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“Aughh Mr. Vargas, do we have to do this quiz?” one of the kids sighed loudly
“Yeah we're so goated on that Bio lab you should know we are too smart for that test Mr.V!”
“Jamie is right, you said it yourself we did so great at the Lab!”
Lovino had a finger pressing to his temple as he looked at his class complaining about the test he specifically told them they would do after completing their lab.
“Nope no complaining I told you all about the quiz the week before, Lexi, can you hand out the sheets.” Lovino shook his head Grabbing the stack of premade quizzes as Lexi came over taking it and handed the tests out and then handing the left over back before going back to her seat.
The room was silent for a good long 19 minutes with the occasional sigh from a kid bored out of there mind when all the tests came back and Lovino looked at them marking the wrong answers for a quick retake.
until the door to his class swung open and the class his room was next to poured in and the teacher shouted “How you doing kids!” the teacher came in after his class all came in and began to loudly chat with their friends in Lovino's own class. which made Lovino sigh loudly as Gilbert the teacher to the History class came over to his desk looking out at the sea of around now 40 kids in the one classroom “did Vargas give you a quiz?” he said and all the kids nodded.
“Yeah he did Mr. Beilschmidt he did it was the worst 20 question quiz in my life!” a kid cried out and several nodded in agreement Gilbert laughed at the class “hey its second Semester that means your getting a lot of tests now until you graduate, see unlike you all complaining about a little Biology quiz my class was awesome and sped through there quiz and got amazing grades.” he said with a smirk very proudly “thats only because your doing the easiest stuff its a basic review for us.” One of the kids in his class said, causing the man to gasp.
Lovino let out a sigh before standing up and holding the graded quizzes and handing them back to the kids. “If you wanna retake to get a better grade use a pen for the rewrite on your answers.” he said before looking at all of Beilschmidt’s class “and all of you get out of my class we were taking a test before your teacher decided to rudely barge in, you can talk to your friends later.”
The room groaned in collective disappointment as Gilbert’s students were herded back out, shoes scuffing and voices grumbling, The door shut with a decisive click. Silence returned
Lovino exhaled through his nose and dragged a hand down his face. He leaned back against his desk, eyes scanning his own class. “You’ve got ten minutes for retakes. And if I see one more dramatic sigh, I’m adding an essay question next time.”
That shut them up, Pens began to scratch. Lovino tried to refocus, but the interruption had knocked him off his rhythm then like mold growing where you least expect it, then some students began to whisper, Lexi leaned over to Jamie, “Okay but did you see how Mr. Beilschmidt was standing so close to Mr.Vargas?”
Jamie snorted quietly. “Yeah. Like he wanted Mr. Vargas to yell at him.”
Lovino heard none of this, he collected the quizzes again, stacked them neatly, and waved his hand. “Alright. You’re done. Pack up.” As the students filed out, several of them exchanged looks
Lexi whispered something to Jamie before he fist bumped her and she went over to Lovino, Lexi was one of the only kids Lovino actually trusted with work, after all she was planning to be his teacher aid next year, they had a good relationship to the point she once accidentally called him “dad” her freshman year “hey Mr Vargas!” she said with a smile as he looked at her
“just so you know I won't write you a pass to your next class” this made her pout before shaking her head
“aw poo you suck.” but Lexi lingered by Lovino’s desk, rocking back on her heels while he sorted quizzes into neat, angry little piles.
“You forgot to curve Jamie’s score,” she said casually.
Lovino didn’t look up. “Jamie didn’t earn a curve.”
Lexi hummed. “Interesting. Because Mr. Beilschmidt curved Jamie's quiz yesterday.”
He looked up, eyes narrowing. “Of course he did.”
Lexi smiled sweetly, “Well,” she said, slinging her backpack over one shoulder, “maybe you could… compare notes sometime. Y’know. For academic consistency.”
Lovino snorted. “I’m not coordinating grading policies with that guy.”
Lexi raised her hands in surrender. “Just saying. Maybe a collab over history on the black death and how it all happened would be cool” She said and quickly left before he could respond, nearly colliding with Jamie in the hall. Jamie was already grinning, like a man who had just lit a fuse.
“So?” he murmured.
“He looked like he was considering it,” Lexi said
“I mentioned collaboration and his subject in the same sentence.”
“Ooo you're smart.” he spoke and nudged her..
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Lexi and Jamie both had their next class together and Lexi already had a notebook out writing and scribbling down with Jamie on ideas to basically force the two teachers to interact, Lexi occasionally made doodles of the two teachers holding hands with hearts around them and Jamie tried to not laugh at the doodles.
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When lunch came they snuck over to the teacher faculty room and saw several teachers already sitting and eating before they spotted Lovino talking to his brother, the art teacher in a corner while Gilbert was already talking to some other teachers Jamie leaned over Lexi's shoulder as they watched the two teachers carefully.
After a few minutes Feliciano, Lovino's brother waved off and the two quickly backed from the wall and tried to not look suspicious as the Art teacher left the room but he paused and looked at the two students trying, and failing to not look as if they weren't spying on teachers.
“Shouldnt you two be in the lunch room?”
“OH! Uh Mr. Feliciano! Ahah! So like uhm were so better and way more cool to like y'know be with the others yeah!”
Jamie tried to lie which earned a jab in his rib by Lexi “Shut it dingus you suck.”
Feliciano crossed his arms “ I gotta agree with Lexi, Jamie you suck. Even I can lie better than that and we all know how bad I lie.” Feliciano tilted his head, eyes flicking between the two students "You're planning something,” he said mildly. “We are not guilty.” Jamie quickly said
Lexi sighed, and accepted that Jamie, her partner in crime, was a lost cause. “Mr. Feliciano,” she said smoothly, “we were just… looking for the recycling bin. For paper. Academic paper.”
Feliciano blinked. “…This is the faculty lounge.”
“Yes,” Lexi nodded, “which is where the good recycling is.”
Feliciano stared at her “You’re spying.” Jamie opened his mouth. Lexi elbowed him. “We are observing,” Lexi corrected. “Very different.” Feliciano lowered his voice theatrically.
“Is this about my brother?”
“Yes.”
Feliciano’s eyes lit up “Finally. I was wondering how long it would take someone to notice.”
Lexi froze. “Notice… what?”
Feliciano shrugged."I think you two know what I'm talking about.”
Jamie’s jaw dropped. “WAIT—you see it too?”
Feliciano laughed, covering his mouth. “Please. I share a house with my brother”
Lexi put a hand over her heart. “Bless you, sir. You are an ally.”
Feliciano laughed, “What’s the plan?”
Lexi’s smile turned sharp.
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The faculty room door opened again and Ludwig stepped in, tray in hand, immediately clocking the two students hovering far too close to the coffee machine.
He frowned. “Why are there students here?”
Feliciano popped up instantly. “Ah! Ludwig! Perfect timing.” He gestured broadly. “These two were just leaving.”
Lexi bowed her head respectfully. Jamie waved awkwardly.
“Yes,” Lexi said. “We were just—”
“—delivering something,” Jamie blurted.
Lexi closed her eyes.
Ludwig adjusted his glasses. “Delivering what?”
Jamie panicked.
“Uh— a… syllabus idea!”
Lexi’s head snapped toward him so fast it was almost impressive.
Ludwig blinked once. “A syllabus idea?”
“Yes!” Jamie nodded too hard. “For, uh. Cross-curricular enhancement. Between departments.”
Lexi recovered. “It’s an interdisciplinary proposal,” she said smoothly, stepping forward like she had not just watched her best friend attempt suicide on trying to talk to him. “We thought it would be beneficial for the sophomore class of Biology and History to collaborate on a unit.”
Ludwig stared at them. “Students do not write interdisciplinary proposals.”
“Gifted ones do,” Jamie muttered.
Lexi stomped on his foot.
Ludwig’s eyes narrowed slightly behind his glasses. “On what topic.”
Jamie inhaled sharply again, clearly preparing to say something but Lexi cut in. “The Black Death.”
Ludwig paused.
She continued “Historical context from Mr. Beilschmidt. Pathogen biology and transmission from Mr. Vargas. It reinforces curriculum standards for both departments.”
Jamie nodded vigorously. “Super educational y’know.”
“You are not in either of my classes so I won't bother,” Ludwig said, giving them a nod to leave.
Lexi and Jamie backed away slowly and out of the doorway, Feliciano and Ludwig watched “…They are going to make those two kill each other,” Ludwig said flatly, Feliciano smiled. “Or fall in love.”
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Down the hall, Lexi scribbled in her notebook while Jamie peeked over her shoulder.
“What are you writing?” he whispered.
“Ideas,” Lexi said.
Jamie grinned. “Enemies-to-lovers speedrun.”
“Soon! Soon Mr. Vargas and Mr. Beilschmidt will be together” Lexi sang with a twirl and Jamie laughed at her
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Here is what i made Lexi and Jamie look like...
