Teacher's Pass

Knowing Something New - Part 2

Dan's POV

"I hope all of you have caught up on your reading for this week, because we will be having a pop quiz!", Mr. Lester said as he reached under his desk to pull out a stack full of papers. All the kids sighed in the exact same moment it seemed, while Dan Howell was still in a state of shock. How can he be our teacher? He doesn't look a day over twenty one! He glanced up at the exact time the young looking teacher gave him direct eye contact. "Well well well! It seems we have a new student with us today!", I blush furiously as he steps infront of my desk, I look up and give him eye contact with him again. I'm on a roll! "Could you please stand up and tell us your name, what school did you come from, and your favorite subject in History", he smiled from ear to ear as he slowly went back to his desk. "Uhm, okay", I get up from my desk and go to the front of the room. "Hi, I'm Daniel Howell, but you can call me Dan for short, I went to Butler High before I got here, and ... I'm not much of a History buff", I look back at Mr. Lester and he smirks. "Thank you Dan, that was very nice of you!", I head back to my seat.

"Also Dan, can I see you after class? Since you have just joined us, you do not need to the quiz, but I want to give you an assignment in which you can do to get those points, okay?", he asked. "Okay, sounds great", I smile. I don't only smile because I made a very good TFIOS reference with Mr. Lester, but I get to see him after class. No Howell, you can't hit on your teacher. I shake my thoughts away as the other students start their quizzes.

After a half hour of a 15 minute quiz and a lecture about the Panama Canal, the bell rang. All the students rushed to their next class until it was only Mr. Lester and I. We stared for second before he stood up and sat in the seat next to me. "So Dan, how is your first day going so far? Making new friends?", he smiled and placed a paper on my desk. "Uhm yeah I guess, met a girl, she seemed nice. I'm actually going to be having lunch with her today", I said. "Really? That's great! Anywho, let's get to this assignment, shall we?", he grabbed the paper from my desk. I nodded and looked at the single piece of paper. "For the next week, I want you making something, anything actually, from any part of history you like! For example, you like Pompeii? Build a volcano and play Bastille in the backround, I don't know, something like that. But it has to be creative! It's due Friday", Mr. Lester pointed out. "Also, you can come after classes if you want. I'm always here for help and I'm usually here till 5, so never be afraid to ask! Now go on to your next class, I'll write you a pass, just to be safe!", after getting the note, Mr. Lester waved me goodbye and sent me on my way. As I got out to the hallway, I crumpled the note to my chest and sighed. "What am I doing with my life?", I murmured as I walked towards my next class.

I looked down at my disappointing tray of chicken nuggets, Mac & Cheese, sliced apples, and a carton of milk. I rolled my eyes at moved into the cafeteria. I stood in the middle of the tables, looking for Louise. "HEY DAN, OVER HERE!", I turned around to see Louise waving at me. I smiled with relief as I walked over to her table. The seat next to Louise was open, so I decided to sit there. On the other side of Louise was a petite-looking girl who looked nine with a taller man hanging an arm over her shoulder. Next to them was the gay couple I saw in the courtyard earlier. They didn't look like they wanted to be bothered, in the case that they were making out heavily. Lastly, next to me, was a normal looking girl, with short brown hair and a smile on her face. She stuck out her hand to me. "Hi I'm Cat, I'm guessing you're the new kid everyone is talking about?", she asked. "I guess so! I'm Dan, nice to meet you", we shake hands and she gives me a smirk. Uhm okay then. I look over to see Louise and the petite girl talking to each other, but stop completely when I look over to them. "So Dan, how has your day been so far?", Louise asks. "Pretty good, just a lot of homework", I say. "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't introduce you to everyone!", Louise smacks her head then goes on. "So this is Zoe and Alfie, the OTP of the school", she says. "Oh hush chummy! No we are not! Nice to meet you Dan!", Zoe says, then Alfie nods. "The couple sucking out each others souls are Tyler and Troye", right when she says that, the boy with blue hair raises the middle finger to Louise. "Yeah, love you too Tyler", she rolls her eyes. "And you have already met Cat! So this my group of people and you can stay for as long as you want", Louise got back to her food, but I couldn't get the feeling that Cat was staring a hole right through my head.

"So Dan, I was wondering what you are doing tonight?", Cat asked from behind me. "Uhm, probably homework", I awkwardly smiled and went back to my food. "Well, you want to go on a date sometime?", Cat rested her head on her palm, waiting for an answer. "Uhm... heres the thing Cat.. I'mm... I'm...", I felt like I was sweating. What if everything goes to shit again? "I'm gay", with immediate action, I put my face into my hands. "I understand if you don't want to be my friend anymore, Louise", but before I could say anymore, she pulled me in for a hug. "Why would you think I would not be your friend anymore?", I was starting to sufficate from the hug, so she let go and looked directly into my eyes. "Because I had no friends in my last school. I got beat up on a daily basis for being who I am", I said truthfully. "Dan, we wont judge you. Heck, we have a gay couple sitting infront of us, makng out, and we don't give two fucks!", right as she says that, the two boys break from their "session" and look directly at me. "Don't let that shit get you down. Here, we don't stand for people like that", Troye said. "I mean, look at me. Two years ago, I came out openly to the school and I got beaten up a lot for the first couple of months. But then I met Tyler, who was openly gay too, but no one would mess with him, since he gave a broken arm to the last guy who made fun of him", Troye said. "And now, he is the King.. I mean Queen of our school", they look at each other. "You got it baby", Tyler smiled, then they carried on with their session from earlier. "See? No one will make fun of you here, Dan. Trust me. And if they do, they better know they are messing with the wrong people", Louise did a Z-snap before going back to her lunch.

"I'm glad you told everyone, it was really brave of you", I turned to Cat. "Thanks and I'm sorry for kinda turning you down." "It's cool, I'm just glad we didn't go on a date and you telling me then", we both laughed and talked most of the lunch period. "... so, don't mind me asking, but are there any cute guys in this school?", I asked Cat. "Well there are those two over there, but I don't think they are available at the moment", she chuckled. "Other than that, the rest of them are in the closet, sor... WAIT, there is one guy, but it's impossible", she looked down at her plate, smiling. "What? Who?", I got in real close so she could whisper it to me. She goes to cup my ear and whispers the name. It felt like my eyes have buldged out of their eye sockets. "Wait.. did I hear you right?", I ask, leaving me confused. "Yep, Mr. Lester, the history teacher, is gay, but you didn't hear it from me", she says quietly. Huh, I guess you do learn something new everyday.

A/N HEYYYY What's up people? In the next chapter, there will be serious fluff, but no smut yet *sad face* I really want to build up the story before plastering it with smut. I hope all of you are okay with that! That is all for now and I hope you are enjoying this story so far! And I'm sorry I'm not posting as much as I should! When my spring break comes around, I will be putting a lot of effort into this story :) Love you guys <3 -Nikki