The substitute

Chapter 16

The first two days of school were doing pretty good, I mean like I actually think most of the students like me. I cracked a few jokes and made learning fun! I gave myself a big pat on my back for not screwing anything up.

Finally it's Friday, so that means I can relax and hang out with my father. Everyone is starting to participate more in class including Harry I honestly thought he'd just sit somewhere and not make a sound, but I was wrong he contributes with the class, he answers questions. Yes, sometimes he would just call out the answer or call someone an idiot for getting a question wrong, but I talked to him after class and told him not to do that anymore and he simply nodded his head and walked away.

I quickly get changed into a sleeveless red maxi dress and put on a jean jacket over it, I quickly put on my black flats and leave my room.

"Hey mother, can you please drive me to school today?" I ask her in the sweetest tone I possibly can do.

"Oh I'm sorry honey, but your school is the opposite direction to my job and I'm already running late" She says as she grabs her coffee and heads for the door.

"Ask your father" she quickly says and finally, leaves the house.

"Hey dad, can you drive me to school?" I ask him and hear no answer, I go to the living room and see him laying on the couch fully asleep. I turn off the television, grab a blanket and put it over him, I turn on the air conditioner put it on low and finally leave the house.

Since I know absolutely no one who can drive me I decide to walk the thirty minutes to my school. I walked home with Liam before and it literally felt like ten minutes. As I'm walking I hear a honk from a car I quickly turn around to see a dark blue car, suddenly the window starts to roll down and see Jared's head pop out of the window.

"Hey Ms.Archer" he says.

"Hello Jared, how are you?" I ask him.

"I'm doing well, how are you?" He asks me. Should I ask him if he could drive me?

"I'm doing fine, thank you for asking." I say and begin to walk away, but he just keeps following me.

"Ms.Archer don't you think it's a little hot to be walking all the way to school?" He asks.

"I can handle it" I simply say.

"Are you sure? I would love to drive you" he says. Well he just offered to drive me, should I accept it?

"Are you sure you want to drive me?" I ask him.

"Of course hop in" he gestures at me to go in his car and I simply do just that.

We talk for a few minutes then it's silent.

"Well we're here" he says.

"Thank you so much!" I tell him.

"It's no big deal" he says with a smile.

We both enter the class room and see that everyone is here accept for Harry I see Roxy, but she's not sitting in the back like usual she's sitting in the second row.

The class finally starts and I decide to give them all a little quiz about simple chemistry. I was told that chemistry is the classes weakness and that I have to at least help them pass the chemistry final at the end of summer, most of the students failed it the first time others passed by a point or two.

Liam was the first one to hand it in as he walked up to me to give me his paper he mouthed the words 'easy' making me smile. Liam is definitely the smartest student in the class if I could take him out of summer school I'd so will he doesn't deserve to be in here, but he did miss a lot of days of school so I guess he has no choice, but to stay here.