Playing With Fire

(We’re in chemistry class, which is currently very boring. Everyone is too bored to make trouble or do anything fun. The teacher’s monotonous voice drones on.)

Teacher: “…and here you see that the symbol equation for—”

(Suddenly, the glorious sound of the fire bell rings. A classmate jumps out of his seat, and punches the air with a gleaming grin on his face.)

Classmate: “YES! YES! YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!”

(The fire bell stops. It was a false alarm. The classmate’s face falls. He drops to his knees and throws his hands in the air with his head to the sky.)

Classmate: “NOOOOOOOO! WHYYYYYYYY?!”