The man cleared his throat before taking a seat behind the teachers desk. At first he seemed to be at a loss for what he was supposed to do. But after a few seconds he opened the daily planner that was on the desk top and glanced over the information written there. He hadn't said a word since his arrival.
Harry glanced over at Ron from his slumped position. "When the bells ring, we'll go out the secondary door." He motioned with his head towards the door in the back of the class room.
"What is he doing here, Harry?" Ron hissed out after he nodded to Harry's plan. "Here of all places? And dressed like a muggle to top it all off? You can't tell me that this isn't odd." He kept his voice in a low whisper.
The daily planner was closed with a thud and long, thin fingers were rested upon it. Glancing around, dark eyes landed on a blonde haired girl in the front row. "You there. What is your name?" The strange man demanded in a thick English accent.
The girl in question looked away from her friends and towards the strange teacher. She gave him an incredible look before answering. "Mindy Green. What happened to Mrs. Fredericks?" She ventured, bravely.
The man scowled in distaste. "Your...teacher...is out with an illness. I can assure you that she will return at a later date, Ms. Green." He was silent for a moment. "Those two, in the back, who are they?" He motioned towards the only two slouched students who were obviously whispering back and forth.
Mindy spun around in her chair to try and pick out who he was motioning towards. Once she spotted the targets, she turned back around. "Jamie and Will, you mean? They are the ones out of uniform. Don't be concerned about that. They never wear it."
"Jamie and Will? Do they have last names or were they graced with simple minded parents?" The teacher sneered.
"Jamie Patton and Will Westinghouse." Mindy seemed to be startled by the comment and thanked God that she didn't have Chemistry or Physics with Mrs. Fredericks this semester. That meant that she wouldn't have to see this rather rude teacher in anything except home room.
"Patton and Westinghouse?" He let his dark eyes move towards the two boys once again. " Isn't there some kind of punishment for that?" He asked, offhandedly. To say that Severus Snape wasn't happy about his current assignment would have been an understatement. This was the fifth muggle school that Albus had requested that he check out. The first four turned out to be a bust and now the fifth one was looking that way as well. "Thank you for your help, Ms. Green." He grudgingly said before letting his eyes scan the assembled students. Merlin, he hated muggles.
"Eh...not a problem." Mindy replied before turning back to her friends and trying to ignore the odd substitute teacher.
Both boys didn't have to wait long for the bells; ten minutes to be exact. At the sound of the first bell, Ron and Harry picked their bags up off the floor and rested them on their desks. A few minutes later a second bell sounded and they both rushed out the secondary door and disappeared into the crowd of students in the hallway.
Out of the six classes that they attended, daily. Ron and Harry only shared English, Physics, Calculus, and World History. They were separated by Harry taking U.S. History and Philosophy while Ron opted for Gym and Speech Communication; the easiest classes the school had to offer.
Harry managed to forget about the sudden appearance of their old potions professor as the day wore on. He liked school and found that most of his classes weren't that difficult. And if he did have problems, the teachers were more than willing to help him out. He actually found himself in a pretty decent mood. His mood would have plummeted during Physics except that he happened to be paired up with one of his best friends, Mitchell Rothschild. Ron had decided to pair up with a girl that he liked. They both managed ignored Snape who had them copying an entire chapter out of their Physics books.