CHAPTER 13 - The adventures in the mathematic class

'We are offered a proposition to do an education; they never said we had to like it.'

And another boring day of school. Last week, I send Sage and Ryan on three dates.
Give me a cheer! I deserve a party for that.

Wasn't I a genius? But I didn't think they are taking it as a date. Just a friendly hangout again.

But now, the main objective was to convince dad that Sage was dating someone, or was at least trying to date someone. to dad. The main purpose of the plan as to convince dad, but along the way, I found that I was doing it for Sage as well. She wasn't a very open person, maybe a companion would help her open up. She deserved someone who would treat her well and with respect, not like those boys who got into fights with her, calling her by offensive names.

I would backlash every time I would hear someone calling her with those names and tags, punching a few as well. But Sage told me not to do so, she believed that there was no way we could make everyone happy, so we should just stop with that and make efforts to make ourself a happier person.

The bell rang, indicating that it was the fourth period. And according to my time table; I had mathematics. I thought every bit of being perky evaporated by that realization.

I entered my torture room, or also known as mathematics to some of the students. I hoped that Mr. Maguire was absent that day, just like our English teacher, Mr. Scott, was a few days ago.
Happy memories. Actually no, it wasn't happy because Sage got into a fight that day.

I walked to my seat but before I could sit on it, someone pulled it away from me. Good thing that I was not going to sit on it right away or my butt would get hurt due to falling hard on the floor. 

I turned my head to see who it was and found a familiar guy smiling at me. It was Ashton, one of Ryan's friends.

"Hey Jade," he said. 

"Hi?" My words sounded more like a question that a reply.

"I came here to say that I didn't mean to ignore or avoid you that day," he replied. Did he just apologized to me without even saying sorry? Clever guy.

"I don't know what you're talking about. In fact, who are you?" I asked bluntly. 

Yeah, if he thought he was some sort of God who could be rude to me and then apologize without even saying sorry, then my friend, that's what you get; attitude.

His face fell and he looked confused. 

"Um, you don't know who I am?" He asked.

You are Ashton, but I'm just being blunt because you were rude to me. "No."

His smirk came back and he spoke with amusement, "That's something new. You are pretty interesting, Newly. It'll be fun to know you." 

Kitten, really? He really was Ryan's friend.

"I don't think it's a good idea. It's better if you stay away from me."

"Why? Do you have some kind of contagious disease, darling?"

"Yeah, it's called I'll-kick-your-ass-if-you-try-to-be-smart-with-mevitis."

"Interesting. I'd love to see a sight of that then. Bye Mewly," And then he walked away to his seat.

What? My last name's Newly, not Mewly. That sounds like a cat's surname.

"Lost in your wonderland again, Alice?" a voice called, grabbing me back to reality, thanks to Ryan Matthews for that.

"N-no. I wasn't."

"Okay, so what did I just said to you?"

"Mm, 'lost in your wonderland again Alice'?" I repeated in an obvious voice.

Ryan shook his head in fake disappointment and said, "Definitely lost. So, why are you standing here, Shirako?

"Shirako? What's that now?"

"A food item."

"Of course, all your nicknames are related to food, but what's Shirako?"

"Oh, it's a Japanese dish made from Cod Fish's sperm," Ryan said cheerfully. Wait, did I hear it right? Cod fish's sperm?

"Eww, how can you call me that?" I screamed. 

"Why? Yeah I know, it sounds unpleasant, but it's really tasty though," Ryan replied, acting like he was remembering the good times he spent while eating that strange food.

"That means you've tried it?" I asked with amazement.

"Of course. It's delicious. I can still remember my taste bud exploding when it entered in. Yum," He exclaimed with his eyes closed with delight.

"Yuck! You are so gross."

"So, what about Rocky Mountain Oyster then?"

"What's that now?" I said with a plain face. 

I couldn't get the imagine of Ryan eating that thing from my head.

"It's made up of Bull's testicles." Then he said that.

"Ew! Ryan, stop already. Do you have a habit of eating such disgusting items. And you, my friend, seem pretty proud about it," I exclaimed

He chuckled, "I know. It's a thing to be proud over though. It takes guts to get those things into your stomach, and not to forgot, a group of strong taste buds."

"Shut up!" I screamed.

I sat on my seat when Mr. Maguire entered the class.
He couldn't even stay home for a single day? He was always present and ready to throw questions at us.

Ryan went to the seat right behind me and smirked. He was so enjoying my pain from his cringe worthy menu. 

Mr.Maguire turned to the board and started to explain today's topic when I noticed that something fell on my desk. It was a paper ball. I opened it, it read

Dreaming about eating Shirako? - The guy you dream about every night 

Dream about you, Ryan? Impossible. So egoistic of him. 

I turned the paper to write down the reply,

I'm dying to eat it, and please note the sarcasm from that sentence - The girl who thinks your handwriting is pathetic.

His handwriting was actually pretty decent, but hey, let us not make his ego even bigger.

I turned and kept the paper on his desk and turned to the board again. After a few seconds, the reply came.

Aw, it isn't that bad. But you know what made me happy? That you didn't deny the fact that you dream about me at night! Can't hide the truth for me. 

Why did I forgot to write that?

As I was about to write the reply, Mr. Maguire stood in front of me with his angry face. 

Dear Holy Heaven!

"Like to share that with the class Miss. Newly?" He asked, pointing at the crumpled paper in my hand.

"Mm, no, I guess." 

Damn, that was such an idiotic answer.

"Show me your hands, Jade," he ordered. 

I forgot to mention that whenever someone did something inappropriate in his class, he would straight away hand you over the detention card, and he didn't like to change that decision of his.

"No, sir, please. It won't happen again," I whined. 

I didn't want detention. It was not like I was just an excellent kid who I couldn't handle the pain of getting detention but I have never got one before because I stayed quiet during the math classes, so there wasn't much scope for any detention.

"Detention for you, Miss Newly. And you'll sit in my class for detention," he announced.

"I'll take it," Ryan's voice interrupted from behind. I turned to him and narrowed my eyes to tell him to stop annoying Mr Maguire.

"And why is that Mister Matthews?" 

"Because I was the reason she was distracted." Ryan winked at me and then began,"I asked her for a pencil through that note. None of this was her mistake."

Mr. Maguire turned away and went to the board. He was very frustrated, I could see that. 

Ryan titled his head to me and kept it over my shoulder, and said in a mocking tone,"I'm such a good boyfriend, always looking out for my girl."

I shook his head off my shoulder and looked at him with a confused expression.

What was he trying to do? I was the one who got caught, and in a way, it was my fault. But he took the blame?

What just happened?

*****

That day when I went home, I got a very exciting news for my dear father.

"Princess, I have called the Matthews for dinner. Go get ready," dad shouted from downstairs.

School was enough for me to handle Ryan, and no, he was coming home.

But the good thing was that I'd get more time to fix Sage and Ryan together, and they won't even have a place to escape.

They should try to give each other a chance at least.

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