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"Ringggg Ringgg Ringgg" "Not again" I mumble into my pillow. I flail around trying to find my alarm so I can throw it out the window, silencing it once and for all. I hear the faint cry of "Mommmaaa" coming from the other room and know I really need to get up. With a sigh, I hit the alarm silencing it and stumble into Masen's room. He is sitting up and when I walk in, he says quite solemnly "Food. Now." I can't help but laugh, my boy always wanted food first.
I pick Masen up and carry him into our new kitchen. Thankfully, I had the foresight to not set my alarm for the last possible minute we could leave the house. I decide to make pancakes with peanut M&Ms, my specialty and make sure Masen's is cut into little pieces before I give it to him. While he is sitting content eating his breakfast and watching the news, what? I like him to know what's going on in the world, I take a super quick shower get dressed and find everything I need for my first day of classes.
"Come on Masen" I say, taking his hand leading him out the door. Today would be his first day at Day Care and to say I was nervous was the understatement of the century. I had spent all summer agonizing over moving so far away from Charlie and leaving Masen with strangers all day but I had checked out the Day Care several times and talked to other parents who all seemed extremely happy with it. Plus they had a discount for SeattleU students.
When we do arrive, I have some serious thoughts about just turning around and going back to Forks, forget this stupid education idea I wanna go home. But I gather myself, get out of the car, pick up Masen, holding him quite close, and grab his bag. I shut the door and head into Spring Street Early Learning Center.
"Hello, I'm Bella Swan and this is my son Masen Swan, this is his first day here" I say to the font desk lady, whose nametag said Belinda. "Hi, I am Belinda so nice to meet you, I see you have already filled out the paperwork and met his teachers so if you want you can just bring him into his classroom." She replies with one of the widest smiles I have ever seen. I thank her then head toward the classroom I saw on my visit. The hallways are covered with storybook illustration and his classroom is a bright yellow.
"Hi, so nice to see you again Ms. Swan" said Masen's new teacher Bethany in a friendly voice. "Why don't you let Masen put his stuff in his new cubby and Ms. Sarah will show him his desk." I am so relieved that Masen seems to have taken this whole Day Care thing well and actually seems to like the idea of meeting other kids, so with a profuse amount of thank yous and call mes, I leave.
I hurry out to my truck and get to my first class five minutes early. "Thank god, I might actually make it through this year alive." I mutter to myself. "Good luck" I hear accompanied by a chuckle and turn around to see Jake. A huge smile spreads across my face when I see him, "It is so good to see a friendly face in here," I say as we take seats in a middle row. "Yeah, just a heads up English is not my best subject so you might have to explain what's going on" he says. "Well, you are in luck because I happen to be quite good at it" I reply sticking my tongue out at him. He laughs and we settle in as the teacher arrives.
After having an excellent day of first classes, lunch with Jake, and no call from the Day Care saying anything bad has happened I am quite happy. I get into the car and go to start it up, just then I see someone out of the corner of my eye. When I turn to look for them they are gone but I could have sworn it was someone familiar. With a frown I start the car thinking about who it could have been. It couldn't be Jake because I know he had a class now, maybe it was someone from high school? I think Angela goes here. The person had not looked like Angela but who knows, I didn't get a good look, so I move that thought to the back of my mind and concentrate on how good my day has been.
I pull into the parking lot of Spring Street Early Learning Center and go to get Masen. When I arrive at the classroom I am surprised to see Masen happily playing trucks with another boy about his age. When Bethany sees me she comes over and tells me how wonderful Masen has been. I smile at her and go over to Masen "Hey buddy, whose your new friend?" I ask him, crouching down. "Momma! See Danya" he says enthusiastically pointing to the boy with him. Bethany comes over and tells me the boys name is Daniel. I chuckle thinking about Masen's trouble pronouncing L's he used to call Charlie Chacha until he finally started pronouncing it correctly.
After saying goodbye to his new friend, we left the school. Charlie had insisted he would drive all the way down here and cook dinner at my place to celebrate our first day. When we arrive home he is already there, making his famous Chile. "Hey Bells, how was the first day?" he asks enveloping me and Masen in a huge hug. "Scarily awesome, Masen loved school, all my classes went great, and I didn't fall on my face." I tell him. "That's great, the Chiles just about done. Hey big boy what did you do today?" he asked Masen. "I make friend. Danya" he responds happily. The rest of the night flies by and I couldn't be more happy with how things were turning out. After I put Masen to bed and said goodbye to Charlie, I curl up in bed. As I lay there trying to go to sleep, I can't stop my mind from wandering back to the person I had almost seen today. I don't know why it is bothering me so much, but I just cant put my finger on who it is.
Any guesses as to who the familiar stranger was?