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Professor Maelstrom walked into his classroom, pleased to see that his students were already seated. He was not pleased, however, by the heated argument taking place in the back corner of the room.
Neal The Eel had apparently decided to drop in for a visit, and was currently teasing Spinkick, who happened to be one of Maelstrom’s favorite students. His other favorite student, Flytrap, was yelling at Neal along with Spinkick. A few other students were intently watching the argument.
Maelstrom sighed as he addressed his students. “Care to explain why you are arguing with my students, Neal? Shouldn’t you be in Doctor Bellum’s classroom?”
Before Neal had a chance to respond, Spinkick interrupted him with a furious expression on his face. “He keeps calling me ‘submissive and breedable’!”
“He keeps calling you what?” Surely I must have misheard.
Spinkick raised his voice. “I said he called me ‘SUBMISSIVE AND BREEDABLE’! AND HE SAID HE WANTS TO ‘BREED’ ME!”
This caught the attention of the rest of the class, and now everyone in the room was watching intently.
“I heard you the first time, please, don’t call each other ‘submissive and breedable’ What does that even mean?” What is WRONG with these kids?
This time, Neal interrupted Spinkick. “Well in my defense, he WAS looking submissive and breedable.”
Spinkick crossed his arms and glared at Neal. “It’s not even true! I’m not submissive, and i’m NOT breedable!”
Neal raised an eyebrow and smirked. “You’re denying it awfully hard for someone who supposedly isn’t submissive and breedable.”
Before the situation could escalate further, Maelstrom interrupted. “Enough! Spinkick, please stop screaming. Neal, return to Doctor Bellum’s classroom. Now.”
As Neal left and the class settled down, Maelstrom sighed. Kids these days.
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Later that day, Flytrap sat in Doctor Bellum’s class, staring at the scorched remains of her project.
Doctor Bellum simply gaped. “What did you do?”
Flytrap looked at her teacher with wide eyes. “I think I may have girlbossed a bit too close to the sun.”
Doctor Bellum sighed. Kids these days. Nothing they said ever made any sense.