Eli is quiet for a few moments which seems like a lifetime to Amanda,
who has begun to look at the posters around the room. Eli tapes her on the shoulder
and she looks at him. He puts his hands on her face and kisses her. Amanda puts her
arms around him and kisses him back. They broke apart when someone knocks on the door.
Grace comes in and asks to see amanda for one moment.
"what?" amanda asks,
"the whole spell thing just flew out the window on a broom."
"what are you talking about?"
"Jessie made cookies on Monday, she threw them out cuz they tasted bad."
"so your saying I never ate a magic cookie?"
"yep we ate regular store bought peanut butter cookies."
"ook so why do guys like me? Why does ELI like me? Its not like I'm Britney Spears."
"yeah. That's true."
"ok so what happened?" Cell phone rings. Amangda gets it out of her pocket and answers.
"hello?" pause. "no eric I cant go out with you." Pause " sorry, I wish I could I just am very busy doing homework.
Bye" she hangs up.
"Eric?"
"yep. Hes ugh. Totally no eli."
"yeah. Defiantly not."
Eli came out of his room.
"Eli guess what? It wasn't a spell."
"that's great I think."
"well eli, grace its getting kind of late. I should be going, bye. Besides I got a lot of homework
espy from someone's favorite teacher, Mr. Dimitri."
"bye amanda." Grace said.
Amanda went out the door and got on her bike. She turned the corner and knew she was out
of Eli and Grace's view. She got off her bike and walked over to a car. She went to the front window and
knocked gently. The window rolls down. Mr. Dimitri peers out at Amanda.
"hey dad." Amanda says.
"hey." He gets out and opens the trunk. She puts her bike in.
"have fun?" he asks.
"yeah."
"just curious but have you told Grace yet?"
"what that Mr. Dimitri, her favorite teacher happens to be my dad? No. not yet?"
"what are you ashamed of your old man?"
"no. its just I think she more than just a crush on you and ever since
I've moved in with you, while the brat twins get settled in, I don't want her to…"
"don't want her to what?"
"I don't want her to become my new stepmother." They laugh.
"don't worry about that at least not yet." She jokinly punches him in the arm.
They arrive at his house and they go in. she grabs a soda and goes to sit on the couch.
"so anything good on?" he asks coming in behind her only him holding a glass of red wine.
"nope."
She sees his satchel.
"any good reading tonight?" she asks.
"nope just one students, a miss grace manning, you know her?"
"hmm cant say I do cant say I don't"
"ok."
"so whats her paper on?"
"something smart unlike a certain someone's 'why my father should buy me a car'"
"I did not write that."
"well it was something like that."
"it was about why my father should buy me a dvd player and some dvds."
"same difference."
"back to Grace manning why would I want to tell her who my father is, I want her to be
my friend because of me not because who my father is."
"I see your embarrassed by me."
"I am not."
"uh huh."
"I'm not. Its just I know that grace has a crush on you and I wouldn't want her just coming over here to see you and saying shes here to hang out with me."
The phone rings and Mr.Dimitri picks it up.
" Hello, August Dimitri" he answered.
"umm Mr. Dimitri. This is Grace Manning and I must have the wrong number."
Amanda looked at her father when he snapped his fingers. He mouthed "Grace Manning."
Amanda got a surpised face. "oh no" she thought.
"Mr.Dimitri I'm sorry I misdialed. See ya in class tomorrow."
"Night Mrs. Manning."
"Night Mr. Dimitri."
They hung up.
The next day, Amanda tried hard to avoid Grace but having most of the same classes it was inavoidable.
During lunch, Amanda went to see her father in his classroom.
" What am I gonna do?"
"About?"
"about your test im so not ready."
"I think I can pull a couple of strings to get you a make up test if you don't do well. I know you've been
having a tough time with the twin brats."
"thanks."
Dimitri kissed her on the cheek and she gathered up her books. Alexa happened to
be standing outside the door and came just in time to see the kiss but not hear what
had happened before. She thought Amanda and Mr.Dimitri were just student and teacher,
since noone but the school staff knew about the real relaitionship between the two and that is
how Amanda and Dimitri liked it.
Alexa went to the cafetaria and found Grace talking a group of her friends. She went over and ask if she could talk to her.
By the end of lunch, Alexa had filled grace in, who then went and told all the people she was eating lunch with. Grace couldn't figure out why Amanda didn't tell her that she also liked Dimitri. She also couldn't figure out why Dimitri had kissed Amanda on the cheek. All she knew was that she didn't like Amanda anymore. First she got all Eli's attention and most of the guys at school and now Dimitri. It just wasn't fair.
Amanda tried to talk to Grace before Dimitri handed out the tests but for some reason unbeknownst to Amanda, Grace didn't seem to want to talk to her so Grace had her back turned to Amanda and was talking to the girl behind her.
Amanda couldn't concentrate on the test and lost track of time and suddenly Dimitri was standing over her asking for the papers, she turned around and Grace was holding a stack of tests. She grabbed the tests and handed them into Dimitri.
"sorry, here, Mr. Dimitri."
"can I see you after class?" Dimitri replied and Amanda could hear some of the girls behind her whisper but she couldn't hear what.
"sure."
"ok, Everyone is dismissed. "
everyone but Amanda, Dimitri, and grace, who was gathering her books. Amanda remained at her desk and Dimitri went to his.
"Bye Mr. Dimitri."
"bye Miss. Manning." And grace left, closing the door behind her.
"so you wanted to see me?" Amanda asked.
"yeah you seemed distracted, everything ok?"
"yeah well honestly not really. Ok grace isnt talking to me and for some odd reason ever since last Tuesday all the guys here seem to like me. Well except for the old dudes. Its seems to be the under 20 bunch."
"ok. Well since im your father I'm weirded out by the last part but lets talk about Grace. Anything happen?"
"no that's the weird part. Last night when I was over at their house everything was fine."
"well im sure everything will be fine again. And about the guys stay away."
There was a knock on the door. The principal stuck her head in.
"Mr. Dimitri? Can I speak…(seeing amanda in the room) ahh good I need to talk to both of you."
"ok Mrs. Carey. What about?" Dimitri asked.
"theres a rumor going around about the both of you, having some sort of student teacher relaitionship. Alexa came
to see me after lunch saying she saw you two kiss."
(does Mrs. Carey punish them since Mr. Dimitri is already on probation )
who has begun to look at the posters around the room. Eli tapes her on the shoulder
and she looks at him. He puts his hands on her face and kisses her. Amanda puts her
arms around him and kisses him back. They broke apart when someone knocks on the door.
Grace comes in and asks to see amanda for one moment.
"what?" amanda asks,
"the whole spell thing just flew out the window on a broom."
"what are you talking about?"
"Jessie made cookies on Monday, she threw them out cuz they tasted bad."
"so your saying I never ate a magic cookie?"
"yep we ate regular store bought peanut butter cookies."
"ook so why do guys like me? Why does ELI like me? Its not like I'm Britney Spears."
"yeah. That's true."
"ok so what happened?" Cell phone rings. Amangda gets it out of her pocket and answers.
"hello?" pause. "no eric I cant go out with you." Pause " sorry, I wish I could I just am very busy doing homework.
Bye" she hangs up.
"Eric?"
"yep. Hes ugh. Totally no eli."
"yeah. Defiantly not."
Eli came out of his room.
"Eli guess what? It wasn't a spell."
"that's great I think."
"well eli, grace its getting kind of late. I should be going, bye. Besides I got a lot of homework
espy from someone's favorite teacher, Mr. Dimitri."
"bye amanda." Grace said.
Amanda went out the door and got on her bike. She turned the corner and knew she was out
of Eli and Grace's view. She got off her bike and walked over to a car. She went to the front window and
knocked gently. The window rolls down. Mr. Dimitri peers out at Amanda.
"hey dad." Amanda says.
"hey." He gets out and opens the trunk. She puts her bike in.
"have fun?" he asks.
"yeah."
"just curious but have you told Grace yet?"
"what that Mr. Dimitri, her favorite teacher happens to be my dad? No. not yet?"
"what are you ashamed of your old man?"
"no. its just I think she more than just a crush on you and ever since
I've moved in with you, while the brat twins get settled in, I don't want her to…"
"don't want her to what?"
"I don't want her to become my new stepmother." They laugh.
"don't worry about that at least not yet." She jokinly punches him in the arm.
They arrive at his house and they go in. she grabs a soda and goes to sit on the couch.
"so anything good on?" he asks coming in behind her only him holding a glass of red wine.
"nope."
She sees his satchel.
"any good reading tonight?" she asks.
"nope just one students, a miss grace manning, you know her?"
"hmm cant say I do cant say I don't"
"ok."
"so whats her paper on?"
"something smart unlike a certain someone's 'why my father should buy me a car'"
"I did not write that."
"well it was something like that."
"it was about why my father should buy me a dvd player and some dvds."
"same difference."
"back to Grace manning why would I want to tell her who my father is, I want her to be
my friend because of me not because who my father is."
"I see your embarrassed by me."
"I am not."
"uh huh."
"I'm not. Its just I know that grace has a crush on you and I wouldn't want her just coming over here to see you and saying shes here to hang out with me."
The phone rings and Mr.Dimitri picks it up.
" Hello, August Dimitri" he answered.
"umm Mr. Dimitri. This is Grace Manning and I must have the wrong number."
Amanda looked at her father when he snapped his fingers. He mouthed "Grace Manning."
Amanda got a surpised face. "oh no" she thought.
"Mr.Dimitri I'm sorry I misdialed. See ya in class tomorrow."
"Night Mrs. Manning."
"Night Mr. Dimitri."
They hung up.
The next day, Amanda tried hard to avoid Grace but having most of the same classes it was inavoidable.
During lunch, Amanda went to see her father in his classroom.
" What am I gonna do?"
"About?"
"about your test im so not ready."
"I think I can pull a couple of strings to get you a make up test if you don't do well. I know you've been
having a tough time with the twin brats."
"thanks."
Dimitri kissed her on the cheek and she gathered up her books. Alexa happened to
be standing outside the door and came just in time to see the kiss but not hear what
had happened before. She thought Amanda and Mr.Dimitri were just student and teacher,
since noone but the school staff knew about the real relaitionship between the two and that is
how Amanda and Dimitri liked it.
Alexa went to the cafetaria and found Grace talking a group of her friends. She went over and ask if she could talk to her.
By the end of lunch, Alexa had filled grace in, who then went and told all the people she was eating lunch with. Grace couldn't figure out why Amanda didn't tell her that she also liked Dimitri. She also couldn't figure out why Dimitri had kissed Amanda on the cheek. All she knew was that she didn't like Amanda anymore. First she got all Eli's attention and most of the guys at school and now Dimitri. It just wasn't fair.
Amanda tried to talk to Grace before Dimitri handed out the tests but for some reason unbeknownst to Amanda, Grace didn't seem to want to talk to her so Grace had her back turned to Amanda and was talking to the girl behind her.
Amanda couldn't concentrate on the test and lost track of time and suddenly Dimitri was standing over her asking for the papers, she turned around and Grace was holding a stack of tests. She grabbed the tests and handed them into Dimitri.
"sorry, here, Mr. Dimitri."
"can I see you after class?" Dimitri replied and Amanda could hear some of the girls behind her whisper but she couldn't hear what.
"sure."
"ok, Everyone is dismissed. "
everyone but Amanda, Dimitri, and grace, who was gathering her books. Amanda remained at her desk and Dimitri went to his.
"Bye Mr. Dimitri."
"bye Miss. Manning." And grace left, closing the door behind her.
"so you wanted to see me?" Amanda asked.
"yeah you seemed distracted, everything ok?"
"yeah well honestly not really. Ok grace isnt talking to me and for some odd reason ever since last Tuesday all the guys here seem to like me. Well except for the old dudes. Its seems to be the under 20 bunch."
"ok. Well since im your father I'm weirded out by the last part but lets talk about Grace. Anything happen?"
"no that's the weird part. Last night when I was over at their house everything was fine."
"well im sure everything will be fine again. And about the guys stay away."
There was a knock on the door. The principal stuck her head in.
"Mr. Dimitri? Can I speak…(seeing amanda in the room) ahh good I need to talk to both of you."
"ok Mrs. Carey. What about?" Dimitri asked.
"theres a rumor going around about the both of you, having some sort of student teacher relaitionship. Alexa came
to see me after lunch saying she saw you two kiss."
(does Mrs. Carey punish them since Mr. Dimitri is already on probation )