Chapter 105 - Making Friends Over Junk Food

The class was full of groans. That general quiz was a killer and even the brighter students struggled with it. Jasper had to get help to carry the quizzes for marking. Alex and the twins offered to help with the grading after lunch while the leaders prepared for team bonding activities. But first, they had to settle their very first class lunch.

"Hey, did you guys smell that?" Jeff sniffed the air and asked, breaking the silence.

A wonderful smell wafted through the air and filled the classroom. Almost at once, the class' energy was lifted.

"Is that what I think it is?" Teddy asked and sniffed. His stomach growled loudly. 

Before anybody could offer to investigate, the door opened.

"Over here. Boys and girls, can you help to make a huge long table in the centre of the class? Thanks to your brilliant efforts, the principal wants to throw a class party to commemorate the start of your hellish examination special training sessions!"

Danny's cheerfulness inspired some cheers and the boys flew into action with perfect teamwork much to the counsellor's amus.e.m.e.nt. Not many of them took notice about Danny's choice of words but Jasper did. The aspiring entrepreneur frowned. Was this a bribe or blackmail?

Then again, in the face of a burger and pizza party, how could a mere ten-year-old boy deprived of junk food deny it?

It didn't matter about the age gap differences or the intellect differences the twenty-eight students had. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the feast and Danny took many pictures for the principal. Still, the counsellor wasn't sure if they enjoyed the pizza or burger better. How should he write that into his report? These kids ate anything and everything!

"Here, have one before these greedy boys take it all," Camila offered. 

Ria held out a drink to Danny who accepted it from the twins gratefully before the skipped away to join the impromptu arm-wrestling match over the last slice of Hawaiian pizza. While munching on the cheeseburger, the counsellor supposed they must like pizza more. There were still untouched burgers but everyone was fighting over pizza slices.

As the girls gathered together just chatting among themselves, the boys were divided into several teams. There was a group of quieter bots who opted to eat and drink in silence by the walls and watched the others horse around. There was a group who were the life of the party. Jeff was definitely there trying to show off and purposely making a fool of himself to get laughs. Danny smiled at that. Some things just don't change.

Khalid had taken on the role of a DJ with Elfie by his side helping with the sound system set up. The trendiest music with sick beats slowly set the celebratory mood. There were a few unfriendly boys and Jin Si-Han was one of them. However, with the courage from eating junk food, the boys egged him into showing them some of his dance skills. 

It wasn't a known fact but Si-Han learnt dancing and singing along with acting when he was younger. He simply debuted as a child actor but was actually serious about becoming an all-rounded entertainer on television.

There was nobody more enthusiastic about a dance battle than the Lopez twins. After Khalid pumped out twerks that Danny thought he might need to bleach his eyes after witnessing, the girls took to the dance floor with some basic hip-hop grooves.

Everyone cheered at the top of their lungs. Some stood on chairs and tables, drunk on the excitement. Dragon had already removed his shirt and waved it wildly in the air, cheering the sisters on as the moved from break dancing to popping. Scarlet looked like she wanted to join badly but the cast on her leg simply didn't allow her to do so. Lin Lin saw that hunger in Scarlet's eyes and smiled. Perhaps she wasn't entirely correct. There was more to Scarlet than just writing. If she was interested in dance as well, perhaps the girl was actually an artistic type of genius but on a fuller spectrum for the arts?

Unlike Lin Lin, Scarlet wasn't restrained to an area of expertise that she could excel in. Lin Lin was good at performing music and composing them. Naturally, she would be good at Math and was pitch-perfect. However, Lin Lin could not sing no matter how she tried. Some things were just beyond her.

In the short time frame that the violinist knew Scarlet, the girl was a very fast learner and took to anything art related like fish to water. Lin Lin was impressed when she heard Scarlet humming to a song she composed. She knew that other than getting Scarlet as a lyricist, she wanted the older girl to sing. If Scarlet could put words to her melody, Lin Lin knew that she could also be the voice for her songs.

Danny didn't intervene. Elfie looked like he was having a blast with the socially awkward Nathan who was tricked into drinking a strange drink mixture after losing the battle of rock-paper-scissors that was rigged by the sly delinquents. The hacker didn't hesitate to drink cola mixed with chilli sauce. He was hailed a brave boy and earned the recognition as well as praise by the class. Fl.u.s.tered, Elfie yelled at them and called them idiots with a red face. Nobody was convinced but Elfie got a playful noogie for that.

Other than yelling at the top of their lungs and dancing while dropping food all over the place, Danny thought that the special class bonding activity was a huge success. The most awkward and emotionally closed students have opened up and the level of trust for friendsh.i.p.s to blossom was just right. Philip must have done this deliberately to hasten the friendship-making process. Given only two weeks before the exams, it was a precious opportunity. Once the exams ended, the Special Class would be deserted once more.

The party dwindled down once everyone was out of drinks. Alex and a few of the older girls started cleaning up on their own initiative. Seeing that the girls had to do such a thing, the boys quickly helped out. Danny was impressed by the influence girls had ni the E.C. Class. Who knew that these delinquents also had a gentlemanly side to them unlike the majority of the school's male population?

Indeed, there was probably no better way to break the ice by hosting a party with junk food.