Chapter Six ★ Research

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The sound of two balloons rubbing against each other broke the spell. The chair swayed as she wiggled in her seat. I wanted to walk around the desk to see what she was doing but do I really want to know?

Leaning forward I tried to peer around her immense body but she snapped, “Eyes forward.”

I stood at attention again. She swiveled the chair back around. Her fingers and nails back to normal and she studied me with her blue eyes.

Mrs. Lockhart reached down and opened one of her desk drawers. She pulled out a yellow pad of paper. Her hand grabbed the nearest pen and scrawled letters onto the paper.

“Mr. Shaw, I’m willing to let you slide this one more time,” She announced. I let out a sigh. Mrs. Lockhart glared at me.

“In exchange for a 500 word essay on the midnight riders and why Paul Revere became the icon for their mission on that one faithful night.” She said and ripped the paper from the pad then handed it to me.

“Thank you.” I replied and took the paper from her outstretched hand.

She held onto it for a brief moment and added, “It’s due to me by tomorrow.”

“But–” I tried to argue.

“Tomorrow.” She drew her glasses down letting me see the distinct purple cat slit eyes, “Mr. Shaw.”

The warning bell rang and removed the air of creepiness from the room. I snatched my bookbag and hightailed it out of there.

***

“Whoa. Dude.” Calvin said then whistled.

Jacob had written at least five pages of notes during my retelling of the meeting between Mrs. Lockhart and me. He paused and asked, “What shade of purple?”

I snorted, “I don’t know. Why does it matter?”

He huffed and bent down to open his backpack then pulled out a stack of comic books. The title of the series was “My teacher is an alien.”

Jacob proceeded to pull out a comic from the stack. He licked his thumb and turned the pages until he laded on the one describing various eye colors and shapes. His finger pointed to the two that almost matched my description.

He signed, “See?”

Calvin leaned over then sneered, “Naw, dude. Everyone knows that Mrs. Lockhart is a witch.”

Jacob shook his head and signed, “No. She’s an alien. I’m 100% sure.”

“She’s a witch, dude. Remember she stopped time, bro.” Calvin argued.

“Alien.” Jacob frowned and added, “They can manipulate time too.”

Calvin brows furrowed and got louder, “Dude. She’s a witch. Witches have purple eyes.”

I stood up between the two and held my hands out as Jacob signed, “Alien,” and Calvin whispered, “Witch.”

With a sigh I commented, “Look guys. Can we at least agree that she’s not human?”

Jacob glowered at Calvin who drawled out under his breath, “Wiiiitch.”

“Guys.” I stomped my foot and pleaded, “C’mon.”

The two continued their stare down until they both broke into smiles. Jacob flipped Calvin a bird then signed, “Whatever jackass. She’s an alien and I’ll prove it.”

‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ – Chapter 6 :: Research Done – Stay tuned for Chapter 7… –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙