Walk With Me 1

3

Beyoncé

I have a free period which happens to fall during lunch hour. A full child-free two hours.

I sit at my desk with my salad when I hear a knock at my door. I exit my office and open, seeing Julius with a big smirk on his face.

"What, idiot?"

"Damn, can't be nice to a man? Anyways, the department is making us pass these papers around. A survey or something..."

I look through the stack, seeing Onika Tanya Maraj written on the top of one of her then look to Julius.

"You couldn't pass these out yourself?"

He just smirks and darts down the hallway.

"I hate you, man."

"Hey, you needa make friends and get outta yo shell."

I huff and puff. These papers won't deliver themselves I guess. I shut my door and make my way to Ms. Maraj's room. The door is slightly ajar, but I can still hear her voice booming throughout the classroom. She isn't yelling but she is projecting.

I see her students have packets in their hands, a script I'm assuming. They all laugh and giggle as she is comical with her delivery. I'm guessing they!re reading through it.

"Okay, whoever is playing Clarissa, start now."

The girl begins fake crying and the class is erupting in laughs and cackles. I take a moment to take in Ms. Maraj. I can tell she loves to teach. Not one kid on their phone, everyone is attentive and having so much fun. Nicki moves around the class as the class makes the sound effects written on the papers and she passes by the door without even noticing. I don't say a word.

I note her outfit today. A white button up blouse that hugs her figure the right way. Black slacks. Then some Jordan's to go with them. She turns to the side and I note her blouse is slightly unbuttoned giving a glimpse of a little bit of her cleavage.

I clear my throat and she looks to me.

"Miss Knowles!"

I hand her her papers.

"What are these for exactly?" She whispers into my ear so these nosey ass kids can't listen in.

"Not sure. Email Julius, he was the one who made me bring these."

I see Nicki shift a bit but keep my eyes up. Oh right, I'm supposed to hate this woman. I guess I should go ahead and throw my faulty plan out the door anyways... My plan of being mean and intimidating is falling through not even a full month of her being here.

I look up past the papers in my hands. She looks to me with a smirk. There is a family of butterflies making themselves known in my stomach. I gotta go.

"Okay then, thank you so much." She clicks her tongue and gives me a wink.

I just continue standing at the door as she continues on with the table read (im guess it's what it is) with the kids. Her animated voice booms through the classroom and the kids have wide smiles on their faces.

I'm smiling too.

I kinda wish I could do that. The way she's able to command the classroom is absolutely astonishing and admirable. They aren't scared of her but they do respect her.

Nicki looks back up at me and all of my organs sink down. I rush out of the classroom. I'd been standing there for close to 15 minutes.

What the fuck?

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