Years ago.

Christina never was a party kind of person. The only reason she was here was to make sure Molly got home. So, while Molly had one too many drinks Christina sat in the backyard counting the number of people that fell in the pool. By the time she got to ten someone had joined her. A stranger. A human that went to New Salem High School. He seemed friendly. He even offered her lemonade as opposed to the beer and other drinks. She accepted it and that's when her life changed forever. She could vaguely remember what occurred next. Drew had arrived. He'd cornered her. She could barely function. She passed out.

When she woke up she was pregnant.

Xxx

Now,

Christina woke up. She sat up shaking the horrible memory from her head and looked around her room. She was safe. She pulled her life together after that night all those years ago. She'd finished her education at home and gotten a job at Grinwoods after the baby was born. She kept the child. It was after all, hers despite the grim circumstances in which he came to be. Christina was determined to give her son a good life and raise him to be the opposite of his father. However, she could never bring herself to trust a man again.

"Mom?"

"Come in,"

The door opened and in walked Carter. Her son. He looked like Christina with the exception of his red eyes.

"The new teacher comes today," Carter informed her.

"I know,"

"Ms. Grimwood says he's nice,"

"Does she?"

"Yeah,"

"That's good,"

Carter was the only boy at Grimwoods. He'd been invited to attend Callaway on more than one occasion but he had politely refused every time. Carter preferred to stay with Christina. Even if that meant being the only boy. Now however, he was excited. A new teacher. Shaggy was his name, Carter had seen it on the contract. He couldn't understand his mother's lack of excitement though. Wasn't she excited too? Another teacher meant less work for her, right? That also meant she would get to spend more time with him. Wasn't that a good thing? Oh well, there were just some things that had never made sense to him. Like where his father was or, who he was. Christina never told him and Carter had a feeling she never would.

After talking with Christina for a while the ten-year-old went in search of the headmistress hoping to learn more about the new gym teacher. He got his wish. He learned that Shaggy had worked there a long time ago. Shortly before his mother's arrival. Cater couldn't wait to meet him. Content with his findings he went to his room and got ready for the day. He dressed in his favorite shirt, a gift from his "aunt" Molly, the shirt depicted Mario. He paired it with his worn-out jeans and beat up sketchers. After getting dressed for the day he collapsed on his bed with a comic book. It was the weekend so, he wouldn't be attending classes.

Meanwhile, Christina got ready for the day. She was dreading the day ahead. Of course, she knew not all men were horrible people. Still, she had difficulty trusting them. How would she possibly handle working with one?