Hey, hi, hello! How are you? Good to see you! It’s time for another snippet from Learning to Love, and I’ll be switching to Will’s POV, so get ready to meet my hero! 🙂
Continuing from where we left off…
Will followed Pete around, like a fish out of water, for most of the afternoon. He’d been introduced to the principal and vice principals, the two classes of testosterone-laden teenage boys he’d soon be teaching three days a week, and a handful of other teachers they’d crossed paths with between periods. He couldn’t remember a single one of their names….
Other than Rebecca’s.
They’d known each other all of two minutes, exchanged fewer than a dozen words, but her name, her face, were permanently emblazoned in his brain.
“So you’re good to do football next week, then?” Pete asked as they locked up the equipment in the gym storage room.
Shaken from his reverie, Will nodded. “Absolutely. I still remember a lot of the drills from my glory days in high school.”
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. They resist, as they must, until his practicum ends, but when he’s offered a teaching position at his former prep school, will he take the easy way out, or fight for what’s right in front of him?
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Today, my beautiful grandmother is 96 years young! We’ve always been close, and our bond has only strengthened since Mom passed away. She’s wise, witty, and always willing to lend a hand or an ear. I feel blessed to have her in my life, and I hope she’s still around for years to come! Have some cake today and help me celebrate this incredible woman! 🙂
Award-winning romance author & PE teacher who plays sports, sings, juggles, dances, has a sneaker obsession, & lives on PB! 
It must have been the hummus!
Happy Birthday, Grandma!! Wow. 96 years!
Haha, I’ll have to take my cue from Rebecca and smear some hummus on my face so I can land me a man! 😉
Thanks, Nancy! I’m amazed by this woman on a daily basis. She’s incredible and we’re blessed to know her.
Thanks for the glimpse at grandma and the peek inside Will’s testosterone-laden mind.
😀 My pleasure! I’m always happy to share the real and fictional characters in my life.
So . . . are you saying Grandma is fictional, just a stock photo of a Canadian matron?
I can understand why you’d think that because no real Canadian could look that fresh-faced after enduring 96 winters. But she’s as real as me! 😉
I am loving your story, my friend, how I wish Grandmom lives in my neighborhood. Wow! she is lovely. I’m just a kid by comparison. Thanks again for your delightful tale. Hugs always, dear friend.
*hugs back* I think you and my Grams would get along splendidly. Too bad that pesky border is in the way. Thanks for reading, as always! xo
You are so fortunate to have your grandmother in your life. And healthy, too. Happy Birthday to her!
Your snippet shows Will’s state of mind. Good job.
I know it! 🙂
Thanks so much, Diane! I appreciate the comment and the birthday wishes!
Happy Birthday to your lovely grandmother! Enjoyed the snippet and I hope it’s a good thing for Rebecca that she alone has stayed distinct and by name on his mind all day. Great excerpt!
Definitely a good thing. 🙂 Thanks, Veronica! Grams is getting spoiled today–just as she should be!
Happy birthday, Grams! Love how Will can only remember Rebecca’s name. One thing that stood out as odd to me was the ‘glory days’ comment. I don’t know that anyone would actually use that in reference to themselves in conversation. It just stood out to me.
Thank you! And thanks for mentioning that line. I’ll see if I can find a way to reword it. 🙂
Happy Birthday to your Grandmother! And many more! I see from the excerpt someone is smitten at first glimpse. Can’t wait to see if he makes a move!
Thanks so much, Jenna! Someone is indeed smitten, but timing is everything. 😉
Forget smearing hummus on your face. You need the colors coming out of your ying-yang, remember? That’s the way you get a man.
I’m glad that Will is focused on the really important part of his new job. That will serve him well come evaluation time.
Your lovely grandmother is amazing and should celebrate for the rest of the week. I’m sure that having you in her life is what keeps her young!
Wear more colours. Got it! 😀
Lol, Will’s got his priorities in line, yo.
My Grams IS amazing, and she makes me want to be a better person every day of my life. 🙂
Oh boy, it looks like it’s love at first sight for him! It’s never that easy, though, right? lol 🙂 Great snippet, my friend!
Haha, I know very well that it’s NEVER that easy. 😀 Thanks, my dear! I always appreciate your support! xo
Happy birthday to your grandma!
I would have made a terrible high school teacher. By the time I’d graduated, I’d had well and away enough of testosterone-fueled teenage boys.
Then I worked as a bartender for a time, and I swear they followed me. Only they were now middle-aged men.