Missyâs trio had a slight problem. The ammonia based glass had turned colors. It didnât match any of the colors of other peopleâs mixtures. Instead it was a brownish mixture. So Missy took the glass held it up to her nose and smelled it. She held it up to Hian, who begrudgingly took a whiff.
âLooks like something ghetto,â quipped Lamont. âLooks like preppie girl messed up.â Silence then filled the air.
Then, about 30 seconds later both Missy and Hian started acting strange. It was as though a spell had been placed on them.
âYo homey what happened to our mixture?â said Hian, âYa feeling me, dog; it ainât right. That stuff is brown like my homey over there, Lamont. Know what Iâm saying? Looks like sumthin youâd find in da toilet. You know what Iâm saying? While we wuz chillinâ, sumthinâ go bad. Weâve got to keep this on the DL.â It came out as ghettoese, something youâd never hear out of him.
Missy then started her bazaar behavior. âThis is like like real strange,â she said, in with a valley girl accent. âWe were like supposed to have a green glass and we got brown. Oh my God, gag me with a spoon. This is gross. Duh. We were like doing something like wrong. I got to tell this to my BF. This is makinâ me sick.â
Jose, Elvis and Lamont looked at each other in stunned silence. They couldnât believe the way the pair were speaking.
âHey, Missy, you okay?â said Lamont. âYou ainât talkinâ right. You sound like one of those valley girls. Hian, you tryinâ to be a brother or something? You need to step off and chill.â
âDog, we just chillinâ,â said Hian. âI gotta give my peeps a holla and tell them about this mixing is tight. This is off the hook.â
âHi, you sound like ghetto,â said Lamont. âYou feeling okay?â
âDuh, looks like we like did something like not right,â Missy answered.
Jose, Elvis and Lamont sat in disbelief. Here was Miss Preppie dumbing and Hian, who hadnât said 10 words the first four weeks of school, rambling like some angry thug. Marie Adams grabbed the paper the group had to fill out and asked Jose for help.
She realized they had fallen behind in their work.
âJose what are the answers?â she timidly asked. âI just want to make sure we are right. Iâm not sure what these two are trying to prove.â
âWow,â said Jose, âMissyâs group is asking us for help. Maybe there is hope for us dummies. Write this down â me helping Missy. Man, thatâs all right. It proves that once in awhile, the kidâs got game.â
After about 10 minutes of silence at which time they seemed to be rambling in their new personalities as they completed the rest of the worksheet, Missy and Hian returned to normal. Missy asked Marie if she had finished the form. Marie said they still had to do two more items and they should get them from Ms. Blossomâs large desk in the front of the room.
âWhat was that act by Hian and Missy about?â Elvis asked Lamont and Jose.
âWere they playing games or just being goofy? Or just maybe,â he continued, dropping off to a different thought.
âLamont, I need you to do me a favor,â Elvis directed at his fellow lab partner.
âAsk if you can see their brown mix and when theyâre not looking take a quick snort.
If they see you, tell them I need it to be able to complete the assignment.â
âSure,â offered Lamont, seemingly not making a connection between the brown mix and the behavior of Missy and Hian. He then he reached over and asked Missy to use their brown glass. Turning his back to everyone, he took a deep five second sniff, then put the glass down. Then everyone went to silence while Jose and Elvis finished the experiments and completed their form.
Ms. Blossom headed their way to