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Jay idly scribbled in his notebook as his teacher droned on. He had been trying to be attention, he really had, but he had a habit of daydreaming whenever the lesson got too boring. And History was definitely boring.
“Jay?”
Shit
”Yes Mrs Brady?” Jay asked innocently.
It was then he noticed Kai frantically shaking his head at him and whispering. Jay squinted as Kai mouthed: “ We’re doing projects in pairs”
Ah. Fantastic . His absolute favourite.
“Have you found your pair yet, Mr Walker?” Mrs Brady asked with a slight scowl.
Jay panicked. “ OH yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m going with, ummm,Kai?” As his teacher glared at him, he felt all the eyes of the other students on him.
“Haha, um, I meant...Nya! Or um, Cole. No, no, I’m going with Zane..yep, absolutely!” With each name Jay nervously recited, the more and more his teacher scowled, and the more she scowled, the more flustered he got.
“No, no and no, Mr Walker. Kai and Nya are paired with each other, and the same goes for Cole and Zane. Were you perhaps, now I don’t know, not paying attention by any chance?” she responded coldly.
“Maybe..” Jay mumbled.
She gave Jay a slightly smug grin.“As you have no one else to partner with seeing as one of our other students is ill, I have no choice but to pair you with Mr Garmadon”.
Jay felt like a bucket of ice had been poured on him as the other students gasped in horror. He was paired with Lloyd Garmadon, son of Lord Garmadon. Lloyd Garmadon, who everyone knew was just as evil as his father. Lloyd Garmadon, the son of the man that Jay fought in his free time, and barely made it out alive.
Yep, Jay was fucked.
“But that’s not fair Miss!” Nya cried out, looking at her in horror.
” Quiet, Ms Smith. It’s Jay’s own fault for not paying attention. This should teach him a lesson.” Mrs Brady retorted with a smirk.
Jay slumped dejectedly in his chair, already resigned to his fate. As he looked around the class he was met with the pitying stares of his classmates, Kai and Nya looking like they were about to throw a fit, Zane’s worried expression, and Cole mouthing “ Sorry dude”.
Mrs Brady turned to Lloyd with a sneer on her lips. “ Right, Mr Garmadon. Explain to Mr Walker what exactly he is meant to be doing in this project after class.” Lloyd nodded, and for the first time Jay actually looked at Lloyd. His face seemed a mixture of annoyance and vague awkwardness, but it was hard to tell with those long golden locks in the way. Jay realised that Lloyd was probably as equally annoyed at this arrangement as he was.
The bell rang, and Mrs Brady stormed out of the classroom, and there was silence for a moment before it all erupted.
“Oh my gods, I know she’s threatened to do that people before, but I never thought she would go that far, y’know?”
” I would actually kill myself, like seriously, imagine!”
” I actually feel bad for that loser Jay!”
“Ok, ok, so what are the chances that he’ll make it out alive?”
”So glad it’s not me.”
His friends rushed over to him as his classmates left and the chatter died down. “Fuck, fuck, fuckkk... I’m so sorry Jay!” Kai exclaimed. “ It’s okay, you couldn’t have done anything.” He replied with a sigh. Cole ran his hand through his hair nervously. “ Maybe you could pretend to break your leg and not come in for a week?” he wondered.
Jay gave a weak laugh. “ Nah, my mom would be able to tell straight away, I can’t get away with anything with her.”
Nya seemed rather pale. “ But what if he does something to you? No one knows anything about him except for being Garmadons son! He could be capable of anything!” Nya was almost near tears.
Zane looked thoughtful. “ Well, by my calculations, I have never seen Lloyd do anything to another student on school ground, so it is unlikely that he would try something .” Jay felt relieved for a second until Zane continued. “ Though by those same calculations, there is still a 47.9754% chance he will try to do something.”
“I’m doomed.” Jay wailed. “I’m actually so doomed.”
“Er, excuse me?”
He nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw Lloyd Garmadon himself behind him.
Lloyd seemed almost nervous, but that didn’t seem right for someone like him.
” What do you want? “Cole growled, putting a protective arm around Jay.
Lloyd raised an eyebrow. “ Did you not hear Mrs Brady tell me to explain the project to Jay after class?” he asked.
Jay had been busy freaking out at the time , so no, he had definitely not.
“Yeah, well, we can explain it to him nooo problem buddy, so you can just beat it.” Jay felt impressed by Nya’s bravery.
A slight expression of hurt flickered in Lloyds eyes, so quickly that Jay decided he imagined it. “Oh, uh cool. Wanna meet in the library at study period tomorrow?” Lloyd asked, looking at Jay.
Jay panicked. Again. “ OHHH! Yep! That is perfect! Fantastic even see you tomorrow...pal!” Jay inwardly cringed.
Lloyd stared at him for a moment , before giving an awkward nod and left the classroom.
Cole gave a strangled laugh. “ Thank gods, that was painful to watch.”
Jay slumped to the floor as his friend discussed ways to get Jay out of this situation. He couldn’t wait for this nightmare to be over.