0 Chronicles Episode: B is for Biology

==/== Chronicles of My Seventeenth Year ==/ ==
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Episode Two – B is for Biology
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The first day back at school and Caramel Academy was already buzzing with excitement. There were rumours that the school’s ex Robin Hood-esque rebel type Nat Kruger and its current clean cut Princess were about to go head to head in a bid for ‘top dog’ status.

Little did the students know that one of the people in question had no interest in such things and the other was too busy with actual school activities to even have time to care. Their best friends however had what most people would deem too much free time. That, coupled with the fact that both had a certain knack for creating nothing less than a troublesome atmosphere where ever it was they happened to be resulted in almost daily explosions.

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It was fourth period that found Hayley Stateman and Caroline Stevens sitting in the same biology laboratory. That in itself was a bad, bad sign.

As the teacher droned on about pheromones and insect mating rituals, the school’s resident loudmouth mistakenly took the opportunity to slip her hand into her bag and retrieve a small bottle.

Noticing that Caro’s eyes were trained on Hayley, Nat elbowed the girl and gave a firm headshake in the negative. The answering smirk she got in return however did nothing to comfort her in the slightest.

Just a tiny moment later, a little ‘spritz’ could be heard and both Natalie and Caroline watched as Hayley rubbed the perfume from her wrist to the spot just behind her earlobe.

Natalie made to grab at the girl next to her before anything ridiculous could happen but to her chagrin Caroline who was just a second faster had already made it up and out of her seat.

“Hayley thinks she’s an insect! Hayley the insect wants to mate!,” the redhead chanted as she pointed at Hayley.

The rest of the class broke out into snickers as Hayley stood still holding the small bottle.

“We just had P.E! I did it for you people!,” the blonde huffs loudly, also rising out of her seat.

Nat, who had accepted that the situation had gone too far out of control for her to bother with trying to calm it, extended a silent challenge to Sophie with a small smile and a raised eyebrow.

Sophie who was currently surveying the moment from just beside Hayley stood as a sign of accepting the challenge. Before any sort of sound could leave her mouth however, Caroline had already managed to escalate the situation with use of a little less than two braincells.

“Hayley wants to mate, Hayley wants to mate!,” the redhead chanted as she did a little dance.

In a flash, possibly powered by rage and embarrassment, Hayley lunged at her.

“Shut up or I’ll kill you!,” the blonde said.

“Help!,” Caroline groaned as she tried to pry Hayley off her. “She’s... trying... to mate... with me!”
“I am not!”

Sophie cleared her throat and was about to forge forward with an attempt to control what was happening when she suddenly saw Nat smirking and motioning for her to sit down.

At that moment the teacher who had been making mental calculations to figure out if she felt like interfering finally decided to make the class re-acknowledge her presence by issuing an unexpected order.

“Turn to page twelve,” the teacher said.

“What?,” Sophie croaked out.

“And sit down Miss Fuller there’s no standing during class,” the teacher continued.

Sophie looked at the teacher and tried to decide whether or not she’d heard wrong.

“Mrs. Stapleton I don’t think...”

“What the hell!,” Caro managed to get out. “She’s trying to kill me!”

“Kill you, mate with you... whatever she’s doing she should just do it quickly so we can get on with class,” the teacher said nonchalantly.

Hayley paused for a moment.

“Are you allowed to say that? We’re in class you know,” the blonde asked.

Caroline took the opportunity to try and wriggle free, however Hayley merely tightened her hold on the girl’s collar.

“Let me go! I am immune to your pheromones!”

A moment longer passed before Caroline finally stopped struggling.

“Ah what the hell, just make it quick. We’d prolly have good looking children anyway. Let’s name one Cayley.”

“You’re an idiot!” Hayley said while blushing profusely as she finally let go of Caroline and scampered back to her seat in the most dignified way possible.

“Where is your keeper? You should be leashed!,” she said, throwing the statement across the room.

“Argh... can you hear yourself speak?!,” Caroline replied as she rubbed at her neck.

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At the sound of the bell, the teacher quickly gathered up her own text books.

“Well most of us made it through that period at least. Well done class,” she said before walking out the door.

Hayley shot a dirty look at Caroline who dared to look as if she’d forgotten what had happened already.

Natalie wandered over to Sophie who was silently packing up her books.

“First mission to control the Cayley,” she said. “Failed.”

“Didn’t see you having better progress,” Sophie replied while trying to keep the annoyance out of her voice.

“If I’d tried there would have been casualties,” Natalie said with a wink before she ran her hand through her hair, effectively keeping that ‘styled-messy’ look. “Anyway, I’m sure you’ll have more chances soon,” she finished with a laugh.

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At the lockers Caro was catching up with Melanie who was looking at her neck with great interest.

“Caro,” Melanie said to get the redhead’s attention.

“Hmm?,” Caroline replied.

“You have bruises on your neck.”

Caroline laughed to herself for a moment as she could see Natalie shaking her head as she came up to the lockers.

“I know right?,” Caroline said. “Who knew biology could be so dangerous.”

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