Chapter :: Chapter Nine
Knox
On Thursday, I arrived at the school at 2:20 p.m.I saw Amy with a group of elementary-aged kids next to the small building, and I headed in their direction.
She was so damn beautiful.You couldn’t make out one curve in her dress, but that didn’t keep me from fantasizing about them.She hadn’t seen me yet.She was hunched down, chatting with a little girl who had almost the same blonde hair color as hers.
“Hello,” I said.
Amy straightened up, smiling brightly.“Knox, you’re here early.”
“Only by about ten minutes.”
“Anyway, Gregory was supposed to chaperone the elementary kids for the afternoon activities, but he had to leave unexpectedly.And I’m supposed to be with you and the high schoolers right now.”
Amy narrowed her eyes and ran a hand through her hair.“We could actually move the lesson out here.”She was clearly talking to herself more than to me.“Do you mind?”
“Not at all.I’m at your service.”
She grinned.“Okay, then I’m going to hurry to the classroom and tell all my high schoolers to come out here.”
“I’ll wait here.”
After Amy left, the blonde girl looked at me.“Are you a friend of Miss Amy’s?”
“Yes,” I replied.“I’m a very good friend of hers.What’s your name?”
“It’s Mina.”
“We’ve never met a friend of Miss Amy’s,” another kid said.
“She asked me to tell some of the older kids what I do for a living,” I told them.
“Why?”another one inquired.
I chuckled, but he looked at me with a frown.I had a flashback of Jeremy at their age.It wasn’t that long ago, and he’d had a million questions a minute too.I’d forgotten what that was like.
“Because it’s good to hear what adults do for work.It gives you an idea of what you can do later on in life.”
“Why?”
“Well, it might be something you’d be interested in too.”
She seemed to ponder this, then asked, “Can we listen too?”
“Yeah, Miss Amy just said that she’s bringing everyone here.”
“We’re going to hang out with high schoolers?”the skeptical boy asked.“Dude, we’re cool.”
“Yeah, you are,” I said.
“How long have you known Miss Amy?”another girl asked.
I did the math.“About eleven years.”
