(I realized that when I named the new teacher "Janet Gonzales" I was duplicating the first name of another character that Kentwolf introduced in the story intro. So I'm renaming her Julia Gonzales.)
Shaking himself back to awareness, James addresses the large, hispanic teacher. "Uh....um. I'm doing well Julia. Thanks for your help there. I've heard Melissa can be quite the trouble maker!" he laughs nervously as Julia continues to approach the desk.
"Yes," she begins, "We've all had our issues with Melissa. You just have to establish who is in the dominant role with her and that should squash any problems in the future."
James begins to feel a bit nervous with the words that Julia chose to use, but he continues the conversation. "So, other than being my hero for the moment, what else brings you to my classroom?" he says, trying to shift the subject naturally.
Miss Gonzales chuckles slightly. "They didn't tell you James? We're a little low on classrooms so we teachers have to rotate rooms. Obviously this will be your primary room as you can see from the modifications that were made, but during your free period I'll be using it for my Physics class."
James is caught off guard by this news, but he realizes that it's something he already knew, but had forgotten in the excitement of his first day on the job.
The curvy science teacher continues "Usually teachers will use their free period to grade papers or catch up on errands that they can't do during class time, but because this is the first day of school I doubt you have much of that to accomplish. You can stay here and observe my class if you'd like, or feel free to get more familiar with the rest of the school."
James realizes that he has a choice to make. Does he want to stay in Julia's class or explore the school a bit more?
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