It was a Wednesday afternoon after class when Pattie stepped into her favorite professors office.

"Um. Excuse me? Dr. Stine." Pattie asked timidly.

Stine looked up from grading papers when he heard her voice. This was defiantly a surprise.

"Pattie" he said surprised.

"What can I do for you?"

"Well, um" she said nervously. She was afraid of his reaction.

"Can I ask you a favor?" She said.

"Anything Pattie" the professor said taking a puff from his cigarette.

"Promise you won't laugh?" she asked. He nodded.

"Will you teach me to read?" She said scared of his answer.

Stine's cigarette fell out of his mouth from shock. So this was the puzzling answer to Patties schoolwork.

"Of courser I will Pattie, It would be my honor." He said with a huge smile. Years later, he would name this as his first real teacher moment.

"Don't tell anyone though 'k?" she asked. Stine coughed.

"It's ok Pattie, and yes. The first goal to reading is proper grammar."

This was the start of Pattie's new life, a normal life like everyone else.