[Seriously, if Jaden could, he'd probably be wearing some stupid field trip themed hat, field trip themed bag and field trip themed shirt. His mother had gently reminded him that none of those things actually exist but here's 20 dollars to buy himself a souvenir from the Aquarium. Instead, he has his normal duel monsters themed backpack, no hat (and as per the norm, hair that his entire family had given up on), and a power rangers t-shirt. Ain't nobody going to top this fourth grade swag.]
[Mr. Crowler had assigned them into pairs, and as usual, solemnly refused to put Jaden with Syrus. Syrus was shy to the point of near silence, only talking to Jaden most days and trembling when called on, but he was also entirely too willing to follow Jaden into rule breaking adventures. They've been banned from partnering on anything as a result.]
[Instead, the buddy system has assigned Jaden to Chazz, a new student this year who had had some kind of incident at the private school on the other side of town and been transferred into Red Cliff Elementary, the public school. And Jaden is perfectly alright with this! Syrus is with mutual friend Chumley, an overweight boy who by all rights should be in the fifth grade, so he'll survive the day, and no matter what Chazz says, Jaden insists that they're friends.]
[They're getting off the bus now, and Jaden nearly knocks over two girls in front of him in his eagerness to get outside. He's not a big fan of vehicles, there's no room to run around. Once he's actually out there, though, he waits for Chazz to get off the bus, bouncing happily in place.]
1 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AU
[Seriously, if Jaden could, he'd probably be wearing some stupid field trip themed hat, field trip themed bag and field trip themed shirt. His mother had gently reminded him that none of those things actually exist but here's 20 dollars to buy himself a souvenir from the Aquarium. Instead, he has his normal duel monsters themed backpack, no hat (and as per the norm, hair that his entire family had given up on), and a power rangers t-shirt. Ain't nobody going to top this fourth grade swag.]
[Mr. Crowler had assigned them into pairs, and as usual, solemnly refused to put Jaden with Syrus. Syrus was shy to the point of near silence, only talking to Jaden most days and trembling when called on, but he was also entirely too willing to follow Jaden into rule breaking adventures. They've been banned from partnering on anything as a result.]
[Instead, the buddy system has assigned Jaden to Chazz, a new student this year who had had some kind of incident at the private school on the other side of town and been transferred into Red Cliff Elementary, the public school. And Jaden is perfectly alright with this! Syrus is with mutual friend Chumley, an overweight boy who by all rights should be in the fifth grade, so he'll survive the day, and no matter what Chazz says, Jaden insists that they're friends.]
[They're getting off the bus now, and Jaden nearly knocks over two girls in front of him in his eagerness to get outside. He's not a big fan of vehicles, there's no room to run around. Once he's actually out there, though, he waits for Chazz to get off the bus, bouncing happily in place.]
C'mon, Chazz! There's gonna be sharks!!