Chapter 47

"Who is my sweet pie that is going to kindergarten? And who is my other sweet pie that is going to school?" Josephine said

"MEEEE", Taria answered, raising her hand and filled with positive energy even though she was going somewhere she hated, at the same time, Ray said "me" too, but in a calm steady voice with cold expressions on his face.

"Are you nervous, my little pies?" Josephine said, squatting to help Ray tie his shoes lashes

"Well, yeah, I think. I'm afraid kids won't like me", Taria said

"Don't worry about that, you are the type of people that are easily loved", Josephine said

"Mommy, don't be nervous, kids will like mommy", Ray said, looking up into his mother's eyes with his black deep eyes

"Yeah, mommy would be fine as long as she has Ray with her", Taria said, patting his head softly with a warm smile.

After that, Josephine took Ray and Taria to their first day as a teacher and a student

"Bye mommy, bye aunt Phine", Ray said, he gave his mother a kiss on her cheek and she kissed him too, then he entered the kindergarten calmly and coldly

"Will he cry after seeing all the other kids crying?" Taria said

"Hell no, your son has Leo's blood in him", Josephine said, then she looked at Taria who was biting her lip and said "I'm more concerned about you though, why do you look so nervous?"

"I will be ok, I'm just about to freak out as I'm going to meet so many teenagers", Taria said

"Pffffttt are teenagers what you fear the most?" Josephine said

"Teenagers are so complicated, I don't even remember being a teenager", Taria said

"It's going to be just fine, you will be a great teacher", Josephine said, yet Taria knew that she was wrong just after entering the school and seeing all the students acting crazily as teenagers.

Taria headed directly to the teachers' room with her things inside a box, yet someone bumped her and made her and the box fall down

"Just fine hu?" Taria murmured

"Sorry teacher, I didn't see you. Let me give you a hand", a student said politely, wiping some of Taria's concerns

"Thank you", Taria said, then she started picking her belongings up while the student was helping her

"Thank you again for helping me, what class are you from?" Taria said

"I'm at 8-A" the student said

"Oh really, we will meet again soon then", Taria asked, but the student seemed shocked

"Oh, good luck, you will need it", the student said

Taria wanted to ask about what the student said, but he was already walking back to his class.

"What was that?" Taria thought out loud

"Are you the new math teacher?" a handsome tall man with golden hair and blue eyes said

"Ah, yes I am. My name is Taria Park", Taria said

"Welcome, Miss Taria. I'm Edrian, the German teacher at this school", the man said, offering to hold the box instead of Taria.

After that, Taria walked with Edrian to the teachers' room, yet a deadly weird silence was covering them both. Taria looked at her new colleague who didn't seem to be bothered by the heavy atmosphere, yet she felt she had to say something before he get a bad first impression about her

"Mm, Edrian, how long have you been working here?" Taria said

"About three years", Edrian said, and just like that, the conversation Taria tried hard to create ended, yet thankfully, they reached the teachers' room not long after that.

"Oh, you must be the new math teacher. Welcome to our school"

"Welcome, feel free to ask any of us if you needed something"

"Nice to meet you, and good luck with your classes"

The teachers' welcoming gave Taria some ease. She felt that all of them would get well together in the future, and she was delighted to know that her worries were all wrong

"Nice to meet you all, my name is Taria Park, and I'm glad to be your colleague", Taria said with a warm smile, then the bell rang, embedding another fear in her heart, the fear to meet her teenage students.

Taria went to the class, feeling both worried and excited at the same time. She held her necklace, took a deep breath, and entered the class with a bright smile and sparkling eyes

The students were sitting normally on their chairs, some were talking and laughing while others were preparing for the class.

"Good morning everyone. My name is Taria Park, and I will be your math teacher from now on", Taria said calmly, drawing the attention of every student in the class

"For our first class, I'm only willing to get to know you more, so can you please tell me your names to get started", Taria said, and the students started saying their names one by one, respectfully and peacefully, however, once the last name was said out loud, she felt strange.

"Well, nice to meet you all, I hope we will get to know each other more in the future. Mm, I thought there would be a student with dark brown hair in this class, yet I can't see him", Taria said, asking about the student who bumped her a while ago, but the look in the students eyes changed all of a sudden

"Were you asking about me, teacher?" the student said, entering the class with his hands on his pockets and walking through it as if it was his own room, just like someone Taria knew well.

The student sat calmly on his chair, while every other student was deadly silent and looking towards the floor.

"My name is Steven, and sorry for being late for our first class", the student said

"I can let it pass as it's still the first class, but please make sure that it won't happen again unless it was something urgent", Taria said

"I will, teacher"

"Teacher, can we ask you some questions in order to get to know you better?" a student with long black hair and bright eyes just like Josephine said, forcing a smile to appear on Taria's face after Stevin's entry gave her a heavy feeling

"Yeah sure. What do you want to know about me?" Taria said

"You look so young, teacher, how old are you?"

"It's rude to ask a lady about her age, Jerard"

"It's ok, I'm actually turning 25 this year", Taria said

"Wow, you are really young, I suppose you are not married yet"

"She is not wearing a ring, she is absolutely not married"

"My father never wore his wedding ring, you can't be that sure"

"How rude, it's her private life you brats"

Their laughs and chats made Taria really happy, even though that topic was something she never wanted to talk about put aside talking about it in the first class, yet their energy and their excitement were things she couldn't ignore. She took her necklace out, showing them all her mother blue earring and her wedding ring beside it.

"I don't wear it on my finger as it would be closer to my heart this way", Taria said, looking at the ring Tian gave her years ago, with a smile that was the same when she saw it for the first time

"My marriage life is kind of complicated, but I have a cute little son whose name is Ray", Taria said

"Oh teacher, can you bring him with you someday? I suppose he would be so cute as you are his mother"

"He took after his father more than me though, yet I will try to bring him along if you want to meet him too", Taria said

For the rest of the class, Taria and the student kept chatting peacefully as if they were old friends. She wanted to put a barrier between herself and them, yet they didn't allow her to do that, and she didn't hate it that way.

The other classes weren't that lively, but Taria tried her best to plant a good seed in their hearts for them to love her as their teacher and friend, just like she always does with everyone she meets. She got to know more about the school and the teachers at the break, then it was finally time to go back home.