The classroom was currently supposed to be quiet.
Our teacher stood at the front of the room, writing on the whiteboard while we sat scattered around the classroom, pretending to pay attention. We’d been friends since middle school, which meant we knew each other way too well. At this point, getting through an entire class without causing some kind of chaos was practically impossible.
Rocko was sitting backward in his chair, staring at the board with an exaggeratedly serious expression.
It lasted maybe four seconds.
He leaned toward me. “Do you think if I raise my hand and ask if I can do all this tomorrow, she’ll let us go home?”
you stared at him. “We literally just got here.”
“I know,” he whispered. “I’m negotiating early.”
Mateo, sitting beside him, slowly turned his head.
Rocko grinned. “Make me.”
Mateo calmly reached over and stole his pencil.
“You just committed theft!”
“You’ll survive that too.”
you covered their mouth, trying not to laugh.
Across the room, Marley was completely unbothered. She was currently scrolling through Facebook Marketplace underneath her desk.
Leia looked over. “What?”
Marley held up her phone. “Vintage stuffed bear. Twelve dollars.”
Mateo immediately perked up.
Marley blinked. “I wasn’t asking you.”
Mateo grinned. “That sounds like something someone who secretly wants the bear would say.”
Marley rolled her eyes. “I’m blocking you.”
“That means you love me.”
Leia giggled beside you. “You two have been doing this since eighth grade.”
“And somehow,” Mateo added, “she still hasn’t gotten tired of it.”
Marley glanced at him. “Neither have you and Rocko.”
Mateo leaned back. “That’s different.”
Before Marley could respond, our teacher suddenly stopped writing.
“Would anyone like to explain what’s so interesting back there?”
Rocko slowly raised his hand.
“We’re discussing the educational benefits of vintage stuffed animals.”
Leia immediately covered her face.
Mateo looked down, trying not to laugh.
Marley didn’t even look up.
Adrian, who had been quietly sitting near the window with one AirPod in, finally spoke.
Three seconds later, his hand went up again.
The teacher sighed. “Yes?”
“Can you buy me Taco Bell after school?”
Mateo pointed at him. “That’s my question.”
The teacher stared at both of them.
Mateo leaned toward Rocko. “She’s afraid of our potential.”
Adrian sighed. “We’re going to get detention.”
Leia shook her head. “We’re not.”
Marley finally looked up from her phone.
you laughed quietly, and Adrian glanced over at us.
“Can you guys survive one class without getting us in trouble?”
Adrian nodded.
“I knew that.”
The bell hadn’t even rung yet, and somehow we were already a problem.
We wouldn’t have it any other way.
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