Chapter 14: Shell-shocked
Teacher Fern was quite nervous when she saw Theron's nonchalance. Her original assumption was that even if he threw a tantrum the first time around, he wouldn't continue to do so in the face of real credits, not to mention the dean.
But this performance left her shell-shocked.
Thinking back, did she truly know this student that well? He had been under her care for half a year and had spent at least two of those months away. He was quiet and never responded much to anything, always taking the path of least resistance.
Rebelliousness wasn't the word she would use to describe Theron, but now she wasn't so sure.
The Thistle Clan young man of Teacher Fern's class had been observing Theron from the start. The bad taste in Sawyer's mouth only grew.
He was the only Thistle of Teacher Fern's class who would still participate in this, but he was nowhere near being picked. At his pace, reaching 33 credits was his limit, and it would take all two years he had left to accomplish it.
Seeing Theron down there only stoked his inferiority complex, and he couldn't help but grip his fists.
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"Theron!" Malaya whispered to him in a hiss.