I was texting Lucas. I smiled. "Talk to him" Both Maya and Riley told me. Liam was with us too. "Why? We have a great text relationship" I told them. "Do you know what's better than a text relationship?" Maya asked. I looked at her. "Talk to him" She ordered."Noooo! Too complicated over there. Lots can go wrong over there. The only thing that can go wrong over here is if I go over there" I reminded them.
"I agree with Liv. Too much can go wrong over there. She'll be better of with m....us" He agreed. Maya and Riley looked at him. Then back at me, and pointed at Lucas, who didn't even know what was happening. I sighed and went behind him. I tried saying hi, but no words would come out. "Talk to him" my sister mouthed. Because I'm weird, I smelt the back of his neck then walked over.
"How'd I do?" I asked. "You smelt him" Liam stated. "I walk through life, the way I walk through life!" I declared. "Can we talk about this" All three questioned. I texted them 'Nope' in a group chat and walked into class.
*class*
"You guys don't connect with each other. It's like you can't exist without these. You use emoticons rather than emotions. You're an unfeeling generation of zombies" Dad said. Maya and Riley pretended to eat each other. I giggled. "Stop eating her!" Dad ordered. A girl walked in. "You're late, Miss Myzell" dad scolded. "My goldfish died" She said, in monotone. "You see? This is what I'm talking about. Miss Myzell has clearly suffered a tragic loss. Yet, she does not seem in touch with her actual emotions" dad lectured us
"Excuse me? I am crying my eyes out. I'm gonna have to leave class early" The girl said and walked out. "She actually made it out the door this time" Dad joked. She walked back in. "I actually made it out the door this time!" She cheered, and sat back down. "Dad, adjust and deal. Cell phones have been around for, like, ever" Riley told him. I mentally rolled my eye. Even I knew they aren't that old!
"It'll amaze you to know that there was a whole world before you and cell phones" Dad corrected. "And it'll amaze you to know that I have 394 friends in here" Riley sassed. "And I'm amazed you believe that" Dad sighed. Dad drew a line on the board. "This is a timeline of all human existence. Starting here" he started, and began at the beginning of the line. "is everyone who ever lived, laughed, loved, and understood the value of life. The cellphone era, which begins right around here" He added and made another line close to the end. "pretty much destroys all of that. Way to go, you!" He finished.
"Sir, if I make take a different position..." Liam started. "Yeah, save me, Mr. Friar. Do I go too far?" Dad questioned. "Always, sir. I understand your point, but I use my phone to video chat my old friends and to find out what's going on in Texas" Liam answered. Maya smirked and turned to him. "Yeah. How else can he keep tabs on all the hoedowns and cattle pageants?" Maya joked. "Maya!" I scolded. Liam turned to me. "It's okay Liv. I'm unaffected by Maya's views of country life. As my Uncle Buster always says, "Be like an eagle and soar above the mockingbird."" He reassured me. "You're the mocking bird" Riley teased. "I know" Maya huffed in annoyance.
Farkle raised his hand. "Farkle time sir?" He suggested. "Ooh! I love Farkle time!" Dad cheered and sat in Farkle's seat. I looked behind me and smiled at Lucas. He smiled back. Is it bad to say that I'm in love with a bad boy? "With all due respect to history, Mr. Matthews, what's important to our generation will be on this side of the timeline, when Farkle and technology rule" Farkle said and walked up to Riley."I'll easily make another one of you' He told us and plucked a hair from my twin sisters head. He turned to Maya. "Another one of you" He said and took a strand of Maya's hair. He looked at me.
I jumped over desks and sat in an empty desk away from Farkle. Farkle just walked over and still took two. "And two of you because your so cute" he complimented. I looked at everyone scaredly. I jumped over desks again and sat back in my original desk. "So there's 7 of us, and only 1 of you?" Maya asked. "That's awesome" He said, dazed."The future, you can't escape it, I am Farkle" he exclaimed. "The assignment, you can't escape it, I am teacher! Okay, so here's what we're going to do, guys. We're going to split into teams and discover whether or not new technology has made us better people. You'll do presentations on your findings. And here's a twist. No computers" dad told us. "What???" Farkle yelled.
