Life Without You // Grethan Fanfic: The Trilogy

Chapter 5

Grayson's POV:

The next day I woke up fairly early. I got up and decided to go for a 30 minute jog around the block before I got ready to go to the school. Surprisingly, I wasn't feeling at all tired; I was feeling energized and in a good mood. I put on some sweats and a long sleeve shirt, since it's always pretty cold in the morning, and left my house to go for a run. I felt relaxed the whole time I was outside and I could tell it was gonna be a pretty good day overall. after about 45 minutes of running, I decided to throw in an extra 15 minutes, I headed home. I hoped in the shower, changed and ate some Cocoa Pebbles before going to the school. 

Once in the school, I walked to my classroom and unlocked the door- only to find the whole classroom completely wrecked. 

"What the.." I said as I set my stuff down on the desk and I walked around and saw the papers on the floor and the desks flipped and all over the place.

"Ah, Mr. Dolan you're here!" I turned to see the principal standing by the door.

"What happened here?" I asked him as I kept looking around the classroom.

"I'm not exactly sure but what I understood was that someone broke into the school on Saturday and came to this classroom. I don't know why but it's still a mess because the janitor refused to come here when the school is empty due to the event," The principal explained. Why the fuck would someone wanna break into my classroom? To steal the homework?

"How are we gonna fix this mess on time before my students get here? The bell will ring in about 10 minutes. I don't think that's enough time to-"

"Ah well you see you aren't gonna teach in this room today," He interrupted me. What?

"What do you mean?" I asked him, very confused. The school was very big but every classroom was taken by another teacher.

"Today you and your class will be downstairs in one of the bottom classrooms," He told me as he signaled for me to walk out. I grabbed my stuff and walked out of the room. 

"Bottom classrooms?" I honestly didn't even know there were classrooms downstairs. I thought that was just the place where they kept the stuff they didn't usually use.

"Yup. We have around 4 extra classrooms downstairs by the lunchroom. Now, the good things are that 1; it's way bigger than your own, 2; it looks pretty new, 3; they are right next to some doors so you will be out before anyone else and 4; you won't feel isolated. Teachers as well as students walk through the halls there so it'll be like you're still up here!" He told me, with an "excited" tone.

"OK.. but how are my students gonna know where I am?" 

"Not to worry, I will personally place a sheet of paper on your old door to let them know where you are. Now, expect a little tardiness since they will have to walk across the school and go down to the basement," Sound amazing. We got into an elevator and he pressed the button to go down to the basement. The doors opened and we walked into like a living room type of thing. "This is where you will see some students, teachers, staff members and family members. They are here when they are leaving or are looking for someone," He said as we took a turn into a really long hallway. 5 minutes after, we stopped in front of a door which had no window. The principle opened the door and turned on the lights, causing chills to run through me for some reason. "Well, here you are. I hope you settle in pretty comfortably Mr. Dolan. I apologize for any inconvenience," He said, apologizing about the sudden change.

"Oh uh it's fine," I responded even though it wasn't

"Have a great day,"

"Yeah.. you too Dr. Wilson," And with that I was alone in the classroom. I sighed and walked over to the desk, which I must admit was way nicer than the one I had upstairs. The classroom was bigger than the other one and all the desks and chairs looked pretty new. The chalk board had just been installed and the floor looked very shiny. Maybe this wasn't such a bad thing. The bell rung and I just sat back and relaxed, waiting for the kids to come flooding in. The first student came in and stopped at the door frame.