The teacher told them all to stand at the back of the class. Emma got out of her chair, and stood at the back, looking at her panic stricken friends. Her stomach churned uncomfortably, as the teacher told Ryan to sit at the front. Her looked annoyed, as he sat down in his new seat, casting a dark look at the teacher. The other kids began to sit in their new seats, and Emma felt a glimmer of hope. There was only 3 people left, including herself, and there was two available seats on Ryan's table. She took a deep breath as the teacher alisema her name.
"Ok, so sit on the meza, jedwali on the back, near the door." She told the dismayed penguin. Emma's moyo sank as she trudged over to the seat. Sam was now two tables away from her, Matt was also two tables away, and Ryan was all the way on the other side of the class. She brightened a little when she saw that Liam was on the meza, jedwali in front of her. She glanced around at her table. There was only 3 people on it, herself, a guy called Timar, and a girl called Fyona. She liked Fyona, they were very close Marafiki when they were younger. They still got on well now, and Emma still called her Fee. Fyona was in a wheelchair, but she didn't seem to mind.
"Hey Emma." She alisema brightly.
"Hey Fee." Emma replied, trying to be cheerful. Her eyes fell on Sam, who looked like she was saying a bad word under her breath. Matt looked like he could happily throw the teacher off a cliff, and Ryan just looked bored and upset. Ryan looked up at Emma and forced a smile. Emma smiled back sadly, and stared down at the table.
"So, now I want wewe all to write a paragraph about your family, and yourself, and use everything I taught you." The teacher told them, looking stern. Emma rolled her eyes, and began to write. She noticed that Liam had his flipper up.
"Miss Kane?" He began uncertainly.
"What Liam?" She snapped, looking frustrated.
"What's the title?" He asked quietly.
"Just put family." She told him, sitting down in her sea again. Emma gave Miss Kane the evilest look she could when she wasn't looking, then stared down at her book. The class fell silent as they began to work on the paragraphs. Emma noticed that Kowalski was on Matt's table, and Skipper was on Sam's. The tension in the class was rising, and Emma didn't know how many lessons of this she could take. She had only been in this kiti, kiti cha for about 2 minutes, but she already wanted to push the teacher down the stairs, then sit in her old seat. The time rolled kwa slowly, and Emma nearly died of boredom. The only thing that kept her going was looking around at her friends. Suddenly the kengele rang, and Emma immediately got out of her chair and headed for the door. She waited for Sam who was walking up to her slowly.
"PE inayofuata right?" Sam asked, slinging her bag over her back.
"Yup, we're doing rollerskating." Emma told her excitedly. Emma gave Miss Kane a dark look before leaving the class with Sam. The dakika they got out of the class, Emma started complaining about how evil the teacher the was. Sam nodded in response, and looked back at the class. Ryan, Matt and Liam were walking out, not looking very pleased at all.
"I can't believe that evil ***** changed the bloody seating plan!" Matt exclaimed, crossing his flippers in disgust.
"I know right? Just because we didn't do well on the tests, and anyway, it was for homework anyway, it had nothing to do with where we were sitting." Ryan pointed out, looking angry.
"And I got full marks on my test." Liam added. He didn't look as annoyed as the others, but Liam was a pretty calm guy.
"Same here." Emma said, waiting up for them. Her moyo sped up a little as she walked with down the corridor. It still smelled a little bit, it was wearing off now. The siku had started out so well, but now because of French and the stink bomb Emma just wanted to explode.
"What lesson have wewe lot got next?" Emma asked the taller penguins.
"PE." Matt answered his voice unenthusiastic.
"I've got life guidance now." Ryan replied.
"Me too." Liam added.
"I don't see the point in that lesson." Sam remarked.
"Me neither, we don't really do anything in the lesson." Emma agreed.
"Yeah, but that's a good thing, it's just nice, calm and easy." Ryan alisema cheerfully, winking at the girls, making Emma's moyo leap in her chest.
"Well see ya." Sam alisema to the boys, as she headed for the stairs. Matt followed, and Emma went down the stairs reluctantly, taking one last sneaky look at Ryan, before catching up with Sam and Matt. The Sports Hall was in a different building from the rest of the school, it had it's own little area, with an outside ball court, a vast field, and a storage shed. Emma strolled along, enjoying the fresh air, and watching the butterflies flutter around the trees. The three penguins reached the Sports hall in about 2 minutes, and they stood outside. There was four yellow lines in the floor, in different places, and wewe had to stand on the line which belonged to your group. Matt stood on a different line from Emma and Sam who were on the same one, at the front of the hall. Some other kids from their class came along, including Zoe. Emma's class was a mixed gender group, which she was pretty pleased about. She'd hate to be in an all girls group. Their teacher, Miss Stearn came out, and lead them into the sports hall.
"Ok, so just take your ties off and grabs some skates and a helmet." She instructed. At their school, the only uniform they had to wear was a specific colour tie. The tie wewe had depended on your house colour, for example, Emma had blue, which was Water. Sam, also had blue, and Zoe, had red which was Fire. The other two were Air, which was yellow, and green, which was Earth. Emma took her tie off, and left it on a bench, inayofuata to Zoe's. Emma got a pair of skates, and a helmet, and began to put them on. She hadn't skated in years, and she expected that she'd fall over a lot. Sam had never even skated once, so she really wasn't looking mbele to this. Emma was actually excited. She stood up and moved forward, falling over instantly.
"You ok Emz?" Zoe asked, trying to fit her kofia, chapeo over her spiky red hair.
"Yeah, don't worry I'll get used to it." Emma reassured her She stood up, again, trying to remember how she skated as a kid.
If I remember right, I slid my right foot to the right, and and lifted it off the floor, then brought it back, in a circle. She thought. And my left foot barely moved, only a little bit to the left. She added, taking a step forward, moving her right foot to the side. She noticed some of the girls and guys, lifting both of their feet of the ground, and whizzing around. Yeah, I can't do that. She thought, and carried on skating in her own unique way. She fell over one au two times, but she got the hang of it. To her left, Zoe was holding onto two of her other Marafiki for dear life, as she nearly fell over. Sam hadn't even got up yet.
"Come Sam, get up." Emma said, skating over to her friend.
"I can't skate." She told her, looking down at her skates.
"C'mon Sam just try." Emma encouraged her.
"Nope." Sam replied stubbornly. "In my karate class, we work on keeping strong, sturdy, and still, when learning moves, it's like the opposite to this." She explained.
"And? wewe still have to try, what's the point in not trying?" Emma argued. Sam stayed on the bench, and Emma shook her head, and skated off. The teacher went over to talk to Sam, and in a few short minutes, Sam was standing up, and wobbling on her skates.
Probably threatened her with detention. Emma thought, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. About a quarter of the way into the lesson, she looked towards the door, leading out of the hall, and she was caught completely kwa surprise, causing her to fall over. Walking into the lesson was Liam and Ryan. She watched them in shock, as they walked up to Miss Stearn and began talking to her. What are they doing here? She wondered, getting up. Her skates went in opposite directions and she plummeted to the floor again. She sighed in frustration, and stared at her skates. She felt a gentle tap on her shoulder and she looked up.
"Need any help Em?" Ryan asked kindly. Emma blushed and she nodded in agreement. He held out his flippers, and she held onto them as she eventually got up.
"Thank Ryan." Emma said, her flippers tingling as a fuzzy warmth filled her body. "What are wewe and Liam doing here anyway?" She asked, curiously.
"For some reason, me and Liam have been moved into your PE class." Ryan explained, looking behind him. Liam was talking to Zoe, who was skating just fine now.
"That's cool." Emma remarked, beaming at him.
"Yeah, I've just gotta get my skates now." He said, letting go of her flippers, and going of to the cupboard where the skates and kofia, chapeo were. Emma's stomach was filled with butterflies, and she made her way to the bench, to rest for a minute. Zoe came over and sat beside her.
"I think wewe and me have just hit the jackpot." She said, sounding ecstatic. Zoe had a crush on Liam, so she was really excited.
"I know right?" Emma agreed, her eyes falling on Ryan who was putting his kofia, chapeo on. Around the room, she saw that Skipper was skating around easily, even adding a few jumps in there. Rico was also whizzing around the room with ease.
"Show offs." Zoe remarked, watching Skipper and Rico jump at the same time.
"Yep." Emma agreed. Private and Kowalski weren't in their PE group, which sucked a bit. Emma wondered how Private would manage on skates. Ryan skated over to them, and looked at the smaller penguins.
"Are wewe two coming to skate?" He asked.
"Sure." Emma alisema without hesitating. She got up immediately.
"Nah, I'm having a break." Zoe told them.
"Ok." Ryan said, skating off at almost lightening speed. Emma's jaw dropped as she tried to catch up with him. He looked behind him, and stopped, letting Emma get over to him. "First time skater?" He asked, looking down at her skates.
"Well I'm ok at skating but I'm not very fast." Emma admitted sheepishly.
"That's ok, I'll go at your pace then." He decided brightly. Emma felt herself blush, and she skated along inayofuata to him. As they passed Zoe, she winked at Emma, and grinned. Emma grinned back and skated on passing Sam who was barely moving, afraid that she'd fall over again. Ryan glanced down at the floor, and stopped abruptly.
"What's up?" Emma asked, trying to stop too. She crouched down and touched the floor, and stopped moving. Again, it was her own way of stopping.
"How do wewe skate?" He asked, looking puzzled.
"Urm, well I only songesha one foot off the ground." She explained, demonstrating with her foot.
"I'm guessing that's why you're not so quick." He thought aloud. "Why don't wewe lift both feet up?"
"Because if my left foot, is on the floor, I've got less chance of falling." Emma explained. "I tried to lift it up once, but I just fell instantly." She added sadly.
"Well I could help with the." Ryan replied cheerfully.
"Really?" Emma asked doubtfully.
"Sure I'll try and teach you." He said, smiling at her. Emma's moyo began beating even faster, and she smiled back at him. He held out his flipper, and Emma held it shyly, as she began to skate like she usually did. "Ok, so try to lift your left foot up." He told her. Emma began to lift it nervously, and she toppled to the floor, bringing Ryan down with her. For some reason Emma started giggling, and so did Ryan.
"I told wewe I can't." She said, still giggling as she got back up again. As she did a sharp pain went down her back to her bum, making her wince with pain.
"You ok Em?" Ryan asked, his voice filling with concern.
"Yeah, I just landed a bit hard." Emma replied, putting on a brave face. They began to skate again, and Emma lifted her foot up cautiously. She fell again, and she growled in frustration. "I can't do it." She alisema crossing her flippers unhappily.
"Sure wewe can Em, you've just gotta believe in yourself." Ryan encouraged her, helping her up again. Emma sighed and looked down at her skates.
"I've tried, it's just not working." She said, sitting down, ready to her undo her skates. Ryan sat down too, and lifted her face up, making her look directly at him. Emma's stomach flipped over, and her moyo pounded wildly in her chest.
"Emma, you're one of the smartest, most talented people I've ever met, and I know wewe can do this." He told her. Emma's face felt like it had turned as red as a tomato. She was really glad that her feathers hid this. She looked into his eyes for a moment. They were like deep pools, of melted dark chocolate. She snapped out of her gaze, and nodded, getting up again. "Good, now let's try again." He said, taking her flipper again, and skating along slowly. Emma took a deep breath, and lifted her left foot up. She brought it back to the ground, and she sighed in relief.
"I did it!" She exclaimed, looking really pleased.
"Yup, now let's see if wewe can keep it up." Ryan, replied, skating a little faster. Emma lifted both of her feet up that time, and stayed upright. She realised that she began to skate even faster now. A few dakika later, she was skating at Ryan's normal pace, and she hadn't fell once yet. She beamed at the taller penguin, who smiled, and watched her feet. "There wewe go, you're doing awesomely now." He praised, letting go of her flipper. The two penguins skated and happily, chatting and giggling as they went. Emma had forgot all about the French thing, and she couldn't help thinking that this was the best lesson ever.
"Ok, so sit on the meza, jedwali on the back, near the door." She told the dismayed penguin. Emma's moyo sank as she trudged over to the seat. Sam was now two tables away from her, Matt was also two tables away, and Ryan was all the way on the other side of the class. She brightened a little when she saw that Liam was on the meza, jedwali in front of her. She glanced around at her table. There was only 3 people on it, herself, a guy called Timar, and a girl called Fyona. She liked Fyona, they were very close Marafiki when they were younger. They still got on well now, and Emma still called her Fee. Fyona was in a wheelchair, but she didn't seem to mind.
"Hey Emma." She alisema brightly.
"Hey Fee." Emma replied, trying to be cheerful. Her eyes fell on Sam, who looked like she was saying a bad word under her breath. Matt looked like he could happily throw the teacher off a cliff, and Ryan just looked bored and upset. Ryan looked up at Emma and forced a smile. Emma smiled back sadly, and stared down at the table.
"So, now I want wewe all to write a paragraph about your family, and yourself, and use everything I taught you." The teacher told them, looking stern. Emma rolled her eyes, and began to write. She noticed that Liam had his flipper up.
"Miss Kane?" He began uncertainly.
"What Liam?" She snapped, looking frustrated.
"What's the title?" He asked quietly.
"Just put family." She told him, sitting down in her sea again. Emma gave Miss Kane the evilest look she could when she wasn't looking, then stared down at her book. The class fell silent as they began to work on the paragraphs. Emma noticed that Kowalski was on Matt's table, and Skipper was on Sam's. The tension in the class was rising, and Emma didn't know how many lessons of this she could take. She had only been in this kiti, kiti cha for about 2 minutes, but she already wanted to push the teacher down the stairs, then sit in her old seat. The time rolled kwa slowly, and Emma nearly died of boredom. The only thing that kept her going was looking around at her friends. Suddenly the kengele rang, and Emma immediately got out of her chair and headed for the door. She waited for Sam who was walking up to her slowly.
"PE inayofuata right?" Sam asked, slinging her bag over her back.
"Yup, we're doing rollerskating." Emma told her excitedly. Emma gave Miss Kane a dark look before leaving the class with Sam. The dakika they got out of the class, Emma started complaining about how evil the teacher the was. Sam nodded in response, and looked back at the class. Ryan, Matt and Liam were walking out, not looking very pleased at all.
"I can't believe that evil ***** changed the bloody seating plan!" Matt exclaimed, crossing his flippers in disgust.
"I know right? Just because we didn't do well on the tests, and anyway, it was for homework anyway, it had nothing to do with where we were sitting." Ryan pointed out, looking angry.
"And I got full marks on my test." Liam added. He didn't look as annoyed as the others, but Liam was a pretty calm guy.
"Same here." Emma said, waiting up for them. Her moyo sped up a little as she walked with down the corridor. It still smelled a little bit, it was wearing off now. The siku had started out so well, but now because of French and the stink bomb Emma just wanted to explode.
"What lesson have wewe lot got next?" Emma asked the taller penguins.
"PE." Matt answered his voice unenthusiastic.
"I've got life guidance now." Ryan replied.
"Me too." Liam added.
"I don't see the point in that lesson." Sam remarked.
"Me neither, we don't really do anything in the lesson." Emma agreed.
"Yeah, but that's a good thing, it's just nice, calm and easy." Ryan alisema cheerfully, winking at the girls, making Emma's moyo leap in her chest.
"Well see ya." Sam alisema to the boys, as she headed for the stairs. Matt followed, and Emma went down the stairs reluctantly, taking one last sneaky look at Ryan, before catching up with Sam and Matt. The Sports Hall was in a different building from the rest of the school, it had it's own little area, with an outside ball court, a vast field, and a storage shed. Emma strolled along, enjoying the fresh air, and watching the butterflies flutter around the trees. The three penguins reached the Sports hall in about 2 minutes, and they stood outside. There was four yellow lines in the floor, in different places, and wewe had to stand on the line which belonged to your group. Matt stood on a different line from Emma and Sam who were on the same one, at the front of the hall. Some other kids from their class came along, including Zoe. Emma's class was a mixed gender group, which she was pretty pleased about. She'd hate to be in an all girls group. Their teacher, Miss Stearn came out, and lead them into the sports hall.
"Ok, so just take your ties off and grabs some skates and a helmet." She instructed. At their school, the only uniform they had to wear was a specific colour tie. The tie wewe had depended on your house colour, for example, Emma had blue, which was Water. Sam, also had blue, and Zoe, had red which was Fire. The other two were Air, which was yellow, and green, which was Earth. Emma took her tie off, and left it on a bench, inayofuata to Zoe's. Emma got a pair of skates, and a helmet, and began to put them on. She hadn't skated in years, and she expected that she'd fall over a lot. Sam had never even skated once, so she really wasn't looking mbele to this. Emma was actually excited. She stood up and moved forward, falling over instantly.
"You ok Emz?" Zoe asked, trying to fit her kofia, chapeo over her spiky red hair.
"Yeah, don't worry I'll get used to it." Emma reassured her She stood up, again, trying to remember how she skated as a kid.
If I remember right, I slid my right foot to the right, and and lifted it off the floor, then brought it back, in a circle. She thought. And my left foot barely moved, only a little bit to the left. She added, taking a step forward, moving her right foot to the side. She noticed some of the girls and guys, lifting both of their feet of the ground, and whizzing around. Yeah, I can't do that. She thought, and carried on skating in her own unique way. She fell over one au two times, but she got the hang of it. To her left, Zoe was holding onto two of her other Marafiki for dear life, as she nearly fell over. Sam hadn't even got up yet.
"Come Sam, get up." Emma said, skating over to her friend.
"I can't skate." She told her, looking down at her skates.
"C'mon Sam just try." Emma encouraged her.
"Nope." Sam replied stubbornly. "In my karate class, we work on keeping strong, sturdy, and still, when learning moves, it's like the opposite to this." She explained.
"And? wewe still have to try, what's the point in not trying?" Emma argued. Sam stayed on the bench, and Emma shook her head, and skated off. The teacher went over to talk to Sam, and in a few short minutes, Sam was standing up, and wobbling on her skates.
Probably threatened her with detention. Emma thought, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. About a quarter of the way into the lesson, she looked towards the door, leading out of the hall, and she was caught completely kwa surprise, causing her to fall over. Walking into the lesson was Liam and Ryan. She watched them in shock, as they walked up to Miss Stearn and began talking to her. What are they doing here? She wondered, getting up. Her skates went in opposite directions and she plummeted to the floor again. She sighed in frustration, and stared at her skates. She felt a gentle tap on her shoulder and she looked up.
"Need any help Em?" Ryan asked kindly. Emma blushed and she nodded in agreement. He held out his flippers, and she held onto them as she eventually got up.
"Thank Ryan." Emma said, her flippers tingling as a fuzzy warmth filled her body. "What are wewe and Liam doing here anyway?" She asked, curiously.
"For some reason, me and Liam have been moved into your PE class." Ryan explained, looking behind him. Liam was talking to Zoe, who was skating just fine now.
"That's cool." Emma remarked, beaming at him.
"Yeah, I've just gotta get my skates now." He said, letting go of her flippers, and going of to the cupboard where the skates and kofia, chapeo were. Emma's stomach was filled with butterflies, and she made her way to the bench, to rest for a minute. Zoe came over and sat beside her.
"I think wewe and me have just hit the jackpot." She said, sounding ecstatic. Zoe had a crush on Liam, so she was really excited.
"I know right?" Emma agreed, her eyes falling on Ryan who was putting his kofia, chapeo on. Around the room, she saw that Skipper was skating around easily, even adding a few jumps in there. Rico was also whizzing around the room with ease.
"Show offs." Zoe remarked, watching Skipper and Rico jump at the same time.
"Yep." Emma agreed. Private and Kowalski weren't in their PE group, which sucked a bit. Emma wondered how Private would manage on skates. Ryan skated over to them, and looked at the smaller penguins.
"Are wewe two coming to skate?" He asked.
"Sure." Emma alisema without hesitating. She got up immediately.
"Nah, I'm having a break." Zoe told them.
"Ok." Ryan said, skating off at almost lightening speed. Emma's jaw dropped as she tried to catch up with him. He looked behind him, and stopped, letting Emma get over to him. "First time skater?" He asked, looking down at her skates.
"Well I'm ok at skating but I'm not very fast." Emma admitted sheepishly.
"That's ok, I'll go at your pace then." He decided brightly. Emma felt herself blush, and she skated along inayofuata to him. As they passed Zoe, she winked at Emma, and grinned. Emma grinned back and skated on passing Sam who was barely moving, afraid that she'd fall over again. Ryan glanced down at the floor, and stopped abruptly.
"What's up?" Emma asked, trying to stop too. She crouched down and touched the floor, and stopped moving. Again, it was her own way of stopping.
"How do wewe skate?" He asked, looking puzzled.
"Urm, well I only songesha one foot off the ground." She explained, demonstrating with her foot.
"I'm guessing that's why you're not so quick." He thought aloud. "Why don't wewe lift both feet up?"
"Because if my left foot, is on the floor, I've got less chance of falling." Emma explained. "I tried to lift it up once, but I just fell instantly." She added sadly.
"Well I could help with the." Ryan replied cheerfully.
"Really?" Emma asked doubtfully.
"Sure I'll try and teach you." He said, smiling at her. Emma's moyo began beating even faster, and she smiled back at him. He held out his flipper, and Emma held it shyly, as she began to skate like she usually did. "Ok, so try to lift your left foot up." He told her. Emma began to lift it nervously, and she toppled to the floor, bringing Ryan down with her. For some reason Emma started giggling, and so did Ryan.
"I told wewe I can't." She said, still giggling as she got back up again. As she did a sharp pain went down her back to her bum, making her wince with pain.
"You ok Em?" Ryan asked, his voice filling with concern.
"Yeah, I just landed a bit hard." Emma replied, putting on a brave face. They began to skate again, and Emma lifted her foot up cautiously. She fell again, and she growled in frustration. "I can't do it." She alisema crossing her flippers unhappily.
"Sure wewe can Em, you've just gotta believe in yourself." Ryan encouraged her, helping her up again. Emma sighed and looked down at her skates.
"I've tried, it's just not working." She said, sitting down, ready to her undo her skates. Ryan sat down too, and lifted her face up, making her look directly at him. Emma's stomach flipped over, and her moyo pounded wildly in her chest.
"Emma, you're one of the smartest, most talented people I've ever met, and I know wewe can do this." He told her. Emma's face felt like it had turned as red as a tomato. She was really glad that her feathers hid this. She looked into his eyes for a moment. They were like deep pools, of melted dark chocolate. She snapped out of her gaze, and nodded, getting up again. "Good, now let's try again." He said, taking her flipper again, and skating along slowly. Emma took a deep breath, and lifted her left foot up. She brought it back to the ground, and she sighed in relief.
"I did it!" She exclaimed, looking really pleased.
"Yup, now let's see if wewe can keep it up." Ryan, replied, skating a little faster. Emma lifted both of her feet up that time, and stayed upright. She realised that she began to skate even faster now. A few dakika later, she was skating at Ryan's normal pace, and she hadn't fell once yet. She beamed at the taller penguin, who smiled, and watched her feet. "There wewe go, you're doing awesomely now." He praised, letting go of her flipper. The two penguins skated and happily, chatting and giggling as they went. Emma had forgot all about the French thing, and she couldn't help thinking that this was the best lesson ever.
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