Training Wheels ♥︎ Book 1

Chapter 14

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'Everyone's so much like Rey.' Ben thought to himself, laughing to himself as he walked into the theatre and into the classroom. He said hello to Professor Snoke, then looked around for Hux. He wasn't in the classroom. Ben figured he'd see him later, and he sat down in his seat.

Snoke went up to the front of the classroom, greeting the class and saying, "Today you'll translate all of Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 5. You may have a partner to help you. Take a look at the list on the door." Most of the people rushed to the door to look at who their partners were, but Ben stayed in his seat, taking a copy of the Romeo and Juliet script as Snoke walked past with them. Blue-haired girl still wasn't back in class, Ben knew that when Hux came, he'd be his partner again. He smiled at the thought and turned to Act 3 Scene 5, starting to do the work on his own for now until Hux came to class.

Ben had been able to work on the script for about 10 minutes until a chubby girl with short brown hair approached him, bending down to look him in the face. Ben's eyes flicked up to see her. "You're Ben, right?" She asked, half-smiling.

"Uh, yeah." Ben said, skeptical.

"Oh cool. Lemme pull up a chair. I know this play like the back of my hand." She grabbed her chair from her seat and pulled it up to the side of Ben's desk.

Ben shook his head. "Pardon me, I'm so sorry but what's going on?"

"Dude. Snoke's sheet says that we're partners." She sat in the chair, fingering through the script.

"Oh, yeah, of course." Ben said, only half paying attention. He was thinking of where Hux could be. Ben thought back to one of the conversations they'd had, God, it felt like ages ago, but it was only the week before last week. He said he did cardio on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays... maybe he was doing it last period and that's why he was late? Ben knew that upperclassmen had time in between their classes and school started later for them. Or if Hux wasn't doing cardio, maybe he was taking time to do homework for another class or-

"Penny for your thoughts?" The girl's voice jarred Ben out of his curious thoughts of Hux's whereabouts and he glanced at her to see her raise a brow at him. "You're thinking of that Brendol Hux guy, our TA, right?"

Ben didn't believe in mind-reading of course, but considering what was happening, he almost wanted to change his mind. Ben instinctively put on a facade and pretended he had no idea what she was talking about. "Brendol?"

"Yeah, Brendol. I always see you guys talking during class. You guys are friends?"

'You could say.' Ben thought. "Mhm." He nodded.

"Well, if you're wondering where he is or something, I saw him last period. He was talking on the phone outside on the track, and I was going to say hello, but he seemed pretty busy. From my perspective, it kind of looked like he was fighting with someone on the other end. It wasn't any of my business anyway. Probably nothing much, most likely. I should stop talking, we should get to work." The girl looked back to the script, taking the pencil out of her hair.

Ben wondered who Hux had been talking to outside. He was right though, Hux was doing cardio. He hoped everything was fine, and he decided he wouldn't ask him the next time he saw him.

"One more thing," The girl raised her head. "My friend really ships you and Brendol. I don't know why, she just does. Don't be mad or anything, she ships everyone she sees together, it's so funny."

Ben laughed a bit. "Who's your friend?"

"Aaliyah, your improv partner before we started the Romeo and Juliet unit? Blue hair? She told me yesterday. I didn't say much about it. She's coming back on Friday also, she's in Tahiti right now."