2 Rockwell Riley

2 Rockwell Riley AS Peanut trudged through the school gates, she spotted a tall, rangy boy with a perfect sphere of black hair exploding from the top of his head waiting for her at the bus stop. As soon as he saw her, Rockwell Riley smiled, stood up and tossed her an apple. "Thought you might want a snack." "Thanks," she sighed, "but you really didn't need to hang around." "Oh, that's OK. I did some chemistry revision while I was waiting. Atomic

当皮纳特拖着脚步走进校门，她看见身材瘦高的男孩罗克韦尔·莱利，正站在公交站等她，他头顶炸着一团圆溜溜的乌黑头发 罗克韦尔一看见她，就笑着站起身，抛给了她一个苹果 “我猜你可能想吃点小零食” “谢谢，”她叹了口气，“不过你其实没必要在这里等我的” “哦，没关系 我等你的时候复习了化学知识 原子

structure is so interesting, don't you think? Did you know that when sodium reacts with non-metals, like chlorine, it totally loses its outer electron? The entire shell surrounding it just disappears, leaving absolutely nothing. Not a sausage. Nada. I mean, talk about mind blown!"

结构可太有意思了，你不觉得吗 你知道吗？当钠和氯这类非金属发生反应时，它会彻底失去最外层的电子 包裹它的整个电子层都会消失，什么都剩不下 一丁点都没有 啥都没有 我是说，这也太让人吃惊了！”

Peanut looked at him blankly "I have literally no idea what you're talking about," she said. "Yeah, right," said Rockwell, smiling. "You don't fool me. You like to hide it, but I reckon you're smarter than the rest of us put together. Is that why you're not keen on this whole Study Buddy thing in case you accidentally let slip how super-clever you are?" Peanut sighed. St Hubert's Study Buddy scheme was designed to help new students settle in at the school. Buddies were supposed to meet up for an hour each day to discuss any issues that the new pupil might have, but ever since she and Rockwell had been paired up on her first day two months earlier, he had become her shadow. Still, Peanut always tried to dodge the session. She suspected that Rockwell had been assigned to her as much for his benefit as hers because, as far as she could tell, he didn't have any friends at the school. She wasn't sure why, as he seemed perfectly nice. Had she been in the market for a new friend, she could certainly have done a lot worse. But she wasn't, and that's all there was to it. Peanut had no intention of settling in at St Hubert's, study buddy or no study buddy, because, as far as she was concerned, she wasn't going to be staying for long. "Listen, you missed our session again today. If lunchtime is a problem, how about we meet up in the morning "before

皮纳特茫然地看着他：“我完全听不懂你在说什么，”她说道 “哈哈，得了吧，”罗克韦尔笑着说 “你骗不了我 你就是喜欢藏拙，但我觉得你比我们所有人加起来都要聪明 所以你才不喜欢这个学习搭档项目，对不对？你怕不小心暴露自己超级聪明，对吗？” 皮纳特叹了口气 圣休伯特学校的学习搭档计划，本来是用来帮助新生适应校园的 按照规定，搭档每天要见一小时，聊聊新生遇到的问题，可自从两个月前皮纳特入学第一天和罗克韦尔配对后，他就成了她的跟屁虫 即便如此，皮纳特还是总想着躲开见面 她猜学校把罗克韦尔分给她对两人都有好处，因为在她看来，罗克韦尔在学校一个朋友都没有 她也不懂为什么，毕竟罗克韦尔看起来人很不错 要是她真的想找新朋友，罗克韦尔已经算很不错的了 但她不想找，就是这样 不管有没有学习搭档，皮纳特根本没打算在圣休伯特学校安定下来，因为在她看来，她不会在这里待太久 “听我说，你今天又错过我们的见面了 如果午餐时间不方便，我们早上见面好不好，在

school?" said Rockwell, eyes wide with hope. "What about tomorrow? We don't want to get into trouble for missing it again, do we?" Another sigh. Knowing he wouldn't give up until she agreed to meet him, Peanut surrendered. "OK then. If we must. "Really? Amazing!" Rockwell's face flushed with pleasure. I'll, er, I'll call for you at around eight then, shall I? Melody Road, isn't it?" "Yes." She exhaled, loudly. "Number eighty.

上学前？”罗克韦尔问道，眼睛里满是期待 “明天怎么样 我们总不想再因为不去会面惹麻烦，对不对？” 又是一声叹息 皮纳特知道，不答应他他是不会放弃的，于是她妥协了 “那好吧 既然非得见面的话 “真的吗 太棒了！” 罗克韦尔的脸开心得涨红了 那我，呃，我八点左右来找你，可以吗 你家住在旋律路，对不对？” “对。” 她大声地呼了一口气 “八十号。”