Chapter 7
"Now in Greece, they used to worship Gods…" she started telling the children, when the door opened and Jack appeared. She smiled "can I help you?" she said to Jack. "I've come to try and fix the stove," she walked up the aisle, not noticing all the children staring at the pair.
"well aren't you handy," she said in a flirty voice.
"it has been said that Mounties can do anything," he laughed, as he took off his red uniform.
Suddenly remembering that the children were present, she walked back down the aisle and looked back at the book for information. Strangely she couldn't remember what she had been reading before Jack came into the room. She stood at the front of the room, picked up her cup of water, looked up when she saw Opal raise her hand "yes Opal," as she took a drink of water.
"When are you and Mountie Jack gonna marry?" the shock of the question had Elizabeth spitting out her water mid-air. Jack looked up from the stove at this point and to his own recollection, he had never been more amused.
"well, that is a very personal question," she said, all the children were still laughing at the water that went everywhere.
"So you're not going to marry Mountie Jack?" Caroline asked.
"well not at present," Elizabeth wasn't sure who she was trying to convince herself or the children.
"he's very handsome," another girl said.
"And he can fix things when they're broken," Caleb piped up. He smiled and put a thumbs up to Jack, who couldn't stop laughing. He sent a thumbs up back to Caleb.
"I'm sure that Constable Thornton is the equivalent of a Greek God however, we do have some work to do as well as the Constable does,"
"Nicest compliment I've ever got!" Jack couldn't keep quiet anymore and decided to join the discussion, he stood up and put on a cheeky smile. He knew she'd yell at him later for interrupting her class but he didn't care. He saw Elizabeth's face of shock, she hadn't expected that.
Elizabeth stood at the front of the class, stunned speechless. It was as though the children in her class were trying to conceive a list of reason for her to marry Jack. She snapped out of her reverie enough to send the children to lunch.
"Now children, I want you to put your workbooks on my desk and then collect your lunch pails for dinner." She smiled as the children came up to the desk and one by one put their workbooks in a pile.
After they had all disappeared outside she went over to Jack, annoyed that he had interrupted her lesson and gave the children more ammunition. Jack stood up, wiped his hands on a cloth, he knew she was going to be angry. Unsurprisingly, Elizabeth came storming over to him, stood in front of him, grabbed hold of his braces and kissed him. He was shocked for a few seconds and then proceeded to cup her face and kiss her back with as much fervour as she was giving him. Then she stepped back, looked at his shocked expression and said "that will teach you to raise your hand in my classroom Constable Thornton!" then she marched out to keep an eye on the children.
"I'd hate to experience what doing something bad in your classroom feels like," he muttered in astonishment.