An Atom and a Huh

Maddie, once again late for a class, slipped through theback doorto the classroom, hoping no one would see him coming in late. His first day doing this class at the Academy and he was late. That would surely make the teacher hate him. Not that he cared much anyways, because he hated science.

Bang! Maddie cringed. He had triedto shut the door quietly, but it was one of those stupid ones that no matter how hard yuou tried, it made way too much noise closing. The other teens in the class turned to him and snickered or even outright laughed. Maddie sighed and gave an embarrassed smile, lifting his hand in a small wave. [color=336666]"Hey,"[/color] he greeted.

Turning to the teacher, he began to start of with an apology and an excuse as to why he was late, but the words stopped in his mouth when he realized who it was. [color=336666]"Hello, ma'am."[/color] His charming smile replaced the embarrassed one this time.

As she dropped the book, Maddie hid a secretive grin. He was glad he had that book-dropping affect on her. First he'd make her spill her drink, and now this. Either she was clumsy, or she liked him. He kept those opinions to himself, though.

"Um....um...you're late..."

[color=336666]"I know, and I'm sorry. I was having trouble finding the room."[/color] He sat himself down just as she told him to. Most of the others in the class had lost interest and had turned back around, but there were still a few who were still staring at him.

Looking at them, Maddie spun his finger and then pointed forward, telling them silently that they needed to pay attention. Coming from him, though, someone who hated science and didn't understand it, it was comical if you knew him.

Taking our a text book and a notebook--neither of which he would really use--Maddie smiled at the teacher and nodded, giving her permission to continue.

Maddie frowned as he opened the book. He wasn't sure which section they were in, and so just flipped through the pages. He sighed and settled on a random page talking about atoms and all that interesting stuff.

In his peripheral vision he watched his teacher walk towards the door. He still didn't know her name, and he plannd on figuring it out. [color=336666]"Miss--"[/color] He began, but then stopped.

She tripped and he instinctively reached out and caught her before she hit the ground. A concerned look crossed his face. [color=336666]"You okay?"[/color] He asked quietly.

Maddie doubted she was really fine, but he wasn't going to argue. He waited until she was out of the room before looking to the boy on his right. [color=336666]"What section are we on?"[/color]

"Three point two."

[color=336666]"K, thanks."[/color] Maddie turned back a few pages and began reading. He didn't understand much of it, but he didn't want to appear completely stupid when the lovely teacher came back.