Wednesday January 21, 2009
Who: Lil Adam and OPEN What: Adam's got science fails Where: Science class then hall When: Morning
Adam was already a grumpy butt because he had to get up early for that stupid sex ed class. Most of the time, he spent his face buried in the book because he couldn't look at the pictures or the girls around him without things going to very bad places. So with that time spent on keeping himself together and hunched over like he was Quasimodo, he hustled to his science class. He was a sophomore in high school and was on his second year of science and this semester they were going to start integrating chemistry in with it. So, he had his books and notepads all ready for notes then the experiment.
It seemed simple enough. You put a tiny bit of that gunk in the yellow stuff from the jar into the water and step back to let it make pretty colors. Which was fuckin' awesome and he wondered if he could get some for later, but put that thought out of his mind because he didn't need to get more attention by burning the school down. Putting on his apron and gloves and goggles, he stood next to the other kid in class that shared his table while the instructions were given then they were allowed to proceed. Shrugging, he opened his jar of sodium in mineral oil, or so the label said, then cut off a piece with a knife like he was told. His chunk looked a bit small for the experiment, so he cut off a little bit more. Which by boy standards was a lot more than by scientific standards.
Taking the tongs, he pulled the beaker of water closer and dipped the tool in to grab the pieces he needed. Both in hand, the oil dripped off easily as he held it above the jar. A few seconds later and he had dropped the chunks of the alkali metal into the water. As with all alkali metals there was a colorful light show. With Adam's amount though, he was a lot bigger than intended. "Oh fuck!" He cried, as he flailed back off the seat and landed on his ass as his table partner took cover.
"Oh sweet Jesus!" The boy cried as they both waited while everyone laughed and screamed and waited for the light show to be over. It lasted maybe a minute with the amount Adam put it, which is saying something. Coming back up, safety glasses askew, he swallowed as he saw a very irritated looking science teacher and the kid next to him that looked like he was about to piss his pants.
"Uh. . . Oops?" He said before he was dismissed from the class for the rest of the day and a meeting for him later to make up the grade he lost for the day. Sighing, he handed everything in before grabbing his stuff and headed out the door. Now what was he supposed to do? Not to mention what Uncle Jon would do when he got the note about Adam nearly taking out a classmate with explosives. At least it wasn't hookers and drugs. . .