"Have my first students arrived?" Paul Levesque asked as he turned and saw the two girls standing in the doorway.
Trish, who was looking at Stephanie after she had seen how gorgeous this man was, realized that she was not going to say anything. "Yeah, are you new here?" She asked turning back to him.
"Yeah, my first day, I got pretty lucky, I only just moved to town last week."
"Where from if you don't mind me asking."
"New Hampshire actually."
"That's cool, well good luck or whatever."
"Thanks, you ladies can go ahead and find some seats."
Trish grabbed Stephanie's arm and that pulled her out of the trance-like state she had been in. She shook her head and followed Trish toward a table in the front of the room. They sat down and started getting their things out and ready for class to start.
"Did I look as stupid just standing there and staring as I think I did?" Stephanie asked mortified at the impression she had probably given him.
"Well you did look kind of stupid, but I think you're cute enough to pull it off." Trish laughed.
"Oh ha, ha, ha. He probably thinks I am retarded or something."
"Well I guess you will just have to give him a better impression then."
"Like how?" Stephanie asked as they continued their whispered conversation as the other students filed into the room.
"Since when do you two sit up front?" Beth Phoenix asked giving the two girls a dirty look.
"Since we decided we wanted to, now move along Phoenix," Trish replied snottily not even dignifying her with a dirty look.
Beth rolled her eyes and went to reserve a table for her and her best friend Natalya. Stephanie and Trish rolled their eyes at each other and smirked. "Do you really think we have to put up with their crap again this year?"
"Just another year in high school doll." Trish replied.
Just then Eve Torres and Kelly Blank walked up to them. "Hey girls I thought we were sitting in the back?"
"Well that was before we got the new teacher, he is so hot I just have to have a good view." Stephanie said smiling and nudging Trish in the ribs to shut her up as she had started to giggle.
"What's so funny?" Kelly asked and she and Eve grabbed the table directly behind them.
"Nothing, but you should have seen Steph when we walked into the room."
"Shut up Trish," Stephanie said blushing a little.
"I'll tell you guys later," Trish whispered as she turned around.
"Attention everyone," Paul called as the final bell rang and he shut the door. "As you might have noticed I am not Mr. Gonzales but…"
"Sir, where is he anyway?"
"Well I was just going to get to my point," Paul said with an easy smile. "I actually just moved to town and applied and they said they had an immediate opening for an English teacher because they had one that decided to take over the more advanced class."
"That sucks, I liked him a lot."
"Well maybe when you get to know me, and I get to know you guys as well, we will get along just fine. What was your name?"
"Daniel Bryon sir."
"What a loser," Stephanie said in a whisper to Trish, "How can you miss that jerk?"
"I will mark you as present then," Paul said with a small chuckle.
"So let me go ahead and take the roll and then we can get started on our work for the day." Paul called out each name and marked them all present; he then set it aside and sat down on the front of his desk.
"Well before we get started on today's lesson, I just wanted to really go over some things like how I grade and what I expect from your work in general. Then we can take some time to get to know each other a little bit better."
"The first thing I want everyone to know is that I think that I am a fairly easy guy to get along with, and I am always willing to discuss something with you on a one-on-one level if need be. I do offer make up work and exams if you are absent for a reason that I find appropriate."
"What do you mean by appropriate?" Stephanie asked with a raise of her hand.
"Well, like maybe you were sick or had a family emergency, something to that nature. If you skipped class because you had to go and see the new twilight movie or something, I won't let you make up any work."
"How would you know you aren't being lied to sir?" Daniel asked.
"Well I have my ways," Paul said with a wink and a laugh.
"So let's move on to the getting to know each other part of our morning. My name is Mr. Levesque, I would love to have you guys call me by my first name, but it isn't allowed by the administration. I'm 23 years old and this is my first time teaching on my own, but I think we have an awesome group so far, so it should be a successful one for the both of us. If there is anything you would like to know, please feel free to ask me." Paul finished with a soft smile.
"Yes," Paul asked looking at Trish who had raised her hand.
"Are you married?"
"Wow that is pretty personal," Paul laughed, "But, no I am single."
Trish nudged Stephanie in the ribs and smirked at her to which Stephanie glared at her. "Cool, always fun to be single or whatever."
"Yeah let the fun times roll. So let's go ahead and move on, why don't we start with you ladies." Paul said turning to Stephanie and Trish.
Trish stood up and turned toward him, "My name is Trish and this is my senior year, as everyone but the teacher knows. Not really sure what else to say, so I am going to let my best friend take over from here." Trish smiled before sitting down.
Stephanie stood up and glared at Trish once again before turning her full attention to Paul. "Um… my name is Stephanie and this is also my senior year, super excited to be leaving for college at the end of next summer, and I guess that's it."
"Come on now ladies, how about I ask you a couple of questions is that okay?"
"Yeah sure…I guess." Stephanie stammered blushing a little bit again. He was just so hot she couldn't help herself from the feelings growing in her stomach.
"How old are you?"
"Seventeen, I'll be eighteen in September."
"Exciting stuff, um….favorite food?"
"Italian for sure, from that probably pizza or pasta."
"Mine too," Paul smiled. "Go ahead and have a seat, thanks for sharing." He smiled at her again before turning to the next person. He wondered why he was getting a nervous feeling in his stomach every time she smiled at him like that. He shook it off, blaming it on being new at the school, new in town, and new to teaching in general.
Once the rest of the class had introduced themselves, Paul had just enough time to pass around a stack of books and to let them know they needed to read the first three chapters before tomorrow's class as they would have an assignment on them. The bell rang and he dismissed the class and went to sit at his desk. He had an hour break before his next class so he was going to try to plan out an agenda for the rest of the week.
"Um…Mr. Levesque?"
"Yeah?" Paul asked looking up from his work.
"I had a question about the book." Stephanie said softly.
"Oh, what about it, Stephanie right?" He asked while at the same time thinking that she had was a gorgeous girl. He shook that thought away, after telling himself that she was only seventeen.
"I love the book, read it a few times. I was actually just wondering if there was going to be an essay on it for tomorrow."
Paul gave her an easy smile. "It's one of my favorite books, glad to hear someone else enjoys it as well, not everyone loves the classics."
"Yeah, I just think it's really kind of romantic in a way."
"Yeah that's why I like it too, even though the people involved aren't on par with Romeo and Juliette or something."
"Right, well anyway I have to get to my next class."
Stephanie was just to the door when he called her name. She turned around slowly and looked at him. "Just wanted to let you know that there is one that is going to be homework for the weekend, did you already have one or something?"
"No, I don't recycle my work or anything," She laughed, "Just wanted to get a little bit of a head start because I tend to over analyze things, and I want plenty of time to make it perfect."
"Well I am sure that it will turn out great. You enjoy the book, that usually helps the writing process come a little easier."
"Very true, Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow or something."
"Yeah, have a great day Stephanie."
She smiled and turned to walk out of the room. He watched her go and when the door closed he wondered to himself why he couldn't get her out of his mind. She had a beautiful smile, and a great laugh, she even seemed to have a similar interest in books so far.
"She's only seventeen Levesque, get a grip on yourself." He said to himself before going back to his agenda.
But somehow her smiling face appeared in his mind anyway.