"Well, this is it" I said aloud as I stared at an archaic yet beautiful
primary school.
"It took us long enough" Laura responded as she clicked a bunch of buttons and set the inside car alarm off. "Oops" she muttered as she continued to press more and more buttons.
"Come on" I said as I opened the car door and stepped onto the gravel of the parking lot at the primary school we would be working at.
Laura and I were greeted by a short and slightly chubby man who introduced himself as the school's principle.
"Nice to meet you" I said with a simple smile. Laura nodded her head, she seemed extremely shy. He motioned for us to follow him as Laura stepped behind me, leaving me in the front. We walked around the school for about thirty minutes and then brought us to the main office.
"Candace, you will be working as a second-hand helper with the second graders in room 342. Laura, you will be working as office help, so Candace, it's the second door from the end on your left. Laura, follow me." I thanked the principle and starting slowly walking towards the door that read 342. When I finally reached the room, I peered in and saw a bunch of children quietly sitting with their hands folded in their laps, ready to listen.
"What in the world?" I whispered to myself as I tried to find another teacher in there who was making them sit like this. I didn't see anyone else, so I cautiously opened the door with a smile, and watched as the gaze of all of the children turn towards my direction.
"Good morning" I heard an adorable little strawberry blonde haired girl say aloud to me, "My name is Shannon."
"Well Good morning Shannon, and everyone else." I said as I paced to the back of the large classroom where the teachers desk was located. The children followed me with their heads as I did so.
"Hello" I heard a deep, masculine voice say to me. Startled, I jumped a little, grabbed my heart, and let out a giggle.
"Holy cow you scared me. My name is Candace." I said as I held out my hand to shake his. I wasn't able to really see his face as he was standing in the shadows, but he sounded about my age. He took a step out of the shadows and grabbed my hand and shook it. He had dark brown, almost black spiky hair with big brown eyes. He was extremely good looking, with a body slightly better than Tylers.
"My name is Nathan" He said to me with a smile that could melt anyone. I raised my eyebrows as I studied him for a moment, then flashed my own smile at him and let go of his hand. "I was just preparing a snack for them when it's snack time. I told them to sit there for a minute, they seem pretty well behaved huh?"
"Yeah, they seem extremely well trained." I said as I finished putting my bag in one of the drawers in the teachers desk. "Are we the only ones?"
"No, there's someone that comes on Tuesday's and Thursday's. Those are our days off." He said to me as he turned his back and continued putting pretzels in a ziploc baggie for the kids. I realized that they were still staring at us with their little hands neatly folded in their laps still.
"Do you guys want to play eye spy?" I asked them while pretending to be excited so that they could feel energetic also.
"How do you play that?" The same little strawberry blonde girl asked me.
"Well, someone chooses an object in the room, and says 'I spy with my little eye, something that is.' and you say the color of your object. Then everyone else has to guess what object you're thinking of." I explained enthusiastically to them. They all stared at me with blank looks on their faces.
"Well, who is the person who shall be choosing the object?" The girl asked me.
"Why don't you start it out, and whoever guesses it right first does the next round" I stated and then turned back towards Nathan who still had his back turned and was working quickly on preparing the snack for the children. I could hear the playful whispers of the kids who were participating in the newly learned "Eye Spy" game.
"Hey Candace," Nathan said with his back still turned. I perked up and looked in his direction, "do you think you could help me write everyone's name on the baggies?"
"Sure thing buddy" I said and walked over to the cabinets where he was standing. He held out a marker for me to use and I reached out to take it. He held onto it for a moment, and then looked me in the eyes and smiled. I smiled back, knowing he was flirting with me. I was the first one to look away though as I shook my head and let out a tiny chuckle. The children continued to quietly play their little game for about 5 minutes, and then all was silent.
"Hey guys what happened?" I asked the kids as I turned around to face them.
"He called me stupid" This little brown haired, blue-eyed cutie said to me. He pointed to another kid who was sitting a few chairs down from him, and then started to become teary-eyed.
"Well, tell him that's not very nice and if he ever wants to have friends, that's not the way to go about it" I responded as best as I could. I wasn't very used to being around kids, but I loved them anyway. The little boy looked at the other one and sucked up his own tears.
"That's not very, very nice to do if you want a best friend in the whole world" He tried to repeat what I had said. This action of humbleness hit me right in the heart and my eyes melted as I watched it. The other little boy didn't say a word, but I wasn't going to force him to. Suddenly the phone in the corner of the room rang loudly, breaking the heart-warming moment.
"Who in the world?" I said as I walked over to the ringing phone. Nathan peered over his shoulder and I could feel his eyes studying my body as I gracefully picked up the phone and said "hello?"
"Candace? I've been thinking about you all morning" I heard Tyler say to me
"Tyler, you're at work, and I'm at work.why are you calling me? Did something happen?"
"No, I just wanted to hear your voice" He responded, "Does there have to be an emergency in order to talk to my fiancé?"
"Tyler, you could get me fired. I'll talk to you later ok?" I said to him in a whisper. Everyone's attention was focused on me, and Nathan could feel my uneasiness.
"Hey kids, who's next to go for Eye Spy?" Nathan said aloud as he placed the baggies into a big box and rested it on the floor. He winked at me as he walked by and kicked my shoe lightly. I smiled back at him and bit my lower lip in a playful manner, then realized I was still on the phone with my future husband.
"Candace? Did you hear me?" Tyler said in a worried tone of voice
"No, I'm sorry babe. What did you say?" I asked him with a straight face
"I said that I'm going to come up there for lunch, so I can see you."
"Ha, no you're not Tyler. Please, do not do that." I said to him
"Candace, don't argue with me. I love you"
"Tyler, I'll be with you all night. I'm working, so I have to go. Bye" I said as I was preparing to hang the phone up.
"I love you" He repeated, waiting for my response
"I love you too" I lied to him through my teeth. "Bye" I finished and then hung the phone back onto its receiver in the corner of the room. I glanced up and saw Nathan staring at me. I smiled at him as he walked over to where I was.
"Boyfriend?" He asked uneasily
"Unfortunately" I responded
"You don't like him?"
"I would, but there's some thing.never mind. I like him." I said while trying to hold back my true feelings. Nathan was extremely attractive, and I questioned my future with Tyler very extensively at this point.
"Do you want to talk about it at lunch?" He asked me reassured
"We'll see" I responded and then walked over to the box and brought it to the front of the room and watched as all of the children grew quiet yet again. "Who's ready for snack?" I asked excitedly, but only a few of the kids grew excited. I handed out all of the baggies and occasionally met eyes with Nathan as he studied my every move. He was gorgeous.
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"It took us long enough" Laura responded as she clicked a bunch of buttons and set the inside car alarm off. "Oops" she muttered as she continued to press more and more buttons.
"Come on" I said as I opened the car door and stepped onto the gravel of the parking lot at the primary school we would be working at.
Laura and I were greeted by a short and slightly chubby man who introduced himself as the school's principle.
"Nice to meet you" I said with a simple smile. Laura nodded her head, she seemed extremely shy. He motioned for us to follow him as Laura stepped behind me, leaving me in the front. We walked around the school for about thirty minutes and then brought us to the main office.
"Candace, you will be working as a second-hand helper with the second graders in room 342. Laura, you will be working as office help, so Candace, it's the second door from the end on your left. Laura, follow me." I thanked the principle and starting slowly walking towards the door that read 342. When I finally reached the room, I peered in and saw a bunch of children quietly sitting with their hands folded in their laps, ready to listen.
"What in the world?" I whispered to myself as I tried to find another teacher in there who was making them sit like this. I didn't see anyone else, so I cautiously opened the door with a smile, and watched as the gaze of all of the children turn towards my direction.
"Good morning" I heard an adorable little strawberry blonde haired girl say aloud to me, "My name is Shannon."
"Well Good morning Shannon, and everyone else." I said as I paced to the back of the large classroom where the teachers desk was located. The children followed me with their heads as I did so.
"Hello" I heard a deep, masculine voice say to me. Startled, I jumped a little, grabbed my heart, and let out a giggle.
"Holy cow you scared me. My name is Candace." I said as I held out my hand to shake his. I wasn't able to really see his face as he was standing in the shadows, but he sounded about my age. He took a step out of the shadows and grabbed my hand and shook it. He had dark brown, almost black spiky hair with big brown eyes. He was extremely good looking, with a body slightly better than Tylers.
"My name is Nathan" He said to me with a smile that could melt anyone. I raised my eyebrows as I studied him for a moment, then flashed my own smile at him and let go of his hand. "I was just preparing a snack for them when it's snack time. I told them to sit there for a minute, they seem pretty well behaved huh?"
"Yeah, they seem extremely well trained." I said as I finished putting my bag in one of the drawers in the teachers desk. "Are we the only ones?"
"No, there's someone that comes on Tuesday's and Thursday's. Those are our days off." He said to me as he turned his back and continued putting pretzels in a ziploc baggie for the kids. I realized that they were still staring at us with their little hands neatly folded in their laps still.
"Do you guys want to play eye spy?" I asked them while pretending to be excited so that they could feel energetic also.
"How do you play that?" The same little strawberry blonde girl asked me.
"Well, someone chooses an object in the room, and says 'I spy with my little eye, something that is.' and you say the color of your object. Then everyone else has to guess what object you're thinking of." I explained enthusiastically to them. They all stared at me with blank looks on their faces.
"Well, who is the person who shall be choosing the object?" The girl asked me.
"Why don't you start it out, and whoever guesses it right first does the next round" I stated and then turned back towards Nathan who still had his back turned and was working quickly on preparing the snack for the children. I could hear the playful whispers of the kids who were participating in the newly learned "Eye Spy" game.
"Hey Candace," Nathan said with his back still turned. I perked up and looked in his direction, "do you think you could help me write everyone's name on the baggies?"
"Sure thing buddy" I said and walked over to the cabinets where he was standing. He held out a marker for me to use and I reached out to take it. He held onto it for a moment, and then looked me in the eyes and smiled. I smiled back, knowing he was flirting with me. I was the first one to look away though as I shook my head and let out a tiny chuckle. The children continued to quietly play their little game for about 5 minutes, and then all was silent.
"Hey guys what happened?" I asked the kids as I turned around to face them.
"He called me stupid" This little brown haired, blue-eyed cutie said to me. He pointed to another kid who was sitting a few chairs down from him, and then started to become teary-eyed.
"Well, tell him that's not very nice and if he ever wants to have friends, that's not the way to go about it" I responded as best as I could. I wasn't very used to being around kids, but I loved them anyway. The little boy looked at the other one and sucked up his own tears.
"That's not very, very nice to do if you want a best friend in the whole world" He tried to repeat what I had said. This action of humbleness hit me right in the heart and my eyes melted as I watched it. The other little boy didn't say a word, but I wasn't going to force him to. Suddenly the phone in the corner of the room rang loudly, breaking the heart-warming moment.
"Who in the world?" I said as I walked over to the ringing phone. Nathan peered over his shoulder and I could feel his eyes studying my body as I gracefully picked up the phone and said "hello?"
"Candace? I've been thinking about you all morning" I heard Tyler say to me
"Tyler, you're at work, and I'm at work.why are you calling me? Did something happen?"
"No, I just wanted to hear your voice" He responded, "Does there have to be an emergency in order to talk to my fiancé?"
"Tyler, you could get me fired. I'll talk to you later ok?" I said to him in a whisper. Everyone's attention was focused on me, and Nathan could feel my uneasiness.
"Hey kids, who's next to go for Eye Spy?" Nathan said aloud as he placed the baggies into a big box and rested it on the floor. He winked at me as he walked by and kicked my shoe lightly. I smiled back at him and bit my lower lip in a playful manner, then realized I was still on the phone with my future husband.
"Candace? Did you hear me?" Tyler said in a worried tone of voice
"No, I'm sorry babe. What did you say?" I asked him with a straight face
"I said that I'm going to come up there for lunch, so I can see you."
"Ha, no you're not Tyler. Please, do not do that." I said to him
"Candace, don't argue with me. I love you"
"Tyler, I'll be with you all night. I'm working, so I have to go. Bye" I said as I was preparing to hang the phone up.
"I love you" He repeated, waiting for my response
"I love you too" I lied to him through my teeth. "Bye" I finished and then hung the phone back onto its receiver in the corner of the room. I glanced up and saw Nathan staring at me. I smiled at him as he walked over to where I was.
"Boyfriend?" He asked uneasily
"Unfortunately" I responded
"You don't like him?"
"I would, but there's some thing.never mind. I like him." I said while trying to hold back my true feelings. Nathan was extremely attractive, and I questioned my future with Tyler very extensively at this point.
"Do you want to talk about it at lunch?" He asked me reassured
"We'll see" I responded and then walked over to the box and brought it to the front of the room and watched as all of the children grew quiet yet again. "Who's ready for snack?" I asked excitedly, but only a few of the kids grew excited. I handed out all of the baggies and occasionally met eyes with Nathan as he studied my every move. He was gorgeous.
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