A/N: Years ago, when I was just starting high school, I had a dream: "My dream's life" becoming a teacher, so when I started teacher's school, I want to help my students in any possible way... the thing is that years ago, being a teacher was a respectful and lovely job, I never think that with time, my job could be descripted like dangerous. But believe me , if of 300 students you can help at least one the risk is worth it.
SIX DEGREES
Professor Charles Eppes was a really busy man, teaching was his passion, but the grades thing is what takes away all the fun off his job, no matter how much he loved numbers, after reading and grading 200 test every month he started to having number's nightmares. The ring of the phone startled him , answering the noisy thing when he finally found it under the pile of papers on his desk.
"Hello!" Was the distracted answer of the mathematician.
"Hey Chuck, I 'm two blocks away from the campus, are you ready ?" His brother cheerfully voice greeting him in the other end of the line.
"Hi! Donnie! Ready?..ready for what?"
"Oh , come on ! Buddy, don't tell me that you forgot about our date..."
"Uuh?" Definitely that one wake up Charlie."
"Dinner, Charlie, on my acount , did you remember?" Don Eppes wasn't surprised for his little brother slips of memory, at least in the dates and dinner thing.
"Wow! No, Of course I didnt forget, but.. What time is it anyway?" Ask a stuned Charlie, he really could lost track of time, but considering how dark is outside, obviously is a little late.
"Its past seven , Charlie, I'll be with you in fifteen minutes, alright? Don't let me waiting. Im starving.." And with that Don Eppes shut his phone and headed his car to the parking lot of CalSci.
"You re always starving!" -"Well, who said that a big brother can't make your day"
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The low noise of his office's door being opened made Charlie jump off his chair " Come on, you said fifteen minutes! It's even five, but I..."
"Professor Eppes, I need an explanation!" Charlie can see now that the one in front of his desk is wasn't his brother , but one of his students , without a very happy face.
"Listen, I'm sorry, but Im out of office hours and I had something to do, but tomorrow I can help you with your problem ..-"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
-Well, he wasn't liking that tone now-" You just said that you need an explanation" The teacher in Charlie was trying to calm the bad mood in his student.
"I NEED and explaanation about this" Said the student throwing over Charlie's desk a two pages test ,graded with a D-.
"Well, this is a very bad test as you can see, unfortunely neither of the results that you write in here were the correct ones and.."
"Did you even know what THIS mean, I can lose my place in the Football team ,I can't take this note, I can't lose all that I have for the stupids maths, I.." The young students was now pointing with his fingers at Charlie, full of rage and frustation.
"Hey! Hey! Calm down, you can take the second chance test, if you study a little more, Im pretty sure that you will make it, I will help you in the afternoons and .."
"How much?"
Charlie was taken aback with that question."Excuse me ?"
"How much, I asked you: How much money do you want to make this D a B?
"Come again?" The young Eppes couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Are you stupid Eppes? I wil pay you, I will give you the money you want" Seeing the incredulous luck in the young teacher, the student change the tactic "Not money?, well,how about a chick, just say a name, I can give you any girl in this Campus. You just need to change the grade and its done, quit easy."
"Ookay!"He needs to take a deep breath before talking " I will pretend that you never said that, okay, tomorrow we can start doing some basic maths and then .."
"GOD DAMMIT EPPES! Just for a minute pull your head off of your ass and see outside your bubble, you idiot! If I lose my place in the team I will lose my schoolarship, You will made me lose my future and I won't leave you, do you hear me, I won't leave you" The boy was now talking in a very low menace voice.
"Please, calm down, I 'll talk with the Dean, ask him for a chance, and you 'll see, we can make this together , alright, now just go home , take a rest and we can have a fresh start in the morning, okay?" Charlie grabbed his things, suddenly he wasn't feeling comfortable any more in his own office.
"YOU..you are just like all your kind..."
"Excuse me!" He knows he was reaching his breaking point, so he needs to stay in calm
"JEWISH, my father told me that the people of your kind.. jewish, just used the other people to make money, you like to play the smart guy, walking around like no one is like you, you are so full of shit Eppes, you are a..."
"ENOUGH!; Its over. Get out of my office now" Charlie was pointing to the door, barely in hold of his emotions.
"YOU STUPID JEWISH BASTARD, YOU WILL REGRET THIS, BELIEVE ME , YOU WILL..."
"I SAID GET OUT OF MY OFFICE NOW.. BEFORE I CALL SOME ONE FROM SECURITY TO ARREST YOU..." Charlie opens wide his office's door, pointing the exit to the disturbed student.
"YOU SON OF A..."
"NOW.." and with that he slammed the door behind the student. -"God! Sometimes this work , sucks!!"
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Don Eppes was in a very good mood, he just close a big case, with the incredible help of his baby brother and now he owned the kid a very well deserved meal and a brotherly bonding session, lost in his happy thoughs, he suddenly started to hear someone shouting near, something unusual considering the hour, rounding the corner, he find the source of the shouts.. his brother's office.
"ENOUGH!; Its over. Get out of my office now" -Hey! That was his brother's voice and itsn't common to hear him raise his voice like that-.
"YOU STUPID JEWISH BASTARD, YOU WILL REGRET THIS, BELIEVE ME , YOU WILL..."- What the hell..?-
"I SAID GET OUT OF MY OFFICE NOW.. BEFORE I CALL SOME ONE FROM SECURITY TO ARREST YOU..."
"YOU SON OF A..."
"NOW.." -"Oh,oh! He knows that tone of voice, Charlie is losing his control"
Speeding his steps he reached his brother office in time to see some one storming form there, he couldn't saw the face, but for the body language is someone very , very angry and he can see his beloved Chuck very upset inside the office.
"Hey! Buddy, what was that? Are you alright?" Asked Don putting a hand on his brother shoulder.
"Wh..! Hey Don! No, its nothing. I just arrange myself to be in the black list of another student" Charlie said with a dismissed wave of one hand.
"Why the shouting match?
"Its was my fault, I made a mistake "The young man duck his head, looking at the floor."
"You fault? For what I could hear that guy was threatening you!" As usual no being able to be in there for Charlie was really upseting Don.
"I'm the teacher Don, Im not supposed to lost my temper. I must be in control of my actions and emo.."
"Hey Chuck! Hey! You are a great teacher, believe me, but also you're human, you can't control everything"
"Yeah, maybe you're right, anyway, tomorrow I 'll try to talk with him"
"Are you sure? That sound very harsh? Did that jerk threatened you? I can put.."
"Donnie, come on, you were the one who don't want me to let you waiting, come on , I will going to order the most expensive meal at the dely, at your expense..."The young man was walking outside the office, waiting for his big brother to come.
"Chuck?!"
"Its alright, Don, everything is okay, please"
-Damn Charlie's puppy eyes, they'll be must labeled like dangerous weapons-"Okay, If you say so! Come on":
"By the way, DON'T call me Chuck, Donald"
"Oh come on Chucky..."
Two very alike laughters was the only thing that can be heard in the corridors of CalSci.
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Ten days later...
The annoying noise of his phone , pulls Don off of the well deserved sleep he was heaving. Seeing his watch , he wondered who in heaven can be calling him at this hour.
"Eppes!!" Don barked at the phone.
"Donnie? Donnie? Son!" The distraughted voice of his father could be heard in the line.
"Dad, please is three in the morning, what is...?"
"Donnie , is your brother with you?"Something in his father voice gave him the creeps.
"Charlie?" -Okay stupid question! "Dad , maybe he is with Amita in somewhere, you need to.."
"NO, Amita called me. They had a date and Charlie didn't make it, I already called Larry, but nothing.."
His father voice sound frenetic and in the verge of panic." Dad, what are you trying to said me.?.Dad?"
"Donnie, your little brother is missing.. Charlie is missing..."
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Okay! What do you think? Please believe me , the Jewish references is just a topic, as a teacher, I just lived something like this ( I mean the shout and threats) But in my case the excuse is me being a woman.
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