After pretending to talk about alcohol and drug abuse for two periods, it was finally break time for Claire and Eliza.
"OMG! I swear, that woman is crazy," whispered Eliza after they stepped out of the classroom and made sure that Ms. Verinder was out of ear shot. "Her stare was so penetrating that she totally saw through me!"
"I know right!" responded Claire. "It was so noisy in the classroom, how did she know we weren't talking about relevant stuff. I mean.....it's not like we looked like we were chatting at all, we were pro at this at school, remember?"
Eliza shuddered as she remembered the piercing look of Ms. Verinder. "That woman isn't someone we can fool around with," said Eliza thoughtfully. "We gotta be careful lest she'll see through our tricks."
"Luckily, we don't have her lessons until this afternoon," replied Claire. "We'll have plenty of time to think of how to deal with her in the meantime."
"We have to use lunchtime to ask around to see what the students think of her," said Eliza.
"We can start with that girl whose name is Marianne," said Claire. "From the way she looks at Ms. Verinder when her name was called, I can sense that she knows something."
"Great idea! Oh, by the way, what do we have next?" asked Eliza.
"DT," replied Claire after glancing at her timetable.
"OMG! Don't tell me the DT teacher is still Mr. Pratt!" exclaimed Eliza suddenly. "I bet he's gonna recognise us if he sees us!"
"Don't worry," responded Claire. "It's been such a long time since he was our DT teacher, he's probably retired by now."
Nevertheless, when the bell rang, the spies entered the DT classroom only to perceive the tall, thin figure of their old DT teacher - Mr. Pratt!
Mr. Pratt was quite shocked to see the familiar faces of Claire and Eliza entering his classroom, but he seemed unable to recall whom they resemble. However, he quickly recovered from his trance and said kindly. "Ah! You must be the new students - Clara and Lizzie, aren't you? Welcome to my class! I'm Mr. Pratt!"
During DT class, Claire and Eliza sat in the farthest corner of the classroom, in fear to draw any attention lest Mr. Pratt should recognise them.
Suddenly, when Eliza was hammering away at a wooden box which they had made, Mr. Pratt walked towards them and said.
"Are you two the sisters of Claire Lee and Eliza Blake? Because you look very similar to them!"
Claire and Eliza were so shocked that they didn't know what to reply. Eliza quickly recovered and said, "Oh yes! Eliza Blake is my cousin and Claire Lee is Clara's cousin. Lots of people say we resemble our cousins."
"How do you know Claire? Were you her DT teacher, too?" enquired Claire, pretending to be shocked.
"Yes, indeed, I was Claire and Eliza's DT teacher when they studied here," answered Mr. Pratt nostalgically.
~To be Continued~
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