The music teacher (a MIKA fanfic)

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I took a deep breath as I walked in through the school gates for the first time this academic year. Most of teachers were  standing in two lines to make a path for all the students.

I followed round through the teachers and I was led to the playground where many students had congregated and were chatting to each other.

The new year sevens seemed to all be in one corner and there were a few teachers mixed in with everyone. I saw Mr Harl, the drama teacher, and started to walk towards him. As I did so I thought about how I had had my last drama lesson so long ago because I hadn't chosen to continue with it for any longer once we had to choose our GCSEs.

"Hey Mr Harl!" I smiled to him.

"Hey there. Did you have a good summer?" He was always so happy and he was one of my favourite teachers even though he didn't teach me anymore

"It was wonderful thanks. I needed a break. How was your summer?"

"Great thank you. I agree though, I think we all need some time to unwind." He laughed before a group of people started shouting and getting rowdy. "I'm sorry, I'm going to have to go. Have a good day" he turned and before I could reply, he was shouting at them and telling them to be quiet and 'set an example'.

I was alone again. All the teachers were busy and I had no friends really anymore. All the people in my year at school were in one massive group of friends; even though they would hang out in smaller groups, they all seemed to be close to each other. I was ok though because I had music.

Thinking about this made me realise that the old music teacher had left and I didn't know who the new one was but there were so many new teachers that it would be hard to guess. I had to wait to see.

"RIGHT EVERYONE, IT'S 8:30! TIME TO FIND YOUR FORMS AND GET READY TO START THE YEAR!" The headteacher shouted and everyone scurried to find their form groups to go to form time and get timetables and things.

Our form came together and we walked together into the warm, bare room that we called ours.

"Hey guys, I have your timetables here and I will pass them out while we watch a video and get ourselves prepared to get going and start this year with some good learning" Miss Tret picked up a pile of papers and started to hand them out after pressing play on the video that we had to watch at the start of every year about studying hard and getting good grades.

I was handed my timetable and my eyes searched for the letters Mu on it. I was intrigued as to who could possibly be my new teacher and possibly the only person that understood me. This was usually how it went but now, I was alone with no friends so I needed to know if I would have anyone in the world to talk to other than my family.

"music music music"I muttered to myself while my eyes darted all over the page but they were moving so quickly that I couldn't read anything. I slowed down and started to look in order starting from first period that day which was Monday week A.

Spanish

History

Break

Tutorial

Art

Art

Lunch

Maths

Music

I saw that I had music last on that day so I looked at the small print.

Ar 03

MPE

The teacher's first name began with an M and their last name began with Pe. They would be teaching me in the arts block, as always, in class three on the ground floor.

Cool. I had figured out so much! I packed up my things and got ready to go to period 2 which was history.

I thought about how I would probably be alone at break and lunch. Break I could deal with because it was only short and I could go to the bathrooms and listen to music. MIKA always helped me when I needed some time alone so I was sure he would help me now. However lunch time was a whole other story because it was long and you couldn't stay in the bathrooms without people noticing so I decided to see if I could go and do some music. This way I could hopefully meet the music teacher before lessons and talk to them alone for a while.

This was my usual routine. I loved to have my private conversations with the teachers in music because they were always so kind and helpful.

"off you go everyone. Have a good first day" miss Tret told us and all of us rushed off to lessons.