Gunthet was relieved when the final bell rang on Friday afternoon.
"See ya later Mr. Shultz."
"Have a good weekend Udo, good luck at the regional academic decathlon this weekend...remember mitochondria is the power house of the cell"
The sophomore laughed as he walked out of the classroom.
Once his room was empty he rubbed his temple, he had been battle a tension headache for a few days now.
The cause of that headache just then knocked on his door.
"Mr. Shultz...do you have a minute. I wanted to ask you a question about ordering AP exam prep books for European history..." Annie stopped her question abruptly.
Gunther had a hard look on his face, almost like he was angry at her.
"Um, I'm sorry I didn't mean to bother you..." she said quietly.
Gunther realized that he wasn't looking at Ms. Leonhart as his colleague but as his killer.
"Sorry, I've had a headache most of the week and just ready to go home." He said, softening his expression.
"Oh well, I can just talk to you Monday..."
Gunther shook his head. "Nah I can show you the website, won't take too long." He opened up his work computer, and logged in to the website.
Annie was standing directly behind him, looking over his shoulder. It sent a chill down Gunther's spine. He was trying to focus on showing her how to put in the order, but was distracted with horrific flashbacks of the mystery solider. The ice cold eyes, the quickness of her blade, the searing pain of the cut.
"So I just need to put in the school code and it will charge you the district?"
Gunther was doing his best to not let his b panic take over. "Yep...that's all there is too it, and they will get a rush order on it."
"Thanks a lot Mr. Schultz." She said brightly.
As she headed for the door, Annie turned around. "By the way, do you know much about Mr. Calvi? He just...I've heard that name before, but I can't quite put my finger on it."
Gunther shook his head. "He's a military vet and he took a job at Libero high school."
He noticed a slight change in Annie's expression as he mentioned Libero.
"Maybe it's just a case of mistaken identity" she said, thought she didn't sound very convincing to Gunther or herself.
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"I still can't believe the f*cking female Titan is now teaching at your school." Petra said pouring herself another beer from the pitcher they ordered."Easy on the booze there tree hugger" Eld said with a smirk, loosing his tie.
Petra shot him daggers. "I told that name's not funny. That sh*t is still pretty traumatizing for me."
"Do you just piss yourself when you see a tree or are taking the Redwood forest off of the bucket list?"
"Knock it off Eld" Oluo said as he sat down at the table next to his wife.
"Look I gotta find some humor in it or I'll go crazy trying to make sense of everything."
"Well your 'experience' didn't cause you to have a baby prematurely" Oluo said.
"Well it's not like you had the baby either" Gunther said, popping a pretzel in his mouth.
"But I did sprain his hand during labor" Petra said shrugging.
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Alternative Past Lives
FanfictionAnother past lives series set in a different modern AU