Asteraceae

NINE

"Adams" Joshua looked up, taking the role as he tried hard to ignore the bubbly vampire that had suddenly decided that maybe sitting up front was better than sitting in the back with her siblings.

"Allen." She seemed almost giddy, and while he appreciated someone who was ready to learn, this girl seemed more on the creepy side than on the eager. She had ignored the confused stares of her family and instead hoped right next to a shy Martinez girl that quietly tried to scoot over her desk a bit.

"Anderson..." He looked back down, glancing back up quickly when he noticed slight movement. Probably her bouncing in place in anticipation of him saying her name.

"Brown." He glanced back down, eyes staying much more focused on the paper in front of him, while he moved to mark out the faces he had remembered from the previous day. The vampire was annoying, and the mere reason he had left the back seats open in his classroom was out of hope that they would stay out of his sight, but he was proven wrong when the little minx decided she would sit her Peony smelling ass right in front of his desk.

"Clark?" He signed though, he'll deal with it later, a seating chart was needed, and he'll get around to making one, but creating one on the second day could wait, maybe next week he could use the excuse of not trusting them to act right, "you were called to the office not too long ago. You know where to meet us after you finish." Poor boy was getting moved out of his class, and while he appreciated being down one student, he couldn't help but think that this was going to be another person walking out of this school uneducated.

"Y-Yes Sir." A quick shuffle soon followed, a few giggles from the immature students, but otherwise everyone stayed silent.

"Cullen." He signed, "Alice Cullen to be more specific."

"HERE, omg." She squealed, unbothered by the small jump her desk mate made as she happily wiggled in her seat.

"I see." His luck seemed to run out when she was dropped in his class.

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Throughout that entire class he tried his best to ignore the vampires who decided to branch off on their own and work a bit closer to the entrance compared to the others who sat as far away as possible. They would glance over back at him for a bit, but they still worked diligently on the work he had supported them. A shame that they were undead, he would've thought the blonde was beautiful if he didn't notice the golden shine her eyes had upon seeing them, animal drinkers he assumed. He had once seen Carlisle hunt down an animal just to test out his theories, and while he pretended dumb to the man's face, he couldn't help but laugh at the awe he seemed to express at his findings. Animal blood would make them weak, make them far more fragile than they were supposed to be, yet they still consumed it out of their lame sense of righteousness, and guilt. Carlisle's old friend was probably laughing at them now, crackling like the manic he is, discussing with the others how stupid Carlisle had turned out in the end.

"Oh, Mister Kim." Martinez skipped over, her group of friends giggling away at whatever they had previously been talking about before she had arrived, "do you think you could help me with this?" She seemed a bit off, eyes wandering back over to her friends, who waved her concern off whenever they met eyes, "We-W- I'm not doing too well on this question." The stuttering was something annoying that she had to get rid of.

"Of course," But as a teacher he sat her down, and with a highlighter and pen ready, "anything you don't understand?" He grinned, the obvious blank spot where a small tidbit of Folklore was present.

"Um, here. I don't understand what Folklore has to do with our current lesson..." She, like everyone else, had read that book that was based on Greek mythology, but she didn't think this thing was part of it. She had never heard of such a thing.