Day Three
"Today is a perfect day for baby feet!" Aida exclaimed as she took notice of the boards. The chalkboards were only cleaned once a week, so by the day before cleaning a naturally black board was practically all white. She curled up her fists and walked them up the board, creating pint-sized footprints. She just finished adding all the toes when Obi-Wan Kenobi walked in and she took her seat before he noticed she had been up.
"How's everybody doing today?" he asked his class casually as he set down his bag and picked up a piece of chalk. Cadi noticed he'd exchanged his usual tan leggings for black ones today and wondered why. In fact, he looked especially nice today: his hair was a little neater and his boots a little shinier- what was up? Unaware of his spectators, he turned toward the board and back to his class quickly. "Alright, who walked all over the board?"
"They're baby feet," Aida explained hurriedly.
"You make them with your hands," Caryn made fists go up an imaginary chalkboard in front of her.
"Oh man!" Kenobi said, intrigued, "They're like, demon baby feet. Let's all do it!" he attempted to make his own 'baby feet' on the board. The class watched him entertain himself patiently. Eventually he gave up and erased the un-erasable board with an eraser that already had three pounds of chalk on it. Chalk-dust set a white cloud around where he was standing. Skillfully oblivious, he leaned against the edge of the board.
"Okay guys, I'm going to pass out a reading in Classic and I want you to work on translating it," he received a groan. As he thought up a witty response there was a tap on the door. Luminara Unduli, a recently knighted former classmate of his, who was a little older than he was, was at the door. He grinned happily, this job had gotten a little better when he'd learned that she was working as an attendant for the Language department, he'd always had a silent crush on her. Forgetting the thirty-four teenagers he was tending, he rushed to the door and opened it. He greeted Luminara and took the photocopies she had for him, and they chatted quietly for a moment or two while his students pretended not to listen. Abruptly, giggle were erupting from somewhere behind him, he said goodbye to Luminara and shut the door again. The girls watched Luminara leave like hawks.
"What's so funny?" he asked candidly.
"You've got chalk on your butt!" Chaos shouted, equally candid. The class's giggles exploded into full-blown laughter. Obi-Wan smiled coyly and leaned his weight on his desk.
"You know," he said, trying to look serious, "I didn't want to wear black pants today because I thought 'I'm going to get chalk all over my butt and then everyone will laugh at me whenever I turn around,'' he paused for the laughter to quiet a bit, "but they go nice with my new vest, so just GET OVER IT PEOPLE!" Spontaneously Obi-Wan spun around and wagged his butt, complete with a large gash of white chalk-dust across it, to and fro for all to see. The kids were rolling in hysteria.
***
"I can't believe he did that!" Cagi exclaimed, laughing again, not caring who else heard, as she sat with her friends on the airbus home.
"What could he possibly do next?" Cadi, the only one composed enough to respond, "Strip?" with this she lost the last of her composure and burst into another fit of laughter.
"Today is a perfect day for baby feet!" Aida exclaimed as she took notice of the boards. The chalkboards were only cleaned once a week, so by the day before cleaning a naturally black board was practically all white. She curled up her fists and walked them up the board, creating pint-sized footprints. She just finished adding all the toes when Obi-Wan Kenobi walked in and she took her seat before he noticed she had been up.
"How's everybody doing today?" he asked his class casually as he set down his bag and picked up a piece of chalk. Cadi noticed he'd exchanged his usual tan leggings for black ones today and wondered why. In fact, he looked especially nice today: his hair was a little neater and his boots a little shinier- what was up? Unaware of his spectators, he turned toward the board and back to his class quickly. "Alright, who walked all over the board?"
"They're baby feet," Aida explained hurriedly.
"You make them with your hands," Caryn made fists go up an imaginary chalkboard in front of her.
"Oh man!" Kenobi said, intrigued, "They're like, demon baby feet. Let's all do it!" he attempted to make his own 'baby feet' on the board. The class watched him entertain himself patiently. Eventually he gave up and erased the un-erasable board with an eraser that already had three pounds of chalk on it. Chalk-dust set a white cloud around where he was standing. Skillfully oblivious, he leaned against the edge of the board.
"Okay guys, I'm going to pass out a reading in Classic and I want you to work on translating it," he received a groan. As he thought up a witty response there was a tap on the door. Luminara Unduli, a recently knighted former classmate of his, who was a little older than he was, was at the door. He grinned happily, this job had gotten a little better when he'd learned that she was working as an attendant for the Language department, he'd always had a silent crush on her. Forgetting the thirty-four teenagers he was tending, he rushed to the door and opened it. He greeted Luminara and took the photocopies she had for him, and they chatted quietly for a moment or two while his students pretended not to listen. Abruptly, giggle were erupting from somewhere behind him, he said goodbye to Luminara and shut the door again. The girls watched Luminara leave like hawks.
"What's so funny?" he asked candidly.
"You've got chalk on your butt!" Chaos shouted, equally candid. The class's giggles exploded into full-blown laughter. Obi-Wan smiled coyly and leaned his weight on his desk.
"You know," he said, trying to look serious, "I didn't want to wear black pants today because I thought 'I'm going to get chalk all over my butt and then everyone will laugh at me whenever I turn around,'' he paused for the laughter to quiet a bit, "but they go nice with my new vest, so just GET OVER IT PEOPLE!" Spontaneously Obi-Wan spun around and wagged his butt, complete with a large gash of white chalk-dust across it, to and fro for all to see. The kids were rolling in hysteria.
***
"I can't believe he did that!" Cagi exclaimed, laughing again, not caring who else heard, as she sat with her friends on the airbus home.
"What could he possibly do next?" Cadi, the only one composed enough to respond, "Strip?" with this she lost the last of her composure and burst into another fit of laughter.