A familiar, kind voice piped up behind them. "Yes, I'm sure it's a little daunting at first, but in time you'll become quite familiar." They looked around to see the friendly face of Principal Faragonda.
"Ah, good morning Principal."
"And a good morning to you Tegryn. And please, 'Miss Faragonda' will do just fine."
"Sorry!"
Faragonda chuckled "Now then, your class are just starting a new assignment. I'll be pairing you with another new student - she's a very sweet girl and very clever, but painfully shy. I hope that you'll help bring her out of her shell somewhat."
"Sure, I'll try my best."
"Right, here we are. I'll just introduce you to the class - shall we?"
"I'll be right with you."
Tegryn took Musa's hands in his own and kissed her tenderly. "Well, this is it." They kissed again, completely oblivious to everything else (including the fact that they had an audience).
"A-hem! Musa, Tegryn - there'll be plenty of time for that AFTER classes!"
They both blushed.
"Awww, now look what you've done - you got me into trouble on my first day!" Tegryn joked. Musa playfully jabbed him in the stomach. "So, I'll be seeing you at lunch then?"
"You bet! I'll save you a seat - see ya Teggy!"
"See ya Princess!"
He waved as she ran down the hallway to her own class, then turned and prepared himself.
"Girls, this is your new classmate Tegryn."
Tegryn walked into the room to be greeted by what seemed like hundreds of pairs of female eyes, all fixated on him. Hushed whispers could be heard - "He's dating a senior - how cool!"... "Ooh, he's cute!"... "I wonder what magic he can do!"... "He doesn't look like a fairy to me."
Faragonda responded to that last comment. "Tegryn here may not have the body of a fairy, but he certainly has the heart of one. Tegryn - if you wouldn't mind?"
He sat himself down at the only empty seat in the room, at a workbench next to a petite girl with reddish-brown hair and a large red ribbon tied in a bow. Her head was buried in a book about dragons.
"Hi!" he introduced himself, "I'm Tegryn."
She peered up from her book, adjusting her small glasses. She said nothing, just gave a nervous smile.
"And your name is?"
"Charlotte" she said timidly.
"Well I'm very pleased to meet you Charlotte. Listen... I'm very new at all this magic and my study skills are rather rusty so I'm going to need you to hold my hand, so to speak - I mean, not literally of course... I don't think my girlfriend would like that!"
Charlotte let out a little giggle.
Faragonda began the lesson. "Now then class, if you'll just open your textbooks..."