FrAcTuReD (Part One) (Completed continued in Part Two)

Chapter. 09 (Slight Edit)

Huh... was all Charla could think, that was the last thing she expected.

"Good to see that Jack didn't keep you back." Alex said as she sat down next to her.

"Yeah, though he did ask me some pretty odd questions. Has anyone else gone through that here at school?"

"It's more of a psychological test thing, Jack's known for doing that for students that have had some problems in the past. Some questions gives him a better idea what he has to deal with in regards to some students."

I thought as much... but Charla didn't want to come out and ask him openly, but she had felt something slightly similar before when she was little. "I guess some students don't like that kind of thing then."

"You'd think that but some of the students here are actually okay with it. Doing that kind of test gives them a chance to get some things off their chests they didn't even know about. Though are a few who calls it a type of brainwashing."

Charla frowned. "You're joking, how is asking questions brainwashing?"

Alex shrugged. "I don't know, maybe they read too much of the news."

Charla was about to call that absurd when the teacher came and spoke in that same annoyed tone.

"Sit down and shut up I'm starting rollcall and I don't want any of you causing any problems!" his gaze then went to Charla. "Liebert!"

Her head snapped up to him. "Yes sir?"

"That goes for you too, just because you're the new kid on the block doesn't give you a free pass to do whatever you please. I know your family partly runs this town but don't let all that go to your head!"

"My head Mr. Emerson?"

"Exactly! Like your little fainting incident yesterday your father says it's some medical condition you have but I don't buy it, don't think it'll give you sympathy in my class. And remove your headphones too! You think this is some party going on?"

She removed her headphones but remained quiet; Alex on the other hand didn't take those remarks lying down.

"What the hell is your problem teach!?" Alex snapped as she stood up. "Who the hell fakes fainting for three hours huh?"

"Yeah!" another student added in as he stood up. "You can't say that kind of crap, she just got here give her a brake."

"That's right!" a girl said next. "You can't just say whatever you want just because you're a teacher!"

A flood of other students added in, their words blurring together, this was also something Charla didn't think would happen, in her old school no one would stand up for her, she would always be left to her own devices, but here it was like the school in itself was a type of community.

The teacher tisked and barked out. "Alright I get it, pipe down already god." He then looked to Charla once more. "I guess it could be seen as you unaccustomed to the place but try not to faint in my classroom, I don't care where else you do it."

Images of red flashed in Charla's mind as she did her best to ignore it. "Yes sir."

"Good, now you lot sit back down and shut up, I'm calling names and I better not miss anyone."

As Alex sat back down she noticed how Charla seemed a bit pale. "You okay?"

"Yes," Charla said softly as those images flashed in red before she gripped her headphones and let out a slow breath. "I'm fine."