do the same when she was pulled aside by the teacher. "Good morning students!" The teacher called out. "Good morning Mrs. Bell!" The students shouted back. The teacher pulled Beatrice to her side so that everyone could see her. "Class. This is Beatrice. She's a new student and I want you to be nice to her. Beatrice, you may sit by......" The teacher started to say as she looked around the room for an empty spot. "Wirt." Mrs. Bell said. Beatrice let out a sigh of relief to know that she would be sitting next to her...friend. She scurried along and made sure that no one looked at her face. She only went to school one time and the first thing the kid she sat by said was "Why do you have red hair?" Believe it or not, she told her mom and her mom took her out of the school because of that little thing. Time in class passed and Beatrice began to get bored. She looked over at Wirt who seemed to be hooked onto every word. She looked at the teacher for a moment and then looked back at Wirt to see him doodling a blue bird. It was almost the end of class and boy, was Beatrice glad. She saw as the clock was about to strike 9:00. "Just 5 more minutes!" Beatrice thought to herself. Mrs. Bell must have noticed it that Beatrice was waiting for the bell to ring so she thought she'd ask her a question to get her attention back on her class work. "Beatrice. Can you tell me what is a disease caused by breathing in volcanic ash?" Mrs. Bell asked. Beatrice was shocked to hear the teacher call on her. "Uuuuuhhhh.......................Wirt would like to answer for me!" Beatrice said in a moment of panic. She felt guilty for doing it but she wasn't going to look like an idiot on the first day of school. Wirt looked up from his drawing, not at all surprised that she passed that one off to him. He cleared his throat and swallowed.  "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis." He said without getting tongue tied or stopping to think about the word. Everyone was silent for a moment and the teacher was about to say something just in time for the bell to ring.