Chapter 3

"Mr. Turner!" Cory said excitedly.

Mr. Turner let go of Riley and ran and hugged Cory.

They quickly hugged and then let go and they both sat down on Cory's desk with Riley standing in the doorway watching them.

"How have you been Mr. Turner?" Cory asks Mr. Turner.

"I've been really well Cory. After the accident I wanted a fresh new start so I moved to New York. Then I applied here for a teaching job here as one of the new 8th grade teachers and well you got the rest now" Mr. Turner said explaining where he was after the accident happened.

"Haha yeah. I'm so happy your here. I missed you" Cory said with a meaningful smile.

"I missed you too Cory and also now you can officially call me Jonathan" Mr. Turner replied with a meaningful smile too.

"I can't. You'll always be Mr. Turner. It won't be the same" Cory said sincerely.

"Okay it's fine Cory" Mr. Turner said to make Cory happy.

"Yay awesome" Cory said feeling happy.

While Cory and Mr. Turner were busy talking and with Riley watching them, Cory's whole class had the 'What's-going-on-here? face.'

Cory then realized that he totally forgot about his class while he was busy talking with Mr. Turner.

"Oh right I forgot about my class-" Cory turned his head to his class so he could introduce Mr. Turner to them.

"Guys this is Mr. Turner my English and homeroom teacher from middle school to high school back in Philly" Cory said introducing Mr. Turner to his class.

"Hi Mr. Turner" Cory's whole class greeted him.

"Hi guys" Mr. Turner replied to them with a cheerful smile.

"He's one of the new 8th grade teachers. You guys might have him next year if you play your cards right" Cory said with a chuckle.

Cory then went back to talking with Mr. Turner.

"Mr. Turner I have a great idea. How about you come over to my apartment for dinner tonight? I have 3 surprises I want to show you. This way it'll be a proper reunion after so long. It'll be fun. I'll text you my address" Cory said sounding excited with his idea.

"That sounds like fun Matthews I'll be there" Mr. Turner said with pleased smile and then looked down at the floor with a disheartened expression.

"Are you missing Shawn, Mr. Turner?" Cory asked knowing already that he was missing him.

"Yeah Matthews how'd you know?"

"I've known Shawn ever since we were little. In a second I can tell if he's angry or sad or anything. Same thing with you. I've known you for a long time and I can tell if your sad or angry or anything" Cory said sincerely.

"Wow Matthews you've grown up a lot. I'm really proud of you. Yeah I still care for Shawn just like before. I want to know that he's doing good"

"I can assure that he's doing good Mr. Turner" Cory said with a reassuringly smile.

"How can you be so sure Matthews? You remember how much trouble Shawn got into when he was a kid right?"

"I know because I'm his best friend. I know everything"

"Okay Matthews I'm trusting your word. I think it's time now we get back to teaching before I get in trouble for not teaching anything on my first day and you for not teaching anything on the first day" Mr. Turner said with a slight chuckle and hopped off of Cory's desk.

"Yeah your right" Cory also said with a slight chuckle and hopped off his desk.

Mr. Turner turned to Riley standing in the doorway and said, "Come on Riley let's get back to class."

"Okay. Bye Daddy" Riley replied to Mr. Turner then turned to her Dad to wave goodbye.

"Bye Matthews" Mr. Turner said and waved to Cory.

"Bye sweetie. Bye Mr. Turner" Cory turned to the both and waved goodbye.

Riley and Mr. Turner both smiled at Cory and then walked out of Cory's classroom.

Cory went back to teaching about The Cold War with an excited smile on his face.

He was really excited for tonight.

Mr. Turner was going to be in for a huge surprise.

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