Slowly Swapping: Gary Gets Distracted

"What is it, Miss Meadows?" Mr. Harper said, sounding like Gary was not his favorite pupil. "Do you need to go to the bathroom?" "No, I wanted to answer the question." "Very well then...have at it." "It's..." As Gary brought his hand down he noticed something. His nails were longer than usual and they were painted red which Gary noted matched the color of his shirt. "Um," he said as he stared at his hands. Mr. Harper sighed. "As usual Miss Meadows you're always distracted by something. Maybe if you didn't pay so much attention to your appearance then you might learn something." Gary looked up "But I" he began but Mr. Harper had already moved on. Gary looked over to Melissa who shrugged her shoulders.