Chapter 2: What have I gotten myself into…?
Monday morning found Kurama sitting on the bed in the guest house, cutting tags off his new clothes.
As he proceeded to cut another tag, his thoughts wondered to the events leading here to this moment. After getting the phone call to substitute, he had told his friend Yusuke, who had been over watching a movie at the time. Yusuke got tickled at the thought of the red head being a gym teacher and started saying some bad puns. The spandex and peeking in the girl's locker room had only been the tip of the iceberg. As the movie continued, Yusuke would let out another pun, each one getting worse and worse. Kurama only heard parts as he tried to ignore his friend. He remembered words like, athlete's foot, towel swatting, and lube in something, but successfully blocked out the rest. Glad when the movie ended, Kurama politely told the raven haired that he needed to pack and get some things done, but as he was closing the door, Yusuke couldn't help letting out one more bad pun.
"Hey Kurama, don't drop the soap in the shower." He said. His eyes still wet from all the laughing he had done.
"Funny Yusuke, I have already told you what kind of school it is and I refuse to give into these remarks." Kurama said.
"Well sorrrryyy, I just never thought as vain as you are that you would be substituting for a gym teacher, that's all." Yusuke said.
"Good night Yusuke." Kurama said, rolling his eyes and closing the door, in which he heard a 'good night, safe trip' in return.
On the way to the school Sunday, he had to stop by a sporting goods store and buy what could be called 'gym clothes.' He had no such items of clothing in his wardrobe, what he called his 'gym clothes' or more like 'work out clothes' consisted of his fighting tunics and he didn't think the kids would understand that.
Thus here he was sitting and cutting tags off one of five outfits he had bought. Unlike 'Jimbo' he did not want to be seen in practically the same outfit day in and day out. (Sorry couldn't help but put that in there)
He'd planned ahead and bought the five outfits, in the event he was here the whole week and his instincts had been correct. Upon arriving at the school and checking in with Principal Delmas, he learned Jim was on jury duty for the week, maybe longer. In which case he would just mix and match the outfits if it was longer than the week.
After getting dressed, in a deep forest green jogging suit, with a dark gray undershirt, he was heading to breakfast when he was confronted by the principal.
"Good morning sir." He said as the man walked up to him.
"I'm glad I caught you." Delmas said.
"Is something wrong?" Kurama wondered.
"No…no…" The principal said with a shake of his head. "I just wanted to go over your duties before your first class."
"Duties?" Kurama said, not understanding. He arched an eyebrow, he'd only been told he would be teaching gym, what duties could there be for a gym teacher?
"Well, you see, Jim does more than teach gym." Delmas told him. "He does things like lunch patrol and a shift as hall monitor. Also he does what we call 'ground patrol', that's where he watches the students between classes out in the common area, making sure there is no trouble and that the kids get to classes on time. He also does night watch every once and awhile, but I won't ask you to do that." He said jokingly, he had started walking when he began his speech, leading the red head to the cafeteria. "I hope you don't mind me joining you for breakfast." He added.
"Yes…I mean no…I don't mind sir." Kurama said, caught off guard by the request because he was trying to process all the information he had been given. It would seem he would have no free time in between classes, like when he substituted for Ms. Hertz.
"Why does Mr. Morales do all these extra things?" Kurama asked.
Delmas chuckled. "They are things he started doing over the years and I must say we, can't do without them now." He said with a shrug.
"I see, well then, shall we?" Kurama said with a gesture as they had reached the cafeteria. The breakfast shift was almost over and not very many students were there. Kurama made polite talk and after eating, Delmas showed him to his 'office', which was a basement closet full of gym equipment.
"You will find his schedule on the clipboard there on the hook. He does have a lesson plan. Though feel free to change it if you like." Delmas said and looked at his watch. "Gotta go. Good luck." He turned and walked off, leaving the red head looking at the clip board. According to it, he had less than ten minutes to get the things he needed and be on the football field. Quickly grabbing the things he needed, he hurried out. All the while wondering, 'What have I gotten myself into?'
End Chapter 2