Blossom & Brick, Book Two

Chapter Five, A Mean Professor

Chapter Five, A Mean Professor

~Momoko's P.O.V~

I sighed as I propped my head up with my hand. I looked down at the paper that was sitting on my desk. The paper was filled with tic tac toe drawings from when asuna and I had played earlier. Right now we are all sitting in class listening to a lecture. Asuna is sitting to my right and Anna is sitting right behind me playing with my hair. Judging by the look on every ones faces I can tell we're all bored. Our normal professor, professor duncan had to take some time off since his wife just had a baby so now we have a substitute professor, professor Harold until it is time for Duncan to return. Harold is by far the worst professor I've ever met in my life. He is really snippy and never has a good thing to say about any one. He is also very rude to all of his students. Harold looks like he is in his early thirties. He has dark brown hair with dark brown eyes. Harold usually always wears a suit and tie to work. Harold used to be an actor. He is really well known but for some reason he quit acting and became a professor and started teaching college students. "So can any one tell me about romance?", Harold asked as he looked around the room. "Why are we going over this? Didn't we learn this already?", I whispered. "Yeah we learned this a while ago", asuna whispered. "I had thought we had already covered romance", I whispered. "Maybe the man is running out of material", Anna whispered as she let go of my hair. "Your probably right", I whispered. "Kokomo Akashiya! Do you have some thing you would like to share with the rest of the class?", Harold said sternly. I looked back at Harold and frowned. Seriously! He has been here for a few weeks now and he yells at me all the time. You would think he would learn my name by now. "Excuse me sir first off I'd like to apologize for talking in your class and secondly Kokomo is a town in Indiana. Akashiya is not my last name either. My name is momoko Akatsutsumi", I said. "You know momoko.. Your a very well known actress right?", Harold asked. "Yeah?", I said. "You play the mom vampire lady on that vampire show, right?", Harold asked. "Yes.. Im an actress on midnight blood", I said. "So you think since you've already made a name for your self and already have a great acting job that you don't need to pay attention in my class? ", Harold asked sternly. "What?", I asked. "Do you think your better than the rest of the aspiring actors and actresses in this class just because your in gossip magazines every other week?", Harold asked. "What?! No way?! I'm not better than any one else! I worked hard to get to where I am just like every one else is doing now!", I said sternly. "Well I've seen your acting and you still have a long way to go kid", Harold said. "Don't let him get to you", asuna whispered as she noticed my frustration rising. "Yuuki now is not the time for a pep talk", Harold said sternly. "Sorry sir", asuna said as she slumped back into her chair. "Now lets continue with out any interruptions", Harold said as he turned around and started writing on the chalk board. I looked down the row to where brick and kirito was sitting. They was both silently laughing and pointing at me. "That was embarrassing huh?", Anna whispered. "Yes!", I whispered. "At least he got your name right huh yuuki", Anna whispered as she bumped asuna's shoulder. "Don't call me that! You know I go by my last name", asuna whispered. "Alright", Anna whispered as she smiled. "I can't believe he nagged you about your acting skills", asuna whispered. "I wonder if he does that to every one?", I whispered. "I feel bad for his wife. I bet he would nag her about kissing!", asuna whispered. "Haha! Momoko imagine if you was his wife! He would be like 'what kind of kiss was that?! You call that kissing?! I've seen more real looking kisses on the bachelor, momoko! And that show is fake!'", Anna whispered then changed the tone of her voice to sound like Harold's voice as she pretended to be him. Asuna and I couldn't help but giggle at Anna. "Your probably right", I whispered. "So is that show the bachelor really fake?", asuna asked. " I hear rumors that its all a set up but there are a few lasting couples from that show. So who knows if its fake or not?", Anna whispered. "I'd like to believe its real", I whispered. Suddenly my phone buzzed in my pocket. I quickly pulled out my phone to see I had a message from brick. "Did you have fun getting yelled at?", brick asked. "No! I was so embarrassed!", I typed and quickly hit send. I looked over at brick just as he smiled and looked down at his phone. After a few seconds I felt my phone vibrate. I looked down to see another message from brick saying,"haha! I could tell, Kokomo". "Seriously! I can't believe he called me that.. He even messed up my last name", I quickly typed and hit send. After a few seconds I had another text from brick saying,"you would think he would know your name by now. He yells at you for some thing stupid every day". "I remember the first time he yelled at me. It was because my text book fell off my desk", I quickly typed then hit send. After a few seconds I got another text from brick saying,"haha I remember that! Your face was so red. I'd never seen you so embarrassed except for that time when we got caught passing notes in our senior year in high school". "Oh geez I forgot about that! That was all butch and kaoru's fault we got caught though", I quickly typed and hit send. I looked back over to brick to see he was texting again. "Brock Jojo, are you texting in my class?", Harold asked sternly. "Oh shit!", I muttered. "Uh it's brick Jojo and yes sir I was", brick said. "Who is so important you have to text during my class?", Harold asked. "Umm my uh brother?", brick lied. "Are you sure it wasn't Kokomo over there?", Harold asked. "Her name is momoko", brick said sternly. "So the love birds was texting each other in my class. Some nerve she has there.. Risking getting into trouble again", Harold said. "Uh I'm sorry sir please don't be mad at her. I texted her first so I take full responsibility", brick said. "So your willing to take full punishment just so your girlfriend won't get into trouble?", Harold asked. "Well she is my fiancé.. I'd do anything for her", brick said as he shrugged. "He isn't lying you know. He really would do anything for her. He even died for her once", kirito said. "kirigaya, did I ask you to speak?", Harold asked. "No sir.. I was just trying to help a friend", kirito said as he frowned. I could tell kirito was mad that Harold called him by his real name. Kirito's real name is kirigaya kazuto but he mixed the first four letters of his first name with the last two letters of his last name to get kirito. "Well kirigaya, it's in your best interest to keep quiet", Harold said. "Yes sir", kirito said as he slumped down in his seat and rested his head on his hand as he frowned. "Are you and Akashiya done interrupting my class?", Harold asked. "Actually no I'm not", brick said as he crossed his arms. Oh no brick just shut up! Your going to get into more trouble! "Oh really?", Harold asked as he crossed his arms. "Yeah. I have a question for you", brick said. "Alright lets here your question", Harold said as he raised an eyebrow. "Why do you get every one else's name right except for mine and Momoko's?", brick asked. "I have a lot of names to remember", Harold said. "See I have a theory", brick said. Oh jeez brick just be quiet! "Alright enlighten me with this theory of yours", Harold said. "I think you call us by the wrong name just because you don't like us", brick said. "Maybe so. I don't like self centered actors like you", Harold said. "Self centered!? I'm not self centered! Every day I go out of my way to help some one! I risk my life to save people!", brick said angrily. "You think so?", Harold asked sternly. "Yeah. It's my job to save people!", brick said. "You may have been a well known hero in Japan but we don't need you here. Sure a lot of people think its great having super heros around but the fact is we was doing just fine before you two came here", Harold said. "You know what--", brick started to say. "Brick! Just let it go before you get into trouble", I said as I looked over at brick. Brick looked over at me and we locked eyes. Bricks frustrated expression quickly changed into a small reassuring smile. "It's a little to late for that Akashiya. Since you both interrupted my class, you two will be assigned to painting the back grounds for the schools next play", Harold said. I scowled at Harold as he looked at me and smirked. "You two are good at painting right? Now Brock just remember this is actually painting and not graffiti. Wasn't that what you did back in Japan? You was a nuisance to that town", Harold said as he smirked at brick. Brick started to open his mouth to say some thing but he slumped his shoulders and frowned instead. Brick looks so upset. I know it because Harold referred to him as still being a trouble maker like he was when he was a young rowdy ruff. I know it really bothers brick when people do that. Brick hates being remembered as a villain. It pains me to see brick sad like that, so unable to keep my mouth shut I speak up. "Excuse me sir, but brick is not the type to spray paint on any public building. He gave that up along time ago. He is a hero now not a villain", I said. "Akashiya, did I give you permission to speak?", Harold asked as he looked at me. "No but I'm not going to sit here and let you belittle brick like that!", I said as I crossed my arms. "Oh really?", Harold asked. "I don't know why you think you need to be an asshole all the time but its getting old. Your rude to every one. Just yesterday day you yelled at that guy over there for sneezing in your class! It's a sneeze! Why would you yell at some one for sneezing?!", I said as I pointed to a guy a few seats away from me. "Yeah!", the guy I pointed to said. "Stay out of this Jacobson!", Harold yelled. "See! That's being rude! No wonder your a professor now. You was to much of an asshole for any one in show business to want to work with you, huh?", I said as I stood up and grabbed my bag and slung it onto my back and I quickly picked up my textbook and papers. I quickly stepped into the isle way and started to walk towards the door.