(Author Note: Hey readers. Here is another chapter I hope that you enjoy. ~Potter-Weasley-Granger1)
2014 Amy
The song 'celebrate' plays and our team members shoot off confetti cannons I can't hate Jake as he dances over to me with a fake red velvet heart shaped box and kneels down on one knee. I acted angry and upset about loosing the bet, and I tried I really did. I tried to win the bet to show myself that I was over Jake Peralta, but here I am being asked out on the 'worst date ever' and I am actually not mad.
More than anything my pride was hurt. I tried so hard to convince myself that I was over him. That I didn't like Jake, but here I am saying yes to a date and yes to a plastic one-dollar ring that Jake got. Like always Jake acts like a fool and makes a big deal out of it.
Later in the night after awful dresses and titanic dances we are alone on a roof doing a stake out. Jake was fun and it was just us being real. Snacking on peanuts together and laughing like it was something we did on a regular basis. That's when I knew for a fact that I was not over Jake Peralta.
2015 First day of school
"Johnny, get up," I shout as I throw a pillow at him still asleep in the bed. I have already been up for an hour, taken a shower and gotten dressed for the day while Jake sleeps on in the bed.
"MMM, I don't wanna get up," Jake wines.
"We have to get to school early, you need to get up and get dressed for a day at school," I reply dropping hints that he needs to get his butt out of bed and fast. He isn't used to wearing clothes that don't make him look like a detective.
Me on the other hand I can get away with wearing a pants suit to school as a teacher if I wanted to, he could probably not get away with blue jeans and a leather jacket or maybe he can I just don't know high school anymore.
What makes me angrier is how he can literally roll out of bed, brush his teeth while running his hands through his hair and just pull clothes on without thinking and still look amazing. He is pouring himself a cup of coffee sooner that I expected him to be, but he isn't awake. I can see it in his face he is only twenty-five percent awake.
"So, here is the deal," I start, "We should go ahead into work. We have to be shown our classrooms and we need to find a meeting place. I'm thinking somewhere obvious for teachers to be, but not somewhere a lot of people will be."
Jake nods and says, "I agree. Let me finish this cup of coffee and we can head in."
He downs the mug of coffee in like two gulps and I am in awe. I don't know if its good or bad awe. That shouldn't be possible. I roll my eyes as I leave the door open to the house knowing that he will be close behind me.
Earlier when Jake was getting out of bed, I brought my bag down. Inside I have anything I could ever need for being a teacher. Items for my desk, pens, pencils, erasers, I have two binders full of lesson plans and lots of other stuff that I have always wanted a reason to have.
Jake drives and parks in faculty parking at the school. Wow I never thought that I'd actually get to park in faculty parking, it's so exciting. We walk in together into the office in hopes that someone would be able to show us the way to our classrooms. I am so excited for this assignment.
We walk into the glassed-in room and there is a lady behind a desk typing away at a computer. "Excuse me," I say hopeful that the lady would look up.
"Ah yes," she says looking up and getting gup at the same time, "What can I do for you?"
"Hi," I start, "My name is Dora White, and this is my husband Johnny White we are the new teachers."
"Yes. It is very nice to meet the two of you," she says as she gathers papers at her desk, "These are your room numbers and login information for the computers. This is the schedule for the day. Teachers are required to eat in the cafeteria with the students. You will each have one hour off a day without a class. I would recommend preparing for the next day during that time. Here is a map of the school. You have time before students start to arrive to familiarize yourself with things. Good luck on your first day."
"Thank you," Jake and I say as I gather the papers and we exit the office.
"Let's walk around and just check things out," suggests Jake. I nod in agreement and we begin to explore the school.
There are four halls, the cafeteria, the gym, the auditorium as well as the football, soccer, softball/baseball, and band practice areas. The math hall, where I will be is two halls down from where the technology hall is.
We enter my classroom, room 310. It's a good size room with thirty student desks and a large desk for me. there is a smart board. I have always wanted to use a smart board. I immediately go over to my desk and start setting things out and log into my computer.
"So, where do you think we should meet," asks Jake as he hops onto a desktop.
"I'm not really sure. Other than the teachers' lounge and the library I'm not really sure of other places that it wouldn't be weird for us to see each other," I say honestly while setting out binder number one.
"What on earth is that," exclaims Jake.
"What on earth is that? Title of your sex tape," I counter back unable to keep it to myself, "It is my binder number one. Filled with lesson plans and learning for the children."
Jake rolls his eyes at both things I say, and I just shake my head, "You ready to go to your classroom now?"
"I suppose," responds Jake.
We walk down the hall to the tech hall and enter Jake's classroom. There is a simple desk with a computer, probably around twenty-five desks and a smart board. I didn't notice until now that Jake had a backpack on his back and he takes it off and begins unloading it.
He takes out poster after poster. "Help me tape these up," he asks.
I don't say a word instead I take some tape and a poster and go to a wall. I am surprised that it's not just Die-Hard posters. He does have one Die Hard poster, but he actually has educational posters too. Like Othello, Troy, Pride and Prejudice, and Romeo and Juliet. There are a couple others, but I think they may be less than educational. I am impressed that he brought decorations. I have a couple of posters of my own to put up, but I wanted to see the rest of the school first.
"So," says Jake as he puts up the last poster to the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird, "I think we should just seek out a place for today. If anything, crazy happens then we signal to each other in passing by spinning our ring on our left finger and we will meet in the library as soon as we can. At the end of the day lets just meet in my classroom. That is when my day is over. I don't have a seventh class period so I will be 'preparing' for tomorrow."
"Ok," I agree, "This is going to work. There is twenty minutes till students start showing up, so I am going to go back to my classroom. Good luck today."
"Good luck to you too," smiles Jake.
I leave Jake's classroom and I hurry back to my room to quickly decorate and double check that everything is ready for the students.
I had a couple of fun math posters from when I was in high school and I also ordered a couple off of Amazon so I could decorate a bit. I hope to maybe put up some of the kids work? I'm not really sure how that works in high school we will see.
I look at my schedule and I have sixth period free. So, not when Jake has free, but it will be fine we will work out meeting places later.
Today is the first day of school for these kids so I am probably going to get to know them and go over the syllabus. It is mostly what the school sent to us with the addition of homework assignments, projects and items that are needed for the class.
I can't wait to start my first class.
Lunch during the first day
I did not think that I was going to make it to lunch. Who would have thought that teaching high school would be so hard? I mean really. I loved high school when I was here. I am glad that I remembered to pack a lunch this morning, I don't believe that Jake remembered to pack a lunch though.
The kids that are in my class currently during this period are seated eating their lunch and I sit at the table with the other teachers. I didn't have a chance to introduce myself earlier and I am getting acquainted when Jake walks up. I am thankful that he at least has the same lunch as I do.
I meet Jamie Blake, a lovely older lady that teaches English, Tammy Borne who is a gym coach, and Phil Tucker who teaches robotics before Jake sits down. "Everyone this is Johnny White, my husband. He teaches film," I say quite enough so that students don't overhear.
Jamie is the first person to introduce herself and the others follow behind. "It is nice, to meet you all. How is everyone's first day going," asks Jake.
Tammy says something about students forgetting to dress out and Phil laughs about a dumb robotics joke that no one at the table gets. They seem like a pretty good group of people, but I have to remember that anyone of them could be the enemy. I notice that Jake did not pack a lunch, so I toss him half of my sandwich and the banana that I had packed.
Lunch is nice. Jake steals glances at me and I am unsure of the reasoning. Is it because we are 'married' or is there another reason? Either way I like it. Jake gets up to throw away his trash and both Tammy and Jamie bombard me with questions. I am a little surprised because Jamie is married but the two of them ask me how Johnny and I met and what it is like to work in the same place as him.
I answer truthfully or well as truthful as I could be without blowing our cover, "We meet each other while working. At the time we weren't working at the same school, but we had mutual friends and we got set up on a blind date. We have been inseparable ever since. It is actually really nice working in the same place. We can take one car and save on gas and I get to see him more often. It's a lot to only see each other right before work and then right after. We are very lucky to be at the same school."
Tammy looks dreamy eyed as I speak, and Jamie looks happy. Phil could probably care less as Jake reclaims his seat at the table. "So, what are we talking about," he asks with a smile.
Lunch comes to an end sooner than I would like, but I know that we must get back to learning. I will definitely have to think through this whole teaching thing again before tomorrow. It may not be as easy as I originally thought.
After my lunch class it is finally sixth period and I have a break. No students to meet and no syllabus to go over. How on earth am I going to teach math to these kids? Sure, I remember how to do it. It was one of my favorite subjects growing up but teaching ninth graders is very different than teaching yourself.
I know that Jake is in class, but maybe he would answer if I texted. There isn't anything wrong, but I usually see him all day and it is weird that I am not sitting across from him typing away at my computer.
I don't want him to think there is a problem, so I expertly compose the text:
Dora: Hey Johnny. Just checking in. Miss seeing your face!
I wait for a couple of minutes and the dots pop up on my screen.
….
Johnny: Dora darling. I am doing great. Students are watching an intro vid. Miss your face.
I am surprised Jake actually planned for today? He has an introduction video? Since when does Jake Peralta plan ahead? I am once again in awe.
Johnny: I'll see you in a couple hours Dora. Push through that last class.
Also, he called me darling. I know it was for the cover, but it's nice to dream. One class left and I am free. I never thought in a million years that I would desire to leave school the way I do right now. Hopefully this job will get better.
Math is not easy to teach and so far, I have no thoughts on who could be our suspect. This might take a while.
(Author Note: Hey guys thanks for reading the chapter. I hope that you enjoyed it. Do you think that Amy might have bitten off more than she can chew with this assignment or will she figure it out binder in hand? Comment your thoughts. Thanks! ~Potter-Weasley-Granger1)