Another Day in a Million

Dude. I feel awesome right now.
I think I'm getting pretty good grades in school. I just raised my geometry grade from a C to a B.
Anyway.
Today was a pretty eventful day. Ulric had tried to eat a whole habinero pepper during lunch.
Do you know how freakin' hot those things are? Well, he ate it. After a few seconds pause, his face turned bright red, and his eyes watered. Then he went ballistic, and drank all the milk cartons on the table he was sitting at, but still he was freaking out.
I was laughing my ass off while he ran around with his tongue on fire. He was then herded to the nurse's office and stayed there through a whole class period. Big baby. I checked on him once, and he said that he all he wanted before he died was Trinity to come and have some alone time with him.
I dragged him out of the nurse's office, telling the nurse that yes he was fine and no he didn't need to lie down a little longer. Ulric had a fit and said that he was almost killed, and that I shouldn't be doing this to him.
So I said to Ulric that the only thing that could kill him is a silver bullet.
Another exciting thing that happened today was in science. At the beginning of class, the teacher announced that we were moving from chemistry to...wait for it, wait for it...
Anatomy. And the first animal structure we are studying about is bird anatomy.
Alright, sleepytime for Red.
So then the teacher projects this diagram of a bird skeleton structure on the overhead, and at the same time, a note dropped in front of me. Making sure the teacher was fully enticed with the bird diagram, I open the note.
A lousy stick figure sketch of me standing in front of the class with my wings out, and the teacher pointing at them, saying, "Now a bird's bones are lighter than our bones, because if they weren't, birds would be stupid and pointless. The qualities that Red demonstrates." I crumpled the note and threw it at Ulric's head when the teacher wasn't looking. Stupid wolf! He's not going to shut-up about this for the life of him. I turned my attention to the teacher, who just asked the question "Does anyone here know what the fasted flying bird is?"
My hand shot up, lightning fast. And so did Aleron's. I heard a snickering from Ulric. The teacher called on me.
"Peregrine Falcon," I said. Can fly as fast as seventy miles and dive-bomb at two hundred. In my case, I can fly up to two hundred twenty miles and dive-bomb at four hundred. Majorly G-Force, but a heck of a wild ride.
"That's right Red," said the teacher, and she went back to lecturing. Man, I'm going to ace this class. Aleron looked at me before turning back to the teacher.
..."And these strange pouches here are called air sacs. Does anyone know why these are important for bird's to have?"
Hand up. But the teacher chose Aleron this time.
"They act as reservoirs," he said. "The air passes through the air sacs before going into the lungs. They also help with the aerodynamics of the bird, and help streamline the body."
God. I didn't know the air sacs helped with the aerodynamics. I only gave them credit for allowing me to hold a note for half a minute.
So that's how the class went. With me, Aleron, and a few other students here and there answering all the questions. I sometimes didn't put my hand up, even though I knew the answer, just for the sake of not being labeled a nerd.
And then Trin and Ulric wouldn't stop giving me crap after class, and I said that that's what I get for knowing too much about the ways of birds (I would've said that that's what I get for being part bird, but I was in a public area).
So there you go. Hot peppers, bird anatomy, nutshell.
I would have got a picture of Ulric running around the cafeteria with his face as red as anything, but I forgot my camera today.
It was pretty damn funny though.

-Red