VIOLET'S AFFAIR (TEEN FICTION)

CHAPTER 12

NOAH’S POV

I fell in love with Liberty High just as I walked into its vast hallway. We were quite early because I didn’t meet with any student yet.

The head teacher loved his job and that is why he was also early to get to school.

“Mr. Hedrick, meet Noah Smith, the teacher I had been telling you about. He is great and I know that he will be good at his job. He had good grades and I will leave the two of you now,” Evans Moses excused himself after we exchanged pleasantries.

“Thank you so much Evans Moses. The school will not be the same without you,” Mr. Hedrick blurted out.

“No offence Mr. Smith,” He shrugged and I forced a laugh just as Evans Moses left the room.

“Is he saying the truth?” Mr. Hedrick asked me looking at me directly into my eyes.

“Yes sir, I will be dedicated to my job,” I was serious about this. I am going to do the best that I can to nail it at this job.

“You are aware of the rules. You have to be equal to all students. No teacher student s****l relationship. This girls are young and you should see them as your daughters. “Mr Hedrick went straight to the point and I felt tensed. Of course I would never date a student that I am teaching. That would make them lose their focus on school work and that is not my wish.

“If you have a relationship with a student, I know students at this can be tempting but let me tell you one thing, if you value your career please don’t put yourself in that nasty situation. I will personally ensure that you never teach again,” Mr. Hedrick said this in a firm tone and I knew the seriousness of this matter. I could actually be jailed if I have an affair with a student.

Come on, I don’t want to go to a Federal Prison over something I have control over. It would never be me, I would never date a student.

“Yes sir!” I was totally going to be a great teacher.

“Fine, that is all that I wanted to talk to you about. My secretary will ensure that you meet with the staff members, she will also assign you an office and from there, you will be able to go to your first class. I will come to see how you are teaching” That is how Mr. Hedrick dismissed me.

“He is quite stern,” The secretary told me when I come out of his office sweating.

“Yeah?”

“Yes. Take what he has told you seriously. I have seen many tears cry because of not listening to what he has to say,” She mumbled.

“Really?” That was quite a worry. Hope he is not the type of head teacher who normally bullies his staff members.

“His interest is with the students. If you are a good teacher, then the both of you can be good friends. You will get along very well,” The secretary advised me.

“I also love helping students get good grades, I guess that will make me not worry about getting along with him,” I chimed.

“Of course,” The secretary said before she knocked on the staffroom door.

There was only one teacher present. That was the only one the secretary introduced me to.

“Hi, I am teacher Clara, nice to meet you,” She shook my hand.

“I am teacher Noah, nice to meet you too,” I gave her a wide smile after saying this.

Before it got weird now that we didn’t have something to say to each other, I asked the Secretary to show me my office and she gladly did that.

The head teacher loved Evans Moses so much and that explains why he has his own closed office. He must really be good to get all this kinds of favors. I mean, this is really nice.

Since I was covering his part at this time, I was the one going to take the office. It was at the furthest end and it was kind of away from most of the busy side of the school.

This is really a good place to relax after a long day of teaching and I loved it already.

The secretary left after showing me the office and finally, I was alone to allow this sink in. Finally, I had gotten myself a job. This is actually so exciting.

I was going to do my best and in a short while, I will be among the best teachers at Liberty High.

I went through my notes because I had a class in the next ten minutes. After the bell rang, I gave the students another ten minutes for them to be settled in class. I hated students being late for classes and since I don’t want to ruin my mood, I decided to give them some more time to settle in.

At a few minutes past eight, I walked down the hallway. I had already located the class from the map I had been given earlier by the secretary. I don’t want to say that I was lost, anyway, I found myself in a section where there was barely any students.

Holy f**k! Why is this happening now? What if the head teacher gets to class before me? He told me he would be there to introduce me and at the same time listen to how I teach the students.

Why is this happening?

As I was thinking about all that, I heard someone knocking and screaming saying she needs help.

At first I thought that all this was in my dreams till I paid full attention and listened to her cry.

What is happening? My mind kept screaming as I walked to the direction where the sound come from. It led me to the ladies washroom which was just right after a turn.

Is this the temptation that the head teacher was talking about? I am not going to fall this quick. I have not even met the rest of the students yet let alone teach them. Come on.

I was beginning to walk away when I heard the girl crying saying, help me or I will die.

This got to me because I rushed into the washroom.

“They have locked me in,” She cried when she heard me walking towards the door of the toilet.

It is true, they had locked her in, but with who? What is really happening here?

She needed to get out and I also needed to get to class and that is when I opened the door for her.

Wonders will never cease! Please tell me that I am not out of my mind right now because all this is really too hard to believe.

Standing in front of me was my girlfriend Noah. She was more shocked when she saw me too, right there in front of her.

Am I in a dream or something because I cannot really understand what is happening right now?

“Violet?” I called her by her name.

“Noah,” She mumbled.

“What are you doing here?” I asked her.

This is the last thing that I expected. I mean, how comes. What is happening? Right now my mind was totally blank.

What in the hell is happening?