Chapter 20
Tommy woke up around 1 am. School started in a just a few short hours for him. It was August 28th, a Tuesday, classes not starting on the normal Monday morning. He couldn't sleep, a bit anxious. A high school Science teacher officially. Tommy thought he left high school when he graduated, now about to embark on being the new guy in school as this was his first year teaching, especially in a place foreign to him. Of course, he was nervous about his first day. Tommy sighed. He got up and walked to the window. He stared out into the woods behind his house. Kimberly felt the bed for her husband and looked up to find him gone. She saw him staring out. Kimberly slowly moved out of bed and wrapped her arms around her husband's waist. Tommy slightly flinched having not even heard her move from the bed.
"How do you do that?" Tommy asked.
"Sneak up on you?"
"You are the only person that can catch me off guard."
"It's one of my greatest skills." Tommy smiled. "What are you doing awake?"
"Thinking." Kimberly moved around. Tommy wrapped his arms around her, his chin at her neck after he planted a few kisses.
"Excited?" Kimberly asked.
"Of course."
"Nervous?"
"I don't get nervous."
"Liar." Kimberly turned in his arms. "You will be fine."
"I know." Kimberly shook her head. Her confident, handsome husband.
"Good. Now, come back to bed."
"I can't sleep."
"Oh, I think I have an idea how to get you asleep." Tommy's brow went up at her. Kimberly took his hand and led him to the bed. Tommy wrapped his arms around her tight first, kissing her neck. His hands moved up to cupping her breasts through the silky nightdress. Kimberly turned in his arms. Tommy kissed her softly on the lips. Kimberly smiled and pulled his PJ bottoms down. Pooled at his feet. Tommy reached down to her knees to the hem of her nightdress. Kim's arms went up as he slowly slid her dress up her body. He stopped right at her head and kissed her through the dress. Tommy pulled the dress off her head quickly and kissed her again. Tommy smiled and pushed Kimberly to the bed. She bounced a little.
"I love you."
"I love you too, now fuck me." Tommy chuckled. His potty-mouthed wife, no wonder where the boys get it from. Tommy took one leg as he slowly got on top of her and moved it around his waist. They kissed, as he slid deep inside her. Kimberly arched against high, her chest smashing against his chest. Her arms went around his neck almost immediate. They kissed soulfully as the made love.
The alarm clock rung through the room, waking Tommy. He groaned and raised his head from Kimberly's back. It was 6:30 am. The sun just rising. Just as he clicked it off, Kim's sleepy head shot up. She moaned. Tommy kissed her.
"Good morning." Kimberly smiled.
"Morning lover."When Kimberly stretched, Tommy moved on top of her. Kimberly giggled, as he started sucking on her neck. "No, no. I have to get our boys up if you don't want to be late for school."
"You taking Trish with you to work?"
"Might as well."
"She is not going to be happy."
"Tough, she's 2. Until I find a good daycare, she is going to have to be with me."
"Why not we get up and shower…."
"No mister. You never know how to keep your hands to yourself. You go shower, I'll wake the boys and get them showering."
"I'll wake the boys and get them showering and join you, besides you always take the longest to shower and get ready. Might as well, get the headstart."
"Shut up, mister uses all the hot water."
"Once!"
"Twice a week!" They kissed and laughed. The alarm came again. Tommy reached up and clicked it off completely.
"Go."
"Okay." Tommy moved off her and put his fallen PJs on. Kimberly went into their bathroom. Tommy was so tempted to just follow her, but he had a task to do first. Waking his boys were an extreme challenge, especially on school days.
Kimberly came downstairs to make breakfast, as she was wrapped in her robe, holding Trish on her hip, since she was being a baby, wanting Mommy this morning, not Daddy. Tommy had switched places with her in the shower, as the boys were showering as well.
"Want some juice or milk?" Trish shrugged. "Honey, juice or milk?"
"Milk. Juice." Kimberly sighed.
"Juice." Trish nodded. Kimberly placed her on the table and filled her favorite cup with juice. Trish held her hands out for the cup. Kimberly pulled it back. "What do you say?"
"Thank you, Mommy."
"Good girl." Trish smiled and drank her juice. Kimberly pulled out some eggs and sausages with hash browns. She turned to the coffee pot; happy it was already done, since it was on a timer. Kimberly made herself a cup and started cooking. Tommy came downstairs looking for his daughter with his robe on.
"There you are!"
"Trish, go let Daddy give you a bath."
"No bath!" Tommy picked her up. Kimberly shook her head. Barely took 20 minutes to make breakfast this morning. The boys came running downstairs dressed. Kimberly pulled down plates and took the jug of juice out for the table.
"Eat nice." Warren made plates for Rupert first. Kimberly passed Tommy as he came downstairs. She held up a fresh, full mug of coffee. Tommy kissed her cheek and took it from her just before she could take another sip.
"Make sure you carnivorous boys eat eggs too."
"Sure. Trish just needs to put on her dress, shoes and have her hair done."
"Oh, make Rupert's lunchbox." Tommy nodded, drinking the coffee. Kimberly rushed to get dressed.
Tommy was pouring some more coffee as Kimberly came downstairs dressed with Trish. Tommy made a small plate for his daughter with just sausage with hash browns. Trish, not a scrambled eggs kid. She loves eggs whole. Kimberly took his mug, just as he went to drink some coffee. She smiled as she looked back at him, drinking away. Tommy shook his head and grabbed another mug. Kimberly grabbed a brush for Trish's wet hair and did it as she ate.
"Mommy!" Kimberly bent down and ate the hash brown Trish lifted up for her to eat. Kimberly pulled Trish's hair into a ponytail. Kimberly brushed Darren's hair back.
"Mom!" Kimberly did it again, when he messed it up again.
"Why can't you keep your hair in place like your brother?" Kimberly asked.
"I'm not Warren." Kimberly kissed his head and grabbed some toast.
"Mom!" Darren groaned as he wiped the kiss away.
"Shit!" Kimberly looked over at Tommy sternly. The boys smiled, and Trish held her mouth opened to her father's curse.
"Shoot." Tommy looked up at Kimberly.
"Oh, right, shoot. I got coffee on my shirt."
"Oh, it's not that bad. Your lab coat will cover it." Kimberly fixed his striped red tie knot. Tommy reached down and kissed her on the lips. Rupert made a face, the twins gagged, and Trish smiled at her parents.
"Okay, we gotta hurry boys." Kimberly nodded as they were all finishing up eating their breakfast today.
"Oh, I have a present." Kimberly went to the hallway closet and pulled out a box. "Here you go."
"What is…" Tommy smiled and placed it to the island in the kitchen. "Kimberly!"
"Open it." Tommy did. It was a black briefcase with a 'Dino' paw on the front.
"Wow, thank you." Tommy reached over and kissed her.
Tommy rushed and shooed the boys to the jeep. He handed their book bags to them on their way out the house. Tommy fixed the hat on Rupert's head as he rushed after his big brothers to the jeep. Kimberly was working on her make-up still, so she couldn't kiss the Tommy goodbye properly.
"Buckled up!" Tommy yelled from the door. Kimberly stood at a mirror. Kimberly was taking the other car today, usually she took the black jeep and Tommy took the Expedition. "I might stop by a museum after school, is that okay?"
"Sure."
"Can you pick-up the boys after school?"
"Uh, sure."
"Kimberly?"
"I will!" Kimberly applied more gloss. Tommy sighed as went to kiss her again, but she pulled away. Tommy bent down to Trish.
"Bye princess."
"Babye, Dada!" Tommy rushed to the door, after kissing Trish goodbye. Kimberly stopped him at the door.
"What?"
"One more thing." Kimberly pulled something from her suit jacket. She lifted up some glasses. Tommy took them.
"I don't wear…"
"Complete the look." Kimberly took the glasses and opened them. She placed them to his face.
"Well?"
"Handsome, girls will be drooling over you."
"I could care less."
"Better." Kimberly kissed him softly on the lips. "Have fun today and good luck."
"Thank you. I love you."
"I love you too, tiger." They kissed. Tommy's arms went around his wife, as they kissed repeatedly.
BEEP! BEEP!
Tommy groaned and glared back as Rupert hit the horn again.
"Get out the front seat!" Rupert quickly was pulled to the back, as Darren laughed. Warren buckled him up.
"I'll kill them." Kimberly laughed.
"Be nice, they have your bad genes."
"Whatever." They kissed again.
"Bye boys!" Trish stood on the steps waving goodbye to the boys as they left.
"Shit!" Trish looked up with a smile. Kimberly smiled and picked her up. "Mommy is running late!" Kimberly rushed to get her things together for work.
Tommy arrived to the high school. He was happy the elementary school was within the same area as the high school, so he wouldn't be far from his boys. Tommy rushed the boys inside, slightly running and carrying Rupert to his classroom. He gave him a kiss goodbye before going over to the high school. Tommy parked the jeep and smiled. He checked himself in the mirror as he walked through the archway of the Reefside high school, with a smile as he fixed his glasses on his face. School buses arriving as well as other students walking in around him. First days of school were always fun.
Tommy looked at his paper again, looking for his classroom.
"Dr. Oliver…" Tommy looked up, as an Asian woman appeared and continued walking beside him. "I am Principal Randall."
"Oh, hi. Nice to meet you. So, you're new here like me." Tommy held his hand out. Principal Randall looked at his hand and opened a folder she was carrying. Tommy's hand went slowly down.
"I looked over your folder and I can't help but wonder why a doctor of paleontology, would move his family all the way from LA to Reefside to teach high school teenagers?"
"Guess I'm looking for some peace and quiet from the city."
"So, you become a high school teacher? Doesn't make much sense?"
"How about this, we get together some time today, and you can fill me in on what exactly you expect of me."
"I expect you, to make it hard for them, painful if you can. Now, I must be off." Principal Randall smiled and walked away. "I'll be keeping my eyes on you, Dr. Oliver." Tommy looked back confused.
He went into his classroom and found the students being rowdy, tossing balls of paper aside, and talking loudly. Tommy dodged some flying paper as he closed the door. Tommy walked to the front. 'When did teenagers get so bad?' Tommy thought.
"Hey! Guys, settle down!" Tommy shouted. "Get into your seats now!" All the students started going into their seats as it got quiet. "Hi, my name is Dr. Oliver. This is first period Science class. Before we start, any question." Tommy watched as young blonde girl's hand shot up. "Yes."
"Cassidy, Cassidy Cornell." Everyone groaned and rolled their eyes. She boosted about being the head reporter of the high school. "You really don't look old enough to be a teacher? Devin! Are you getting this!"
"Oh right," another teenager jumped up with a camera.
"Cassidy, trust me. I'm old enough; you can put the camera away. Now, let's start with you guys. I want to tell you what you should expect from this class." Tommy looked around the room. He saw an empty chair. "Is someone missing? This was supposed to be a full classroom." No one spoke up. "Okay."
'Going to be a long day.'
At the end of the school day, Tommy packed up to leave. The classroom cleared out as soon as the bell rung. Tommy was walking down the hall, when Principal Randall stopped him. Tommy was given detention duty since 3 teenagers already got detention for the week after just one day of school. Tommy sighed as he was introduced to the 3 students, Kira Ford, Ethan James, Connor McKnight, all from his first class.
"So, you guys like the museum?" Tommy asked pulling off his glasses. Tommy walked them to his car. "I have to make one call, give me a minute." The students nodded and got into the jeep. Tommy opened his phone.
"Yes!"
"Hey, Beautiful, how many times do I have to tell you that is not proper to answer a phone? Where are you?"
"About 15 minutes out, why?"
"School bell was 10 minutes ago."
"So! I'm late!"
"I got put on detention duty."
"Mind telling me what you did on your first day of school?" Kimberly asked.
"Nothing!" Tommy smiled.
"So, you won't be going food shopping today?"
"Could you maybe do that for me?"
"Fine," Kimberly sighed. Kimberly had only agreed to let him go to the museum if he went grocery shopping on his way home.
"Thank you."
"Whatever, I just might conveniently leave out some of your items."
"Meanie."
"Thinking chicken tonight?"
"Whatever you want is fine by me."
"Better be."
"Okay, I better go."
"See you later, handsome. Love you."
"Bye, Beautiful." Tommy smiled and closed his top.
Tommy pulled up the museum.
"Yo, check out the T-rex!" They all went to the front after getting out the jeep.
"Closed? That's weird."
"Oh well," Connor said.
"Hey, that's great. Let's go home," Kira said. She knew that meant no detention.
"I'll tell you what. You guys look around, if you find anything prehistoric, no detention for the week."
"Sweet," Ethan said.
"Deal," Connor said walking away first.
"I'm gonna check to see when the museum will be opening." The teenagers walked away. Tommy walked around to the glass doors. He saw the sign of Anton Mercer Industries.
"Anton Mercer? That's impossible."
Ethan told them about the guy that fell through a sinkhole in these woods. Connor made fun of Ethan for being into computers and basically for being a geek since he was a total jock.
"You are crazy."
"It's a true story."
"Whatever," Kira said walking ahead.
"Fine, don't come calling out for help from me, when you two fall down a…ahhh!"
"Ahhh!" Connor and Kira yelled at the same time.
Tommy walked back to his jeep and gasped.
"Huh? Where did the dinosaur go?" Tommy turned and came face-to-face with the T-Rex. Tommy stepped back before racing to his jeep. The T-rex chased after Tommy. Tommy jumped into his car. (Think racecar). Tommy locked the door.
"Right, Tommy, lock the door." He fumbled for his keys. "Keys, shit! Keys!" Tommy found them finally in his pockets and fumbled with the keys to find the right one. Tommy screeched out the parking lot away from the dinosaur, pulling on his seatbelt.
Meanwhile, Ethan, Connor and Kira found themselves walking underground after falling through the sinkholes. Kira was singing softly.
"Freak you out, freak you out.."
"Babe, I'm trying to concentrate." Connor walked ahead. Kira stopped.
"Hey, did you just call me babe? Did he just call me babe!" Ethan shrugged. Kira fumed to him.
"Listen here, dude. My name is Kira, not babe. Write it down, so you can't forget." Kira walked away. Ethan shrugged at Connor.
The dinosaur chased Tommy down the road. Tommy's phone went off. He couldn't take his eyes off the road and the dinosaur to answer it. Tommy is able to trick the dinosaur to crashing into a low bridge. Tommy got out the car and checked the beast.
"A machine?" Tommy looked around. His phone went off. Tommy quickly answered.
"Hello?"
"Why didn't you answer before?"
"Sorry, honey."
"You sound winded?"
"Yeah. Chased by a dinosaur."
"A what?"
"Can I call you back?"
"Sure. I'm about to leave the house and go to the mall."
"The mall?"
"Food shopping," Kimberly quickly said.
"No, you said mall."
"Well, it is across from the mall! Warren, slow down sweetie!"
Tommy shook his head and looked around.
"I have to go."
"Okay. Anything else you can think of we need in the hosue?"
"No."
"Well, don't be late for dinner, hurry home."
"I will. Love you, bye."
"Bye."
Walking through the dark caves underground, the teenagers came across a dinosaur embedded into the rock wall.
"Well, this looks prehistoric to me. I can kiss detention away," Connor said as his hand went to the mouth.
"Do you think you should…" Connor pulled it down anyway before Kira could finish.
"Whoa!" They walk into the newly discovered an amazing room. They walked around. Ethan foaming at the mouth nearly at the room. Conner finds a rock stand smoking, in the middle of the room. He walks over and found 3 gems. He reaches to touch them, the red one to be specific.
"Hey, don't touch that."
"Why not?"
"Dude, come on, you are really not that type of dumb jock."
"I may not be a super computer geek, but I am pretty sure these will get us out of detention." Kira nodded.
"I agree with him, and I really hate to do that."
"Okay." They each picked up a stone. Connor glowed red, Ethan's glowed blue and Kira's glowed yellow, as they examined them.
"Did you feel that?"
"What are they?"
Ooooo…mysterious gems…dinosaurs on the loose...what can happen next! until next time. Babyee :P
