Fairy Tale

Chapter 3: First Day

Jeff pushed the door open and led her into the lab. Emily smiled; this was familiar. The science lab, the equipment charts. Jeff plopped down in a chair at a lab table, Emily sat down and Clint on the other side. The class slowly filled up with kids. She noticed the brown haired kid from the auditorium sitting in the back.

"Who's that kid? He was with the football guys."

Jeff looked up and twisted around.

"Oh. That's Thomas. Assistant captain, class clown, he's smart, but also clueless. It's weird. He always looks lost, asks a klunk tone of questions, but stupid smart. He's also Minho's best friend, you hardly see them apart."

Emily frowned. Just as she was turning back to the front Minho himself strutted into the class. Every female head twisted to watch him walk in. He either had a smirk plastered on his face or stone cold nothing.

"He's in this class?" Emily asked shocked.

"Yep." Clint nodded.

"This the twilight zone? There are smart jocks?"

Jeff snorted, and choked in his coffee. Making Emily chuckle for the first time. He didn't get to respond, the teacher walked in and plunked her bag and coffee mug down onto the front table. The class went quiet, the quiet sounds of pencils drumming on the table behind her were the only sounds.

"Well, good morning class. Your last year here. Well I hope your last year!"

There were a few snickers. The teacher smiled kindly at them. She pulled the class list up on her computer and started going through the attendance. It seemed she had taught these guys before. Her eyes flicked around the class asking a few questions about their summer.

"Ahh we have a new student!" She smiled, "a Miss Emily Fitz." Her kind eyes fell on Emily.

"Yeah...here." she raised her hand. She hated these awkward interactions.

"Moved over the summer?"

Emily just nodded.

"What brought you where to the Advanced Program?"

"Nursing." Emily said quietly.

Miss Mary nodded with a smile. "Well looking at your previous grades from your old school, you won't have a problem. Might need to do some extra reading to catch up, but I don't see it as a problem."

Emily sat up straighter, she felt her face going pink. "Umm those textbooks on your desk, those ones?"

Mary nodded.

"I umm...I have them at home and have read them."

The class all looked around at her. She heard Jeff chuckle. Mary smiled even bigger.

"Well then, excellent! Welcome to Biology Emily."

The class was just a typical beginner, welcome to the class, this is what we'll be doing, Mary handed out the syllabus with the reading outline for the year, the projects, texts dates and exam dates. The last half an hour was when they finally cracked open the text book and started the first unit.

Emily really enjoyed the class. The students there actually wanted to be there, wanted to learn and do well. Teresa wasn't in the class constantly making snide jabs. She relaxed a little. She even raised her hand and answered a question, and got high praise for it. The bell rang and Miss Mary dismissed them. The class packed up.

"Oh, Thomas, Minho a word please. Also Emily."

Emily looked up sharply. Her eyes wide in a panic for a moment.