The substitute

Chapter 13

I wake up from my relaxing sleep and get out of bed. Thanks to Mrs. Smith I don't think I would be this relaxed she really sorted everything out for me. I usually do this kind of work myself, but all of this stuff happened all at once. I guess it just kind of scared me. I quickly get dressed and head out the door to my internship. When I finally make it I realize I'm half an hour early so I decide to sit against the same tree on my second day of my internship.

I start to get bored and go on my phone for any messages. No messages great. I decide to text Nate a simple hello, hoping he will answer soon. After I text him I automatically get a text back just not from Nate, it's from Maria.

*Hey wanna hang out tonight?* I don't know about that. I don't want to go to a club or anywhere near her friends I just don't fit in with them.

*Where?*

*Just to the mall.* The mall isn't that bad, I guess I can go.

*Ya sure.*

*Yay! Meet you there!*

I look back up from my phone and head inside the school. When I enter the class room I see Mrs. Smith doing some work and a few kids sitting in their desks keeping them selves entertained by playing with their thumbs.

I walk up to Mrs. Smith's desk with her head in the papers I gently knock on her desk so she can recognize my presence. She finally lifts her head up and a smile takes her face.

"Ms. Archer hello!" She says.

"Hey, how are you?" I ask her.

"Terrible, I just realized how much work I have to do." She says while rubbing her temples

"Work? We only have another day of school what other work are you doing?" I didn't expect this much work from her. Why does she always have to do a lot of work?

"All of this work is mainly from the beginning of the school year home works, tests, projects." She explains.

"I need to hand all of this in tomorrow." She tells me.

"Well you have all summer, could you just hand them in next year?" I ask her.

"It doesn't work like that." She sighs.

"Well I can help." She has done so many sorting out for me it's my turn to repay her.

"Oh honey I really appreciate it honestly I really do, but this is from the beginning of the school year. You weren't there in the beginning." She tells me.

"Mrs. Smith this is second grade stuff I think I can handle this." I say chuckling a bit. She sighs letting me know that I'm right.

"Okay here you go." She tells me handing half of the pile. I take the pile and take a seat on a chair. I grab a desk so I can place all of the papers. As I'm grading I see a lot of Emmet's work, he's a smart boy. I look up from my work and see Emmet's head is buried in a book. I don't think it's Charlottes Web I see a different cover, but I can't exactly read it the words are too small.

"Mrs. Smith!!!" Calls a little boy. I'm guessing he is the class clown because he just made half the class giggle. It's crazy how these kids are so easily amused.

"Yes Chris?" She says still paying attention to her work.

"When are we going to start class?" The little boy asks while picking the skin from his fingers.

"When the whole class is here." She says.

"But the whole class is here!." He squeaks.

Mrs. Smith looks up from her work and finds the whole class sitting in their desks. I guess she lost track of time, her face looks surprised and unprepared. She fumbles with her words not sure what to do today.