A/N: Thank you to those of you, who read and reviewed the previous chapter. I appreciate it! I hope you'll enjoy this next chapter!
Disclaimer: I only own Damien Benson.
The following morning, Damien was once again, giving his students a lesson on cursive writing. "Yesterday, I taught you all how to write letters A through E, in cursive. Today, we're gonna learn how to write letters F through J, in cursive, he said, as he stood at the front of the room, next to the chalk board. "Now, pay very close attention. I don't want to have to repeat myself. First, we'll start off with the letter F." He was in the process of writing a cursive F, until he was interrupted by the intercom in his classroom. Elizabeth's voice could be heard, on the other end.
"Mr. Benson," Elizabeth waited for an answer.
"Yes, can I help you with something," Damien asked.
"I just wanted to inform you that Lois Hotchner, Aaron's mother just called and said that Aaron will not be attending school today. He has the flu," Elizabeth announced.
"Thank you for notifying me," said Damien.
"You're welcome," Elizabeth ended the conversation. And Damien went back to teaching his students, how to write cursive.
He wrote a cursive F on the chalkboard and told the class to do the same. The class was easily able to copy the letter. When the class got to the next letter, G, a few of them were having trouble with copying it. Kate, Kevin and David all raised their hands and waited patiently.
"What do the three of you need," Damien asked, when he finally saw their hands.
"We keep messing up on the letter G," the three children said, in unison.
Damien rolled his eyes, at the thought of having to repeat himself. "Okay, I 'm gonna write it, again. Please pay very close attention. It really isn't that difficult to write the letter G, in cursive," he said.
"But it must be difficult to be nice to people," Emily mumbled under her breath. Thankfully, Damien didn't hear her.
After a few moments, the three children finally got the hang of writing a cursive G. "Okay, can we move on to the next letter now," Damien asked them. There was a slight annoyance in his voice.
"Yes," the three students said in unison.
"Good. Now let's move on to the letter H," said Damien. "This is a very simple one. As long as you all pay attention, you shouldn't have a problem with it," he then began writing a cursive H, on the chalk board.
After everyone had successfully written a cursive H, they moved onto the next two letter, I and J. Both letters were fairly simple for them. However, Ashley was having some trouble with the letters. She raised her hand and waited.
"You having trouble, Ashley," Damien asked.
"Yes," Ashley answered.
Damien sighed and then called upon Maeve, who was sitting next to Ashley, who was just finishing up her letters. "Maeve," he asked.
Maeve looked up from her paper, "What," she asked.
"Do you have the hang of writing these letters in cursive," Damien asked.
"Yes I do," Maeve answered honestly. "Do you want me to help Ashley?"
"I'd appreciate it, if you would," Damien said. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"I'm sorry," Ashley whispered to Maeve. "I'm just having trouble with these two letters," she seemed ashamed.
Maeve gave her friend a reassuring smile. "It's okay," she said. "You don't have to apologize," she then began helping Ashley with the two letters.
Soon, after a few moments, Ashley was finally writing a perfect cursive I and J. "I think I got it," she smiled proudly at Maeve. "Thank you."
Maeve returned a smile and said, "You're welcome." The two shared a quiet high five.
End of chapter seven. I gotta admit, I didn't really know where I was going with this chapter. I just threw a bunch of words together and hoped for the best. Anyway, let me know what you all thought of it. I'll accept both good and bad reviews. Just please don't be too cruel if you hated it. Chapter eight will be posted as soon as possible.