The Laws of Motion (manxmen, teacher/student) *Short Story* Camp Nanowrimo 2015 Winner

Chapter 1

Laws of Motion

**An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

**Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object).

**For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action.

-Isaac Newton**

Chapter 1

Addison...

I watched my newest set of students as they slowly filed into the lecture hall, some were bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to tackle their first lesson of their college semester, while others looked like they just rolled out of bed and barely managed to drag themselves to class. I took note of each and every face as they took their seats and even though I was only twenty-six and new to faculty at this college, this was definitely not my first time teaching Physics and Philosophy to college students.

You see my name is Addison Coles, and I am what my doctors, my parents, and all of my previous educators categorized as a genius and a prodigy. I graduated high school when I was twelve and I had my first Bachelor's Degree at the age of sixteen. By the time I turned twenty-two, I had obtained not one but two PhD's. The courses I teach are Physics and Philosophy. Yeah, I know, the two studies are almost polar opposites, but when you really think about it and get into the underlying dynamics of both subjects, I can argue that some rules in both areas of study truly affects the subconscious beliefs of modern day society...But I will stop myself right there before I gear myself up to begin a heated debate on the topic.

I gathered my thoughts and checked the clock on the wall, it was time for class begin and I turned around to the white board behind me and wrote my name on it in big bold black letters. I snapped the little protective cap over the felt tip of the erasable marker and placed it back on the the little metal ledge provided for that purpose. I sauntered over to the small wooden desk next to the lecture podium and picked up the class roster from the neat piles of paper I had arranged there before the student's arrival for class.

I stepped up to the podium and cleared my throat to get everyone's attention. The mass of young adults in front of me weren't too rowdy so the class quickly quieted down as all eyes turned towards me. I bit the insides if my cheeks to keep myself from chuckling at some of the expressions on their faces as they openly stared at me. I knew exactly what was running through their minds as they sat there and many of them probably came to the usual conclusion that I must be the teacher's aide because no way did I look like a college Professor that teaches Physics.

Small in stature, I barely stood five-feet-six inches tall, a petite brunette with big green that took up most of my elfin like face. My weight topped out around a hundred and twenty pounds. I looked like I just barely brushed eighteen years old. I was about to enlighten them about my identity when the door to the classroom banged open and I looked up with a frown. The young man paused in the entranceway and stared unapologetically back at me like he was daring me say to something to him.

The muscular six foot plus Adonis just sauntered into the room and plopped himself down in a seat without a word of apology for being late and disruptive to my class. I raised what I hoped was a stern eyebrow at him, and the cocky bastard raised one of his bright red but finely arched brows in an outright challenge right back at me. I was trying my best at this point to remain authoritative because that man just unexpectedly threw my entire routine off it's axis. Little did I know what was really coming my way, and that it wasn't just going to be my class routine that this hot as Hell ginger was going to send off kilter.