Saturday, August 23, 2014

Episode 4: "TRIXIE!" (Aug.23.2014)

    Adam and Charlie waited in the kitchen for Josh to step in. The footsteps of Josh's black Armani shoes came closer to the kitchen doorway. Adam started to pace back and forth, biting his nails in the process. When the kitchen door opened, Josh dropped his phone at the complete and utter shock of seeing his former lover standing before him.

"ADAM?!"

"Hi...Josh," said Adam as he nervously waved his hand to Josh.

"What are you doing here?"

"Now don't freak out. We got a student today and I scolded her in front of the class and she took it out on Charlie," Adam replied as he stepped to the side to show Josh his daughter, who was still holding the bag of ice on her head.

"Oh My Baby!" Josh screamed as he ran up to Charlie to give her a great big hug. He proceeded to lift the bag off her face, "This is really bad. My God, it's swollen. HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN ADAM!"

"I didn't let anything happen alright. Charlie was getting ready to leave in the locker room when the new girl Keana came at her," Adam said defensively, "Anyway I stayed here to tell you that she doesn't have to come to school tomorrow. The black eye needs to heal, I'll bring her assignments tomorrow, if not me then it'll either be Janice or Trix," Adam went over to Charlie and kissed her on the forehead,"Goodbye sweetie. Keep the ice-pack on for another 10 minutes. Do your homework and get some rest. I'll see you soon. Josh it was a pleasure," Adam was on the way to the front door when Josh asked, "Was it really?"

"No it's not but I'm being civil for Charlie's sake," replied Adam as he put on his prescribed sunglasses and headed out the front door and straight into his black Mercedes Benz.

FADE TO BLACK

    It was a Saturday afternoon now and Trix was over at Charlie's house for a sleepover. Josh had to travel on important business to Portland so he wouldn't be back until Monday night, so he left Janice in charge of Charlie, and Adam was at his apartment sleeping in his black oversized coffin which had a removable top.

"I'm so bored," whined Trix, "Let's go the arcade at the mall and troll for boys."

"I can't go out looking like this," exclaimed Charlie who was touching her black eye when she looked through her mirror and saw Trix holding an eye-patch, "What the hell is that?"

"An eye-patch. It was my Uncle Lorenzo's. He got bit by a spider once and he had to cover his eye up with this," she began to put it on Charlie's still swollen eye, "Don't worry I cleaned it."

    Charlie lifted her head to face the mirror again, "I look like a shitty pirate hooker."

"But a cute shitty pirate hooker. Hahaha, if we were in Mr. Lamberton's class you would owe him .25 cents for the swear jar," Trix said as she was laughing in enjoyment.

"Why do you still insist on calling him Mr. Lamberton? We are not in school, you can at least call him Adam," Charlie remarked as she was getting up from her dresser chair to go to her closet to get a cute jacket for the mall.

"I know he's your father, your adoptive father at that but it's weird. I have a crush on him. I'd like to think of him as my really hot gay English teacher, not my best friend's father."

"TMI Trixie, TMI! Anyway I am ready. Let's go."

    The girls were running down the stairs and toward the front door when Janice stopped them dead in their tracks, "Where are you two going in such a hurry?"

"To the mall. We are gonna hang out at the arcade and may be get some pizza and maybe a few shirts at Hot Topic," Charlie answered as she was anxiously waiting to get out of the house.

"Are you taking the bus?"

"Yes Aunt Janice. Now can we leave, we are gonna miss the bus."

"Alright buy hey hold on. Here's $40 spend it wisely. I'll see you tonight."

    Charlie and Trix were finally on the pass and sat all the way in the back. After a while Charlie asked Trix, "So I your Grandma Beth told my dad that your father got out of jail last week?"

"That man is no longer my father. He killed my mother in cold blood. He was a mean and abusive drunk. I will never forgive him for what he did to my family," Trix replied softly so other people will not hear their conversation, "He has been calling me for the past week. Since he got out and I refuse to pick up the phone. That man only got 5 years because he declared that he was 'temporarily insane' at the time that he killed my mother. Damn. I hate him so much."

"I'm sorry i brought it up," said Charlie as she put her arm around her best friend to console her.

FADE TO BLACK

    Two hours had passed by and the girls were having fun playing air hockey and Dance Dance Revolution in the arcade. There were two boys from their school that walked over to see the girls. One was a tall kid with brown hair and blue eyes, his name was Jake and the other was slightly shorter with blond hair and blue eyes, and his name was Joey, "Hey Charlie. Hey Trix. What are you girls doing later?"

    Giggling and whispering to each other, they finally looked at the boys and Trix replied to them, "We're going to get pizza later. Wanna come?"

"Yea sure. That'll be fun. Well, we are gonna be at SPENCER"S Gifts across the walkway, so get us when you two are ready," Joey said to the girls as he was dragging Jake out of the arcade.

"Bye girls," Jake said waving to Charlie.

"Bye boys," the girls said together.

"OMG. I can't believe the two most popular and hottest boys in our entire Freshman class just asked us out," Charlie exclaimed in delight.

"Yea I know right. Anyway I have to find a bathroom I need to pee. The one in here is out of order, so I'm gonna go to the one by the food court. I'll text you."

    Thirty minutes had passed and there was no sign of Trix. Charlie started to get worried and began to text Trix. WHen there was no answer she called her, no answer. Now she got really worried so she started to check around the arcade to see if she was playing another game. Realizing that she was not in the store she headed out of the store and walked across the walkway to find the boys at SPENCER'S Gifts. WHen she spotted them she tapped them on the shoulders', "Hey boys. Have you seen Trix. I can't find her anywhere. Did she come in here at all? I called her like 5 times and she has not picked up her phone at all. It has been almost an hour. I am freaking out."

"Lets not panic. Maybe she met up with some other kids from school but we'll help you look for her anyway. Do you know where she went?"

"She said she had to use the bathroom by the food court since the one in the arcade was out of order."

    They all walked up toward the food court. Jake was on one side while Joey was on the other looking for Trix. They could not find her. Knowing the information Charlie headed into the women's bathroom and there was no one in there. She pushed open all of the stall doors, until she found the last stall where her cellphone was which was on top of a small puddle of blood, "TRIXIE!"

FADE TO BLACK

    Adam was still sleeping soundly in his coffin when he heard his cellphone buzz, buzz, buzzing. Lifting up the lid of his coffin he answered the phone, "Yes," yawned Adam, "What is it? Charlie is that you? Why are you crying? What's wrong?"

"I can't find Trix. I looked all over the place. I'm at the mall. I'm in the food court with JAke and Joey from school. I need you, please come."

"I'm on my way. I will be there in 10 minutes. Stay exactly where you are." Adam hung up the phone and got ready as fast as he could. Putting on his pants, boots, and black leather jacket he looked for his car keys and ran out to his car in post haste. He pulled up to the Food Court entrance of the mall and ran inside. Once he was in he saw Charlie talking with the police. He ran up to her and hugged her, "It's alright I'm here now. Are you alright?"

"Are you this girl's father?"

"Yes. One of them.  I am also the teacher at their school. Both are in my English class. What happened? "

"We have a reason to believe that Trix's father a Mr. Keith Gamborelli has taken Trix out of the mall. Your daughter said that her friend hadn't been answering her father's phone calls."

"Is anything being done to find her and him?"

"Sir we are working as hard as we can to get more information on this matter. Anyway we are done with your daughter's statement. You can take her home although it looks like she is in shock. So I suggest you take her to the hospital."

"No she's fine. I'll take her home. I live separately from her father. My information is at the school if you need to ask follow up questions," Adam said as he was attempting to move Charlie up from her seat. Charlie was completely motionless so he carried her away like monkey with her arms around his shoulders. Adam set Charlie in his car and buckled her up when he realized her forgot to get a sample of Trix's blood so he could see the events that were played out when he had a moment to himself. Using his vampire speed he went in and out to get her blood, carefully. Back in the car he started the engine and rode off to Charlie's house.

FADE TO BLACK

    After putting Charlie into her bed and talking with Janice about the condition of Trix's grandmother, he went outside of the house and waited for the police to be done questioning her about her son's whereabouts. Overhearing the conversation he typed in his cellphone the secret hideaway Keith would go to when he was in trouble or wanted to be alone. He knocked on the door and waited for Mrs. Gamborelli to answer the door. Adam gently put his hands on Mrs. Gamborelli's shoulders and said, "Look in to my eyes. I am going to find your daughter and bring her back home to you. Do I have you consent to go look for your son and go in to your family cabin?"

"Yes."

"When I snap my fingers you will go up to your bed and sleep soundly. All your worries will go away," when he snapped his fingers Mrs. Gamborelli went up stairs to her bedroom and fell asleep.

    Adam took out the swab of blood that he took from the crime scene and licked the blood off of the cotton swab. Images began to flow through his mind until the right picture appeared to him. Trix pulled up her pants and fastened her belt buckle when her father stormed in and knocked her out with chloroform which is what had caused the bleeding, it came from her nose. Keith placed her in a giant duffle bag so people could think that he was carrying laundry.

    The scene still playing out in Adam's mind he began to follow Keith to his car until the last moment where he pulled up to his family's broken down cabin.

"I got you now asshole. And I know where you are. I'm coming for you," shouted Adam as he pulled of the driveway and on to the open road, towards the woods.

FADE TO BLACK

"Why didn't you just pick up the phone when I called you," Mr. Gamborelli said as he was tying Trix's hands behind her back.

"You killed my mother right in front of me because she didn't have a hot meal for you. You abusive drunken asshole. Go to hell!"

"It was an accident!"

"No it wasn't. You are nothing but an impotent little coward who likes to see people who are lesser then yourself in physical and emotional pain. Let me tell you one more thing. I am not mom, as much as I loved that woman, she was weak, and I, Keith, am not weak!"

    Mr. Gamborelli struck her so hard across the face that she fell off of the chair she was sitting on, "Is that the best you could dish out?" She spat out blood that filled up her mouth, "That was nothing! I kickbox every weekend, that was a love tap, hahaha."

    Mr. Gamborelli started laying it down thick, he began to punch her in the cut and kick her with his boots and finally after two minutes, he picked up a bat and broker her leg in three places, "That'll teach you to act that way towards me."

"How does it feel to kick a person when they are down, " Trix cried as she was writhing in pain, "Do you feel powerful? Do you feel like a man?" Mr. Gamborelli ripped off a piece of duct tape and forcefully put it over her mouth, "No more talking." Trix moaned for a few seconds and passed out from the shock to her broken leg which was bleeding out, slowly. Them Mr. Gamborelli put her back on the chair she was sitting on.

FADE TO BLACK

    Adam pulled up to the cabin but he parked 20 feet away so Mr. Gamborelli wouldn't see his car pull up, or hear it. Stepping out of his car he used his vampire eyes to see if he could look inside the windows of the cabin to see Trix. He couldn't he had to get closer. Stealthily he ran toward the cabin. He walked to a window and wiped off the mud to see inside and he saw Trix but her back was facing the window. 

"Hello. My name is Mr. Lamberton. I found Trixie Gamborelli, I am 20 miles out of the Seattle area, in the woods. I believe her to be in serious danger and I am going to sneak in and get her," the 911 had pleaded with him not to go inside the cabin but he hung up the phone and told them to just be on their way.

    Adam dropped down to the ground when he saw Mr. Gamborelli walk toward the window where Adam was peering into and he crawled to the other side of the cabin. Getting up and dusting himself off he picked up a rock and threw it at his car so that it can distract Mr. Gamborelli and make him get outside the cabin. 

    His plan worked. Mr. Gamborelli picked up his shotgun and headed out the door to see where the noise was coming from. Watching him leave, Adam slowly lifted up the window to the room where Trix was being held and crept inside. He tip-toed over to Trix and he saw what Mr. Gamborelli had done to the poor kid, "My Lord. What he do to you?"

    He tried to shake her awake but there was no response. He checked for a pulse and there was one, it was fairly faint but nonetheless it was there. Adam untied her hands and took off the gag when he heard manic running coming back to the cabin. It was at that moment when Trix opened up her eyes and said, "Mr. Lamberton is that you?" Adam put his finger on his mouth and whispered,  "Shh!  He's coming back."

    Adam picked Trixie up and she screamed. He put his hand over her mouth gently to keep her quiet. Cautiously he laid her down in the corner of the room, and looking into her eyes he hypnotized her and she went back to sleep.

    The front door of the cabin was kicked in and there was a buckshot that made a whole through the whole of the back room. Mr. Gamborelli stomped into the room and Adam was perched on the other corner of the room, facing Trix so her father wouldn't hurt her again. 

"There you are," shouted Mr. Gamborelli as he knelt in front of his daughter and touched her thigh. Adam jumped off from the ceiling and was standing behind Mr. Gamborelli, "Get your hands off her!"

"Who are you?" Mr. Gamborelli yelled as he pointed the gun to Adam's body, "If you do not tell me who you are I will shoot you and kill you."

"You could try but you would fail miserably," Adam said as he drew his fangs out and his sapphire blue eyes gleaming through the shadiness of the back room.

"Your a monster!"

"Me a monster? I'm not the one who beats up children and women. You are the monster. It's over Mr. Gamborelli, " Adam forcefully took the shotgun out of Mr. Gamborelli's hands, "I can hear the cops coming. They are minutes away from finding this cabin. And don't even bother telling them what I am. They wouldn't believe you anyway. You are a crazed drunk after all. Now move back, I am taking Trix to the hospital."

    As Adam went to pick her up, Mr. Gamborelli had remembered what he saw in movies and t.v shows and took out his silver chain that was attached to his wallet, he came up behind Adam and put the chain around Adam's neck, which instantly began burning him. Yanked away from Trix's body Adam began to jerk around his legs. His hands were touching the chain, trying to get it off him but Mr. Gamborelli was still holding on to the chain and choking him, "Let go of me," Adam pleaded as his hands were being burnt along with his neck.

"So it is true? You can hurt vampires with silver. The movies were right. Amazing." The sirens of the police were coming closer to the cabin. With his right hand Mr. Gamborelli slammed it over Adam's mouth and nose. Blocking his breathing passages. Struggling to breath Adam looked over to his left and saw a knife laying down on the floor underneath the chair where Trix was tied on.

    As both of his hands were trying to get Mr. Gamborelli to stop suffocating him, he pulled his body toward the knife and with his left hand he jabbed the knife as hard as he could into the man's hip bone. Mr. Gamborelli was screaming in agony, when Adam pulled the man's hands off his mouth and the silver chain that was on his neck. Adam quickly took off the silver chain that was burning him and he kicked it as far away from his body as he possibly could because he had to gather his strength back. He crawled over to Mr. GAmborelli's body and started to slurp the blood where the knife was jabbed in. 

    Breathing heavily he walked over to Trix and carried her away out the front door of the cabin. He kicked open the door when he saw all the police cars and walked over to the ambulance for the paramedics to take care of her. She was being strapped to the gurney when she opened her eyes and held on to Adam's hand, "Don't leave me."

"I wont." Adam stepped in the back of the ambulance with the two other paramedics, "Why are you checking me out? Focus on helping her." The paramedic noticed that there was bruising on Adam's neck, the man turned around for a second to get a neck brace and when he turned he noticed that the bruises had disappeared, "I told you. I am fine." 

    Adam looked over at Trix and he was still holding on to her hand. WIth his other he stroke her curly black hair, "Your gonna be fine now. Your gonna get better. I'm glad your Charlie's best friend. You were completely there for her when I went away and I want to thank you for that," Adam said as he gave her a little kiss on her cheek. She blushed, "Why Trixie are you blushing at little old me?" Adam laughed as a single tear fell down from his face. Trixie shook her head yes, "Well that's brave of you to admit, not many girls would." 

"We're here." The paramedics jumped out and wheeled Trix straight into the emergency-trauma room, "Your gonna have to wait in the waiting room upstairs in pediatrics. We already called her grandmother."

"Thank you," Adam headed into the elevator to wait in the pediatrics wing when he said to himself, "Let this be the last time someone gets the drop on me."

FADE TO BLACK



Rules/Regulations for Mr. Lamberton's English Class Room 201 (Aug. 23.2014)

MR. LAMBERTON'S CLASSROOM RULES & REGULATIONS:

RULE #1: DO NOT BE LATE. YOU MUST ALWAYS SHOW UP ON TIME. IF YOU'RE LATE YOU MUST EITHER HAVE A NOTE FROM YOUR PARENT OR ANOTHER TEACHER. IF YOU DO NOT THEN YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE DEMERIT.

RULE #2: ALWAYS HAND IN YOUR ASSIGNMENTS ON TIME. IF YOU DON'T HAND IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT YOU WILL GET A DEMERIT AND FIVE POINTS OFF YOUR FINAL GRADE.

RULE #3: NO CHEATING! IF CAUGHT CHEATING YOU'LL RECEIVE TWO DEMERITS AND BE SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE FOR FURTHER PUNISHMENT. YOU WILL NOT BE IN MY CLASS FOR THREE DAYS IF CAUGHT CHEATING. SO DON'T.

RULE #4: NO TEASING OF STUDENTS. NO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE TOWARD STUDENTS. ONE DEMERIT, 5 POINTS OFF YOUR FINAL GRADE, AND YOU WILL WRITE ON THE BOARD 100 TIMES: "I WILL NOT TEASE OTHER STUDENTS." SO DON'T.

RULE #5: NO CELLPHONES. ONE DEMERIT AND DETENTION WITH ME AFTER SCHOOL AND WRITE ON THE BOARD 50 TIMES: "I WILL NOT USE MY CELLPHONE IN CLASS."

RULE #6: NO FOOD OR DRINKS. TWO POINTS WILL BE OFF YOUR FINAL GRADE.

RULE #7: NO GUM. IT'S ANNOYING AND THE JANITOR IS TIRED OF PULLING THEM OFF YOUR DESKS. TWO PINTS WILL BE OFF YOUR FINAL GRADE.

RULE #8: NO CURSING! YOU WILL OWE 25 CENTS TO THE SWEAR JAR AND $1.00 IF A VULGAR CURSE IS SAID. IF YOU DON'T HAVE CHANGE ASK A FRIEND OR SPEND DETENTION WITH ME AFTER SCHOOL FOR FOURTY MINUTES.

RULE #9: NO SUNGLASSES. ONLY WEAR IF THEY ARE PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR. YOU WILL GET ONE POINT OFF YOUR FINAL GRADE.

RULE #10: IF YOU MANAGE TO BREAK ALL OF THESE RULES THEN THERE IS NO HOPE FOR YOU, YOU WILL BE TRANSFERED TO ANOTHER CLASS. 

A Guide to Being a Vampire: Adam Lamberton's Personal Rules (Sat. Aug. 23.2014)

Adam Lamberton's Guidelines of Vampirism:

-Rule #1: "No killing children."
-Rule #2: "Be a good role model to my students and to Charlie."
-Rule #3:  "No killing of innocent people, unless if it is a mercy killing, i.e: someone is dying of cancer or are already on the brink of death."
-Rule #4:  "No killing of homeless people. They are already down on their luck, why kill them. Unless if they are on the brink of death then it's ok."
-Rule#5:  "If a person is about to commit suicide just help them along and suck their blood. They want to die anyway. Except if they are children, then I will help them fight to live another day."
Rule #6:  "If someone tries to attack me don't kill them, just severely injure them, unless they are vampires then I will kill them."
-Rule #7:  "If another vampire comes into town and disrupts everything, I will do whatever it takes to get rid of them, even kill."
-Rule #8:  "If a student is being harmed by a member of their family try to help out and resolve the situation peacefully. If not and the family member attempts to attack one of my students', hypnotize the child and do whatever it takes to stop said family member. Do not kill unless the situation calls for it."
-Rule #9:  "No killing of dogs or cats. They are cute. If it's a rabid dog then I'll put it out of its misery. Any other animal is fine. Even bunnies. Bunnies freak me out, they don't make noise when they are being attacked, it's weird."
-Rule #10: "Control my bloodlust to the best of my ability."
-Rule #11:  "Control my powers."
-Rule #12: "Hypnotize people who spot me in my true form."
-Rule #13:  "Keep anger in check."
-Rule #14:  "Protect my family and students when threatened by outside forces."
-Rule #15:  "Frame people for my kills by people who are equally as evil as the ones I killed. Same applies for my mercy kills."

Mr. Lamberton's Powers/Weakness's ( Sat. Aug.23.2014)

Powers:

-Catlike agility
-Runs as fast as a Ferrari.
-His eyes can see over a distance of 10 miles.
-Great hearing.
-The Power of Hypnosis
-Sharp nails that grow out when angry or when needed to get out of a tight spot: i.e tied up and has to get free.
-Flies: Not as fast as Superman but he only flies in the dead of night to get to his prey quicker or when he needs to save someone.
-Telepathy: He can snuff out his kills that way too, he looks for evil people that no one will miss.
-Dreamwalker: he can go into a person's dreams and memories when he has to look for clues.

Mr. Lamberton is a vampire of Many Talents.



Weaknesses:

-P.L.E (polymorphous light eruption): Mr. Lamberton can't walk out into sunlight and risk getting burnt like a christmas ham or DYING!!!
-Steak through the heart. It will paralyze him, once the steak is in another person has to come in and take it out.
-Dead Blood: He can't drink it. It will make him sick to his stomach, it's like a poison but it wont kill him. He'll be rolling around in pain for a few hours until the pain goes away and then he has to drink regular blood to get his strength back.
-Holy Water: It will burn him, especially if a vampire hunter or another vampire throws it in his eyes. He will be blinded for a good 5 hours before he'd be able to see again. If it's thrown on another part of his body the burns will go away in a matter of seconds.
-Silver: Silver also burns Adam Lamberton like holy water does. Although he wears silver rings everyday, they are silver plated rings so no harm done.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Episode 3: "1964" (Thurs. Aug.21.2014)

     It wasn't the first time Mr. Lamberton had to pin a kill on somebody. It happened back in 1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Adam was a teacher down south in a newly integrated schoolhouse and five of his black students were being killed off when one of his students' a young black kid named Isaac asked, "Mister. Who do you think has been killing my friends? I am scared to walk home by myself. I don't want to be next." Isaac started to cry and then all of the students started to cry because they did not want him or the remaining two black children to die either." All Adam could do at that moment was to calm the children down.

    It was the final bell and all the students were getting onto their buses and parents' vehicles. Except for Isaac who was walking alone when he was stopped by Adam, "Where are your folks Isaac?"

"Mama and Papa work late on Friday. Mama gets home at Midnight and Papa comes home at 3AM."

"How about this Isaac? If you give me your hand I will take you home in my car and stay until your parents get home. Will that be alright with you and your parents?"

"You'll have to call them when we get to my house," Isaac said as he hopped into Adam's pickup truck. It was thirty minutes from the school to Isaac's place, "Mr. Lamberton you have to park in the back of the house. Papa don't like it when people take his space."

"Okay," Adam said as he drove his car to the other side of the small simple house just big enough for a three person household. Eight hours had passed and Adam was putting Isaac into his bed when he heard a noise coming from outside the window. He hopped in the bed hiding under the covers and waited for whoever it was to come in. Listening to heavy feet creep toward the bed he popped up, grabbed the intruder by the throat and was surprised at who he saw, another vampire by the name of Samuel Ayers, "I knew there was a vampire in town but I didn't expect it to be you. Why would you do this? You know Master Addam's rule:'NEVER KILL CHILDREN!'"

"I was following orders," laughed Samuel.

"Whose orders?" Adam asked as he squeezed Samuel's neck tighter.

"Mayor Van Hausen. He wasn't very happy about the new laws so when he saw me eating a rat and saw me for what I was he blackmailed me. I had to do what he said. I never mastered the power of hypnosis like you and Master. And besides I was hungry for blood and I didn't care whose it was," replied Samuel laughing in a demonic manner. 

    Adam broke off the leg of Isaac's wooden chair and pierced it into Samuel's heart, "You will pay for what you did." As Adam dropped Samuel's body out the window the mother had walked into Isaac's room, "Hello. Oh what happened to the chair?" Adam took the bloody steak out of Samuel's body and covering his mouth said, "I killed a raccoon. I'll repay you for the damages. You do not want to see the poor thing," Adam said as he put the steak back into Samuel's heart, "It's a big old bloody mess. Tell Isaac that I went home and that I will see him tomorrow. I'll just go out the window, my pickup is in the back anyway. Have a nice night ma'am." Grabbing Samuel's body he put him in the back of his pickup truck and drove away.

    Adam was looking into Samuel's mind when he found out where Mayor Van Hausen lived and worked. Waiting for the assistant to leave, he got out of the car with Samuel's body in tow and when Van Hausen turned around he saw Adam drop Samuel's body to the ground and he reached for the phone but he was too slow. 

"Tisk.  Tisk.  Tisk. Now that isn't very nice is it?"

"Are you what Samuel is?"

"Yes and I'm worse because I'm a teacher at the schoolhouse and you had him kill my precious students. Naughty Mayor. Are you so intolerant that you had to get a vampire to kill young innocent children? They did nothing to you, all they were was a different color other than your own and for that you kill them? It's time for you to die!" Adam picked up the silver mail opener that was on Van Hausen's desk and stabbed him in the stomach with it. Just as the blood was dripping down to the floor Adam viciously sank his teeth into the Mayor's neck, draining him until all that was left was the blood on his shirt. Dragging Samuel over to Van Hausen's body and putting Samuel's hand on the weapon, Adam knelt over Samuel's body and said, "Master will shun you from the family after he finds out about this? Master will understand what I had to do. When the police find your bodies they will automatically think that you killed each other, oh and look over there that is the exact same chair that was in Isaac's room, lucky me." 

    Adam walked over to the chair and broke it into pieces and put one of the legs in the back of his pants, "Your gonna have to get out of town when the coroner takes the steak out and puts you into the crypt at the morgue but from the looks of the wound I'd say you'd wake up when your buried." Adam closed Samuel's eyes and walked away into the night.

FADE TO BLACK  


    Back in the present, several days had passed by and the police had put away Bietlemeyer and sent him straight to prison. It was Wednesday morning and Adam was reading J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan,' when a there was a knock at the door, it opened and Mr. Levinson walked in and said, "Good morning class. This is Keana Washington."

"Oh My God! That girl is fucking huge," whispered Trix to Charlie.

"Ms. Gamborelli I heard that. That's one demerit and 5 points off your final grade. If it happens one more time you'll be in detention with me and write on the wall one hundred times "I Will Not Tease Other Students.""

"Wow?! I did not know you had that in you," Mr. Levinson said in awe.

"Do you want a demerit for underestimating my teaching capabilities?" Then Mr. Levinson abruptly left the classroom after that remark, "Ms. Gamborelli you owe me 25 cents for the swear jar." Trix got up and paid her debt,  "Now let's see. Take the seat in the back, and if you notice Ms. Washington as you turn to your right you will see my rules and regulations board if you follow those rules you will be just fine."

"Yeah whatever," Keana said as she sat down in her desk and all the students gasped, "What?"

"Ms. Washington are we at your house?"

"No," said Keana in a defensive manner.

"Then don't talk to me like you are. In my class students such as yourself will address me with respect," said Adam in a stern and strict voice.

"Yes. Mr.  Lamberton. I understand."

    There were five minutes left in the class when Adam got up to put the homework assignment on the board:

          "Read chapter 3-5 of your Peter Pan books and write down all the vocabulary words, define them and use it in a sentence."

    All the students began to moan, "Do you want me to make it five chapters?" Then all the kids stopped and as he turned around he laughed, "I didn't think so." As the bell for the next class rang all the student's started to head out the door, except for Charlie who was stopped by Adam as he held onto the little handle of her knapsack, "Wait a minute."

"I'm gonna be late for my next class," whined Charlie.

"Take it easy. I'll write you a note, anyway I want you to show Keana the ropes around her and make her feel welcome."

"Aw! Why do I have to do it?" Charlie asked as she sat down in Adam's chair, "Because you're a nice person," replied Adam as he gently lifted Charlie off his chair and handed her a note for her next teacher.

"Great now everyone is gonna think I'm a friggin' teacher's pet," she looked over to Adam who pointed down to the swear jar, "Oops. Sorry," said Charlie as she reached in to her pocket to take out a quarter but couldn't find one, so she ran out the room and said, "I owe you a quarter." Slamming the door a little too hard a picture frame fell on to the ground.

"Ah! Second time this week," Adam said as he picked up an autographed picture of Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean Luc Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation. 

FADE TO BLACK

    School was almost over when Charlie walked in to the GIRLS LOCKER-ROOM to pick up her gym bag, when Keanu pushed her against the wall and asked, "Is it true that Mr. Lamberton is your father?"

"Yes. He's one of them," uttered Charlie.

    Keana then proceeded to punch her in the eye, really hard, "If he ever embarrasses me like that again, you will get another beating twice as bad as this one. Got me?"

"Uh-huh. Yes. Ow!"

"Cry Baby!" Keana yelled as she left the locker room, passing Trix on the way out. When Trix walked up to Charlie she noticed that she was crying, "What's wrong?" Charlie looked up at Trix and she gasped, "Did Keana do this to you? I'm getting Mr. Lamberton, he's waiting outside for you in the parking lot to take you home. Your Aunt has to stay late."

"No! I don't want you to tell him. Just give me your sunglasses and I'll be fine." Trix walked Charlie over to Adam's car and as we was waiting for her to get in he listened to what Trix was whispering to Charlie, "What are you going to tell him when he sees it?"

"I don't know," replied Charlie. "Okay, lets go home." It was a twenty minute ride from the school to Charlie's house when Adam pulled in to the driveway and said, "Do you have something to say to me? Because you can tell me anything, I promise I won't be mad or over-react." Then that's when he saw it, a little bruise peeking out of the glasses, "Charlie. Take off the glasses." 

    Charlie's heart began to race and then she ran into the house and locked the door behind her and ran into her bedroom. Adam raced to the front door and yelled softly, "Charlie let me in? I need to talk to you." Charlie opened up her window and yelled, "Go away Adam!"

"Something must be really bothering you if your calling me Adam. Alright I'm calling your Aunt Janice."

"Why too chicken to call DAD!" Charlie yelled as she dropped to the floor and said, " I can't believe I just said that."

"I can't believe she just said that?" Adam said as he was looking up at Charlie's window.

"Who said what?" Asked Janice who was on the line.

"Nothing. Um hey I'm at the house, do I have permission to go in?"

"Yeah, there's a key underneath the 'Welcome Mat'."

"Okay thanks Janice," said Adam as he hung up his phone and ran up the stairs to Charlie's bedroom door but when she didn't open up, he just walked in and took off Charlie's glasses, gasping he turned Charlie's face to the side and said, "Who did this to you? Was it the new girl Keana?"

"Yeah it was and she said that if you embarrassed her in class again, then she would give me a beating twice as bad as this."

"Did she really?" Adam asked as he walked Charlie to the kitchen to get a pack of ice for her left eye, Charlie winced in pain, "I'm sorry. I know it hurts. I will deal with her accordingly tomorrow."

"Do I have to go to school tomorrow?" Charlie asked. Then Adam lifted up the bag of ice to look at the bruise again and touched it, "No. You don't have to go. This needs to heal. The bruise will be down by Monday."

"What if I go back to school on Monday and Keana confronts me again?"

"Just call out my name and I will be right there for you, I know you would like to stand up for yourself but honey she outweighs you by at least 50 pounds. And that girl is as tall as me, you wouldn't stand a chance. Trix might but you certainly will not."

"Dad is coming home soon. What are we gonna tell him?"

"We," asked Adam in shock at the thought of seeing the man who broke his heart again, and he looked over at Charlie who had pouty lip, "Alright. I'm only talking to him because you are still my daughter and I love you. Josh can just rot in hell," Adam said as he was hugging Charlie and then they heard the front door open.

"Hello? Anyone home?" 

    Adam peered out of the corner of the kitchen to take a look at Josh who still looked as good as the first time they had first met, "Damn. Okay. Here we go."

FADE TO BLACK

Episode 2: "Can You Let Me In?" (Thurs. Aug.21.2014)

    It was 8PM, raining heavily still as Charlie waited for her father to sit down and eat supper at the dining room table. Her whole day had been a complete and utter shock when she found out her new English and theatrical electives teacher was her adoptive father Adam Lamberton and she desperately wanted to tell her father Josh about it but doesn't know how he will react to the news. Charlie looked over at her Aunt Janice who was sitting across from the table, thankful that Janice was present to tell the news about Adam.

"So, Aunt Janice. Are we going to my dad about Adam?"

"Um? I don't know. We can wait a while?"

"Huh, for how long?"

"Hmm, four years."

"I'd graduate by then."

"Exactly!" Janice exclaimed as she took a big swill of her sangria. Josh walked in rushingly and sat down at the head of the table with his knife and fork in hand, ready to eat the meal that was in front of him. He was about to cut into his steak when he saw the worried looks on his sister and daughter's face, "What's wrong?"

"Um, nothing much really. Aunt Janice and I were just talking about our new English teacher. Yeah he is a great teacher, he used to live in Bangor, Maine."

"Oh I travel all the time to Bangor, it's such a lovely city, tell me his name maybe I have met him?" Josh asked while he was chewing on his steak.

"Dad." 

"What?"

"No, it's  DAD. My teacher is Mr. Adam Lamberton! Your ex- partner. "

    Josh looked over at his sister who was squirming uneasily in her chair, "Is this true?" Taking another gulp of her sangria Janice replied, "YES."

"You know I was never the same when Adam left!"

"It was your own damn fault Josh. You are the one who cheated on him with that fireman, Brad or whatever his name was. What did you expect Josh? He wasn't going to stand for that and he didn't want to put Charlie in the middle of your crap so he left to spare Charlie the trauma of watching you two fight." Janice proclaimed as she was refilling her wine glass.

"He still left, he didn't even say goodbye to Charlie!"

"Yes he did," Charlie said as she was tossing her salad around with her fork, "He came into my room while we were still living in that small apartment in Manhattan."

FADE TO BLACK

   Three years ago in Manhattan,  New York.  Adam quietly walked in to young Charlie's room and whispered, "Charlie, Charlie?"

"I'm sleeping. Go away," yawned Charlie as she turned over to go back to sleep.

"Charlotte Elizabeth I'm serious wake up."

"What is it?" Charlie asked as she was rubbing her eyes to stay awake.

"I have to leave."

"Why? Where are you going?"

"Um. Maine. I have a new teaching job there," Adam replied.

"But you have a job here," Charlie said as she pushed herself up on to her pillows.

"No I don't work at my school anymore. But you know I'll write letters to you and message you on Facebook whenever I can." 

"But I don't want you to go! DId I do something bad?" Charlie asked as she was starting to cry.

    Adam who noticed the tears coming down her poor little face and wiping them away said, "No, it wasn't you and don't you ever think that again. Ok. It's not you, it was your father, he did a very stupid thing that I just can not ever forgive him for."

"What did dad do?"

"Ask your Aunt Janice tomorrow, she'll tell you everything. Your old enough to know the truth."

"Don't forget me," Charlie cried as she was holding on to Adam, hugging him for dear life.

"Nah. That'll never happen you are my little girl. Now go back to sleep, oh and before I forget, here it's the necklace I wear everyday. One day I will come back for it, you'll see."

"Oh, thank you. But I just can't go back to sleep now," Charlie said as she was looking at the necklace.

"Charlie look at me," Adam said as his blue eyes were shining bright in the darkness of the bedroom. "When I count to three you will go to sleep and dream of all the great moments you and I have shared together. When I snap my fingers on the count of three you will fall into a deep sleep. One. Two. Three," snapped Adam's fingers. Carefully he put Charlie under the covers and kissed her goodnight.

"Goodnight Charlie. I love you. I'll miss you," Adam cried as he jumped out of the window and onto his new life in Maine.

FADE TO BLACK

    It was 12 Noon and the lunch bell had rung. Adam put away all of his papers and headed to the cafeteria. Waiting on the lunch line he saw Charlie and Trix who were both waving at him, so he waved right back. As he went to sit down at one of the teacher's tables he saw Charlie jump in the corner of his eye, looking at her she was miming for him to open his book, which was "Fifty Shades of Gray." He looked down and found a note, he read allowed quietly, "JUST SO YOU KNOW JOSH KNOWS YOU'RE IN TOWN. SURPRISE!"

    Adam looked over at Charlie and her friend who were giving two thumbs up with cheeky smiles, "Does he look upset? Look at him, does he look upset? I think he looks upset?"

"Nah, Mr. Lamberton is reading his book. I guess it didn't bother him that much?"

"If that asshole calls me I will not pick up!" Growled Adam quietly as to not let the other teachers hear his rant. Adam was about to read his book when a shadow blocked his light.

"Hi there. I'm Maxine. You must be the new English teacher. I'm the history teacher and softball coach. What else do you teach?"

"Drama and music."

"Wow I man of many talents, you must be a fantastic singer. Anyway are you single?"

"Is this woman serious, she can tell right?" Adam asked himself in his mind.

"I was new last year and I was wondering if we could go out on a date? I'm sorry was that forward of me?"

"Yes, hasn't anyone told you?"

"Told me what," Maxine asked, not having a clue about Adam's 'preference'. 

"That I'm gay. As in I like men," Adam replied gently.

"Oh well. I guess I'm just gonna have to change your mind," Maxine was about to go in for a kiss when Adam leapt up from his seat and walked all the way to the other side of the cafeteria. He sat down next to Janice when he said, " Oh my god. You have no idea what just happened to me?!" 

"What?" Janice said excitedly.

"That woman who's sitting at my seat just asked me out on a date. Poor thing she didn't have a clue that I was gay, so then I told her and she took that as a challenge."

"Hahahahahahaha. Oh man I'm sorry. This happened to the Science teacher last year, Maxine followed him around like a lovesick puppy. It got so bad that he had to quit. Dude your screwed, she is a stalker. She has never been caught but I can guarantee you, she will follow you."

"Well isn't that just peachy. It's only my second day and I already have a stalker."

FADE TO BLACK

    Four hours had passed and Adam was about to step into his car when he heard a noise, "Who's there?" Adam closed his eyes and listened for the sound of a heartbeat. Nothing. So he got into the car and drove away.

    As Adam was getting out of his car and walking to the front of the Sidney Apartments Building he heard a twig snap. So he decided to walk over to the side of the building where the back alley was. This time he had heard a heartbeat so he drew out his fingernails like a cat and climbed up the building. It got dark fairly quick due to the city's rainy weather. As he looked down he saw Maxine running into the alley, "I can't believe she followed me."

"Note to self: Go Hunting in the Woods."

    Adam jumped down and lightly landed on his feet and was standing right behind Maxine. Maxine who was shaking her head, turned around and screamed, "Where did you come from?"

"I'm not the one who 'follows' people to their homes?"

"Your daughter Charlie left her purse in my class, she's in 7th period History with me," Maxine explained.

"I haven't even told Mr. Levinson who Charlie is to me. How did you find out?"

"I overheard your daughter and her friend talking about it in the girls bathroom," replied Maxine.

"Why were you in the girls bathroom?"

"The Teachers bathroom was occupied," Maxine said.

    Adam took the purse out of Maxine's hands and looked for a wallet. It was indeed Charlie's. Looking into Maxine's eyes he chanted, "When I count to three you will go to Pizzahut for dinner and drive home. When I snap my fingers you will do what I say. One. Two. Three." Maxine opened up her eyes, got into her car and began to drive to Pizzahut.

FADE TO BLACK

    It was 1AM and Adam was desperately looking for blood to drink. Adam was starving the whole damn day. He threw up his meal after 10 minutes, Vampires can't hold in regular meals for long.  He closed his eyes and started listening to all of the tenants minds, looking for the right person. It was 80 year old Mr. Wellman who was dying of Leukemia. Adam flew up to Mr. Wellman's fire-escape and knocked on the window,  "Hi, Mr. Wellman. Can you let me in? I left my keys in my apartment and I need to call the landlord."

    The old man limped over to the window to open it up and said, "Sure, come on in but don't you have a cellphone?"

"Yes. But unfortunately it died on me."

    As Adam was looking at Mr. Wellman taking his medication he asked, "You know I can help you if you want?"

"Help me with what?"

"Help you end your life. I know you want to give your daughter your life insurance money."

"How did you...."

"I saw into your mind," Adam replied as he cut Mr. Wellman's sentence short.

"But how could you..." Mr. Wellman saw Adam lift up his head and was oddly amazed at what he saw, "Your a Vampire? I bet you have your keys on you as well don't you?"

    Adam shook his head in agreement, "Why would you want to do that for me? Besides the obvious reason?" 

"Because I knew you were going to kill yourself but you stopped when you knew the insurance wouldn't pay out if you had jumped out that window. If I did it, your daughter would get the money to take care of her children."

"Will it hurt?"

"Only at first. You wont feel anything after a  while. I don't harm people unless they are dying or are at the brink of death, that's one of my rules in life." Adam said as he was going into the kitchen to dump out the gallon of milk into the sink, " I hope you don't mind. I don't want to kill another person for a long while when I am done."

"It's okay I don't want you too either. How will you cover this up?"

"Luckily I found a man in this building who killed three people in a home invasion while I was searching for 'dinner', no offense. The man was never caught, so I can just pin this on him."

"Oh My God. What's his name?"

"Uh,  Bietlemeyer. He lives two doors away from you," Adam replied.

"I have been living next door to a killer this whole time. Who did he kill?"

"A father, mother, and a two year old little boy. He was high on meth. That's what happens when you do drugs. You do crazy shit."

    Adam walked Mr. Wellman over to the middle of the living room and asked, "Are you ready?" The old man shook his head yes. Then Adam sank his teeth into Wellman's neck and he gently sucked the blood out of him. As he laid the old man on his back he stuck a straw into the man's neck, pouring the blood into the empty gallon of milk. After it was halfway full he let the rest of the blood seep onto the wooden floor and with a knife Adam made an incision where his teeth marks were. 

     Knocking on Bietlemeyer's door he said in a deep voice,  "This is the landlord. Can you let me in? Open up!" Bietlemeyer went to open and said, "Ok." He sees that it was not the landlord but by that time it was too late, Adam had stormed in and covered the man's mouth so he wouldn't scream, "You know it's not nice to kill children," Adam whispered as he knocked the man out with his 'Vulcan Death Grip'. He carried the man's limp body over to Wellman's apartment in a flash. As he was controlling Bietlemeyer's unconscious body, Adam started to knock over the old man's belongings and put the knife into Bietlemeyer's hands.

    As he woke the young man up, he covered the man's mouth once more and with his eyes shining bright he said, "You killed old man Wellman. You wanted his medication and when he didn't give it to you, you got a knife and stabbed him in the neck. When the cops come for you, you will try to get away when they wake you up but you will fail and tell them that you killed old man Wellman for his medication. You warned him and he didn't listen. Now go back to sleep." The young man went back to sleep and Adam took his hand off of the man's mouth, "Ugh. He licked me! Gross!"

    Dialing 911 he spoke to the officer and yelled in an old man voice, "Help me please!" Then quickly hung up the phone and ran to his apartment. Sitting down to drink a glass of blood he lifted his glass as he looked up to the heavens,  "Here's to you Mr. Wellman. Rest in Peace."

FADE TO BLACK











Monday, August 18, 2014

Episode 1- "Hello, My Name is Mr. Lamberton." (Mon. Aug.18.2014)

    It was a very rainy day considering the fact that it was the first day of school for new teacher, Mr. Lamberton. Then again it would be the first of many since Mr. Lamberton decided to move from Bangor, Maine to Seattle, Washington to broaden his teaching horizons.

    Maine was not a good place for Adam Lamberton anymore. Let's just say his "medical condition" mixed in with his school practices. His "medical condition" being that he is a vampire. What happened was one of his students' Rose was being coerced in to doing/selling heroine on the streets of Bangor by her dirty cousin's friend. Rose walked in to school strung out on heroine and no one noticed anything except Adam, he had asked her if she was feeling alright and she replied,"I'm fine, it's just a cold. I have to go to my gym class now."


"Alright, well if you need anything, I'll be in the equipment room working out."


   Rose had been working out by running around the gym when she collapsed. Her heart was beating way too fast, "Oh MY GOD ROSE!" Yelled one of the students,  "Mrs. Clasky!"


   Adam heard that student and stormed out of the equipment room and pushed the students who were staring at Rose out of the way, "Adam her heart just stopped, call 911!"


"I knew something was wrong when I saw her 20 minutes ago," Adam remarked as he was dialing his cellphone. Adam notices that Mrs. Clasky is getting tired doing CPR, her being a woman of 52. She stops. 


"What are you doing? Don't stop," Adam hands his phone to the student standing next to him, "You stay on this phone until the ambulance comes here," he said firmly pointing at the student. 


" Yes, Mr. Lamberton!"


    Adam pushes Mrs. Clasky away from Rose and proceeds to take over the CPR by first giving mouth to mouth. "Come on Rose. Don't give up! Fight!" He blows two more breaths in to her mouth and starts pumping again," Fight God Damn It!" The ambulance arrive and take over for Adam.


"How long has she been down?"


"15 minutes," Mrs. Clasky said.


     Twenty more minutes pass by, the E.M.T's began to use the defibrillator on poor Rose's chest. After 5 minutes they called it, "Time of death 10:52AM."Everyone in the gym was crying. Not Adam, he was too mad to cry. 


    As the E.M.T's were taking Rose's body to the nearest hospital, Adam took white blanket off of Rose touched her blood-soaked hair, "Excuse me sir, what are you doing you can't do that, you'll get her blood on you."


"Sorry, I just wanted to see her for one last time."


"Oh, I'm sorry." The E.M.T closed the door behind him and the ambulance drove away. Looking around to see if there were any people in the parking lot, which there wasn't he licks the hand that touched Rose's hair and proceeds to see the events that unfolded through her eyes.  Shocked and disappointed he sees this Mexican man inject heroine in to Rose's arm and say, "Have a nice day at school."


    It's midnight and Adam is lying in wait on the rooftop of the apartment where the drug dealer Little Lobo lives. Little Lobo steps out of the doors of his apartment complex and heads toward the alley next to it and proceeds to make a drug deal to a shaky blond haired junkie. Adam looks down and walks along the edge of the roof, kneeling down to wait for the right time to pounce like a lion going in for its prey. 


    Little Lobo is all alone now, Adam jumps down landing perfectly on his feet, "Hello!"


"Who the hell are you?"


"Rose's friend!"


"That little bitch I heard she died, bad smack. What a shame?" Little Lobo gives out this demonic laugh. 


   Adam grabs the man's throat, lifting him up against the wall, "I can't breath," cried out Little Lobo.


"Good," Adam growls and shows his true self, his fangs are at the ready and his blue eyes are glistening through the darkness of the alley. 


"What are you?" gasped Little Lobo.


"I'm... Your Death!" Adam viciously chomped down on Little Lobo's neck and drained all of the man's blood from his body. Little Lobo's arms and legs going limp. His body pressed against Adam's. Adam's arms, coiled around Little Lobo's back like a snake squeezing the life out of its unlucky victim. 


    Little Lobo's body now devoid of blood and colorless eyes. Adam throws him down to the ground. Out of breath, kneeling down to catch his breath, gasps while wiping the crimson blood off his mouth. He stands back up and stares at the pale mangled body of Little Lobo with his piercing blue eyes, proclaimed, "Now you'll never hurt another young girl again!"


    Walking away the memory of Rose lying dead in the gym can not escape his mind. If she had told him what she had been up to, she wouldn't have died. Adam would have helped her get better. But when a a girl such as Rose does things like that and they know it's wrong they feel shameful and don't tell anybody, not even close teachers. 


    Before that night he went 7 years without killing a soul. Now the hunger for blood was taking over his mind. He had to get out of town before his bloodlust overtook him. Which didn't happen. 


    FADE TO BLACK

    Back to the present, Adam get a box out of the trunk of his black mercedes benz. The box being full of his personal belongings for his desk. Looking to see if there are any people around he runs like The Flash to get out of the rain and steps in to his classroom. Luckily the classroom is empty for the students do not show up until 9AM, which is in an hour and a half. Adam proceeds to set up his stuff on his desk and puts the students' textbooks and their desks. There's a knock, knock, knock at the door.

"OH MY GAWD!" exclaimed a tall blond woman with horn-rimmed glasses, "Ten years and you still look as gorgeous as you did in college. What's your secret?"


    Eyes going back and forth, as to not point out that he is immortal and a vampire Adam replied, "Just good genetics I guess. If anyone has good genetics look at Johnny Depp, 51 and still looking as good as ever." Adam let out a nervous laugh and coughed.


"Well, are you just going to stand there or are you going to giver your best friend a hug?" The woman's arms wide open, Adam walks to her and gives her a bear hug. "I missed you."


    Adam still hugging her, notices her pulsing vein and desperately wants to suck her blood, his mouth begins to open when he catches himself and pushes her lightly away.


"What's wrong, is it my conditioner because I just bought it? Does it smell bad?"


Adam licked his lips, "No, your conditioner is fine, it smells fantastic."


    Walking over to his chair,  he sits down rubbing his thick raven black spiked hair being grateful he didn't harm his good friend. Smiling quite obnoxiously, "So you're the Vice Principal now huh, better not mess with you or I'll get detention, hahahaha!" 


"I see you still got your sense of humor," the woman replied, "So how do you like it, is it to your liking?"


    Both of them still looking at the still empty seats of the classroom, "It's just fine. Anyway Janice, why are you really here?"


    Scrunching her face with her eyes closed, "Ugh, Mr. Levinson, the principal, needs to talk to you and would like a copy of your lesson plans before homeroom starts 'cause the buses are on the way. Speaking of, Charlie is on her way here, she's in your homeroom and first peiod English with you. SURPRISE!"


"Seriously? Why, why would you do this to me?" Adam asked Janice annoyed at what just came out of her mouth.


"What?! Charlie still loves you, she was ten when you split form her father, and it was his own damn fault for cheating on you with that fireman," looking at his facial expression when she said the word 'fireman', "OOPS! My bad."


    Banging his head on the desk," Why'd he have to be a fireman, CRAP! Thanks a lot Janice!"


"Come on, get up, lets go, there are things to be done," Janice said grabbing on to Adam's arm, leading him out of the classroom, "It's been three years since I left, she's going to hate me."


"You sent her birthday gifts and all those messages on Facebook, they were really nice," Janice replied.


"Oh, I just couldn't face seeing her cry for me to come back home, why do you think I didn't giver her my number or my e-mail address. If she wanted to iChat, I just couldn't do it, and now I have to teach her at school everyday. Did you even tell her that I will be teaching her English class?"


"No," replied Janice, " And besides you know those Facebook messages really helped her out a lot you know and I am sorry to hear about what happened to that student of yours, Rose, right. Anyway Adam it's the thought that matters the most and damn my brother Josh for breaking your heart like that. He's such a dick!"


FADE TO BLACK

     Meanwhile on the yellow-bus, just 15 minutes away from Garfield High School, sits Charlie with her long black hair reaching down to the bottom of her back. "Can't believe my aunt is the Vice Principal of the school and she couldn't give me a ride. That's just peachy, and she lives with me too, what a bitch."

"OMG, I can't believe you just said that Charlie," laughing loudly the girl next to Charlie was also giving out a little snort with that laugh.


"Hey, I'm allowed to call her that she's family Trix," retorted Charlie.


    Trixie, or Trix as she likes to be referred to as is a petite brunette with olive toned skin and hazel/green eyes. She has been Charlie's best friend and next door neighbor since Charlie moved from Manhattan, New York when she was ten.


"Hold on just let me catch my breath. OKAY. I'm fine," Trix takes in a long breath, "There's a new English teacher for the freshman class and he's also the new drama and music teacher."


"How did you find out about that, were you listening in on one of my Aunt Janice's phone calls again?"


"Yeah it happened the other day when you went to your desk to get your new drawing of Johnny Depp, the new teacher sounds sexy by the way, I had to hang up because your Aunt was getting suspicious so I couldn't get the new teacher's name."


"Damn girl, you are nosy," remarked Charlie and then she thought, " Hey Trix lets check our schedules, lets see if his name is on it."


    They rummage through their backpacks and find their schedules and so they put them together side by side. "So lets see, first period is English, and look we have the same homeroom and English class together in the same room, well at least we'll be comfortable, awesome." They gave each other high-fives. 


"His name isn't there, that's odd," Trix said, "But then again the old teacher just quit like three weeks ago, so it is last minute."


" I see what you mean," Charlie said nodding in agreement.


"Look. I see the school, we are almost there. Are you excited?"


" No, I feel anxious, lets hope I have a nice first day with no surprises," Charlie replied.


    Back in the school Adam waits in the principal's office with all three of his lesson plans for each class he'll be teaching, two of them being electives. Five minutes had passed and Mr. Levinson was still not there. Anxiously Adam looks his watch while his left leg was going up and down repetitiously. The door finally opens abruptly and it was Mr. Levinson. Mr. Levinson walks in haste to his desk and quietly sits down. Adam lets out his hand to greet Mr. Levinson but he gives Adam a disapproving look, "Is that black nail polish."


    Adam looks at his fingernails, "Yes. Is that a problem. I'm all about personal expression."


    Mr. Levinson looks at Adam, studiously looking at his attire, and can't get over the fact that one of his new faculty members is dressed like someone out of a rock band. Black leather jacket, white t- shirt, black jeans, black combat boots, gauged ears with black small black round earrings. 


"Excuse me, Mr. Lamberton, can you take off your jacket for a second?"


    Adam leans forward and does what his new boss asks of him. Mr. Levinson's worst fears have come to light, not only does Adam look like a 'rock band member', he has tattoos. Adam's right arm has a nice long black and grey sleeve with two small colored tattoos, and his left arm has a saying Latin saying on it.


"Okay, you can put jacket back on, uh, dude," Mr. Levinson said with an empty smile on his face.


    Putting his jacket back on and shaking his head in disbelief Adam asks, "Do you have a problem with my tattoos and the way that I dress?"


    Caught off guard, Mr. Levinson didn't know what to say but he got his words out anyway, " Well I expect this type of attire from one of the students in the school, not my teachers. And the tattoos, I just don't know?"


" Oh, I see, well unlike students who do get tattoos and illegally I might add, I have the legal right to get tattoos. I was 27 (127 years old) when I got my first tattoo."


" Well, just keep the jacket on and tomorrow wear a long sleeved shirt," Mr. Levinson again giving Adam a once over, "If you own any?"


    Adam scoffs and gets up from his chair, "Unbelievable, you know I'm here because Janice is a really good friend of mine and she told me about the position here, but it's fine. I'll go, I'll find another teaching job maybe at Harrison Prep!" That was a low blow since that is where all the teachers who quit wind up going to. Adam starts heading out the door. "WAIT!"


    Mr. Levinson gets up from his chair, "Wait, I can deal with this, so will the other teachers. Don't leave, we need a new teacher. I am sorry."


    Adam closes the door behind him and turns to Mr. Levinson, "Alright, fine, here are my lesson plans for my classes, by the way I'm gay will that be a problem too?"


"Nope! Fine with me. I am all for the 'Rainbow Tribe'."


"That's a children's movie with the guy from JAG," Adam replied, rolling his eyes.


"Is it, I had no idea, well anyway have a nice first day, enjoy your fist class, anything else we need to talk about?"


    Adam looks up to his left and back down to Mr. Levinson who is a short man of 5'7'' with Adam being a tall man of 6'1'', " Yes I am allergic to the sun. I have P.L.E, polymorphous light eruption. Yeah my skin gets all red and sun burnt. Although I live here in Seattle now, if there is a day with the sun burning bright in the sky, do not expect me to come in, unless it is absolutely necessary. Okay?!"


"Okay, that's alright do you have a..." Adam handed Mr. Levinson a note from his doctor stating his "medical condition" before he could finish his sentence. 


"Is that all Mr. Levinson? Can I head to my classroom now, as you said, it's the first day and first impressions are everything you know."


"Right you are. Okay. I will see you at lunch time then I guess, " Mr. Levinson lets out his right hand for Adam to shake and he accepts. He's shaking his hand and smiling obnoxiously he said, "No you wont." 


    Adam leaves the office, closing the door behind him, he walks away whispering to himself, "Wow what a prick!"


"Rude much," Mr. Levinson said as he was taking a gulp of water out of his Evian water bottle.


FADE TO BLACK

    Adam passes by all the students in the school's lobby waiting in line to get their locker combinations. Not noticing that Charlie and Trix were on line, " Holy Crap, I think I just saw our English teacher, the body definitely matches the voice, SEXY!"

"Oh, really where?" Charlie jumped up and down to see if she can see the teacher but Adam had already walked up the stairs to his classroom. 


"You were too late, he went upstairs, I swear he is so dreamy."


"Dude, you were looking at him for like a second," Charlie replied.


"And it was a great second. I think I'm in love," Trix said as she put her head down on Charlie's shoulder.


"Lust is more like it," exclaimed Charlie. The girls now have their locker combinations and they start heading towards to Room 201, Adam's English class. They find their lockers and realize that the lockers are right next to each other, "Hey cool we are locker neighbors." They give each other high-fives again. Charlie starts getting her notebooks out of her backpack and hangs it up on the hanger and closes the locker. She stands there waiting for Trix to be done putting her belongings away. "Ready. Lets go."


    They walk in to the classroom just as Adam had just dropped his box of chalk on to the floor underneath the desk. They take their seats next to each other. As Adam gets back up, dusting himself off, a boy bumped in to Charlie knocking off the eye glasses that were on her face, "Oh, I'm sorry."


    Charlie looks down on the ground to pick up her glasses, "It's okay, it was an accident."


"Okay, class, pay attention. I am the new teacher. As well as the new drama and music teacher. I am a very busy man."


    Charlie gets up and puts on her glasses and turns quickly to whisper something in Trix's ear, "Oh My God that boy was so cute."


"The teacher is cuter," replied Trix pointing at the chalkboard. Charlie looks over and sees the teacher writing on the chalkboard:


     ENGLISH CLASS

     MY NAME IS Mr. ADAM...

"He looks familiar from the back," Charlie quietly said aloud, "Why does he look so familiar?" She looks at the board to see what the teacher had finished writing and her heart was beating really fast and her jaw dropped in utter awe. 


     LAMBERTON!


    Adam shakes the chalk off his hands, " My name is Adam Lamberton, you can call me Mr. Lamberton." Adam notices Charlie standing, she sees the man in front of the class. The man who raised her since she was three years old.


"Daddy?"


    All the kids turn and stare at her, especially Trix who mouthed, " OH MY GAWD!"


"Hi honey," Adam said anxiously, "Surprise!"


"Oh shit!" Charlie gasped as she fainted. Adam runs to Charlie to see if she hurt her head, then suddenly all the memories of Rose's dead body come flooding back in to Adam's mind. Adam checks to see if her heart was still beating and it was so he shakes her, "Charlie wake up."


"Should I go and get the nurse," asked Trix.


"No. She is fine, everyone take your seats, " Adam yelled, " Come on honey just get up. " Adam leans towards Charlie's ear and whispered, " I know I left you all alone but I am back now and I am never going to leave you ever again." 


    Charlie opened up her bright blue eyes and turned to Adam, "PROMISE?"


    Adam gives out a breath of relief and kissed her on the cheek, "Yes. I promise. Now can you get up and pay attention we have a long day ahead of us."


"Okay, Dad, I mean Mr. Lamberton," Charlie said while rubbing the back of her head. Adam gets back in front of the class, " Well that was enough excitement for one day, it is time for us to learn more about each other."


FADE TO BLACK  


Tune in soon, the continuation of this story will come in a few days. How is this for FAN FICTION. BOOM!!! 

By: Ioni Gonzalez