The teacher was a young male, and, looked about 20. He was wearing dress slacks, white shirt and a vest. JJ silently laughed when a thought popped into her head. What if she was older then him?

She took a seat in the back with Laura and Kelly. Laura already had her phone out texting someone. While she continued to text someone, she leaned over to Kelly and JJ. "I got detention and was sorting out files in the office. I saw a new teacher file and took a sneak peek. It's him. He's 25."

JJ was completely shocked. She was older than him.

Two guys came over and sat down in front of them. One of them wolf whistled turning around to face them.

"Yo hottie," one of them said to JJ.

"Piss of Jake," Kelly said. "She's not interested.'

"You sure about that? We could sneak down the hall now… Go at it. No one is watching!" he whispered, licking his lips. JJ was sickened. She wanted to shoot him right now, and it was taking all her self control not to react.

"JJ. Don't react." Morgan said into her ear. "He just wants to get into your pants." She was glad he was there, keeping her calm. She heard some small noises but couldn't make out anything in particular, and was just about to give up when Reid's voice came over the line.

"Morgan is needed for something. You got me today instead." JJ wanted to scream for joy but didn't, as it would blow her cover. She smiled slightly instead. The guy, whom she assumed was Jake saw this smile and widened his eyes staring at her, while licking his lips again.

"Lucky me," she whispered. Suddenly the bell rang, and then the teacher cleared his throat.

"I am Mr Sanders," he introduced himself. "As you can tell, I'm new here. This is my first time teaching English at a high school."

"He shouldn't have said it was his first time teaching." Laura leaned in to whisper. "He is going to get hell… to bad… he's real cute." JJ smiled and remembered the time in high school that she had had a crush on the teacher.

"And –" Mr, Sanders continued as if no one had begun to speak "I am sure that I will have your full support and cooperation to make this class more fun, and enjoyable. So to get started I believe you were reading the book Parvana with your old English teacher. So who wants to tell me about the perspectives in it? Let's look at Parvana for instance."

He began pacing backwards and forwards across the front of the room. "How does her perspective of herself change from beginning to end?"

"Oh I read this." Reid said into her ear. "At the beginning she feels all small, and wants to hide away, be invisible. She also feels angry like when she has to fetch the water and her sister and brother don't. At the end, though, she feels big, strong, she isn't angry anymore; she understands that she needs to help her family and she is willing to fight, stand up to the Taliban," Reid rambled. JJ couldn't help but smile a little.

JJ put her hand up. "Yes," the teacher said pointing to her. "I'm sorry I don't know your name."

"My name is Kate," she said smiling sweetly. "At the beginning she feels all small, and wants to hide away, be invisible. She also feels angry like when she has to fetch the water and her sister and brother don't. At the end, though, she feels big, strong, she isn't angry anymore; she understands that she needs to help her family and she is willing to fight, stand up to the Taliban," she recited nearly word for word what Reid had just told her.

Jake whistled again. "Hot and smart!" Everyone laughed at that. JJ took that second or so and thanked Reid. She of course hadn't read the book, and was lucky that Reid had.

"Exactly," Mr Sanders said as he turned to the board and wrote them all down in two columns, one for the beginning of the book, the other for the end. "Now, who can tell me why these changes occurred?"

A few students up at the front put there hands up and answered the question. Laura looked at her.

"If you want to be a cheerleader, don't be so smart in class." Then she went back to texting on her phone.

Kelly looked at JJ. "I'm sorry about her. She is trying really hard to get into this cheerleading camp. And she also thinks that all cheerleaders should just do the cheerleading and not do anything else." Kelly explained.

"Are all of them like that?" JJ asked with concern in her voice. Kelly shrugged "I'd say about 75 of them. There are some who just do it for fun, but then you get some like Laura here, who are obsessive."

Kelly went back to taking notes. JJ looked down at her notebook and realised it was empty, and she should start taking notes… But then again, Reid could tell her all the answers she needed.

She took notes anyway. Mr Sanders then asked what the Taliban's view of girls was.

JJ raised her hand again. Mr. Sanders looked back and pointed to her. "Ah yes, Kate."

"The Taliban thinks that all women and girls should not go to school, and should not be allowed outside. If they are outside they must be accompanied by a male and have a note from their husbands. They also think that women and girls should be covered up and not seen," she explained. She didn't Reid to tell her about Middle Eastern culture. She wasn't completely clueless

"Very good." Mr Sanders said. JJ looked down and whispered "Thanks but I got that one."

Reid laughed. "Yeah…I know. But hey, I'm here if you need me. I owe you."

JJ laughed and Laura looked at her. She freaked. "I just got a joke that my dad told me yesterday. A guy walks into a bar." Laura rolled her eyes and went back to her texting.

JJ swore that she had never seen someone text so much in her entire life. She also wondered who the girl was texting.

The bell rang and JJ quickly wrote down her homework while everyone else packed up. She packed up and followed Kelly their next class which was History. They entered the room and saw a girl in the back waving them over. Kelly sat down and JJ followed suit. "Girls this is Kate. She's new here."

"Hi, I'm Megan, this is Chloe, and over there is Alex. Welcome and I hope you like it." The teacher walked in and dropped her books onto the desk.

JJ was surprised when the teacher, whom she later found out was Miss Potter, asked a question and nearly the entire class put there hands up to answer. This was one class, where everyone paid attention and actually tried.

They were currently studying the Constitutional Convention. Despite being strict, Miss Potter managed to make the class interesting by splitting the class in half, one side representing the northern colonies and the other representing the South. Everyone had to speak at least once.

For the first time that day, JJ didn't actually care that she was at school.