Converting the Bad Boy ✔

Chapter 18

^Awesome Foursome that is Denise, Yasmine, Mariam and Theo. 

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"Oersterd's Experiment – who's heard of it?"

Silence. I glanced around at my classmates. Everyone was zoned out, and the lesson hadn't even begun.

"No one? Well, that's disappointing. But by the end of this period, you will know exactly what it is, because guess what?"

"What?" Denise asked, being the only student to reply to Mr Newton's rhetorical questions.

Mr Newton picked up his hat, the same black trilby hat that threw me and Damian together, and held it up as if it were a prize. "You're going to do this experiment here in this classroom, but first I have to choose your partners because it just makes my job all the more fun!"

Groans. Why was I not surprised?

"Denise and Damian," Mr Newton called out the first two names, and Denise wrinkled her nose, exchanging a look with me.

I patted her arm sympathetically. "Good luck, girl. You're gonna need it."

Denise nodded, pouting her bottom lip as Mr Newton pulled out more pieces of paper form his hat. He had this theory that we worked more efficiently when we were paired up with strangers, because then there would be no futile chatter between the work. Plus, he loved to see us squirm. He didn't use this method last year, which was why I had enjoyed physics more back then. Ah, those were the good days.

"Aidan and...Mariam!"

I leaned my forehead on my palm, my elbow leaning on the desk comfortably, and let my gaze wander to the opposite side of the classroom, where Aidan and Damian sat. "Looks like a double date," Denise murmured to me sarcastically. I sighed.

"Before you can go off with your partners, I need to explain the experiment, since you're all so clueless," Mr Newton gathered us around a bench and began to set up a compass and an electric wire, which was connected to a battery. "If you all did the homework I assigned for the weekend, you would've come across magnetic fields, which is what I'll be demonstrating here. By closing the circuit, the needle of the compass moves. Can everyone see?" We all murmured yeses.

"Good. Now can someone explain to me why?" Mr Newton scanned our faces, and to my surprise, Damian raised his hand. "Yes, Damian?"

"An electric current passes through the wire, and so a magnetic field forms around it. The compass needle moves because it is detecting the presence of the magnetic field."

I was pretty sure the entire class were just as shocked as me, including Mr Newton, who stared at him for a couple of seconds before regaining composure and saying, "Yes, that's exactly correct, Damian. In fact, I couldn't have explained it better myself."

Damian smiled smugly at Mr Newton. "Maybe I should replace you as teacher, Mr Newton."

Mr Newton chuckled. "Maybe after I retire."

"When will that be, Mr Newton?" Denise questioned.

"Next year?" Mr Newton shrugged nonchalantly.

"Is this your last year, Mr Newton?" Russell asked, sounding sad.

"I suppose it is, Russell. But it's your last year too. Now, what I'm going to get you guys to do is..." Mr Newton explained a different experiment which we would be conducting using iron shavings, a solid conductor and a battery. "Once you get all the materials and set them up, write down what happens because this will be in the test."