Class Clown - Xander

As the dark clouds settled onto the dull, gray sky, it was clear the Monday was going to be just as miserable as the rest. It had been storming all of the previous night, and there was still no sign of clear skies, the sun remaining hidden behind the blankets of murky water vapor. Alas, even with the thunder and heavy pouring rain, attending college was still mandatory- even if the professor decided to stay home. While, usually, the class would be cancelled, another professor, Mr. Price, decided to cover the lecture.

Xander was anything but excited to find an Email about the substitute; he had planned on sleeping a bit more and leveling up his character in Dynaborne, a video game he had recently become obsessed with. It wasn't that it had good plot, or that it had good gameplay, but the graphics were nice. A little too nice, in his opinion, as he couldn't stop staring at the females' realistic cleavage, and a man who's voice made him weak in the knees.. not that he'd admit that last one, though.

After Xander had put on some cologne and ran some water through his hair, he was out the door, gone in a flash. He had stalled for a bit after seeing the Email, and when he arrived late to class, door creaking loudly since he had swung it open, all eyes were on him as he entered the lecture hall. The attention clearly got to his head, because he immediately started doing a bit, walking towards the front of the class. Mr. Price stared at him with annoyance, setting his laser pointer down. "Xander Valdes," he pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation, "Why are you late?"

Smiling, Xander replied in an unserious manner, struggling to contain his giggling. "I stumbled upon a horse stuck in a hole, and no one could get him out, so they shot him." The professor's lips twitched, unsure whether the story is true or not- and if it mattered if it was. "Let me get this straight. They shot the horse in the hole?" He asked, his last word getting cut off by Xander's answer, "No, they shot him in the head!" The majority of the room sputtered out laughter- not because the joke was funny, but because of how stupid he made the substitute look.

After a moment's pause, Mr. Price sighed. "Xander, please, sit down. We're on page 296." He dismissed the jokester with a wave of his hand, going back to teaching his lesson, trying to ignore the previous sequence of events. Xander sat with a group of his friends, and they got loud quite quickly, the lesson starting to become disturbed once more. Mr. Price managed to hold his tongue, not saying anything, as he was still embarrassed from what he unintentionally said.