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Monday
"Hey Mr. M, sorry I'm late." A young voice said.
Rhett looked up from his desk to see his student holding an ice pack to their head.
"Hi Tommy, no worries. What happened?"
A third voice spoke up. "Sorry, there was a bit of an incident during gym class. The nurse said he was okay but I wanted to make sure he made it okay."
"I'll make sure to keep an eye on him, Mr. Neal."
"Thanks."
Tuesday
"Hey, we're recess duty pals today." Rhett said.
"We are. It's pretty nice today before break. What are your holiday plans?" Link replied.
"I go to my parents house where I also see my brother and his family."
"That's nice. My parents aren't together anymore so I visit both their houses."
“Oh so you kinda get two Christmases in one.”
Link laughed, “I guess so, it's been like this for so long I never thought of it that way.”
“Incoming!” A childish voice screamed out.
A ball came flying towards the two, it hit Link in the shoulder causing him to stumble into Rhett who caught him.
“You okay?” Rhett asked as he helped Link get his balance.
“Yea, I'm good. Surprised me, that's all.”
Wednesday
“Welcome class, I decided today was a free day since the book fair is here this week.”
“Yay!” Multiple cheers from all around.
“Mr. Neal, can we go to the book fair?” A student asked.
“Let me check, but I think we can manage that.” A few minutes later, he came back.
“Alright, we're all set. Who's coming along?”
At the book fair
“Mr. M, check out this book on dinosaurs!”
“That looks like a good one. Are you going to get it, Billy?”
“Yea!” Billy runs off.
“Hey Rhett, looks like your class is having fun.” Link quipped.
“Hey Link, I see you brought your class too.” Rhett said.
Link laughed, “Yea they pretty much begged me to come. I think some of them wanted to visit again.”
The two watched both their classes run around the fair and admire their purchases.
Rhett leaned down to tie his shoe, Link noticed something stuck to this back.
“Rhett, there's something on your back, you want me to grab it?” Link asked.
“Sure, thanks.”
“Let's see what this is.”
He unfolds the paper reading aloud “I'm stuck on you. From your secret admirer.”
“You have a secret admirer!
What a clever way to sneak a note.”
The two laughed.
Thursday
Rhett thought he picked a great sweater for Ugly Sweater day. It was a kitten popping out of a present shooting lasers out of its eyes.
“Nice sweater, Mr. M! Did you plan yours with Mr. Neal?” Someone questioned.
“No, why?” He said.
A girl spoke up “He's wearing the same sweater.” “
We have good taste then.”
Friday
Link's day didn't start out great. It was raining and he ended up stepping on gum. The day continued dully.
During his lunch break, he decided to work on some grading. He flipped open his gradebook and a boot shaped card slipped out.
“Huh what's this?” The gradebook was put aside for the moment while he inspected the card.
Inside the card it read, “Just like gum on a shoe, I'm stuck on you. There's a matching card afoot, go and find it. From your secret admirer. P.S. Will you be my date for tonight?”
Link felt his heart skip a beat from the notion of someone liking him romantically. His lunch break was almost up and he had class soon but the note instantly made his day much better.
Meanwhile, Rhett walked into his classroom to find a similar boot shaped card taped to the chalkboard.
“Alright, who put this here?” He asked.
“Mr.M, it was already here when we came in.” One of his students replied.
Another spoke up, “Are you going to read it?”
“Not right now, after class. Let's get started.”
It was towards the end of the day when Rhett got to read his note.
His note read “I like your boots. Can you find my partner? From your secret admirer. P.S. Will you be my date tonight?” Rhett chuckled to himself, someone noticed his boots.
The school was pretty empty as he searched around for his card's partner. He rounded a corner not paying attention bumping into someone.
“Rhett?”
“Hm, oh Link sorry about that. My mind is elsewhere.” Rhett apologized.
“Same here, what's that in your hand?”
“I got this card earlier today. I'm supposed to find its partner.”
Link held out his hand with the matching card.
"I think we were set up." Rhett laughed. “They're not wrong, I do like you a lot.”
“Same here. What do you say, would you like to be my date for tonight?”
“I'd love to. See you tonight. They're going to get a kick out of this.”
“See you tonight.”
The two parted ways until later.
At the dance
“Do you think all the stuff that happened this week was coincidence or was it the grade's elaborate plan to get us together?” Link asked.
“We were definitely part of their plan.” Rhett replied. “Like I said earlier, I do like you a lot. I'd definitely like to spend more time with you. So what do you say, would you like to go out again sometime again?"
"I'd love to."
Various students nearby started cheering.
"I guess that proves it."