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Of Love and Blood

Chapter 3: The Question

"Okay, class. Here's your vocabulary words for this week. There are thirteen words. The dictionaries are on the shelf, please have this completed by the end of class. Alright. Begin. Mrs. Eddleman said as everyone started writing.

Michael and Marie were sitting together (the Nerd Herd had aproved that he was worthy of sitting next to her, even though the count was won by only one vote.), Marie drilling away at her work. She glanced over at Michael. He was writing in pencil, on paper from a spiral notebook, and was copying down the entire definition for vociferious. "Hey," she whispered. "She wants us to write in pen. And she doesn't like that kind of paper.And you really don't have to write down the entire definition, just the gist of it-"

"Marie. Why are you talking?" Mrs. Eddleman inquired.

"Je regrette, Madame. Michele ne know pas qu'est tu require. Excuser moi, s'il vous plait." Marie answered, using the best French she could. "Sorry, Marie. I forgot to tell the class what and how I want things done. Thank you." Mrs. Eddleman replied. "De rien." Marie, again, responded in French.

Mrs. Edleman then explained what she wanted. "Thanks, Marie. Your French sounds very good. Parfait!!" Michael wispered. Wait!! Michael thought. I just said Perfect!! Well, she kinda' is... Whilst Marie was thinking, He just called me perfet!! Cool!! If only he knew...

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BRRRIIINNNGGG!! The bell rang! SCHOOL'S OUT!! "Hey, Marie!! Can I ask you something?" Micael came running up to Marie, who was walking home with Kaye. "I'll go on ahead." Kaye said, then lowered her voice. "Tell me everything later!!" Marie whispered back, "Don't worry!!" She smiled. "LYLAS!!" They said in unison. Kaye walked on ahead about ten yards. Marie turned back to Michael. "So. What were you going to ask me?" She implied. "Well," He faltered. "Have you seen the second Tomb Raider?" He finally asked. "No, but I really want to! Why?" She responded. "well, I was wondering if youd like to go with me, say, tomorrow?" He smiled shyly. "Sure! My brother's working there that day, so I can just get dropped off. Is that ok?" She answered all in one breath. "Yeah! That's great!!" He got excited. "See you then!!" He sprinted towards his friend, Curly, whom he always walks home with. Marie ran up to Kaye and shouted, "HE ASKED ME OUT!!" She was jumping up and down from excitement. "We're going to see Tomb Raider and the Cradle of Life Scot's working tomorrow, so I can just get dropped off!" Kaye laughed. "Well, I guess we'll have to start up the Nerd Herd phome tree: "Marie's got a boyfriend!! FINALLY!!' Right?"

"Kaye!!" They both giggled. "Well, you know he's hot!!"

Again with God'd irony. At that exact moment, Michael was talking to Curly. "I ASKED HER OUT!!" He screeched. "Well," Curly saiid. "You know she's hot!!"