Moonlight

Chapter 2 (Rule Breakers)

We walked through the door of the history classroom and Mr. Ketcher was sitting at his desk reading a book, not paying attention to any of us. I took a seat in the back of the classroom and Malum followed.

"So are you from Walpole?" He asked with a grin.

"Yup, I am. I've been here my entire life. What about you? What brings you here?"

"My family recently moved from Alaska. That's where we have been living for the last few years, my parents finally got bored with it I guess, so they decided to pack everything up and move us here."

"Alaska must have been freezing! You must be really sick of snow."

"Yeah it was pretty cold for most of the year, and no not really. I find the snow to be calming. I'm glad that New Hampshire still has a decent amount of snowfall come winter time. I will miss having it all year long though."

As he finished talking Mr. Ketcher closed the book he had been reading and placed it down on his desk.

"Good morning class. Today is going to be a review on what we have been learning these last few weeks. Instead of doing our usual quiz questions though, I figured we could watch a documentary that covers a majority of our subject matter instead."

Mr. Ketcher then got up from his desk, turned off the lights, and pulled out the tv from the back corner of the room. After a few minutes of him fidgeting with the buttons to find the right channel, the movie began to play.

I settled into my chair and pretended to watch the movie, but in reality I kept glancing at Malum. It looked like he was actually paying attention the movie though.

Of course he is. He has missed these last few weeks of class so obviously he would be paying attention and try to catch up.

A soft poke made me jump. 

"How old are you?" Malum asked. Leaning closer to my desk.

"I'm sixteen." I whispered in response. "How about you?"

"Sixteen. Just turned it a few months back."

"Happy belated birthday then." I said with a smile on my face.

"Hey thanks. Want to cut class and go hide somewhere in the school for the rest of the period?" He asked with a wicked grin on his face.

I was caught off guard by this question. It was his first day here and he already wanted to break the rules by skipping class. This new kid was something else. After a few moments of heavy thinking I replied to his question.

"Um, sure. It is your first day here though and you already want to break the rules? Isn't that a pretty stupid idea?"

"Well of course it is a stupid idea, but I'm full of stupid ideas." he said, his smile even more wicked than before.

"Alright fine. How are we going to sneak out of the classroom though?"

"Easy, just raise your hand and say you feel ill, and I will offer to take you to the nurse. Works every time."

"Okay fine. Lets try it." I replied. Courage filling up my lungs.

"Excuse me, Mr. Ketcher, I don't feel very well, do you think someone could take me to the nurse."

Mr. Ketcher hadn't even been paying attention the movie, let alone the students, he was once again engrossed in his dumb novel. A few seconds ticked by before he even realized he was being addressed.

"Oh, my apologies Grace. Yes, yes have someone take you. Feel better." And with that he returned his attention to his book.

"Perfect." Malum whispered as he swiftly rose from his chair. "Let's get going then."