A/N. I'm going to try and keep these short and simple. But anyways, this may be boring. But I promise-the action will pick up either in the next chapter, or the one after that. :3
To Evil Scrapbooker: I sent you a PM, asking if I could change the summary, but you didn't reply. I had to change it because I got another complaint saying it didn't make much sense, so I'm sorry if you didn't want me to change it. But any other suggestions, I will keep forever! Oh, and the "Hey, Mr. Fae [changed to Firay]…" will appear in this story. Promise. Sorry again!
Chapter 2: A Twisted Mystery
Daphne yawned loudly entering the school. She lacked sleep because she had been watching re-runs of her favorite TV shows.
"Gosh, the holidays ended so fast, didn't they?" asked her best friend, Ariana Hernandez as she walked next to her.
Daphne grunted in reply.
The Hispanic beauty rolled her eyes. "You shouldn't have stayed up all night watching the first season of Warehouse 13 and that Japanese animation, umm, what was it called? It was Hakari Suzunika...?"
"Haruhi Suzumiya, A." Daphne looked amused at Ariana's guess. "And besides, yesterday was still my holiday. I wanted to preserve it as much as possible. Now let's head to your locker first since it's closer."
Ariana sighed loudly. "To preserve? That's so like you, D. I wonder if your friends back in Ferryport Landing were able to put up with you this much."
Daphne frowned, remembering. She hadn't told Ariana anything about fairy-tales, or that she was a descendant of the Brothers Grimm. Nothing magical related. After the war, Daphne and her family had moved back because the Scarlet Hand had lost and disbanded. Soon, all the Everafters agreed to live peacefully. Because they had kept that promise for about two years, Uncle Jake had decided to lift up the barrier.
And so, she was able to go back to a normal school, with normal people, and a normal life.
To say the least, it was boring. She missed everything from her past. But she missed her sister and brother-in-law the most. Because they were married and whatnot, she didn't get to see them often, especially because of their jobs-Sabrina as an undercover police officer and Puck as a jet pilot for rich people. Figures-Puck loved flying Sabrina around with his wings, now he could fly and get money for it! Needless to say, they were working and living leisurely. Daphne was happy for them; so were Henry, Veronica, and Titania. Daphne and Sabrina were pleased to hear that, but Puck was especially happy because it came from Henry. Which will probably never happen again.
"D? Are you listening to me? ¡Oye!" Ariana snapped her fingers in front of the Grimm girl's face as they neared Ariana's locker.
"What? Oh sorry. I was thinking of my sister."
"Oh, Sabrina? What about her?" Ariana pulled out her books from her locker.
Daphne shook her head. "It's nothing."
Ariana closed her locker and leaned against it. She looked suspicious, but said nothing. "Anyways, you heard anything from your mysterious stranger amigo?" Daphne had told her about the man she had seen in the alley yesterday on their way to school. Ariana was just as intrigued as her.
Daphne shook her head. "Nope. But as soon as I get word, I promise I will."
Ariana shrugged. "Okay. But you better not be hiding from me, girl!" The two took a quick stop at the office to get their schedules since the bell wouldn't ring for a few more minutes. Daphne quickly looked at the Monday's section as they headed back to Ariana's locker where they would wait for her boyfriend.
Daphne Grimm Locker: 413
Homeroom: Ms. Watson
Period 1: Homeroom (Watson, Ms.)
Period 2: Math (Stevens, Mr.)
Period 3: Math (Stevens, Mr.)
BREAK TIME
Period 4: Spanish (Hernandez, Ms.)
Period 5: English (Watson, Ms.)
Period 6: Social Studies (Peterson, Ms.)
Period 7: Lunch
Period 8: Home Economics (Firay, Mr.)
Period 9: Science (Dayscall, Ms.)
Period 10: Science (Dayscall, Ms.)
There was only one name she didn't recognize on the list. Mr. Firay. It must be some new teacher. It was an unusual last name. Firay, Firay, Firay, Daphne repeated in her mind.
"Who's homeroom are you in?" Ariana asked excitedly.
"Ms. Watson's-the English teacher. What about you?"
"Aw man! I have Mr. Peterson-which I don't mind; he's hilarious. But we don't have the same homeroom again this year!" Ariana grumbled. She then grinned. The Hernandez girl was a very bipolar person, so her mood changes were normal. "Oh my gosh! Did you hear? Ms. Canning had to quit because of her pregnancy?"
The Grimm girl frowned. "How is that good? You know she was my favorite English teacher!" Ms. Canning and Daphne could've been related; they both loved books and fairytales and both were sticklers for grammar. They were almost best friends, asides from the fact that Ariana was Daphne's.
Ariana rolled her eyes. "You only like her because you guys have the same interest. So Ms. Canning quit, Ms. Watson took her place, and the new teacher took Ms. Watson's old job. Anyways, one of the girls, Mira, told me that the new Home Economics teacher's muy guapo!" She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.
Daphne stared blankly at her. "You do know it's illegal to date him, right? And you do remember you're dating Josh, right?"
Her best friend waved a hand at her dismissively. "I'm not going to date or flirt with him! I'm just sayin' he sounds good lookin'...mucho bueno." Her eyes suddenly grew wide and she let out a squeal, alarming the Grimm.
"What?"
"What if el profesor nuevo is your mystery man?" She said excitedly.
Daphne shook her head. "No way! This guy was young!"
"And...? A lot if teachers are joven."
"Too young to teach," Daphne said. "It looked like he was fresh out of high school! And besides, dating a teacher is illegal, and kind of gross. Also, most -not all- teachers are old and bald."
"Way to ruin my imagination," Ariana grumbled, then smiled dreamily. "Well, I wouldn't mind if he was muy inteligente y handsome! He'd be easy on the eyes."
"Who'd be easy on the eyes?" Around the corner came Josh, who greeted both girls with a smile.
"Your girlfriend's drooling over the new teacher and she hasn't even seen him yet. I'd watch Ariana carefully if I were you," Daphne commented, grinning like a maniac. As soon as the words left her mouth, the bell rang. "Oh shoot! I didn't get my books!"
Ariana tsked teasingly. "Tsk tsk tsk. You naughty girl! Chatting nonstop in the halls! Wha ha ha! Just kidding. Adios, D!"
"Bye, A. Bye, Josh," Daphne bid adieu to the couple, and ran in the opposite direction.
She noticed that there were a few stray students in the halls. Daphne found her locker and spun the combination quickly, getting her math books out. As she reached to put her backpack away, the locker door slammed on her fingers. "Oww!"
"Oh, I'm sorry," a familiar voice said. "Do you need to go to the clinic?"
"No," Daphne said, turning. "I think I'm fine, J..." She assumed it was Josh and his warm brown eyes, but instead...
Daphne met a pair of blue eyes. They widened in surprise when he noticed who it was.
It was her mystery man.
"Oh...hi," she said in a small voice, "It's you. Are you new here?"
The young man blinked. "Yeah. Um, could you help me look for...room 131?"
Daphne smiled to herself. The room coordinated with her locker combination. "Oh!" she pointed down the left where Ariana had gone. "Go down this hallway then take a right. Keep going until you see a dark green door, and you'll find it."
"Thanks," he said. He left without another word.
Now Daphne was excited. Her mystery man went to her school! She felt like biting her palm. She wondered if they would fall in love-like a highschool love story!
Daphne shook her head. She had been reading too many romance novels.
But even though she's read so many, Daphne's forgotten that there's a twist in every romance.
She closed her locker just as Ariana ran past. "Whoa! What happened?"
Ariana jumped up and down excitedly. "Did you see him-the new teacher? He went down this hallway and passed you! Goodness! He's muy muy muy guapo! Gosh, Mira left out some important details; he's so handsome! Anyways, did you see him?"
Daphne shrugged. "Nope. I probably wasn't looking."
"When do you have Home Economics?" she tried to grab Daphne's schedule. "I have it fourth period."
"I have it 8th period."
Ariana groaned. "You have to wait that long to see him?"
"Yeah. But guess what? My mystery man goes to our school!"
"No way!" she said with wide eyes. "You have to point him out to me at lunch!"
"I will," Daphne promised. They both ran hastily to their homerooms. When she entered, Daphne saw a few friends; not especially close ones, but she saw them nevertheless. She frowned as she noticed her mystery man wasn't there. Daphne had been hoping that the new student was just greeting the new teacher and would be in her homeroom. Oh well. She was still glad he had transferred to her school.
*•*•*
"Daph!" one of her friend's, Tom, called out, patting a seat next to him. "Sit with us!"
She gave a small smile. "Sorry, Tom. I promised Ariana I'd sit with her. See you later!" Daphne walked to where Josh, Ariana, and her other friends, Tina, Colin, and Willow, were sitting. She took a seat and smiled at everyone.
"Hi guys! So what did you do for the winter break?"
Tina, the chatter of the group, smiled, and started her very long story about her trip to Italy. "Okay! So first we went to my grandma's house and slept there. Then we went on a gondola ride through the streets the next day..."
Daphne zoned out after that, looking around. There was no sign of the new student, and she sighed.
"Daphne..."
Maybe he was just sitting outside. The boy was new, so maybe he was sitting out with some friends he made. She sighed again.
"Daphne!" Willow said, shaking her shoulders. "Gosh, woman! You're such a ghost sometimes."
"Huh? Why a ghost?"
"Because ghost moan and sigh!" she said. "Ooooh! Ahhh! Sigh!"
"When I sigh, I do not say sigh," Daphne retorted.
"Sigh," Ariana said, slumping her shoulders forward on the table. "I wish every period of the school day was Home Economics..."
"You're still hooked on that?" Daphne looked at her in disbelief. "He's just a teacher!"
Tina, Willow, and Ariana looked at her with blank expressions. Oh boy, Daphne thought.
Tina's eye was twitching. "Just. A. Teacher?"
Then Willow exploded, which never happens since she's the quiet one. She stood up with her hands on her hips. "Daphne! He the funniest, most handsome, most good looking, most nice teacher in this entire school-no, world! And you're saying he's just a teacher?"
Daphne scolded her. "It's 'nicest', not 'most nice'. You know how strict I am with grammar!"
Willow looked as if she wanted to strangle her. "Holy tofu." She collapsed in her seat. "You're so hard to talk to."
"Hey, D," Ariana said suddenly, putting her hands under her chin and smiling.
"Hmm?" she said, looking at her now.
"Are you planning to waste that food on your tray? The bell rings in like, five minutes." Daphne looked down at her tray. She had a sandwich, salad, fruit, a bottle of Gatorade, two crunch bars, and a small chocolate cake. All untouched and looking very delicious.
She scarfed everything down in three minutes, obviously. Everyone watched with awe besides Josh. He sighed. "You do know that if you eat too fast, your stomach will start acting up?" Daphne shook her head and grinned proudly.
"I've scarfed down food for my whole life without puking...well, except for that time I tried my brother-in-law's pizza. Ergh. Robin is not a good cook." She shuddered. "Well, my stomach feels a little weird right now...does anyone want to lend me a bottle of water?" As she took the bottle of water, the bell rang. Daphne groaned. "I think I'll just go to the bathroom in case." Her friends snickered, and said goodbye as she walked slowly out of the cafeteria.
She sat on the toilet seat, but not puking. The feeling had gone away once she had gotten out of the cafeteria. Guess I just needed some air. Daphne then directly went to her locker to get her books, and saw that she was the only one who was in the hallways. Oh shoot. I'm going to be late for the so-called handsome teacher. She grumbled. I might just get detention for it...detention on my first day of school!
Daphne ran all the way towards Home Economics, and stopped to take a breath. Hopefully, the new student was in this class with her. She smiled at the thought. What if they sat next to each other?
She was giddy and opened the door, walking in with a small smile. "I'm sorry I'm late, Mr..." Daphne blinked at the handsome boy. It was the guy who slammed her locker on her fingers! Yes! He's in my class!
He blinked back, but then look at the piece of paper in his hands. "Oh. You must be Ms. Grimm. Take a seat please. And don't make it a habit of being late. I'll let it slide since it's your first day." Mr. Firay offered a kind smile.
Daphne's heart dropped in her gut. Her mystery man was not a student, but her teacher.
That was so twisted! she thought to herself. Cruel fate! Why did you make him my teacher?
A/N. So yes! Her teacher is a hot guy! Hahaha…
Yeah. Some of you are probably like Eww. That's so gross. She probably will only get together with him for grades. And he's probably like seven years older! Eww! This author is so weird!
Well not quite. Yes this will turn into a Student/Teacher story (Turn around right now if you can't handle that) but it will not be your typical one. Yes a high school story, yes a forbidden love, but no to your average one. This will probably the most action filled story I've ever created. But if you choose to miss out on that, I certainly have no power to control you. ^^ And no, she does not use him for grades. That's just…wrong.
Sorry it's short. I have a book report on a book called Sounder due in a week and my teacher gave us the assignment Thursday. Not much time for an eleven paged book report. -.-' Also, science fair's back up and running. Gawd. Well, at least my project is something I understand.
PLEASE READ: Okay, I need help for a Science Fair Title, so Imma going to tell you guys what my project is. Well, my piano teacher told me that most people who know how to play a musical instrument/can read sheet music are in high math, like math geeks I suppose is another term. So I said, Really? And that's my project-to find out if music really does help your…left parital lobe (I might be wrong on which side math functions in your brain). So what I'm going to do is have two groups –people who can play a musical instrument/read sheet music and those who can't- and they're going to do a bunch of math problems, and when they finish, I stop a timer, and see which group seems to finish the fastest. So…any title suggestions? If you give me some, I WILL MAKE A ONESHOT FOR YOU AND LOVE YOU FOREVER (in a friendly way)!
Shall-ish update-ish soon-ish!
~Lara
PS. He -Mr. Firay- will not be seven years older. That too old for a seventeen year old girl.