The Life of Renn Alrose: The Complete Petals

Chapter 6 - The Teacher

RENN 

Hey, remember the opportunity I told you all last time?

Well today, I'm in a van along with other students. And if you're asking if I got shoved in here? No worries, I didn't get kidnapped. But why am I here exactly? Well, it's all because of a call that happened last night.

FLASHBACK

Yesternight...

I was ready for bed. Vance and Cherry were asleep in their rooms and now it's my turn to take a rest.

But before I could, my phone rang. I took a look and it was... Sir C? I answered his call.

"Renn, thank goodness you're still up. Listen, this is about an event." An event? Curious.

"What would that event be?" I asked.

"It's Temporary Teachers Day tomorrow. I was wondering if you'd be free tomorrow to teach other students in another school." Temporary Teachers Day is an event exclusive to Emerald Houston where junior and senior high school students volunteered to teach students in our neighboring school, Phoenix Ruby High. I began thinking if I should let myself take the place of the student that fell ill.

"Short on members, sir?" That was the only explanation I can think of. I mean, I got no other reason why he'd call me.

"Yes. We are one junior member short, and they wanted me to go look for someone who could teach." I was gonna ask why he didn't consult anyone else, but then I realized that he knows that I'm the only one who has started having teaching experience in the class thanks to Syrra and her mouth... And her brain...

"It's unexpected that I get a call this late about that, but I'll gladly accept since you know teaching is cakewalk to me." I happily got interested. It's no surprise after tutoring Syrra, but I'm going for a whole class. I better not screw this up.

"I like that confidence! Meet up with the rest of the members at 7 am tomorrow. Get to rest now!" He hung up and I set an alarm for me to wake up early.

Teaching a whole class... Shouldn't be too hard, right?

PRESENT DAY

Well, it's not going to be any hard. Luckily, I'm not alone. Because I'm sitting beside Jenna Winters, Syrra's older sister. So it turns out she's a senior here.

"What a coincidence... My partner is the tutor of my young sis~" She giggled.

"At least you know I'm someone who can teach." I confidently grinned at her.

"My, such confidence. But remember, you're teaching a whole class. Can you handle it?~" She appears to be testing me. Her grin really sells it. My grin disappeared to a serious look.

"I'm confident I can. So what are we teaching today?" I asked her.

"We are assigned to teach Area and Perimeter." Geometry. 2 subtopics in Geometry I am very familiar with.

"I still got it." I confidently chuckled with a pat to myself on the shoulders.

"You're something else, huh? Who knew you could be very talented?~" She leaned closer to me, still not stopping her playful tone. Talented? Me? What's Jenna smoking?

"I hardly call that talent. If I were to be talented, I would be able to do many things that the majority of us can't." I slowly and gently pushed her away, giving myself some space. I mean, all I do is study. I can't swim, I don't dance, I don't sing. I'm doing my best in my academics to make sure I do not lose everything.