Secrets Abound (Supernaturally Bound Book 1) by Erica Lee Cooke Page A
Authors: Erica Lee Cooke
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parents will be out of town, so it’ll be wild.” She continued.
“Uh, yeah, maybe.” He said noncommittally.
When Ms. Teal entered the classroom, she darted straight to the chalkboard. She was the only teacher that still used an actual chalkboard. Every other teacher I’d ever had used dry erase boards, but Ms. Teal liked the sound of the chalk scraping against the board. She was the only one.
To say Ms. Teal was a bit eccentric would be an understatement. Simply looking at her you could tell she was nuttier than squirrel poop. She was a slight lady with curly, grey hair that went to her shoulders and surrounded her head in a crazy pouf. She wore long flowery dresses with a jean jacket. She had these huge, thick glasses she always stuck on her head but could never seem to find.
She wrote out on the board “Romeo and Juliet” and spun around to face the class. She didn’t say anything but rather, stood there examining everyone’s reactions. Vicky and Mandy squealed and began whispering excitedly. All the guys in the room groaned. I’m sure they were all thinking of ways to get out of wearing tights. I was just praying that I wouldn’t have to play Juliet in whatever assignment she was about to give us.
“I’m going to separate everyone into groups, and each group is going to be given a scene from Romeo and Juliet. It is then your assignment to rewrite that scene to whatever adaptation you choose. For example, there was an animated adaptation of the play that made the characters all gnomes and no, Michael, you can’t use gnomes.” She said, and Michael lowered his hand. “Everyone needs to come up with an original idea and take on the play. Now, since there are only three guys in here, that’s how many groups there will be. Sorry guys, you are all going to be Romeos. Unless, of course, you decide dressing drag is a better way to go. It’s entirely up to you. I encourage creative freedom in here. You’ll have one week to finish everything. We will start seeing performances next Monday. I posted your groups and your scenes at the front of the room so get to work.”
I was grouped with Aiden, Vicky, Mandy, and three other girls. We were assigned act five scene three, the death scene and Romeo and Juliet’s last kiss. Gee, I wonder who will volunteer to be Juliet.
“I’ll be Juliet.” Vicky chimed right on cue. We were all sitting on the floor in a circle. Aiden was next to me and Vicky was across from us.
“Maybe we should focus on what our adaptation is going to be before we assign parts.” I said.
“Vicky’s the obvious choice for Juliet.” Mandy came to Vicky’s defense, as always.
“Unless you want to be Juliet, then our scene could be about a prostitute and her forbidden romance with a duke.” Vicky said, making Mandy cackle.
“I don’t think that would count as star-crossed lovers.” Michelle, one of the other girls in our group said.
“Fine, whatever, be Juliet, I don’t care. Can we just decide on something so we can get started?” I asserted, annoyed that I had a full week of this to look forward to.
“Well, I think we should do vampires and werewolves.” Vicky suggested.
“No vampires.” Aiden said abruptly.
“Yeah, vampires are cliché and overdone.” I maintained, backing up Aiden even though I wasn’t sure why he cared one way or the other.
“What are you talking about? It’d be perfect and easy to do. All for vampires and werewolves?” Vicky said, and everyone but Aiden and I raised their hands. “Then it’s settled; let’s get busy.” Vicky got up to get her idea approved by Ms. Teal and everyone else went back to their desks to grab pens and paper.
“Hey, who cares if it’s corny? An A is an A. Plus, we can make them do most of the writing since it was their stupid idea.” I whispered to Aiden when I saw the annoyed expression on his face.
“You seriously want to give Vicky complete control over how many times Romeo and Juliet kiss?” He
“Uh, yeah, maybe.” He said noncommittally.
When Ms. Teal entered the classroom, she darted straight to the chalkboard. She was the only teacher that still used an actual chalkboard. Every other teacher I’d ever had used dry erase boards, but Ms. Teal liked the sound of the chalk scraping against the board. She was the only one.
To say Ms. Teal was a bit eccentric would be an understatement. Simply looking at her you could tell she was nuttier than squirrel poop. She was a slight lady with curly, grey hair that went to her shoulders and surrounded her head in a crazy pouf. She wore long flowery dresses with a jean jacket. She had these huge, thick glasses she always stuck on her head but could never seem to find.
She wrote out on the board “Romeo and Juliet” and spun around to face the class. She didn’t say anything but rather, stood there examining everyone’s reactions. Vicky and Mandy squealed and began whispering excitedly. All the guys in the room groaned. I’m sure they were all thinking of ways to get out of wearing tights. I was just praying that I wouldn’t have to play Juliet in whatever assignment she was about to give us.
“I’m going to separate everyone into groups, and each group is going to be given a scene from Romeo and Juliet. It is then your assignment to rewrite that scene to whatever adaptation you choose. For example, there was an animated adaptation of the play that made the characters all gnomes and no, Michael, you can’t use gnomes.” She said, and Michael lowered his hand. “Everyone needs to come up with an original idea and take on the play. Now, since there are only three guys in here, that’s how many groups there will be. Sorry guys, you are all going to be Romeos. Unless, of course, you decide dressing drag is a better way to go. It’s entirely up to you. I encourage creative freedom in here. You’ll have one week to finish everything. We will start seeing performances next Monday. I posted your groups and your scenes at the front of the room so get to work.”
I was grouped with Aiden, Vicky, Mandy, and three other girls. We were assigned act five scene three, the death scene and Romeo and Juliet’s last kiss. Gee, I wonder who will volunteer to be Juliet.
“I’ll be Juliet.” Vicky chimed right on cue. We were all sitting on the floor in a circle. Aiden was next to me and Vicky was across from us.
“Maybe we should focus on what our adaptation is going to be before we assign parts.” I said.
“Vicky’s the obvious choice for Juliet.” Mandy came to Vicky’s defense, as always.
“Unless you want to be Juliet, then our scene could be about a prostitute and her forbidden romance with a duke.” Vicky said, making Mandy cackle.
“I don’t think that would count as star-crossed lovers.” Michelle, one of the other girls in our group said.
“Fine, whatever, be Juliet, I don’t care. Can we just decide on something so we can get started?” I asserted, annoyed that I had a full week of this to look forward to.
“Well, I think we should do vampires and werewolves.” Vicky suggested.
“No vampires.” Aiden said abruptly.
“Yeah, vampires are cliché and overdone.” I maintained, backing up Aiden even though I wasn’t sure why he cared one way or the other.
“What are you talking about? It’d be perfect and easy to do. All for vampires and werewolves?” Vicky said, and everyone but Aiden and I raised their hands. “Then it’s settled; let’s get busy.” Vicky got up to get her idea approved by Ms. Teal and everyone else went back to their desks to grab pens and paper.
“Hey, who cares if it’s corny? An A is an A. Plus, we can make them do most of the writing since it was their stupid idea.” I whispered to Aiden when I saw the annoyed expression on his face.
“You seriously want to give Vicky complete control over how many times Romeo and Juliet kiss?” He
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