Hiiiiiii! How’s every little thing? Have you ever bought yourself a box of chocolates and just eaten the whole thing? I’m making that a new August tradition. And while I indulge in these delightful chocolate-covered Himalayan pink salt caramels, you can read another snippet from Learning to Love! 🙂
Continuing from where we left off… (Rebecca just gifted Will with a whistle)
“As you should.” Their eyes held for a fraction too long. She cleared her throat and retreated to her desk. “It’s not just a fashion accessory,” she informed him. “Don’t be afraid to blow it.”
Will nodded, but she wondered if he caught the double meaning. There might not have been any another job in the world that encouraged a person to take chances and make mistakes as much as teaching did. Some lessons flopped, no matter how many hours you worked on them. Some produced incredible results with one class and crashed and burned with another. Every class was different, just as every student responded differently, had unique strengths and needs. But the moment you lost your courage, you lost the very essence, the joy, of being a teacher.
***End of WWW post, but carry on to finish this sequence.***
There were some things he’d have to learn on his own as he navigated this strange and wonderful new world.
The shrill ring of the warning bell sounded, signalling they had ten minutes before class started. “I better get to the gym,” she said. “You remember how to get upstairs?” Berg was likely waiting for him in the science classroom. He was probably testing him already to see how well he handled himself in getting around the place.
“Yeah, I think I’m good.”
He followed her to the door, which she held open for him and waved him ahead. Teens took over every spare inch of the hallway, congregating at their lockers, paying absolutely no heed to the “warning,” as usual.
“Good luck,” she said to Will.
He exhaled a whoosh of breath. “Thanks.” Then he started walking in the wrong direction.
Chuckling, she hurried after him and turned him toward the proper stairwell. “You’ll do great!” Her eyes followed him as he politely maneuvered his way through the teenage bodies and out of sight.
They’re gonna eat him alive.
Here’s the blurb:
Rebecca Ledgerwood is a physical education teacher who’s ready to invest some sweat equity into a lasting romance. On a whim, she has her palm read before summer vacation ends, and she’s told she’s an old soul who’ll find happiness with a younger man.
William Whitney leaves an unfulfilling career to pursue teaching and gets placed at Rebecca’s school for his physical education practicum. He’s desperate to make a difference, convinced that the choices he made in the past contributed to his younger sister’s death. Kendal High School is nothing like the prep school he attended as a teenager, but he’s determined to make the most of his time there, especially if it makes Rebecca notice him.
Though they come from vastly different backgrounds, there’s an undeniable chemistry that sparks between the two. Rebecca discovers they have more in common than she realized, and Will teaches her to trust again. But when he’s faced with his biggest challenge, will he take the easy way out, or prove that he’s learned the true meaning of love?
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I can’t believe I’ll be going back to school to teach in two weeks. It’ll be a very different situation than I’m used to, but I’ll make the best of it. Maybe I’ll meet a Will of my own. 😀 Take care, my friends, and I’ll see you next weekend! xo
Award-winning romance author & PE teacher who plays sports, sings, juggles, dances, has a sneaker obsession, & lives on PB! 
Poor Will! I wonder if he’ll make it through the first day. Great snippet!
The excitement has only just begun! 😉 Thanks, Jessica!
LOL on her parting thought. Now I want pink salted caramels!
😀 I wish I could share some with you, but… *stares forlornly at empty box*
Good luck with your new teaching experience! I’m not going back to school for the first time in 25 years! I hope Will finds his way to the right classroom. First days are frightening and exhilarating! Great snippet!
It’s wild, isn’t it? Who knows, we may be locked out of the school within a few weeks if anyone contracts Covid. Thanks, Jenna! Glad you enjoyed the snippet! 🙂
Hopefully his first day won’t be as bad as she’s expecting it to be for him! He seems pretty resilient…enjoying the story, another great snippet.
She knows the clientele much better than him. Those teens can smell fear from six miles away. 😉 Thanks, Veronica!
I wonder how many more times he’ll get lost on the way? 🙂 And I suspect that’s just the start of his problems.
I think you might be onto something there, Ian… 😀
Love it!! He went the wrong way. 😀 Enjoyed the scene. I can just picture her following him and turning him around like a child. Great snippet!!
Hee! I’ll pretend it’s never happened to me before. 😉 Thanks, Jeff! So glad you enjoyed it!
If this is his first day of teaching, of course the students will eat him alive. So much of teaching isn’t teaching, but crowd control/leadership . . . but leadership of a particular kind. It’s a learned skill.
True dat, my friend. True dat.
You really captured the essence of teaching – sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, and even though you never know which it’ll be until you’re in the moment, you still love it (usually). I want chocolates now too.
I laughed out loud at the last line. It was perfect. Poor Will. Great Snippet!
Lol! Oh, that last line! Too funny.
As usual, your writing entertains, my friend!