Amaryllis "Lily" Garcia
Bo pounced onto Lily's face, waking her out of a good sleep. "Bo! What the heck?! I don't have to be up until..." She looked over to the clock she had set up on the night stand. It said 9:30 am. "Gah! I need to get up NOW!" She changed quickly, almost mismatching her socks in her hurry. "I'll be back later Bo! Be good!" she closed her room door gently behind her.
Lily looked to her dorm mates room, wondering if he had left or was still there. She wanted to at least say good morning, but she didn't know him well enough to possibly be guilty of waking him from a good sleep - like a certain fluffy rodent did to her. She quietly left her dorm and headed to her class, not having time to grab breakfast. It was a good thing she had a late lunch.
Rounding the corner of the classes building, Lily arrived to her first class - Plant Anatomy. A young man, not much older than Lily herself, was just about to close the door. "I'm sorry! Did I make it?" The man looked down at her, not a glimpse of emotion on his face. "Amaryllis Garcia, I presume? You're lucky, this time..." He held the door open and stepped aside. "Come into my class room." He motioned her to enter and though his motions were quite graceful and polite, his cold expressionless face made every move quite chilling.
So he's my teacher? Creepy...
Lily walked into the classroom and took a seat at the first free desk she encountered. Behind her, the young man silently followed to th podium at the front center of the class. He began his introduction in a clear, loud voice that meant business. "My name is Joseph Bronze. You will address me as Mr. Bronze or Sir. Call me Joseph, I will deduct grade points. Call me Jo, I will
FAIL you. I am here to teach and you will listen and learn. There will be pop quizzes. If you fail one, you will have detention. If you miss my class, you will have detention. If you fall asleep in my class..." The teacher grinned and suddenly wasn't a human, but instead a bear. He lumbered to the closest occupied desk and stood, leaning against the poor students table and roared into his face. The boy jumped and fell backward over his own chair. The teacher became human again, looking down at his terrified student a bit disappointedly. "If you sleep, you'll get a rude awakening." His sharp gaze went from one student to the next. Lastly, his eyes fell on Lily. She felt her blood run from her face and a cold chill run down her spine. "Let's get started then."
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An hour and a half, and a huge headache later, Lily spilled out of the classroom and took a deep breathe as if she had been drowning and had finally surfaced for air. She knew a little about plants, being the child of farmers and all. But this kind of plant knowledge was on a whole new level. She took a quick peek at the notes she had taken but it looked like gibberish to her.
"I advise you to not me almost late to my class again Miss Garcia. I do not take kindly to people who do not wish to learn. You especially, should take this class seriously..." Mr. Bronze was suddenly standing next to her.
How and when did he sneak up? And what did he just call me?!?
"Lily." She stared up, still shocked by his expressionless eyes and apparent ninja skills. "Call me Lily...please. Miss Garcia is just too foreign for me and only my parents are allowed to call me Amaryllis, and only when I am in trouble."
Mr. Bronze held her gaze for a bit, possibly in thought. Then he did something strange. He smiled. Only a bit, but it caught Lily by surprise. "Lily, then. Don't be late." He turned and walked into his classroom and shut the door.
Lily's whole body shook in one big chill. "What's with him?" She ran off, putting as much distance as she could between her and her class. She found her way to the cafeteria. After such a mind boggling first class, she had worked up an appetite. Lily made her way through the lunch line, grabbing a plate of roast beef and bowl of mac n cheese along with a soda. She thought of taking a snack back for Bo, but he still had plenty of nuts from the night before. I'll grab him something from dinner.
Lily found an empty table and sat, thankful for some thinking space. She pulled out her schedule from her pocket and glanced at it "Powers at 3. Swimming at 7. I wonder what I should do in my free time?"