Musical Middle School AU

by TheMelodramaClub

Summary:

Musical characters but if they were in middle school

Chapter 1

Students are:
Alexander Hamilton
John Laurens
Marquis de Lafayette
Hercules Mulligan
Aaron Burr
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Charles Lee
Eliza Schuyler
Angelica Schuyler
Peggy Schuyler
Maria Reynolds
Katherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Katherine Howard
Katherine Parr
Heather Chandler
Heather Duke
Heather McNamara
Veronica Sawyer
JD Dean
Martha Dunstock
Evan Hansen
Connor Murphy
Jared Kleinman
Jack Kelly
Crutchie Morris
Jeremy Heere
Micheal Mell
Rich Goranski
Romeo (don't know his last name)
Elmer (don't know his last name)
Davey Jacobs
Spot Conlon
Albert DaSilva
Race Higgins
Henry Butler
I think that's everyone?

Teachers will be based on real teachers I had and Anne of Cleves will be called Anna now

Chapter 2: Chapter 1

"So Jane, do you like anyone?" Kitty asked. "Um..." "Who is it?" Anna said. She mumbled something. "What?" Katherine said. "Who do you like?" Cathy said. "Crutchie." Jane whispered. "You like Crutchie?" Anne shouted. "Anne shut up!"

"You should ask him out." Anna said. "What if he says no?" "Come on Jane." Katherine said. "Yeah, come on Jane, you should." Cathy said. "Okay fine, I will." "Good luck." Kitty said. "We'll be here when he turns you down!" Anne said. "Really helpful Anne." Anna rolled her eyes.

"Oh hey Jane." Crutchie said. "Hey Crutchie, do you wanna, .....go out with me?" Jane was blushing. "Yeah, I'll go out with you." Crutchie was blushing too. "Aww, you got a girlfriend!" Race said. Crutchie blushed. "Shut up!"

"Hello class, I'm Ms. Miller. I'll be your teacher for this year. There will be no eating, chewing gum, or being on your phones during class. We're gonna play Quizlet live today. You will use your real names."

"You're so quiet, how come you never talk?" Eliza said to Aaron. Aaron didn't say anything. "You never talk." Aaron backed his chair away from her.

"Who is beefy buns?" No one answered. She deleted the name from the board. "It was me." Anne said to her friends. No one was using their real names. "Use your real names!" No one listened.

"Who is kinky bath bombs?" Everyone turned to look at Jared. "What?" "Use your real names!" Ms. Miller shouted.

Rich was leaning back in his chair. "Stop leaning back in your chair, mister. A few years ago, a boy was swinging back in his chair, and his chair fell, and he cracked his head open. He had to go to the hospital. He died." The whole class was silent.

"Why is there 5 people named Ben Dover?" (Every time we played kahoot in 9th grade science that happened) "Thank you Davey, Angelica, Peggy, Jane, Kathy, Eliza,  Henry, Aaron, James, Heather M, Crutchie, Elmer, and Martha for using your real name. Who is crusty fish toes?" "It's Connor!" "Shut up Charles!" "I'm crusty fish eyes." JoJo said.

Alex put his name in as crusty fish lips, and John put his name as chicken fried roaches. Lafayette put his name as chicken nugget, Jack put his name as Joe, and Veronica put her name as potato.

"Who is Gabe Itch?" Ms. Miller deleted the name, but Duke re-entered it. "Who is Mike Ock?" Evan laughed. "Who is anime boobs?" Romeo covered his screen.

"I'm not even gonna read this one. Who put this?" The name read KinkyBoobsCum. Everyone was silent. "Whoever put their name as this is getting sent to the principals office." As Ms. Miller walked by, Race couldn't close his screen in time. "Go to the principal's office right now!" "Okay."

"Why are there 3 more people named Ben Dover?" Albert, Chandler, and JD all stared at each other.

"Okay, we're gonna start now. Thank you to everyone who used their real name."
Everyone did terribly. No one worked well together.

Chapter 3: Chapter 2

"Jack Kelly?" "Here." ".....Uhhh...." "Here." Lafayette said. "Heather Duke?" "Here." "Alexander Hamilton?" "Present." "Racetrack Higgins?" "Absent!" "Thomas Jefferson?" "Here." "Albert DaSilva?" "Not here." "James Madison?" James raised his hand. "

"You are responsible for your grades, you are responsible for your tests, and you are responsible for your exams." Mrs. Warren said. "No cap." Jared said. Mrs. Warren stared at him annoyed.

*timeskip*

After a few classes, Race and Albert were going to their next class, but Spot was being taken to the office, and everyone was standing around the classroom. "What happened?" Race asked Jack. "Evan and Spot got into a fight. He slammed Evan's head into the chrome book cart. We can't use the chrome books now because they're covered in blood."

"Why were they fighting?" Davey asks. "They were arguing about the answer. They were both wrong." Crutchie said. "I said the right answer, and Spot told me to shut up." Maria said.

"Oh, is Evan okay?" Connor asked. "No. He passed out, and had to be taken home. Probably has a concussion." Jared said. "They have to clean up the blood before we can go in the room." Jack said. They all ended up being sent home early that day.

*timeskip*

"Davey, do you like me?" Cathy asked. "No." "Do you love me?" "No." Davey said. "But we were married in preschool." "I don't have feelings for you anymore, Cathy. Our fake recess wedding from preschool doesn't mean anything." "Okay then."

"Where's Evan?" Connor asked. "I don't know." Jared said. "Who cares?" Charles said. "No one likes him." Connor punched him.

"We're gonna be taking notes today." Ms. Miller said. "Can I borrow a pencil?" Aaron asked Angelica. "Oh my god, you actually talk?" "Nevermind. Micheal, can I borrow a pencil?" "Sure."

Jared tapped Davey on the shoulder. "What?" "What?" "Why did you tap me on the shoulder?" "I didn't." "Whatever Jared, I know you did." Jane was drawing a flower in her notebook. "Can I borrow a pencil?" Maria asked. "Sure. Just make sure you give it back." Jane said.

"Don't be afraid to ask questions class." Ms. Miller started to go over the math notes. Kitty raised her hand. "We just started. What is it?" "Um, I don't understand." "Then you should've payed attention." "Okay then..." "Make sure you're paying attention, class."

"Elmer, can you come up in front of the class and answer the question?" "Um, I don't know how to do this." "Were you not paying attention?" "I just don't understand it." "You should've been paying attention!" "I'm sorry! I'm bad at math!"

"Anna, can you answer the question?" "Sure." Anna came up and wrote the answer on the board. "That's incorrect." "I don't really care." "Watch your attitude." Anna sat back down.

"Hey Courtney, can I go to the bathroom?" Race asked. "You will address me as Ms. Miller, and you should've gone before class." "But I didn't have to go before class."

"Can I go to the bathroom?" Albert asked. "It's may, Albert." "No, it's September." Ms. Miller stared at him. "What?" "So can I go or not?" "Just go."

Crutchie, Jack, and Davey sat with Jane and her group at lunch. "Crutchie, can we paint your nails?" Jane asked. "Sure." She painted them neon colors, and put small stripes on them. "You look so cute!" Kitty said.

"Can I paint your nails?" Catherine asked Jack. "I guess." She painted his nails black. "Can we do yours now?" Anne asked Davey. "No." "Please?" "Fine. Just do red." "You have nice nails." Cathy said. "Thanks."

"Remember when you used to eat bugs in pre school?" Elmer said. "Ew, I did that?" JoJo said. "Yeah, you ate a lizard." Henry said. "That's nasty." "You said it tasted like pretzels." Romeo said. "Shut up."

On the way back from lunch, Lafayette, Alex, John, and Hercules all jumped to smack the top of the doorway. Jeremy stepped on the back of Thomas's shoe.

"Sorry." Thomas punched him and they started fighting. "Move." Catherine pushed Kitty out of the way and started recording. Cathy just watched, Anna was recording, and James just stared at them. Mrs. Warren grabbed Thomas, and tried to break up the fight. She took Thomas to the principal's office.

Chapter 4: Chapter 3

Mrs. Warren walked in front of John's desk and dropped a textbook. "Huh?" John woke up. "Pay attention." Mrs. Warren went to the office to get some papers.

"Hey Alex, remember how you used to bite people?" "We don't talk about that Laf." "JD faked his own death." "Wait, weren't we in a wolf clan?" Hercules said. "Shut the fuck up." Alex said. "Forget we ever did that."

"Tap on my shoulder one more time Jack! I dare you!" JD screamed. He did it again, and JD punched him, and the two started fighting. "Move!" Catherine shoved Peggy out of her chair, so she could record the fight.

Jack picked up a chair, and hit JD with it. "STOP!" Veronica screamed. JD slammed Jack into the white board, and it fell down. Jack slammed JD's head on a desk, and JD shoved Jack onto the teachers desk, and punched him.

Eliza and Angelica went to go get the teacher. Spot, Connor, Alex, Anne, Rich, and Race started recording. Davey tried to break up the fight, but ended up getting punched.

"STOP IT!" Veronica shouted at them. "Fuck off!" Jack said. "No one fucking likes you!" This made JD punch him again. "Move Aaron, you're in the way." Spot said. Aaron walked away.

"BREAK IT UP RIGHT NOW!" Mrs. Warren yelled. "Go to the principal's office, now!" After a few minutes, Jack and JD came back and grabbed their stuff. "We have detention for the rest of the day." JD said to Veronica. "Oh." "See you later." "Can you send me the video?" Anna asked Catherine. "Sure."

"Please discuss with the person next to you what you think the author meant by 'the door was painted blue,." "I don't wanna talk to you." Veronica said to Crutchie. Crutchie didn't say anything.

No one was actually discussing the answer, and talking instead. Several people were on their phones, and Anne was listening to Deep Throat at top volume, so everyone could hear it, even though she had headphones in. Mrs. Warren didn't notice somehow.

"Cathy, can we copy your answers?" Kitty asked. "Sure. Just change it up a bit so it's not obvious." "Thanks." Everyone else in the group copied off of Cathy's paper.

The teacher was grading them at the end of class. "Cathy, you got almost everything wrong." Anne started laughing. "Anne, we all copied off of Cathy." Anna said. "Oh, oh fuck." "Why does it look like Kitty, Anne, Anna, Catherine, and Jane all copied you?" "We just had similar answers?" Anna said. "Okay then."

"My mom still hasn't apologized to me for yelling at me over some dumb shit last night, so can I go to your house after school?" Romeo asked JoJo. "Why do you wanna go to my house?" "Because I don't wanna see my mom. She yells at me everyday. Last night, she saw I got a D on an assignment, so she told me her and my dad would be happier if I was never born. I spent all night crying in my room. I didn't even eat dinner. Didn't have breakfast this morning either, because my mom was in the kitchen, and I was trying to avoid her." JoJo stared at Romeo. ".....Are you okay?"
"Do you have any food?" "Yeah." JoJo handed Romeo a bag of Doritos. "Thanks."

"We're gonna play kahoot, so everyone get your chrome books." Mrs. Warren said. "Race, can you get my chrome book for me? I'm not allowed near chrome book carts anymore." Spot said. "Sure." Race got both of their chrome books.

Only Davey, Angelica, Eliza, Martha, Peggy, and Cathy used their real names. Romeo used Mike Hunt, Albert used Mia Khalifa, Crutchie and Race both used Gabe Itch, Kitty, Elmer, Micheal, and Spot all used Ben Dover, Maria used :), Catherine used CCCatherine, Anna used WAP, Alex used  is stupid, John used Loading...., Lafayette used your mom, all the Heathers put Heather, and Hercules used is gay.

Race got a question wrong, and threw his chrome book at the smart board, and they ended the game because of that. The chrome book didn't break somehow.

"How the fuck?" Jack said. "Oops." Race said. Catherine lightly knocked her chromebook off the desk, and the screen shattered, and several keys fell off. "Oh shit!" Catherine said. "Fuck!" Anna started laughing at her. "It's not funny Anna!" "Yes it is."

It was pouring rain when they were walking to the buses. Spot was walking in his socks, carrying his shoes. "I don't want my shoes to get ruined." He said.

The bus was loud, and the bus driver stopped the bus to yell at people in the back. "You two are being WAY too loud." She said to Race and Albert. "So?" Albert said. "I need to drive, you are being VERY disrespectful right now. I will turn this bus around, and go right back to school. Do you want that?" "No." "Then quiet down." She went back to driving.

She stopped the bus yet again, because Veronica and JD were making out in the back of the bus. "What are you two doing?" She said. "Nothing." Veronica said. "I saw you two kissing." "And? You have a bus to drive, do it." JD said. "YOU ARE INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL! I WILL BE MAKING A COMPLAINT ABOUT YOU!" She went back to driving.

Chapter 5: Chapter 4

"I hate my stepdad!" Crutchie said, annoyed. "What did he do?" Jack asked. "He said he's been working real hard for this promotion, didn't know he meant with that stupid secretary!"

Jack and Davey stared at each other, and everyone else's jaws dropped. "I don't get it." Elmer said. JoJo whispered something to him. "Oh, oh my god."

"How'd you find out?" Davey asked. "I walked in on them. He payed me 50 dollars to not tell my mom. So he cheated on my mom, and I don't know what to do." Crutchie said.

"Blackmail him." Spot said. "No, I can't do that! I have to tell my mom!" "But you can get money and other stuff out of him by threatening him with it. He has to do it, or your mom will find out." "I can't do that. Besides, my mom deserves to know the truth." "Suit yourself. I'd do it."

"I've caught my mom with her boss when she says that she's 'doing paperwork'." Romeo says. "I just act like I haven't seen them. If I tried to blackmail her, she'd probably hit me or something." Romeo says. "But yeah, she's cheating on my dad, yet I'M the reason everyone in my family is so unhappy. I hate her so much." "Are you okay?" Davey asks. "Yeah, I'm fine." Romeo says.

"We're gonna be taking notes today. These will be graded. But first, your bellringer question. If you had a love potion, who would you use it on? I will be randomly calling on people. Romeo?" "I'd use it on my mom, so she'd actually love me."

"Okay, Heather Duke?" "I'd use it on Heather McNamara." "Really?" McNamara said. "Yeah." "Albert?" "No one." "Okay." "Spot Conlon to the principal's office." Spot went to the office.

"How about you, James?" "I'd use it on myself, because I hate myself." ".....okay.....Race?"

"......Uhhh.... I'd use it on Spot!" Race suddenly covered his mouth when he realized what he said, and blushed. "I KNEW IT!" Albert said. "No, no, no, I didn't mean it like that!" "Okay, let's take notes."

"Anna, where are your notes?" "I didn't take them." "Why not?" "Because I spaced out and forgot to take notes." "You know I have to give you a zero, right?" "Okay."

"I think I'm pan, so if I come out to my mom, at least I don't have to worry about her not loving me anymore, because she never loved me to begin with." Romeo said. "Romeo, that's actually pretty sad." Jack said. Romeo sighed. "I know."

"You guys wanna know what I did last night?" Davey asked. "What?" Crutchie said. "I told Les he could take the class pet for a walk." "So?" Race said. "The class pet is a goldfish. I completely forgot. So now Mr. Bubbles is dead." Everyone started laughing at him. "It's not funny!" "That was pretty stupid of you. But shouldn't your brother have known not to take a goldfish for a walk?" Spot said. "He's 3." "When I was 3, I knew not to take a goldfish for a walk." JoJo said. "Come on JoJo. If you met Les, you'd know he's definitely not smart enough to know that."

It was time for health class. "You will being doing this project in groups of 4, which I will assign. You'll be making an anti drug poster."

"Crutchie, Veronica, Spot, and James." "Why do I have to be in a group with him?" Veronica said. "Shut up." Crutchie said. "I don't wanna work with you either."

"Alexander, John, Lafayette, and Henry."
"Heather McNamara, Heather Duke, Heather Chandler, and Jack."
"JD, Albert, Elmer, and Anne."
"Race, Davey, Hercules, and Jared."
"Connor, Anna, Angelica, and Kitty."
"Peggy, Charles, Aaron, and Martha."
"Kathy, Catherine, JoJo, and Romeo."
"Jane, Eliza, Evan, and Thomas."
"Maria, Jeremy, Rich, and Micheal."

"So I had an idea for the slogan." Hercules said. "How about, iguana iguana, don't do marijuana?" "That's perfect." Race says. "Yeah, I'd never do drugs if I heard that." Jared said. "Guys that's stupid." Davey says. "Shut up Davey!" Jared says. Yeah, shut up!" Hercules says.

"I had a slogan idea." Crutchie says. "Crutchie, no one cares." Veronica said. "Well I'm sure whatever I come up with will be better than 'why do a drug when you can walk a pug'." Crutchie says. "I'm not changing the slogan." "Veronica, your slogan is so bad, I actually want to do drugs." Spot said. "No one asked."

"Will you 3 shut up and help?" Jack said. None of them listened. "Fuck you guys then." Jack just worked on the project.

"How about smoking weed is a bad deed?" Lafayette says. "I love that." John said. "Yeah, we're doing that." Alex says. Henry didn't say anything, and just worked on the project. "Henry, you need to be participating." "I am."

"How about nuggets not druggets?" Albert says. "Couldn't we just say nugs not drugs?" Anne says. "Oh yeah." Albert says. "Kinda basic, but it will do." JD said. Elmer started drawing. Mrs. Bell walked over. "Elmer, I will make you do an alternative assignment in detention if you don't participate." "I am participating though." "Is he participating?" "Yeah." Albert said. "Yeah, he's drawing the nuggets." Anne said. "Yeah." JD said. "Okay then, make sure he participates."

"I have an idea." Angelica says. "What is it?" Kitty said. "How about 'wasted? So is your life'." "That wouldn't stop me from doing drugs, but let's do it." "Connor what the fuck?" Anna says.

"I have an idea." Peggy says. "Probably sucks." Charles says. "I was gonna say 'get high on grades, not drugs'." "I like that." Martha says. "Thanks! What about you Aaron?" "Yeah, that'll work." "Okay good."

"Let's do 'death and drugs are best friends'." Evan says. "Kinda dark, but okay." Jane says. "Guys that slogan sucks." Thomas says. "You've done nothing to help, so stay out of it." Eliza says. Thomas rolled his eyes.

"Let's do crack is whack." JoJo says. "Okay." Romeo says. "Sure." Kathy says. "Okay." Catherine says.

"I don't have any ideas, so let's just do too cool for drugs." Jeremy says. "Okay." Rich says. "That works." Micheal says. "Sure." Maria says.

Chapter 6: Chapter 5

"Okay class, you'll be presenting today." Mrs. Bell said. "So we said, 'why do a drug, when you can walk a pug?'" Veronica said. "So James drew this person walking a pug, I came up with the slogan, Spot and Crutchie were useless and did nothing." "Fuck off." Spot said. "Your slogan was shit anyway." "Hey! Watch your language." Mrs. Bell said.

"I had to do it all myself since my group didn't help, and this was the result." Jack said. "Drugs ruin lives? You couldn't come up with something better?" "No." "Okay, go back to your seat."

"We said nugs not drugs." JD said. "I came up with it." Anne said. "No, I came up with it." Albert said. "You came up with nuggets not druggets." Anne said. "Shut up!"

"We did iguana iguana, don't do marijuana. Davey thought it was dumb, but we stuck with it." Hercules said. "Jared, did you draw a fucking lizard?" Davey said. "Oops." "Davey, watch your language." "Sorry."

"We did 'wasted, so is your life'." Angelica said. "I did the drawing." Anna said. "You didn't do a very good job." Spot said. "Fuck you!" "Watch your language, or I will send you to the principal's office."

"Get high on grades, not on drugs!" Peggy said. "Charles didn't help." Martha said. "Shut up, fat bitch!" "Watch your language."

"We did crack is whack." JoJo said. "That's kinda basic, but okay. You did good."

"We did death and drugs are best friends!" Jane said. "Evan is that supposed to be a ghost? Because that looks awful." Thomas said. "Thomas you didn't help so shut up." Eliza said. Thomas rolled his eyes. "We did too cool to do drugs." Micheal said.

"My mom and stepdad are picking us up today." JoJo said. "So, just so you know, they argue a lot. And sometimes my mom threatens to crash the car. She never actually does it though when I'm in the car, so don't worry." "What the fuck?" Albert said. "So she's done it before?" Race asked. "Yeah. I wasn't in the car though." "JoJo what the hell?" Albert said.

"For your exit ticket, what are your weekend plans?" The teacher asked. "I'm gonna run away from home." Romeo says. "Okay....." "I'm having a sleepover." JoJo says. "Okay." "Nothing." Eliza says. "Okay, you're dismissed."

Race, Albert, and JoJo got into the car. JoJo's parents immediately started arguing. Soon they started screaming at each other. "I will crash this car right now! I don't even care that JoJo's here!" "Mom! My friends are here too!"

"I will still crash this car! I'm surprised you even friends, you little mistake!" "Annaleigh! That's your son!" "I will crash this car right now!" "How much longer till we get to your house?" Race asked. "Is it always like this?" Albert asked. "Yep, every time. My parents are weird."

They got to JoJo's house. After a few hours, they decided to play truth or dare. "Race, truth or dare?" Albert asked. "Dare." "I dare you to go up on the roof, and shout 'I love you Spot Conlon' three times." "It's dark outside though." Race said. "My house is only 1 story. You should be fine." JoJo said. "Okay then."

Race climbed onto the roof. "You did that because Spot lives right across the street didn't you?" JoJo asked Albert. "Yeah. Race doesn't know that."

Race did it twice. "I love you Spot Co-" Race screamed. "Did he just fall off the roof?" JoJo said. "Oh fuck." Albert said. They went outside, and Race was laying there. "Are you okay?" JoJo asked. "Yeah, I think I broke my arm though." "Sorry." Albert said. "It's fine." Spot walked across the street.

"Wait you live across the street from JoJo?" Race said. "Yeah." "Albert!" "Sorry." "Do you actually have a crush on me?" Spot said. "Yeah... fuck!" JoJo and Albert helped Race stand up.

"That was so fucking stupid." Spot said. "I know. Wanna go out with me?" "Sure." Spot and Race kissed each other. "You should probably get to a hospital." "Yeah."

Chapter 7: Chapter 6

"I have your grades back from the fractions test you took on Friday." Ms. Miller said. She handed out the results. When Alex got his back, he put his head down and started crying. "Why is he crying?" Angelica asked. "He got a C."

"Guess we're gonna have to call you Calex now, since you got a C." Lafayette said. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" John said. "I don't know, I thought it was funny." "It's a 79." Hercules said.

"I also got a 79." Jeremy said. "No one asked." Angelica said. "Okay then." "Peggy, what'd you get?" Eliza asked. "An 81." "Oh, I got an 88."

"This question was right." Jack said. "You didn't show your work, so you didn't get points." "What'd you get?" Crutchie asked. "A 75." Jack said. "I got a 77." "I got a 100." Davey says. "I got a 60." Race said. "I got a 45." Albert said. "I got a 50." JoJo said.

"Why did I get a 50?" Connor asked the teacher. "You didn't do it the way I taught you." "This way is easier." "Even if you got all the answers right, I can only give you half credit. Keep these grades up, I'll have to call your mom." "At least my mom still has custody of me." "Connor, go to the principal's office now."

Everyone was shocked. Jared and Evan were laughing. "You two wanna go with him?" "No." "Then be quiet. Kitty, you got a 36, that was the lowest grade in the class."

"Okay." Kitty said. "No, it's not okay." "I never said it was." "But you said okay." "I didn't mean it was okay." "Then why did you say okay?" "Because I was answering your question." "Stop talking back, young lady. Anyway, I'll need to come see me after school." "Alright then." (My mom does this shit)

"Can I use the bathroom?" James asked. "No, you should've gone during before class." "But I didn't need to then." "That isn't my problem, James." "Oh, um okay then."

"Hercules, you got a 39, that was the second lowest grade. I need you to come see me after school too." "Why do you have to tell the entire class I got a 39?" "Why do you read the 3 lowest grades in front of the entire class?" Crutchie asked. "Quit telling me how to do my job." "We're not." Hercules said.

"Elmer, you got a 40, you had the 3rd lowest grade. Come see me after school. You need to be paying attention in class." "I am, Ms. Miller, I'm just bad at math." "You need to come to tutoring then." "I don't have the time, my family is busy." "I don't want to hear any excuses."

"Class, these grades were horrible. Davey and Kathy were the only people who managed to get an A. You need to be paying attention." "I would've gotten a 90, but you took 10 points off because I forgot to write my name." Maria said. "That's not my problem Maria."

"Jack and Crutchie, your answers are extremely similar." "Well, the questions are the same." Jack said. "These answers are exactly the same. Also, Crutchie you spelled your own name wrong." "Oops."

"Anyway, so who cheated off of who?" "Okay fine, Crutchie cheated off of Angelica, and I cheated off of him." Jack said. "You're both gonna have to get zeros on this, but Crutchie, you get negative 5 points for spelling your name wrong." "What? Negative 5?" "I put this in as a zero, and take 5 points off of another assignment."

"There's no way that's legal." Davey said. "Yeah, you're definitely not allowed to do that." Anna said. "Can't that get you fired?" Jack said. "Pretty sure that's illegal, yeah." Jane said.

"I don't need you kids telling me how to do my job. You don't understand how hard it is to be a teacher." "Is it hard to get custody of your kids?" Jared asked. "Jared, get to the principal's office right now!"

Evan was laughing hysterically. "You think this is funny Evan?" "No." Evan laughed again. "You kids are the most disrespectful class I've ever taught, in my 14 years of teaching! Never, have I ever met such a rude and disrespectful group of students! You guys make my job so much harder, and you don't even seem to care!" Several students were trying not to laugh as Ms. Miller continued to rant.

It was time for Mr. Krohl's class. "You will doing a group project, you will being a presentation on the holocaust. Groups will be assigned." Mr. Krohl said.

"Jane, Davey, Eliza."
"Connor, Elmer, JoJo."
"Jeremy, Micheal, Heather Duke."
"Rich, Alexander, Veronica."
"Angelica, Martha, Spot."
"John, Evan, Jack."
"Race, Hercules, Anne."
"Lafayette, Anna, Henry."
"Aaron, Albert, Jared."
"Maria, Heather Chandler, Anna."
"Kitty, Kathy, Catherine."
"Peggy, Heather McNamara, Crutchie."
"Thomas, JD, Charles."
"James, you'll be with Romeo. These projects are due on Friday and will be presented on Friday."

"Okay, Jane will do slides 1-3, Eliza will do slides 4-6, and I will do slides 7-9. Jane will write the introduction, and I'll write the summary." Davey says. "Okay, that sounds good." Eliza said. "I'll start." Jane said.

Jeremy and Micheal were having a conversation, and not helping. "Mr. Krohl, Jeremy and Micheal aren't helping!" "Heather, I can't help you with that." "Is this why your wife left you?" The whole class was silent. "Go to the principal's office."

"My mom doesn't believe in the holocaust." Romeo says. "That's pretty sad." James says. "My mom is an idiot." "So, I'll do slides 1-5, and you'll do 6-10." "Sounds good."

"Are you guys gonna help or what?" JD said. "You start." Thomas said. "You need to help too. Same with you Charles." "Fuck off."

"It's not due until Friday, we have time." Race said. "Yeah, we can start later." Hercules said. "Yeah." Anne said.

"Connor, can you do slides 7-10?" Elmer asked. "Sure, I'll get them done." "Okay." JoJo said. "When are you gonna start?" "It's not due until Friday." "Oh, okay then."

Chapter 8: Chapter 7

"So, my mom bought Les yet another goldfish." Davey says. "The problem is, after Mr. Bubbles, she got him his own goldfish. He named it Yeese. That was the second goldfish we bought that day, because the first one died when he tripped in the pet store parking lot, and the bag broke open. He brought Yeese to school for bring your goldfish to school day. All the kids decided to let their fish swim together in the toilet, and this kid named Ryan flushed the toilet. So there goes yet another goldfish."

"Why did he name it Yeese?" Jack says. "He thought it was a cute name. He says if he could name himself, he'd name himself Yeese. I don't even know."

"What'd he name his new one?" Crutchie asked. "BillyBobJoe." Davey sighed. "That's cute." Jane says. "He's gonna name the next one Fishgold." "I had a fish named Peanut once. He lived for 3 days after I got him." Jack said.

"I had a goldfish for 2 weeks after it died once because my moms didn't have the heart to tell me it died." Micheal said. "Rest in peace Karmondee." "What the fuck kind of name is Karmondee?" Rich asked. "I was 5."

"My goldfish was named Goldfish." Jeremy said. "I was really original when I was 6. It died when I decided to give it a bath. The water was too hot."

"My mom never let me have a goldfish." Crutchie said. "She didn't think I was responsible enough. And yeah, I definitely would've killed it in like 3 days."

"I had a goldfish named Corndog. I won him at a carnival." Lafayette said. "I didn't want to have to feed Corndog every day, so I dumped all the food in the bowl at once, and he died."

"I had a goldfish named Hamburger." JoJo said. "I never cleaned his bowl, because I didn't know you had to, so he died. I didn't have any pictures with him, so I made my mom take one. I was crying while holding the net with Hamburger in it."

"I never had a goldfish, but there was this beta fish named AmeliaSophiaAmberDelilahJaneMacaroni." Eliza said. "Why did your fish have so many names?" Maria asked. "I couldn't decide which one I wanted. So we went to the lake, and I decided to bring my fish, and lost her in the water."

"I once ate all the fish in my neighbor's fish tank because my cousin dared me to." Spot said. "I had to go the hospital, I almost died, so my parents made him pay me 50 bucks for it." "What the fuck?" Albert said. "My parents banned me from hanging out with him."

"I had a beta fish named Pizza. I got him when I was 4. My mom reminded me to feed him, and I didn't realize fish food was a thing, so I gave him mashed potatoes, and he died." Evan says. "Oh, I remember Pizza." Jared said.

JD stole a bag of Doritos out of the lunch line. "You know you have to pay for those. You shouldn't be stealing." Kathy said. "That's kinda hypocritical, since you and Anna were copying off of Eliza's test in English." JD said. "What?" Eliza said. "That's not stealing, that's cheating. There's a difference." Kathy said. "Are you gonna tell on me?" "You can have those."

*later*

"Can I copy your packet Angelica?" Peggy asked. "No." "Please?" "No." "Please?" "Fine." "Eliza, Angelica said we could copy her." "Peggy, that's cheating." "I don't care." "Okay, I'm not gonna copy, but you can."

"Are you copying me?" James yelled at Alexander. "No." "Let me see your packet so I know you're not lying." "Why don't you fuck off?"

"Connor, Micheal, come here now." They went up to Ms. Bell's desk. "Yes ma'am?" Micheal asked. "Connor, were you copying Michael's answers?" "No, why?" "Because Micheal said that smoking causes 400,000 deaths a year, and you said the same." "Yeah, I remembered that from class yesterday." "But Micheal also put that smoking causes lung cancer, and so did you." "So, everyone knows that." "But then when it asked for one short term and one long term effect of smoking Micheal put 'I don't know' and you put 'me neither'." "Oh." "We don't copy in this class. Connor, I'm gonna have to give you a zero." "I was copying off of Eliza." Micheal said. "Why?" Eliza said. "Both of you have to stay after school today, and will receive zeros for this assignment. Now go back to your seats."

"Anne, you can't copy my packet, stop asking." Catherine said. "Pleeeeeeease Catherine?" "No!" "Fine. Cathy can I-" "No!" "Jane-" "No!"

"Romeo do you like anyone?" JoJo said. "Yeah. I like Catherine." "Why don't you ask her out?" "No." "Come on, go ask her out." "JoJo I'm not asking her out." "Just do it." "Fine."

Romeo walked up to Catherine. "Do you wanna go out with me?" "No. Not really." "Oh okay. Sorry." Romeo went back to his seat, embarrassed. "Sorry." JoJo said. "Stop laughing!" "I'm not."

Race and Spot were making out in the back of the classroom, and not doing the packet. Jack was copying off of Davey. "Do you guys wanna come to my house after school?" "Sure." Crutchie said. "Okay." Jack said.

*After School at Davey's house*

Davey, Crutchie, and Jack were sitting in Davey's room when Les came in. "Hey guys, wanna see my goldfish?" "Les, when's the last time you fed your goldfish?" Les went silent. "....You're supposed to feed it?" "Les, where's your goldfish?"

Les ran out the room, and came back with the fish bowl, the fish belly up. "He's been sleeping for a while." "That's cause he's dead." "JACK!" Les started crying. "He's dead?" "Sorry Les, he's dead. Come here." Les let Davey hug him.

"Jack why did you do that?" Crutchie asked. "I just thought he should know."

Chapter 9: Chapter 8

"You know what Thomas, I've done all the work on this partner project, and you've done nothing but talk to James the whole time! You can finish it!" Evan said. "What are you so mad about?" "You're supposed to do the work too, why am I doing everything?" "I don't feel like it." "You're such a dick Thomas." "...at least my dad stayed...." Thomas mumbled. "What did you just say?"

"Oh he did not." Jared said to Connor. "I said." He got right up in Evan's face. "At least my dad stayed." Evan punched Thomas. "Oh shit he really went there." Connor said. "Evan! Thomas! Break it up!" Ms. Bell shouted. "Settle down class, I have an announcement for you. There will be a school talent show in a few weeks. So make sure to sign up and remember, the winner gets a 20 dollar gift card to Applebees." "Oh we gotta win that." Alex said.

"John, Lafayette, Hercules, you're in my band." "Can I join your band?" Eliza asked. "Sorry Eliza it's a guys only thing, and you're a girl." "Girls can't be in a band they have cooties." John said. "Are we still in 2nd grade John?" Angelica said. "Don't listen to him Eliza we can create our own band." "We're gonna beat you guys!" Eliza said. "My band's gonna be better." Connor said. "You don't even have a band." Lafayette said. "Yeah I do, right Evan and Jared?" "We're a band?" Connor elbowed Jared. "I mean yeah we're a band."

"My talent is looking pretty." Anne said. "You're not even good at that so what makes you think you're gonna win?" "Shut up Jared! You're a 4 eyes anyway!" "Yeah 4 eyes!" Martha joined in. "You also wear glasses!" "Yeah shut up 4 eyes!" "Connor we're in the same band."

"We're gonna meet at my house after school to practice. I'm gonna be the lead singer and guitar, Evan you're on bass, Jared you're on keyboard." "We need a drummer." Evan said. "Rich, do you know how to play drums?" "I guess." "Cool, wanna join our band?" "Sure."

*Connor's house, after school*

"Okay guys, we can practice in the garage." "So what song are we gonna play?" "Well I was thinking we could do Buddy Holly by Wheezer." "Okay, that works." Zoe walked into the garage. "What are you doing?" "We're a band now, duh." "Can I join?" "Sorry Zoe this is like a guys thing." "Mom! Connor won't let me join his band!" "Shut up Zoe! Go talk to Roblox 'boyfriend' or something, if he's even real!" "He's real this time!"

"Connor, let Zoe join your band." "No mom! She only wants to join because I'm doing it!" "Connor, let her play with you guys." "This is like a serious thing mom! We need to win the talent show!" "It's just a school talent show Connor." "No it isn't mom! You don't get it!" They struggled through rehearsal, nobody actually knowing how to play instruments.

*the next day at school*

Mr. Krohl was handing out the test results. Evan got his back and saw he got a 54. "In such a failure, no wonder my dad left!" He exclaimed, in tears. "...Are you like... okay? Do you need to talk or something?" Jared asked him. "Yeah dude it's only one test." Connor said. "Your dad left because your mom's a hoe!" "Shut up Charles!" Jared said. "Rich, you failed." Rich got a 57. "Oh I'm so getting my ass beat when I get home." "Yeah me too." JD said. "I got a 40." "I got a 100." Angelica said. "No one cares bitch." "Shut up JD!" "I failed too." Jeremy said.

Later they were on the bus home, everyone was being loud as usual. "So whose house are we practicing at?" Alex asked. "I guess mine is good." Lafayette said. "Cool." Jack tapped Cathy on the shoulder. "That wasn't me." "Yes it was Jack, you're right behind me." "No it wasn't! It was Davey!" "No I didn't Jack, I'm doing my homework!" The bus driver slammed on the brakes. "Who is making all that noise?!" "Don't you have to drive the bus?" "Be quiet Jeremy!" "You didn't park the bus!" Micheal said. "Don't interrupt me-" "Park the fucking bus we're moving!" Thomas shouted. The rest of the bus ride continued the same way, with nobody quieting down.

Chapter 10: Chapter 9

"Guys Im in so much trouble." Connor said. "What happened?" "So I felt something crawling on my bed last night so i kicked it and hit the wall." "What was it?" Jared asked. "Zoe's hamster." "You kicked your sister's hamster?" Jack asked. "It was dark, I didn't know what it was!" "Oh my god Zoe's gonna be so upset." Evan said. "I know that!" "So did you tell your parents?" Jeremy asked. "No I just put it back in the cage and...." "She's gonna find out." Jared said. "And how would you suggest telling your little sister you kicked her hamster into the wall?"

"My brother's goldfish died because I forgot to feed it and he has no idea I replaced it." Davey said. "Well it's easier for you because your brother's 3." "Settle down class. The talent show's tomorrow, I hope you're all ready." "We're so gonna crush it." Race said to Spot and Albert.

"Guys we don't even have an act yet!" Heather D said to Heather M and Heather C. "We'll figure it out tonight at my house, relax." Heather C said. "I'm gonna win just by looking pretty, that's my talent." Anne said smugly. "Well that's some competition we don't have to worry about." Jeremy said to his Micheal. "We're gonna crush this tonight." James said to Thomas. "I know we are."

After school, when Connor, Rich, Evan, and Jared went to Connor's house to practice, Zoe was crying in the living room. "Um, you okay?" She sniffled. "Hammy died." Connor froze. "Oh uh, you know what happened?" "No! But he wasn't moving when I got home!" Zoe hugged him. "He was my best friend!" "I know, I'm sorry." "Man she's gonna crushed when you tell her." Rich said. "Shut up." Connor said in a hushed tone. "Tell me what?" "Uh, nothing, he's just being stupid, we have to go practice now."

As soon as they got to the garage and Zoe couldn't hear them, Connor turned to the others. "Guys I feel terrible, but I didn't mean to do it!" "Well what are you gonna tell her?" Evan asked. "Zoe doesn't have to know! She'll hate me!" "You screwed up big time man." Jared laughed. "Can we just rehearse?" "Okay fine, I was just kidding."

Meanwhile, the Heathers were practicing a routine to Roar, with Heather C as the lead and the other two on backing vocals. "We're gonna be so good guys, that Applebees gift card is ours." "We just now started rehearsing, what are we gonna do?" "Shut up Heather." Heather C said.

Jeremy and Micheal were at Jeremy's house writing their comedy routine. "Oh man, the goldfish bit is gonna be so good for our opener." Jeremy said. "Oh by the way my dad doesnt wear pants around the house so dont go out into the living room." "What?" Jeremy walked into the kitchen. "Hey dad, are you coming to my talent show tomorrow night?" "What, there's a talent show?" "Yeah I've been talking about this for weeks..." "You have?"

Meanwhile, Angelica was practicing with her sisters. "Okay, go!" They turned on the song and started rehearsing their dance. "Peggy, focus!" "I am!" "God, do you want us to lose the Applebees gift card?" "No." "Then focus!"

The next day, everyone was acting hostile at school. "Shut up Veronica! We're gonna crush you tonight!" Alex said. "You shut up you fatherless loser!" "Actually, I don't have a mom either for your information, cause she died." Meanwhile, Jeremy had started arguing with Evan. "This is why your parents got divorced." "What- your parents are also divorced!" Evan retorted. "And your dad doesn't wear pants!" "Well your dad left!" "Hey Jeremy, chill out. We dont have to worry about this guy." Micheal said. "You're right."

"Settle down class, we're gonna play Kahoot today, please use your real names." Ms. Miller said, already knowing they weren't going to listen. "Who's EvanHasNoDad?" "Connor?!" "Just competition man." "We're in the same band!" KYSCrutchie appeared on the screen. "Gotta be Veronica." Crutchie rolled his eyes. Nobody listened, all putting in stupid names.  AnneIsMid, JaredIsGay, HeatherCIsBetter, etc.

I know this chapter was short but the next one is gonna be a good one

Chapter 11: Chapter 10

"First up, we present, Jack and the Whiteboard Erasers." "You never changed our band name?" "I forgot give me a break Davey!" Jack, Davey, and Crutchie took the stage. They began playing and then all jumped as they turned around to start the song.

I'm hot, you're cold
You go around, like you know
Who I am, but you don't
You got me on my toes

"Davey's not actually playing that guitar, it's not even plugged in to the amp." Jared said to Kitty. "Jared, stop talking to the competition!" Connor hissed.

I'm slippin into the lava
And I'm tryin to keep from going under
Baby who turned the temperature hotter?
Cause I'm burnin up, burnin up for you baby

"Jane, you're up next. Are you ready?" "Yep." Once they finished the song, Jack, Davey, and Crutchie bowed and made their way off stage. "You sucked." "Shut up Veronica, we're gonna win." "Give it up for Jane Seymour!" Jane took the stage, and began her song.

There was a time, when I was alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes he would go away too

"Yeah we got this in the bag." John said, high-fiving Alex. "Who's up next?" "I think Connor's band." "I was gonna sing Lost Boy!" Martha started crying and ran off. "That's one less person in the competition." Lafayette said.

Jane finished her song. "Thank you Jane. Next up, CRJE!" Rich, Evan, Jared, and Connor walked out on stage with their instruments.

Whats with these homies dissin my girl
Why do they gotta front?
What did we ever do to these guys
That made them so violent?

"Oh my god that was supposed to be our song!" Alex shouted. "It's fine Alex, we're gonna be better anyway." John said. "Okay guys, change of plans, we're doing Sugar We're Going Down." "But Alex we didn't rehearse that song-" Lafayette cut in. "WE'RE DOING SUGAR WERE GOING DOWN!"

Oo-wee-00 I look just like Buddy Holly
Oh oh and you're Mary Tyler Moore
I don't care what they say about us anyway
I don't care bout that

"Oh god I should not have bought him that guitar that kid can't carry a tune to save his life." Cynthia said to the parent next to her. "Connor you're doing great sweetie!" While they continued to struggle their way through the song, Alex and his band attempted to learn their new song. "Come on guys! We're never gonna win like this!" "Well you wanted to change the song Alex..." Hercules protested. "I'm sorry what did you say to me Hercules? You can be out of the band." "Nothing Alex, nothing."

As Connor was finishing the song, he walked away from the microphone and began to smash his guitar on the stage. He picked up the remains of his destroyed guitar and exited the stage. "Isn't your dad gonna mad about the guitar?" Evan asked. "It's fine it was like $40." They all high fived. "Good luck beating that." Jared said to Alex. "Oh we will."

"Give it up for Jason Dean!" "Guys we're next! Do you know the song or not?" Alex snapped at his band. "We're trying." John said. "Well try harder!" "This performance is dedicated to my bitch, love you Veronica!" "Language!" Ms.Bell said.

And they wishin they wishin they wishin on me
They wishin on me yuh

I been movin calm don't start no trouble with me
Tryna keep it peaceful is a struggle for me
Don't pull at 6am to cuddle with me
You know how I like it when you lovin on me

"You're doing great baby!" Veronica said. "He can't even keep up with the song." Crutchie said. "Shut up Crutchie! He's gonna win for me!"

I don't wanna die for them to miss me
Yes I see the things that they wishin on me
Hope I got some brothers that outlive me
They gon tell the story shit was different with me
Gods plan gods plan

"Don't even bother with her Crutchie, she's just mad she's gonna lose the competition." Davey said. Meanwhile, Catherine was practicing and kept knocking her cups down.

Yuh, ay, ay
She said, "Do you love me?" | tell her, "Only partly"
I only love Mahbed and my momma, I'm sorry

As JD struggled to stay on time through the rest of the song, Ms. Bell walked over to Michael and Jeremy. "You're up next." Finally, JD was done. "Later bitches!" "JD, language!" "Up next, The Rev Squad!" Alex, John, Lafayette, and Hercules walked up on stage.

They began the song to a painful start, clearly not having rehearsed it at all.

Am I more than you bargained for yet
I've been dying to tell you anything you wanna hear
Cause that's just who I am this week

"John, your mic isn't on!" Ms. Miller said, but they continued to struggle through the song. John kept tapping the mic to get it on as Lafayette sang back up off key, Hercules 2 beats behind on drums.

We're going down, down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it

At the end of the song, Alex dropped the mic, making a loud screech. "...Thank you The Rev Squad.... up next, Micheal Mell and Jeremy Heere!" Jeremy and Micheal walked onto the stage together. "We're here to make you laugh, or try to!" Micheal started. "Hey, why did the scarecrow an award?" Jeremy started. "I don't know Jeremy, why don't you tell me?" "Because he was outstanding in his field!" The audience laughed.

"Hey, why don't orphans play baseball?" Micheal started. "Because they can't find home." The audience laughed again. "Hey Alex this one's about you." "Shut up Thomas!" "Okay I got one, knock knock." Jeremy said. "Who's there?" "Skeleton." "Skeleton who?" "Nothing, he's dead." That one didn't get any laughs. "Uh... Micheal made me say it!" "What? No I didn't!" They both just ran off stage.

"Next up, the Heathers!" They walked onto stage, beginning to sing Roar by Katy Perry, at least 2 beats behind the music at all times, obviously having not rehearsed very much. Heather M hardly remembered the lyrics.

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I sat quietly, agreed politely I guess that I forgot I had a choice I let you push me past the breaking point I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up (hey)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound Like thunder, gonna shake the ground You held me down, but I got up (hey)
Get ready 'cause l've had enough
I see it all, I see it now

"We're up next." James said to Thomas. "You ready?" "Yeah I'm ready. This roast is gonna be so good." "Guys even if we lose my mom said she'd take us to McDonalds after." Evan said. "I'm surprise your poor mom can afford McDonalds." Charles said. "You're not even in the talent show!" Jared said. "Well if I was I wouldn't suck!"

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
You're gonna hear me roar

They got to the climax of the song and Heather C struggled to hit the note.

Roar... roar... roar.... Roaaarrrrrr
I got the eye of the tiger the fire

Once they got off stage, Heather C started yelling at them. "You guys, we totally bombed out there!" "I told you we needed to rehearse sooner." Heather D said. "Shut up Heather!" "Next up, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison!"

Thomas and James walked onto the stage, each holding a microphone. "Alright, everyone, get ready for the best act of the night," Thomas began. "Tonight, I'll be roasting James here, my best friend, though best is debatable." The audience chuckled lightly.

"James is the kind of guy who thinks he's the star of every room he's in," Thomas said, pacing the stage. "Except the only star he resembles is a black hole, because he sucks the energy out of everyone!" The audience laughed louder, and James chuckled nervously.

"He's also a fashion icon, isn't he? This guy thinks wearing the same three hoodies in rotation makes him 'mysterious.' Nah, James, it just makes you look like you haven't done laundry since last year." James forced a laugh, his smile fading slightly. "And let's talk about your crush," Thomas continued, smirking. "James likes to think he's smooth, but asking someone, 'Do you like... stuff?' is not how you flirt, my guy." The crowd burst into laughter, and James' face turned red. "Okay, Thomas, that's enough—"

"Oh no, we're just getting started!" Thomas interrupted. "James here is also so smart. Did you know he once asked me if the sun was a planet? And the worst part? He was dead serious." The laughter grew louder, but James was visibly uncomfortable now. "Thomas, seriously, stop," James said, his voice quieter.

"Stop? Why? You're killing it, buddy, well, not as much as your social life. Seriously, James, your only friends are me and my dog, and I don't even think the dog likes you that much." The room fell awkwardly silent for a moment, and James' eyes began to water. "Thomas, I mean it, stop!" James said, his voice cracking.

"Alright, alright," Thomas said, rolling his eyes. "Let's wrap this up. Give it up for James, everyone, the human equivalent of a participation trophy!" The audience clapped hesitantly, unsure of how to respond. James ran off the stage, wiping his face, as Thomas awkwardly bowed and followed him. "Look James I'm sorry-"

"Next up, Veronica Sawyer!" Veronica walked onto the stage and sat in front of the piano, playing Fur Elise. "Boring..." Crutchie muttered. "Say one more thing about my girlfriend bro!" "Are you threatening me?" "Uh yeah, duh. THAT'S MY BITCH!" "Quiet JD!" Ms. Bell warned. Veronica finished her lackluster piano performance, and walked off stage. "Can you tell I started playing piano 2 weeks ago?" "Yes." Jack said.

"Next up, Aaron Burr." "He's in the talent show?" Angelica said in shock. "I guess so." Eliza replied. "For my first magic trick, I will pull a rabbit out of a hat! Abracadabra!" He pulled a stuffed rabbit out of his hat, to the applause of the audience.

"For my next trick," Aaron continued, "| will make this coin disappear!" He held up a shiny quarter, showing it to the audience before covering it with a handkerchief. "One, two, three... presto!" He whipped the handkerchief away, but the coin was still sitting in his hand.

Aaron's face turned red, but he pressed on. "Uh, okay, okay, how about this? I'll make myself disappear instead!" He threw down a smoke bomb, but instead of disappearing gracefully, he tripped over his cape and fell on the stage. "Man, sucks to be him huh?" Alex laughed. "We also sucked." John said. "No we didn't!"

Gonna have to have a part 2 of this chapter.

Chapter 12: Chapter 11

Next up, Anne Boleyn walked on stage, holding her compact mirror. She just stood there, looking at herself in the mirror. "What's she doing?" One of the parents in the audience said. "I'm looking pretty, duh, that's my talent." This went on for another 3 minutes. "Thank you Anne, next up Kitty Howard!"

Kitty walked up on stage and started dancing to Fight Song. She began to dance, attempting an interpretive routine that involved a lot of dramatic arm movements and twirls. She completely uncoordinated and kept stumbling as the song went on. At the end of the song, she bowed and walked off stage. "Well, that was something." Connor whispered to Jared, who laughed. "I think we're gonna win."

"Next up, Catherine of Aragon!" Catherine confidently walked onto the stage, carrying a stack of red plastic cups. She sat down on a stool, carefully arranging the cups in front of her.

I got my ticket for the long way 'round
Two bottle 'a whiskey for the way...

She tapped the cups rhythmically, trying to keep in time with the song. For the first verse, it went smoothly. However, as she transitioned into the chorus, her hands slipped, and one of the cups tumbled off the stool. She froze for a second but quickly grabbed another cup, trying to play it off like nothing had happened.

And I'm leaving tomorrow, what do you say?

Unfortunately, the rhythm started to fall apart, and she accidentally knocked over two more cups. Determined to finish, she abandoned the choreography entirely and focused on singing louder to make up for it. By the end, she was just clapping along to the beat. The audience gave her a round of polite applause, and she curtsied before rushing offstage. As she passed Anna backstage, she muttered, "That was harder than I thought."

"Next up, Cathy Parr!" Catherine Parr walked on stage and started to sing.

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen

However, nobody could pay much attention to Cathy's lackluster singing as they could hear Jared arguing with his mom backstage. "You told me you'd be here!" "I am, when do you go on?" "We already did! You missed it!" "Jared, they can hear you." Evan nudged him. "Not like it matters, we sucked out there, we're not gonna win!" "Don't talk like that!" Connor shouted at him.

Let it go, let it go
I'm one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry

As Cathy finished, missing all the high notes, she bowed and ran off stage. "Thank you Cathy, next up, the Schuyler sisters!" As they took their places on stage, This Is Me began to play. Their timing was completely off, with Angelica trying to lead but Eliza and Peggy struggling to keep up. Peggy accidentally spun in the wrong direction, bumping into Eliza, who stumbled forward.

Angelica hit the next move a beat too early, throwing the entire formation out of sync. Eliza forgot the next step entirely and improvised with an awkward wave, while Peggy tripped over her own feet. Meanwhile, Peggy's ribbon prop slipped out of her hand, flying into the audience. "Sorry!" she whispered loudly, breaking character. They pushed through the chorus, trying to recover.

At the climax of the song, Angelica attempted to execute a cartwheel, only to land on her knees with a loud thud. Eliza panicked and threw her arms up in a random pose, while Peggy giggled nervously and clapped offbeat. By the time the song ended, all three sisters were out of breath and visibly embarrassed. "Thank you, Schuyler sisters," Ms. Bell said, her patience clearly running thin.

As they walked offstage, Angelica hissed at Peggy. "I told you to practice more!" "I did! You're the one who tripped!" Peggy shot back. Eliza sighed. "At least we're done... Let's just hope we don't get last place."

"Next up, Maria Reynolds!" Maria strutted onto the stage, holding a microphone in one hand and her phone in the other. She squinted at the phone screen as the backing track for "Firework" by Katy Perry began to play.

Do you ever feel... like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind... wanting to start again...

Maria's voice was shaky, and it was clear she hadn't memorized the lyrics. She glanced down at her phone every other word, stumbling over the timing. The audience started whispering among themselves. "Why is she looking at her phone?" one parent muttered. Maria ignored it and powered through, trying to hit the high notes but missing them entirely.

Do you ever feel... already buried deep...

Halfway through the second verse, she lost her place in the lyrics and had to scroll frantically on her phone, creating an awkward silence. "Uh... Oh, here we go..." she mumbled before continuing.

Cause, baby, you're a firework!

Her voice cracked on firework, and she winced but kept going. As the song ended, Maria struck a dramatic pose, holding the mic above her head and panting. The audience gave polite applause, though a few kids in the back laughed under their breath. Maria smiled proudly and walked offstage. "Nailed it," she said to herself, completely oblivious to the disaster that had just unfolded.

"Next up, Anna of Cleves!" She walked onto the stage with a notepad and a pencil. "I'm going to be live drawing Albert here, in under 5 minutes!" She sat there sketching Albert, and after about 3 minutes, she turned her sketchpad around to reveal a stick figure with red hair. "That doesn't even look like me other than the hair! That could be anyone!" "I said I was gonna draw it in under 5 minutes, not that it was gonna be good."

"Thank you, Anna and Albert. Last but not least, Racetrack Higgins and Spot Conlon!" Spot and Race walked onstage and immediately began their song.

Spot: I'm in the thick of it everybody knows
They know me where it snows I skied in and they froze
I don't know no nothing about no ice I'm just cold
40 something mili subs or so I've been told

Race: I'm in my prime, and this ain't even final form
They knocked me down, but still, my feet, they find the floor
I went from livin' rooms straight out to sold-out tours
Life's a fight, but trust, I'm ready for the war

Spot and Race: Whoa-oh-oh
This is how the story goes
Whoa-oh-oh
I guess this is how the story goes

"You guys still think we go this?" Alex asked his friends. "No." Lafayette said. "What do you mean no?" "I'm just being honest."

Spot: From the screen
Race: To the ring
Spot: To the pen
Race: To the king
Spot: Where's my crown
That's my bling
Always drama when I ring
Race: See I believe that if I see it in my heart
Smash through the ceiling cause we're reaching for the stars

When they finished, Ms. Bell walked on stage. "Thank you to everyone who performed tonight, now if you'll give us some time, we can decide the winner." Finally, she walked back on stage. "And the 1st place winner is... Veronica Sawyer!" "What? Me? Oh my god!" "Are you kidding?" Crutchie groaned. "Her?" Connor said. "YEAH, THAT'S MY BITCH!" JD shouted.

"I'd like to thank my boyfriend JD." "THAT'S RIGHT, LOVE YOU RONNIE!" "Come on babe, let's go to Applebees!" Veronica said once she got her gift card. "And in second place, winning lunch with the principal, Kitty Howard!" "Oh my god thank you! Thank you!" "That's a lame prize." Heather C said. "Yeah I know." Heather M said back. "And in third place, winning a prize from the prize box, Spot and Race!" "Let's go!" "Thank you to everyone who participated!"

Heidi walked up to them. "Well, you tried your best." "No we didn't mom, we sucked!" "Yeah Evan's right." Connor said. "Well, you guys still want McDonalds?" "Yeah, let's go." Micheal and Jeremy were arguing. "Why did you tell them I made you say that?" "Because you told me it was funny!" "No I didn't!" "....Wanna see if my dad will take us to McDonalds?" Jeremy asked Micheal. "You know what? Yeah."

Chapter 13: Chapter 12

At school on Monday, everyone was still tense from the talent show. "Settle down class, I'm going to hand out your test results." Ms. Miller said. "Yeah, we were so good." Heather C bragged. "Like, we were robbed." "Rich, you failed. This is the third test in a row." "Yeah it's kinda hard to study when my dad gets drunk and beats me." The class felt uncomfortably silent, but Ms. Miller ignored him. "Connor, you failed."

"JD, you failed." "My dad beats me so this is the least of my problems." "I don't want to hear excuses. Evan, you passed, barely. Jeremy, you failed. Kitty, you failed." "Whatever, I won the talent show." "Yeah, second place." Catherine said. "Shut up! I get lunch with the principal!"

"What happened to Henry?" Jojo asked Albert. "He switched schools." "Oh okay." "We have 4 new students, Christine Canigula, Jake Dillinger, Alana Beck, and Katherine Pulitzer." "Hey, nice to meet you all." Katherine said. "It's so good to be here!" Christine said with excitement. "Next Friday there will be a school dance, tickets are $5 and will be sold during lunch all next week. And remember, picture day is this Thursday." "Wait, didn't you and Alana go to elementary school with us?" Micheal asked Jake. "Yeah the other middle school burned down." "Oh okay." "Yeah you and Rich were best friends." Jeremy said. "Oh yeah..." "You guys never hung out outside school?" Micheal asked. "I don't know, we probably did." Rich said. "

At lunch, Jeremy was sitting with Michael and Rich. "Guys that new girl is so cute." "Which one?" Rich asked. "Christine." "Maybe you should ask her to the dance." Micheal said. "Are you kidding? We just met, she'll think I'm weird!" "The worst she can is no." Micheal said. "I can assure you it's not." "Whatever man, I've already got a date." Rich said. "Really, who is it?" "Martha Dunnstock." "Martha?" Micheal seemed surprised. "Yeah, she asked me during Mr. Krohl's class."

"Evan, you should ask someone, do you like anyone?" Connor asked. "Yeah he's had a crush on your sister since preschool." Jared said. "Jared! I told you that in confidence!" "You have a crush on my sister?" "I- I don't!" "Evan, I already know." Connor said. "You do? Jared you told me you wouldn't tell anyone!" "He didn't tell me, he didn't have to. You're like, really obvious about it." "I am?" Jared laughed. "Yes. Oh my god. Look, forget about Zoe. Go ask Anne." "Anne Boleyn?" "Yeah." "I don't think she's that desperate." "Anne loves attention, you should do it. Hey Anne, Evan wanted to ask you something." "Oh come on Jared!"

"What is it?" "Do you wanna.... Uh...." "Are you asking me to the dance?" "I guess so." "Okay!" "Wow, I can't believe that worked." Evan said. "Me neither." Jared said. When lunch ended, Heather D was still at their table. "Hey JD, you forgot your phone!" His lock screen was a picture of Veronica on Snapchat, captioned "put his phone down". "Gross...." She said, handing it back to JD.

When they were back in class, Kitty was bragging about her lunch with the principal. "Yeah, I went to Pizza Inn." "That sounds really lame." Anna said. "Yeah, it kinda was. So who are you going to the dance with, Anna?" "I'm going with Heather D." "I'm going with Lafayette." Hercules said. "What about you Kitty?" "I'm going with Albert."

"Remember you have a mandatory parent teacher conference tonight at 6." Ms. Warren said. "Bring both your parents." She sighed. "Yes Alexander?" "I don't have parents." "Okay, well bring whoever your guardian is."

That night, as people were showing up to the parent teacher conference, one car sped into the parking lot, as if it was a drunk person driving it. Rich got out of the car, his dad stumbling behind him. "Who's that kid?" Cathy's mom asked. "Oh, that's Rich. His dad's an alcoholic." "Oh, okay...."

Veronica's parents were talking to Ms.Bell. "I think that JD kid is a bad influence, she's been very disrespectful in class." "JD's not a bad influence on me!" "Veronica sweetie calm down, look, we'll talk to her." Next Evan walked in with his mom. "Look, Evan does well in his classes but he's too quiet, and he doesn't participate enough." He'd heard that before. "I'll talk to him about it."

"Your child is one of the worst I've ever had in my class." Ms. Bell said to Connor's parents. "How?" "He's loud, disrespectful, distracting to the other students, and doesn't turn in his assignments." "Yeah, he's always been like that, we'll talk to him." "Please do." At the end of the parent teacher conference, Race's mom was complaining outside while she smoked. "You dragged me to this shit for what?" "It was mandatory mom." "Whatever, you know I only take care of you for the child support money." "Yeah, you tell me all the time."

Chapter 14: Chapter 13

"So what's the plan?" Katherine asked. "I'm just gonna tell my dad I need the poster board at 9pm the night before it's due." Connor said. "Okay, sounds good, I'll do the writing, Heather?" "I can come up with a title." Heather D said. "Okay but what are you gonna do to help?" "I mean coming up with titles is hard."

"Oh god, I got Hercules and Elmer in my group." Evan said. "So you're in our group?" Elmer asked. "Yes, so you're gonna help right?" Evan asked Elmer. "I've got some markers." "Okay, so what are you gonna do on the project?" "We're gonna base this project!" Hercules said. "We're gonna fail." Evan said.

Veronica, JD, and Davey sat at a table. "Guys we need to pick a plague." They ignored Davey. "Oh my god babe stopppp, give me back my phoneeeee!" "You're gonna have to kiss me." "Babe not here!" "Can we focus?" Davey said, clearly fed up already.

"What do you wanna do for the project?" Aaron asked. "Oh my god you talk?" Angelica said. "Yeah-" "I've like never heard him talk." Heather C said. "Yeah me neither." "Can we focus-" "Wait like why don't you talk?" Heather C asked. Aaron didn't bother asking again.

"We're gonna be team Jaricheal." Jake said. "Oh dude that's so sick. How did you even come up with that?" Rich said. "Oh like I just combined our names." "Wow, you're like, so clever." "Guys, can we focus?" "Micheal rolled his eyes. "Come on Micheal, Jake came up with our project name all by himself." "It's about the AIDS crisis, we don't need to combine our names for that."

"So, you guys know what you wanna do?" Eliza asked. "Sure, let's just do the Cocoliztli Epidemic." Heather M said. "Guys our presentation is gonna be so good." Thomas said. "You know I don't know why Alex doesn't like you, you're cool." "I know, like I just made fun of him for having no parents a couple times."

"So should we start now or something?" Race asked. "Nah we got time." Albert said. "Yeah, Albert's right, we got time." JoJo said. "The black plague should be easy enough. So you guys gonna ask your parents for the poster board because it's my week at my mom's and she already spent the child support money on cigarettes."

"Hey, so who wants to present first?" Maria asked. Neither James nor Martha answered. "Well one of us has to." "How about you?" "I was thinking James could do it." Maria said. "No, you go first." "No, I'm not presenting first." Meanwhile, Jared, Spot, and John were in a group. "Do you think we should start?" Jared asked. "Nah it'll be easy." Spot said. "Yeah you're right."

Jack, Christine, and Peggy were in a group. "Man, why'd we get stuck with the 10 year old?" Jack complained. "My parents say it's because I'm really smart." "Yeah, whatever. So we're doing the Spanish flu, Christine, you gonna get the poster board?" "Yeah, how about you?" "I can copy our notes onto the board." "Okay."

"Hey guys, look what I got." Rich said, before pulling something out of his pocket. "A harmonica?" Micheal said. "Yeah, isn't it cool? I bought it from a homeless man on the way to school today." He boasted. "Are you sure you should be playing that? Imagine how many diseases that thing probably has." Micheal said. "Well I think it's cool." Jake said. "Thanks Jakey, I'm gonna need it one day when I'm homeless." "I'm sorry, when?" Micheal asked. "Yep."

"What do you mean when?" Jake asked. "My dad does not pay the house payments, spends it on booze instead." "Every conversation I have with you makes me incredibly sad." Micheal said. "I'm going places man! Not college, probably jail, but places." "Can we just work on the project?" Micheal said.

At lunch, Evan was complaining to Jared and Connor. "I can't believe I got stuck doing a presentation with the two dumbest kids in class!" He complained. He pulled out his lunch, just two pieces of plain white bread. "That's your lunch?" Connor asked. "My mom didn't have time to pack my lunch today so I had to do it myself. So what did you get?"

"Apple slices, goldfish, ham and cheese sandwich, and a note saying have a good day at school or something, I don't know." Connor said. "My parents don't pack my lunch so I have to do it myself, anyway I got this box of Captain Crunch." "No milk or bowl?" Evan asked. "Nope, guess I'm eating it dry."

Anne was also sitting at their table. "Well my mom got me Subway for lunch." "No one cares Anne." Jake said. "My dad doesn't even buy food for the house most of the time so I just go hungry." Rich said. "My mom only buys ramen so she can have money for booze and cigarettes." Race said. "She makes me go to the gas station for her and buy them."

"My mom doesn't pack me lunch because she says I don't deserve to eat." Romeo says. "Well my mom's dead." JD said. "All of you are incredibly depressing to talk to." Albert said. "We a private chef that my dad only pays $9 an hour." Katherine said. "What'd you get Jeremy?" "I got a pizza lunchable and a note from my dad that says have a good day at school- he definitely can't say that word."

"My parents don't even remember what school I go to so they don't pack my lunch." Elmer said. "That's why I do it myself." He pulled out a glue stick and took a bite. "You can't eat those." Davey said. "Sure I can, tastes like purple." "This protein bar tastes like shit." Thomas said. "Hey James, what did you get?" "A slice of cheese." "That's it?" "I folded it in half for extra nutrition." "Don't think it works like that." Jane said.

"Well we have a private chef too." Angelica said. "He made us-" "No one cares." John said. "Hey what'd you get for lunch Crutchie?" Jack asked. "A can of chef Boyardee." It was still in the can, not cooked and he had no bowl or spoon. "Really?" Jack said. "My mom didn't have time this morning either." Hercules pulled a ziploc bag out of his backpack, with 12 hard boiled eggs.

"Elmer, where do you even get that much glue?" Peggy asked. "Well, I have 8 siblings so my family shops at Costco, so when my parents aren't paying attention to me, which is all the time, I just swipe a few of them, never gotten caught." "Jesus Christ." Alex shook his head. "Well what did you bring for lunch?" "A turkey lunchable. Hey, watch this." He said, then he threw a banana peel, and James, not paying attention, immediately slipped and fell.

Everyone in the cafeteria burst out laughing. "Thomas? You too?" "I'm sorry dude, that was hilarious." "I hate you! I hate this school!" He ran out of the cafeteria. "I call dibs on his lunch!" Race said. "Not if I get first!" JoJo said. "How am I supposed to open this can?" Crutchie said. "I don't know dude, maybe bring an actual lunch next time." He sighed. "Okay."

Chapter 15: Chapter 14

The next day at school for picture day, the Schuyler sisters, Katherine and the Heathers were all wearing nice dresses with heels, Thomas had worn a tuxedo. Micheal, JD, Rich, Jack, Race, Albert, and Jared hadn't bothered to dress up. "Hey Evan, nice gay shirt and tie, did your mom buy them at Walmart?" "Actually Charles, she did." "You're poor, you know that right?" "Yes Charles I'm well aware."

Connor walked in wearing a nice shirt, dress pants, and a tie. "WOW, look at you." Jared said sarcastically. "Guys my mom made me wear it, stop." Alex walked in wearing a white t shirt sharpied black to look like a tuxedo jacket, through the sharpie the "Believe in yourself" text could still be seen, and the back wasn't done, with a clip-on tie on the front.

"Hey uh, dude I think you missed a few spots." Lafayette said. "What? Eliza! You told me it was done!" "I always forget how poor you are." John said. "Dude I don't have parents!" "I know, I'm just messing with you." Alex and John both laughed.  Davey was also wearing a nice shirt. "Nice shirt Davey, did your mom pick it for you?" Charles said mockingly. "Actually, she did." Charles hadn't bothered to dress up, Veronica was wearing a ridiculous amount of blue eyeshadow, Jeremy had on a semi nice shirt, Christine was all dressed up.

Catherine was putting on mascara to the point her eyelashes were ridiculously clumpy, while Jane's eyeliner made her look like a raccoon. "Nice black eye Rich, how'd you get it? Your alcoholic father?" "Yeah, he drank 10 nightly beers instead of his usual 6." Rich said. "Like, my dad hates me. I guess your mom would too if she didn't get lost at sea."

Kitty was complaining. "I'm gonna be soooo ugly in my pictures ughhhhh, I'm gonna look like a potato." "Nobody's gonna compliment you try hard." John said. "Ugh, whatever John!" Hercules showed up in a hoodie and beanie, and James in a generic polo shirt and khakis. Alana was dressed up in a blazer, blouse, and slacks like she was going into the office.

"Nice dogshit haircut." Charles said to Jeremy. "Leave me alone. At least I have a mom." Charles rolled his eyes and walked away. "Why'd you lie to him like that?" Connor asked. "Well I mean she's alive, just after the divorce she told me the phone works both ways, but I guess it doesn't because she never calls me."

"Hello class, before we go to the gym to take your pictures, I'm Mr. Fiyero, I'll be your new math teacher! Now throw away those textbooks, because I teach things a little differently." "Don't we need those? To learn?" Jeremy said. "Who said anything about learning? Math is all about vibes." "We're not gonna learn anything this year." Micheal said. "Alright, now let's go to the gym." When they got to the gym, they started calling kids for pictures.

"Rich Goranski!" Rich walked up to Chadwick, the photographer, and sat down on the stool, with a straight face. "Come on, give me a big smile!" He kept the same straight face. "Come on, where's that gorgeous smile! Oh! Oh! There it is!" Rich hadn't changed his straight expression at all. "Oh yeah.... yeah.... I like that smile...."

Crutchie walked up next. Chadwick leaned closer, camera poised. "Come onnnn, show me some teeth, big boy!" "What?" "Is that guy even allowed around kids?" Evan asked, right as he was called over. "Yeah... that's it... real natural... you're a happy boy, aren't you?" "I'm not doing anything..." Chadwick took the picture. "Cute, maybe look less scared next time. Now who's next? Anne Boleyn!"

Anne was applying way too much red lipstick. Chadwick immediately leaned in, camera ready. "Ohhh, someone knows how to pose, huh? Show me sultry!" "I'm 11, make sure to get my good side." "Can do. Next! Jason Dean!" JD walked up and sat down. "Nice black eye, where'd you get it?" "Ugh, Veronica covered it and said you couldn't see it! Whatever, just take the picture." "Perfect. So dark. So troubled. Love it."

When they were done with pictures, they went to history class. "Salutations students, I'm your new history teacher, Mr. Boq. Now everyone's gonna go around the room and tell me your name and a fun fact about yourself. You first." "Hi, my name is Elmer, and a fun fact about me is that my name is Elmer." "My name is Hercules, and a fun fact about me is that I really like defacing school property, like I've drawn so many dicks in textbooks." "Okay... who wants to go next?"

"My name is Veronica and JD is my boyfriend!" "My name is JD and Veronica is my bitch." "Don't call them bitches bro!" Mr. Boq shouted. "My name is Alexander and I don't have parents." "My name is John and I hear things when I don't take my medication." "I'm Lafayette and I'm French." "I'm Alana and I was on the principal's list every year of elementary school and had perfect attendance and-" "I'm Evan and I like tree." "Finally, something normal." Mr. Boq said.

"I'm Angelica, the oldest, and the prettiest sister." "I'm Eliza, and Alex is my boyfriend." "And what about you?" "That is about me!" "Well enjoy it while it lasts, because trust me, it doesn't." Mr. Boq grumbled. "What?" "You, in the hoodie." "My name is Micheal and I like slushees." "My name is Jeremy and I also like slushees." "Original." "My name is Rich and I like setting things on fire." "Okay, anything else." "My dad hits me." "Sorry to hear that, next."

"I'm Jake, and I'm the best looking guy in this class." "God, you sound like your new math teacher." "Is that good?" "I don't know." "I'm Peggy and my favorite color is yellow!" "I'm Heather M and I like ponies." "I'm Heather C and I'm the prettiest Heather." "I'm Heather D and the other Heathers are my friends."I'm Thomas and my parents buy me whatever I want." "I'm James and I'm really good at bottle flipping."

Everyone else went, then it was time for science class. "Hello, I'm Ms. Elphaba, and I'm gonna be your new science teacher-" "Why are you green you weird freak?" Charles asked. "Because I was born green, any other questions?" Eliza raised her hand. "Are we allowed to do science experiments again? Or is still banned after Hercules drank the vinegar?" "Yes, we'll be doing science experiments again, just don't eat or drink anything this time." "Yay!"

"I wonder when we're meeting our new elective teachers." Jane asked. "I heard we're meeting them after lunch." Anne said. "So, Mr. Fiyero is kinda cute." "Anne he's a teacher!" Kitty said. "A girl can dream." "Guys, is it just me or is Crutchie totally being distant?" Jane asked. "You guys are still together?" Cathy asked. "Yeah! I think... I mean we're going to the dance together tomorrow night."

"Haha loser! Are those crazy art crayons? Your mom's too broke to buy you Crayola?" Charles said to Elmer. "Leave me alone!" "Sorry Elmer, he's kinda right about this one." Jack said. "I mean Crayola packs are like 50 cents." Race said. Elmer started chewing on his glue stick. "Hey, Elmer, you shouldn't eat that." Ms. Elphaba said, taking the glue stick out of his hand. "But it tasted like purple!"

After lunch, they went to music class. "Hello class, I'm Mr. Orpheus and I'm gonna be your new music teacher." He said, sadly strumming a guitar. "You see, music is the way to the soul." "That was lame." Connor said. "That's not lame Connor, that's real, that's raw, that's music." "What are you even talking about?" Rich said. "Point is, we're not just gonna sing in this class, we're gonna heal." "Are we gonna have to deal with this all school year?" Alex asked.

However, they didn't continue as Elmer suddenly vomited purple all over the floor from the glue he'd eaten. "Oh my god, someone call the nurse! What did you eat?" "Glue..." "Why?" "He does it all the time." Albert said. "Back to my previous question, why?" "It tastes good...." "Oh my god ew I stepped in it!" Maria yelled. "Now I'm gonna be sick!" "It's not about you Maria." Lafayette said. "Okay, class dismissed." "We still have 40 minutes-" "I said class dismissed!"

The next class was home economics. "Greeting students, I'm Mr. Seymour, and I'll be your new home economics teacher." "Hey what's up with that weird plant on your desk?" Davey asked. "Oh nothing, just don't get too close to it." "Is it moving?" Alana asked. "Anyway, who's ready to learn how to make scrambled eggs." "I eat 12 boiled eggs for lunch every single day." Hercules said. "Shell and all." "Okay... so who's ready to-" Alex threw an egg at the smartboard. "No throwing!" "It's scrambled now." Alex replied.

"First, you crack the egg- no not on the table Jared!" "Kobe!" JoJo shouted, aiming the egg into the pan, but he missed and it cracked right on the stove. "Okay, if you break your egg you're not getting another! Now turn on the stove- not you JoJo!" Meanwhile, Evan couldn't find his egg, and something exploded in the microwave. "Oops..." Hercules said. "What were you doing using the microwave?" "Well I put 2 eggs in there because I wanted to make boiled eggs." "That's not how you make boiled eggs!" "Mr. Seymour I think he stole my egg."

"How did I do?" JD asked. "That is on fire!" "Guess I'm just that good." "No the egg is literally on fire how did you manage that?!" Meanwhile, Rich was had cooked it with the shell. "You're not supposed to use the shell-" "Shut up Jeremy!" "Uh Peggy, don't go near that plant!" Angelica said, while she overcooked her egg. "No! I overcooked it! I'm a failure!" Meanwhile, Race's egg was charred black. "It's a little crispy but I think I can save it." "Dude, that is burnt." Albert said. "I don't know, my mom only buys ramen so I've never made eggs."

Towards the end of class, very few eggs were successfully cooked. "Okay, if you burned it just put them in the mixing bowl and I'll feed it to Audrey II, I guess." "Mines still raw, I forgot to turn on the stove." Jeremy said. "How- you know what? Fine, we'll pick back up on this another day." Their last class of the day was English. "Hello class!" Their teacher said with way too much enthusiasm. "I'm Ms. Glinda, and I will be your new English teacher!"

"Oh you are just adorable! But why don't you talk?" She asked Crutchie. "I do, I was just talking to Jack." "And what about you? In the blue shirt? You're so quiet, I miss hearing your voice!" "We just met..." Evan said. "He's probably just sad because he doesn't have a dad." Angelica said. "Don't tell her that..." "Oh I'm so sorry!" Ms. Glinda said. "Anyway class, we're going to be writing poetry today!" She said, writing "Express Yourself" on the board in bubbly cursive letters. "I don't think I'm gonna like this class." Aaron muttered.

Chapter 16: Chapter 15

Everyone had showed up to the dance, the gym poorly decorated with fairy lights, a punch bowl, and a tarp on the gym floor. Jake was standing there with Kitty, his date. "I'm so glad you said yes to taking me to the dance!" "Yeah, you know me." "Jake, I'm so glad you could take me to the dance!" Maria said. "Wait a minute, Jake's my date." "No, he's taking me to the dance!" "Uhhh..." "Jake, tell her!" Maria said. "You know, I gotta..." He ran out of the gym.

"Hey it's that Eddie Munson guy? Is he the DJ?" Rich asked. "Looks like it." Cathy sighed. "Welcome to the school dance kids! Enjoy it while it lasts before SOCIETY eats you alive! Here's Trap Queen!" As the intro played to Trap Queen, as everyone yelled out 1738, Elmer confidently yelled "1748!" "Oh my god, did you hear Elmer?" Race said to Spot, cracking up. "I know! What an idiot!" "Elmer said 1748!" Jack yelled loud enough for the entire dance floor to hear. Everyone kept laughing.

Anne dragged Evan in with her. "Come on! You're my date you have to dance with me!" "Okay, fine." After that song, Eddie played the Cupid Shuffle, then the Wobble, then he played the Cha Cha Slide. Eddie watched with disappointment as they followed the dance in the song. "Those songs were a TEST! And you all FAILED! You're a bunch of little CONFORMISTS! SOCIETY will fail because of YOU! You're all SHEEP and MINDLESSLY FOLLOWING ORDERS! FUCK SOCIETY!!" "Angelica I'm scared." Peggy said. "Were we not supposed to dance?" Katherine asked.

"You there! In the blue shirt!" "Me?" Evan asked. "Yes you! Don't let THE MAN get you!" "W-who's the man?" "That's what SOCIETY wants you to know!" "What?" "Is this guy even allowed within 500 feet of a school?" Davey asked Crutchie, who was standing right next to him. "Legally no, but that's not for SOCIETY to decide! Here's Get Low!" Eddie shouted.

"Rich! Martha! That is not appropriate!" The principal screamed. "Race! Spot! Stop that! Elmer stop spinning! You're gonna make yourself sick!" "Too late!" He said, before throwing up all over the dance floor. "Ew he got it on my shoes!" Heather C screamed. It was then Eddie changed the song to Yeah by Usher. "SOCIETY says YEAH, it's up to you kids to say NO!" "Veronica, JD, dancing like that is not school appropriate!"

"Wanna go make out in the handicapped stall?" Jack asked Katherine. "Yes I do!" They ran off before the principal saw them. "Why are you all saying YEAH? You should be saying NO to SOCIETY!" "It's the song." Catherine said. "SOCIETY is DOOMED with you SHEEP!" "Can we get another DJ?" Jared complained.

"Whatever you SHEEP! Let's see if you pass this test!" He then turned on the Whip and Nae Nae. Eddie was once again disappointed they chose to dance to the song. So he got back on the mic. "DISGUSTING!" He screamed over the music. "ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC! Every single one of you is just a DRONE! A PUPPET! You hear 'whip' and you whip, you hear 'nae nae' and you nae nae! Where's your INDIVIDUALITY? WHERE'S YOUR FREE WILL?"

It was then that Micheal did the Stanky Leg and dislocated his knee. "OW! MY KNEE!" "Look at him! Not conforming and mindlessly following orders! HE IS A TRUE SAVIOR OF SOCIETY!" Eddie said. "Um I think he just dislocated his knee or something!" Jeremy said. "I can't hear you over the CRUSHING NOISE OF CAPITALISM!" Eddie screamed.

Jeremy was sitting on the floor with Micheal when the song got to the part that said "Now break your legs". Micheal then started crying even more. "Hey, it's okay buddy-" "Guess Micheal already did!" Anna said. "SHUT UP!" "Here's a song that goes out to our fallen warrior against the CONFORMITY of SOCIETY!" Eddie said, before playing Turn It Down For What. Anne was still forcing Evan to dance with her. James, Jane, Maria, and Crutchie were sitting on their phones.

It was then that everyone heard yelling over by the punch bowl. "Did you just fucking bump into me?" Thomas yelled at Jake. "Watch where you're going!" Jake yelled back, before they started fighting. "Fight fight fight!" Hercules was yelling. Lafayette, Anna, and Jared were recording before Ms. Elphaba broke it up. "We're taking you to the office and then we're calling your parents!"

It was then Jack and Katherine got back. "What did we miss?" "Where have you been this entire time?" Crutchie asked. "Making out in the handicapped stall." "Okay... well Micheal dislocated his knee doing the stanky leg and Thomas and Jake got into a fight." "Damn, you get a video?" "No, but you can ask Lafayette." Eddie then changed the song to Cotton Eye Joe and everyone forgot about the fight and headed back to the dance floor.

"I love this song!" Anne screamed as she dragged Evan back out with her. "Hey Evan, blink 3 times if you need help." Jared said. "He's fineeee!" "There you again, DANCING FOR THE SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS YOU! But by all means, GO ON YOU MINDLESS SHEEP!" "I don't think I like him." Jane said. "Me neither." Crutchie agreed. Eddie then followed that with Crank That (Soulja Boy), then Party In The USA.

When they got to the bridge of the song, Hercules started crowd surfing, and everyone cheered until he started taking off his shirt, then as he tried to take off his pants, Ms. Elphaba was already yelling at him to stop. "HERCULES! PUT YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" "You sound just like my parents!" Everyone was either laughing or staring in horror. As the song ended and Hercules was escorted out, Eddie changed the song to Old Town Road. Evan, who'd eaten 3 bags of M&Ms and drank 2 Sprites at the start of the dance threw up behind the bleachers. Eddie ignored it. "Anyway, here's MO BAMBA!"

As everyone jumped around screaming on the dance floor, Anne seemed to have completely forgotten about her date in favor of dancing with her friends. That's when Spot stepped on Connor's shoe. "Watch where you're going asshole!" "Hey don't talk to my boyfriend like that!" "Fuck you!" Connor started fighting Race, and Spot jumped in and they both started beating him up. "Why would he do that? It's two against one, he's gonna lose." Jared said to Evan as they watched from the bleachers. "Bro you're always targeting me I don't even do anything!" Race yelled at Mr. Boq for breaking up the fight.

Eddie turned on Hit The Quan. "Alright kids, this is your final test!" He finally snapped as everyone did the dance. "THAT IS IT! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU MINDLESS SHEEP! MAY SOCIETY HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOULS, WHICH IT WONT! FUCK SOCIETY!" He ran out of the gym, shutting the music off. "Okay Jack, this is it, this is your moment, go up there and save the school dance, they're all counting on you." He said to himself. "Okay kids, the dance is over, go home." "OH COME ON!"

Chapter 17: Chapter 16

They were in first block early Monday morning, Micheal walked in with crutches. "Hey Micheal, you break your legs?" "Shut up Charles!" "I didn't even get to ask Christine to dance." Jeremy complained to Micheal. "Sorry dude." "It's okay, it's not your fault." "Where is Mr. Fiyero? Class started 3 minutes ago." Alana said. Mr. Fiyero showed up 10 minutes late. "Sorry I'm late class I had a wicked hangover!" No one said anything after that. "Anyway, so what are we learning today?" "Aren't you supposed to know that? You're the teacher." Cathy said. "My wife got me this job, I don't know what I'm doing." He proudly admitted.

"So uh, we're gonna play who can answer the most questions right and win the most candy." "That's not even a game." Catherine said. "Okay, who knows the answer to this one?" He said, to the random problem he'd written on the board. Alana raised her hand very quickly. "I know! It's 62!" "I don't even know if that's right, but I get the vibe that you know what you're doing." He said, throwing Alana a Jolly rancher. Then he wrote another one.

"Yes Albert?" "Two!" "Hey I don't know what vibe I get off of him, is that the answer?" Mr. Fiyero asked the class. "No, not even close actually." Jeremy said. "Sorry Albert. But here's a jolly rancher for effort." "It's 72." Jeremy said. "I think that's correct so here's a jolly rancher!" "Are we even learning anything?" Peggy asked. "I don't know." Eliza shrugged. By the end, everyone had at least 1 Jolly Rancher except Hercules. "Hey, I don't have one!" He said.

"Okay, I'll have a special question just for you to answer." He wrote 2 + 2 on the board. "Hm, god that's really hard. Oh I know, double two!" Fiyero just stared at him for a second. "Fuck it." He threw Hercules a Jolly Rancher. "Yes!" Then the bell rang, and they were off to history.

"Alright, I understand you have a project to present, Eliza, Thomas, Heather M, you're up first." Boq said. They walked up to the board with their poster board. "Soooo we did ours on the Cocolitzli epidemic..." Eliza started. She giggled. "Heather you go next." Heather was also giggling and so was Thomas. "It's Thomas's turn." "One of you read." She giggled. "Okay, so it was like..." They kept giggling to each-other instead of reading the poorly put together presentation.

"Okay, go sit down. That's enough." Mr. Boq said. "You guys ready to present?" Evan asked Hercules and Elmer. "This presentation could use a little something." Elmer said. "Oh yeah like what-" Then Elmer dumped an entire thing of glitter onto their poster board, completely covering it. "ELMER!" "Evan, Elmer, Hercules." "Oh god, we're so gonna fail." Evan said.

"WE DID OURS ON THE BLACK PLAGUE!" Hercules shouted. "Why are you yelling?" Evan asked him. "So did you write anything?" Mr. Boq asked. "Yes, Elmer just covered it in glitter." "Well I can't even read any of that so C-, go sit down." "Oh god I'm a failure!" "It's a middle school history project, next group, Alana, Lafayette, Charles."

The 3 of them walked up with their poster board. "We also did ours on the Cocolitzli epidemic, well, me and Lafayette did." "Shut up bitch!" Charles said. "Hey you shut up!" "I'll break your glasses 4 eyes!" "Try it!" Lafayette kept reading the presentation. "So that's why, it was bad, I think, did we do good." "Okay, B+, go sit down." Anne and Anna went next, then Kitty, Jeremy and Crutchie, then Cathy, Romeo and Catherine.

While Jack, Christine, and Peggy presented, Micheal was arguing with his group. "You two barely did anything!" "Well I brought the tape." Jake said. "We didn't even use tape." "Hey, he brought the tape!" Rich yelled at Micheal. "Rich, Micheal, and Jake." "Great, now we're up." "We did ours on HIV/AIDS, and it was uh.... well a lot of people died." Rich said. "You didn't do the note cards?" Micheal asked him. "What note cards?" "Seriously?" "Okay, B-, go sit down. Maria, James, Martha."

Not a word they said was heard the entire presentation, after them was Angelica, Heather C, and Aaron, then was Davey, Veronica, and JD. "Oh my god babe you read first!" Veronica said. "No you read first babe!" "Someone please read." Davey said. "Okayyyy... um, the black plague was a plague that.... Davey you go." Davey had to read the rest of the presentation. "Okay, B-, Albert, JoJo, and Race." They walked up with a blank poster board. "We forgot." Race said. "You failed, go sit down, Katherine, Heather D, Connor."

"My dad was so pissed when I told him I needed this poster board, but I got it anyway, so I'll just ask at 9pm the night before again next time too." Connor said. After they presented, Jared, John, and Spot went. "Um, the Colombian exchange was... bad I think." Jared said. "Your group was supposed to do the black plague, did you do the project?" "Not gonna lie, we did not." Spot said. "Okay, you failed, go sit down." "Mr. Boq I don't even do anything but you're always targeting me!" "Spot, you didn't do your project, now go sit down." "Did Ms. Nessarose not let you hit last night-" "Go to the principal's office!"

After science and lunch, they had PE with Ms. Miku. "Hello students, I'm Hatstune Miku, I'm your new PE teacher, because apparently the music teacher spot had already been filled and this was the best they could do, we're gonna play dodgeball today, who wants to be a team captain?" Hercules shoved Evan, who didn't even have his hand raised. "I do! I do!" "Okay, one more." "Me! I wanna be a captain!" Jake said. "Alright, now pick your teams." She said, not bothering to get up from her chair.

After PE, they went to art. "I heard we're getting a new art teacher." Anne said. That's when she walked in. "Hello class, my name is Ms. Eurydice and I'm going to be your art teacher this year." "Are you our music teacher's wife?" Race asked. "Yes, I am. Why?" "Albert didn't believe he was married and neither did I." "Okay, well we have a mandatory art contest coming up and the first place winner gets an extra credit A and lunch with the principal. Yes Heather D?" "Is Eddie gonna be a judge?" "Yes, I believe so, but so is Jin so I'd make it good." Heather D scoffed. "I'm not even gonna try."

"Also class, we have 5 new students. Chloe Valentine, Oscar Delancey, Morris Delancey, Brooke Lohst, and Jenna Rolan." "Why is Oscar 13 in 6th grade?" Race asked. "Hey shut up! I'll kill you!" "Oscar, we don't talk like that in class." Ms. Eurydice said. "I was in juvie for 2 years." "Remember after school in the music room we're having auditions for Spring Awakening Jr."

Chapter 18: Chapter 17

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over aguuuaainn
Won't really change my mind
And I won't live to see another day
I sweear it's true
Cause a girl like you's impossible to find
Impossible to find

"Okay, thanks Connor, you can go sit down now." Mr. Orpheus said. "Well that's it?" "You were kinda pitchy." "God everyone is so against me! I can't do anything around here! Fuck you!" "This sucks, how many have we seen?" Mr. Orpheus asked. "1." Ms. Eurydice responded. "Elmer Kazprazak."  "I'm gonna be singing the ABCs." "You can start whenever you're ready."

ABCD
EFG
HIJ-

He stopped. "You can continue at any time." Mr. Orpheus said. "I forgot the lyrics!" They both just paused and stared at him. "Elmer, have you ever been tested? For anything?" Ms. Eurydice asked. "That was supposed to be a secret! Did Nikola tell you?" "Who's that?" "My oldest sister, because my parents don't take care of me." "Well honey that sounds like a conversation for you and Ms. Nessarose, okay who's next?" Ms. Eurydice said. "Hercules Mulligan." "I'm gonna be singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider!"

THE ITSBY SPIDER WENT UP THE WATER SPOUT
DOWN CAME THE RAIN AND WASHED THE SPIDER OUT
OUT CAME THE SUN AND IT DRIED UP ALL THE RAIN
AND THE ITSBY BITSY SPIDER WENT UP THE SPOUT AGAIN

"Okay, now that I'm fucking deaf who's next?" Mr. Orpheus said. "Rich Goranski." Ms. Eurydice called. "I actually wrote my own song for my audition, I wrote it to my dad." "You can go ahead."

*beatboxing*
Stop beating me
*beatboxing*
Stop beating me
*beatboxing*
Stop beating me
*beatboxing*
Stop beating me
*beatboxing*
Stop beating me
*beatboxing*

"Okay okay that's enough, also go talk to Ms. Nessarose." Ms. Eurydice said. "What is wrong with these kids?" Mr. Orpheus said. "Okay, Martha Dunstock, you're up next." "Hi, I'm gonna be singing uhhhh... the My Little Pony theme song." "Go ahead."

My little pony
My little pony
Ahhhhhhh

"Hey Martha can you speak up?" Mr. Orpheus asked. She randomly ran off crying. "What did I say? I just asked to sing a little louder." Ms. Eurydice shrugged. "Spot Conlon, you're up next." Spot walked up. "Start whenever you're ready."

Some people suck dick and balls
But I won't suck nothing at all
If I can't suck you baby-

"Okay okay that's enough!" "Bro Mr. Orpheus you always target me I don't even be doing anything!" Spot shouted back. "Spot that song is not appropriate for school!" "Fuck you! This is why your wife left you!" "What are you talking about? I'm right here." Ms. Eurydice said. "Go to the principal's office!" Orpheus said. "Okay, who's next?"

While Katherine went next to audition, Elmer was talking to Evan. "So there's this weird black stuff growing on my bedroom wall but when I told my parents they were like 'wait who are you again', isn't that funny?" Elmer said. "That's really bad Elmer, like that could actually kill you." "Sometimes I lick it to see how it tastes." "Oh dude me too!" Hercules said. "....." "Evan Hansen. You're next." "Okay well good luck with that."

"Hi- I'm Evan, and.... uh... oh god where are my cards?!" "Evan this is a singing audition, do you have a song?" Mr. Orpheus asked. "Uh... I don't know- oh god! This is why my dad left! I'm such a failure!" He sobbed. "Okay, okay, thank you Evan, why don't you go have a seat?" Ms. Eurydice said. "Okay...." "Are we still giving him a role?" "Maybe he can be a tree or something with a couple lines, I'll figure it out." Mr. Orpheus said. "Okay, Thomas Jefferson, you're up next."

Thomas walked up and just stood there. "You can start singing." But he didn't. He just stood there. "Thomas, what are you doing?" He didn't answer. "Thomas?" "Hey shut up Mr. Orpheus I'm aura farming!" "You're what?" "Aura farming, duh!" "Okay... who's next?" "Chloe Valentine." Ms. Eurydice called. "You bitches watch and learn." "Language!" "Shut up Mr. Orpheus!"

Yo, I never fucked Wayne I never fucked Drake
On my life man fucks sake
If I did I'd ménage with em
Let em eat my ass like a cupcake-

"Okay, okay Chloe that's enough, thank you." "But I did good?" "Sure, maybe don't sing that in school next time. Okay who's next?" Jenna went next, then Jared, then Cathy, then the Heathers, then Maria. "Okay, Racetrack Higgins, you're next." Ms. Eurydice called out. "Start whenever you're ready."

Wobble it, wiggle it, wobble it, wiggle it, wobble it, wiggle it, huh
Whoa
Whoa
Swoop it down, wobble it, wiggle it, wobble it, wiggle it
Wobble it, wiggle it, wobble it, wiggle it, whoa
Swing
Whoa
Whoa
Swoop it down, wobble it, wiggle it, wobble it, wiggle it
Wobble it, wiggle it, wobble it, wiggle it, whoa
Swing, ooh

"Okay, not really sure why you picked that song but you're good to go, okay who's next?" "So I got the part?" Race asked. "We'll see, who's next?" "Christine Canigula." "Hello, I'm gonna be singing Don't Rain On My Parade!" "Whenever you're ready." She hit play on her phone, then messed up the time as soon as the song started. "Do you wanna try again?" "Yeah, okay."

Don't tell me not to-

"Sorry, can I try again?" "Sorry Christine, that's all the time we have." Mr. Orpheus said. "No no no no! You have to give me another chance! Please! Please.... pleak...." She was now sobbing her eyes out. "Look, better luck next time." She ran off crying. "Okay, James Madison, you're up next." "Do I have to?" "I mean, no." Orpheus said. "Okay, bye." "Why did he even show up?" About an hour later, they were down to the final 3. "Micheal Mell." "Okay, I'm gonna sing my favorite Tyler The Creator song." "Go ahead."

Don't tap the glass
Don't tap the glass
Don't tap the glass

Don't tap the glass
Don't tap the glass
Don't tap the glass

"Okay, thanks Micheal, you can go now." "I was good tho right? Like I nailed that audition?" "It was certainly an audition." Mr. Orpheus said. "Eurydice who do we have left?" "Next up is Eliza Schuyler." "Eliza Schuyler! You're up next!" "Oh my gosh, thank you so much for this opportunity I know I'm gonna nail it!" "You can start whenever you're ready."

Like a small boat on the ocean
Sending big waves into motion
Like a single word can make a heart open
I only have only match, but I can make an explosion

And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream out loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My powers turned on
Starting right now
I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

"Okay Eliza thank you, well-" However, Eliza didn't stop singing, in fact, she finished the whole song. "Eliza, we only needed 2 verses." Ms. Eurydice said. "You're welcome!" She shouted before running out. "Okay, Anne Boleyn, you're the last one." "Prepare to have your mind blown."

Like a small boat on the ocean
Sending big waves into motion
Like a single word can make a heart open
I only have only match, but I can make an explosion

"Oh come on, not again." Mr. Orpheus said. Anne kept singing as if she was nailing it. "Well, it's the last one and then we're done here." Ms. Eurydice said. "None of these kids can even sing, should I just cancel it?" "We've already come this far, might as well keep going." Anne was oblivious to this whole conversation.

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My powers turned on
Starting right now
I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me