Iron and Wine
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2013
Mount Mason High School. The bell rang signaling the end of biology class, and already students -most of them juniors- had stuffed their packs and were headed for the door. Others, more dedicated to their education, removed surgical gloves and turned from the dissected frog. The class prankster pretended to have been chloroformed and crossed his eyes. There was a buzz of energy in the air. It wasn't just that it was the end of class, but it was the end of the week, and this weekend was Homecoming weekend with all the requisite parades, tailgates, and parties.
"Remember to read Chapter 13 about adaptive mutation and do the homework problems. And have fun this weekend. Be safe," Professor Eric Duvant called after the students tearing out of class. He sighed. The entire week had been an uphill battle, as students paid more attention to their costumes - variously themed Pirates Day or What-Not-To-Wear-Wednesday - than to academics. Then, Eric remembered the letter he'd found, felt it in his coat pocket, and smiled inwardly.
"Coraline, could you stay after just a minute?"
The first thing someone noticed about Eric was that he had great posture. That is, besides his awfully tacky flannel pants that made him look like a bit of a leprechaun for Flannel Friday. He was an attractive thirty year old, with a boyish face, slight goatee, short cut dusty brown hair, and grey eyes rimmed by wire-frame glasses. Most of all, he stood so straight that students and teachers couldn't help but listen when he spoke. He wasn't a particularly large man, just 6' tall, though he was clearly well built; yet he had a magnetic almost commanding presence, and the stern gaze of a teacher several decades older when he looked over his glasses...as he did with Coraline.
((Photo of Eric: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=67873933))
"Remember to read Chapter 13 about adaptive mutation and do the homework problems. And have fun this weekend. Be safe," Professor Eric Duvant called after the students tearing out of class. He sighed. The entire week had been an uphill battle, as students paid more attention to their costumes - variously themed Pirates Day or What-Not-To-Wear-Wednesday - than to academics. Then, Eric remembered the letter he'd found, felt it in his coat pocket, and smiled inwardly.
"Coraline, could you stay after just a minute?"
The first thing someone noticed about Eric was that he had great posture. That is, besides his awfully tacky flannel pants that made him look like a bit of a leprechaun for Flannel Friday. He was an attractive thirty year old, with a boyish face, slight goatee, short cut dusty brown hair, and grey eyes rimmed by wire-frame glasses. Most of all, he stood so straight that students and teachers couldn't help but listen when he spoke. He wasn't a particularly large man, just 6' tall, though he was clearly well built; yet he had a magnetic almost commanding presence, and the stern gaze of a teacher several decades older when he looked over his glasses...as he did with Coraline.
((Photo of Eric: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=67873933))