Midsemester Biology - the most dreaded class

[Alaine Kensington]

Alaine sighed as she wrote the day's subject on the blackboard. In big white chalky lines it read:

October xxth - Thursday

THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Oh yes, this was going to be the best biology class so far, she sarcastically mused to herself. Teenagers and the subject made for a lot of giggling, whispering and blushing. But it was part of the regular syllabus, and she was going to cover it no matter what the cost. She stood in front of the blackboard, arms crossed, and waited for her students to show up.

[Mellianne Joss]

Mellianne entered the classroom for the only class she took on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She noticed the board as she came up to her usual seat in the front. When she actually paid attention to what was written, she blanched. Oh dear, this was not going to be good. Not good at all, she thought as she sat down. Taking out a notebook, she was desperately trying to think of things that would be worse than facing this. Unfortunately, she wasn't coming up with anything.

[Aurora Lumina Robinson]

Aurora's attendence in biology had been spotty at best - when she did come to class she was never the most attentive student, although she did manage to avoid sleeping in class (most of the time). As luck would have it, today she actually did come in.

She plopped down next to Mellianne and looked at the blackboard. "Reproductive system. That's like Repo, right? The moving company?"

[Mellianne Joss]

Mellianne shook her head quickly. "The reproductive system is more of the system of what's used in the making of babies. If you pay attention, the teacher will explain it much better than I ever could." She definitely didn't want to explain it to a 12-year-old, that was for sure.

[Destiny Valencia Everett]

Desi dragged herself into class. She'd been unable to sleep for a long while the night before thanks to a thunderstorm pounding against her window, been woken up because Ada had been getting ready for class, and then hadn't been able to get back to sleep.

Finally, she had given up and gotten out of bed, too. Maybe being in this class would allow her to get some sleep.

Then she saw the writing on the chalkboard, and decided she probably wasn't going to get any sleep after all.

[Aurora Lumina Robinson]

"Oh, but I thought this was biology - shouldn't babies be covered in a magic class?" It was obvious to Aurora, since her mother had always taught her children were magically gifted to couples that loved each other very much. Now that she thought about it, she had heard many different bits of information about babies, from peers and such, much of it contradictory. An old playground friend had told her that women had an oven in their stomach that you pulled a baby out after it was done. He never explained how it got in though.

[Mellianne Joss]

Mellianne wanted to bang her head into the desk she was sitting at. Obviously Aurora had got some sort of story that magic was the cause of babies. This was not going to be fun what-so-ever.

But she tried to get the magic idea "Um. No, they wouldn't go over that in magic class unless it was about magical creatures, because sometimes magic gets let off in the process. But the normal human, and human-like, way of making babies is part of the body." She didn't really think she would get through to Aurora, but at least she had tried.

[Alaine Kensington]

Raising an eyebrow at the apparent lack of students, Alaine started the class.

"Today I will teach you about the reproductive system, ladies. I had hoped that more students would show up, though. It seems interest in classes is not something today's youth has in abundance.

"Now then, the reproductive system. It is one of the basic things that we use to differentiate males and females from eachother, in most species at least, and the part of the body that is most important for producing offspring. Unlike some beliefs," and she slid her eyes across the room ever so slightly, "children aren't born through magic, they are not brought by storks, and they do not grow in fields, some exceptions to the last excluded, but we won't be covering flora-based species today.

"This class might be shocking to you, or you might find it hilariously funny, but I will teach you this."

She straightened her shirt, and picked up her book.
"If you'll join me on page 48, please. I'll start with what the reproductive system is and what it is for, then I'll move on to a more detailed anatomy. If you flip the page, you'll see two images, representing the male and female reproductive organs as situated in the average humanoid body. The reproductive system is decidedly different for males and females, as you can see." She went on, ignoring any giggling sounds or blushing the class might give her.

"In general, most humnoid species have a similar build, and are well capable or reproducing between them, resulting in the birth of many half-elves, half-humans and generally a lot of half-anything offspring. This is because their basic sexual organs are almost exactly the same, and males of most humanoid species can have intercourse with females of other species.

"Any questions so far?" She looked at the three girls if anybody had some.

[Mellianne Joss]

After flipping her book open to the right page, Mellianne shook her head. She didn't find it shocking or funny. She just so wanted this lesson to be over.

[Aurora Lumina Robinson]

Aurora raised her hand in confusion. "What's intercourse?"

[Alaine Kensington]

"Ah... I was hoping you were familiar with the term, but I think I presumed too much. There's younger children in this school too. I apologise. Intercourse is what we call having sex, Miss Robinson. It's a bit of a fancier word. I know that this is something most of you would rather avoid discussing."

She nodded to Aurora, but as she wasn't sure that either she or Destiny had a full grasp of what it meant, she started explaining how everything worked, over the course of the class.

(( feel free to interrupt with any questions or remarks. ))

[Mellianne Joss]

Mellianne dutifully took notes about what Professor Kensington was saying, but she really felt awkward with being the oldest student in the classroom, or at least the oldest looking student.

[Aurora Lumina Robinson]

Aurora did her fair share of giggling and blushing as the class went on - the former when she finally cracked her book to see the male anatomy for the first time ("Why is it so floppy? Hee hee.") and the latter when told exactly where it went. She stayed mostly quiet during the class, silently swearing that she'd never let a boy come anywhere close to her with his 'thing.'

[Alaine Kensington]

At one of the louder giggles, Alaine raised an eyebrow. She was with her back to the class, writing something on the board about the hormones produced in the process, and flicked her stump of chalk backhandedly at Aurora, missing her by a hair's breadth and getting a small puff of white in her red hair.

"Do you have a question, Miss Robinson?" She turned around all smiles, ignoring the fact that she'd just pelted something at the girl.

[Mellianne Joss]

Mellianne blinked at the piece of chalk. That was definitely new. Then when Professor Kensington turned around all smiles, she shivered. She was definitely going to try and be a model student in this class, she did not want anything thrown at her.

[Aurora Lumina Robinson]

Aurora looked around, unsure if it was actually the professor that threw the peice of chalk. Perhaps a gremlin or something. Professor Kensington didn't even look mad!

Why would anyone do that? Wouldn't that hurt? Don't boys have cooties? Am I going to lay eggs like a bird?

"N..no questions, professor."

[Alaine Kensington]

"Oh... I thought you had. Where was I..." She continued explaining about how everything worked, both for the male and female counterpart. "However, if we look at the more serpentine races, there's several differences to be noted. Not to mention several species that aren't humanoid at all... luckily for us, those are rare for our planet."

"Okay. Then we'll keep it this for today," Alaine said after a while. "I hope you've taken notes. I'll pass you your assignments for next class then. If you could please read chapter five ahead of time, that would be wonderful." She nodded at the girls, and started stacking her books together.