The Blood Between Us by Zac Brewer

Author:Zac Brewer
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

HUND’S RULE:

Electrons are most stable if they remain unpaired in the ground state

“Tie, Mr. Dane.”

I rolled my eyes as I straightened my tie, tightening it around my neck, as required by the uniform handbook. But the moment Mr. Garrow—a teacher who’d never cared much for either of my parents—was out of sight, I loosened it again, pulling it slightly to the side. I’d never understood boarding schools’ anal need for dress conformity. What we wore didn’t matter, and such limiting rules were enough to suck the creative juice out of every student here. Several years ago, I’d questioned the headmaster about the strict dress code at Wills. In response, he’d cited that Albert Einstein wore the same outfit every day so that he didn’t have to waste any of his thinking on what to wear. The headmaster had had a point, but that still didn’t mean I was going to conform to their rules. Even after that conversation, I continued to wear Chucks instead of polished black oxfords. No one cared about my footwear. So why did Mr. Garrow seem to give such an enormous crap about my tie?

I walked up to the door of Julian’s class and took a deep breath. By some miracle, it turned out this was the only class I’d have with Grace, and even better, it was only twice a week. Eight classes. Then it was back to California and the life I’d built far away from my sister.

I opened the door, feigning confidence, and swept the room quickly with my eyes before I took a seat by the window, knowing that from a psychological standpoint I was saying that I was perfectly comfortable in this room, in this situation. I relaxed in my chair, trying to come across as blasé, but the truth was, I’d seen the roster for this class. Josh and Quinn—my only friends here, if you didn’t count Caroline—weren’t in this class. Just Grace, and everyone who hung out with Grace. To say I was feeling a little unnerved was an understatement. I was counting on Julian to keep the tension as low as possible. As he walked in, he smiled at me, easing my nerves some. The room filled, with Grace entering last. We sat on opposite sides of the room. I wasn’t the least bit surprised.

Julian stood at the front of the class, tall and confident, clearly eager to set a good impression during his first week of classes as a teacher at Wills. His tie was perfectly straight, his oxfords polished to a shine—despite the fact that the teachers’ dress code wasn’t as strict as the students’. “Welcome to communication. This class has been arranged to educate you on something that many people struggle with and to ease your way into the world, wherever life may take you after graduation. It was also designed to help you before then. From what I hear, a lot of you at Wills seem content to study at all hours and spend most of your time in your rooms.

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