Chapter 2: New Teachers
Students continued to move through the hallways heading to their classes excitedly talking amongst each other and looking forward to the new school year. Luke and Leia said goodbye to Isabel before they headed into their new classroom. Leia took her seat at one of the empty desks adjacent to her other friend Emma whilst Luke sat up the back with his two friends Biggs and Tyler. Luke started to rock back on his chair as he looks between his two friends.
“You’re coming over to my house after school?” Biggs asks him as Luke shook his head.
“I can’t, mom says we have dinner at our grandparent’s house tonight so she wants us home early to get ready” he reveals before he starts playing with his ball attempting to throw it higher and higher each time “And I am kinda in trouble for staying late at your house two days ago” he admits as Tyler laughs
“We were playing video games and didn’t want to stop half a level” he reminds him as Luke sighs
“Still got in trouble” he mutters throwing the ball once more, unfortunately it was a little bit too higher this time and flew back over his head and towards the back classroom window smashing the glass causing it to shatter to the ground. Luke felt all eyes on him and right at the moment a young red haired girl, who looked to be in her twenties wearing a knee length black skirt and collared baby blue shirt enter the room.
She smiles seeing them so quiet “I’ve never seen a second grade class so…..” she stops when she notices the broken window behind Luke. “What happened to the window?” she asks however her question was answered by the second voice to enter the room.
“Who owns the ball?” they asked as Ahsoka looked to see her friend and the class’s new teacher Anakin standing there in dark denim jeans and black shirt and carrying a large folder under one arm and Luke’s ball in the other. His blue eyes looked out around the room. “Well…..” he goes on “Who owns the ball?” he asks once more looking over towards Tyler, Luke and Biggs. “You three were the closest to the window, did you see what happened?” he asks them.
Luke remained quiet as Leia looks back at him, giving him a stern look and Luke knew that their mom taught them to own up to their mistakes and tell the truth. He took a deep breath before he gets to his feet.
“Sorry sir” Luke begins to say “It’s my ball but I didn’t mind to break the window” he insists. Ahsoka looks over at Anakin. Barely one hour into the school day and already an incident. Anakin places the ball down on the desk.
“What’s your name?” Anakin asks as Luke slowly answers him
“Luke Naberrie, sir” he replies.
“I’ll speak with you at the end of the day” he informs him going on “In the meantime, Miss Tano, show Luke where the brooms up and help clean up the mess” he tells her as Luke silently follows the young woman out of the classroom as he hears Anakin speak up once more
“I will be your teacher Mr. Skywalker and let this incident serve a warning, that balls are not to be played with in the classroom” he explains before opening up his folder to begin the first lesson.
While, over in the second classroom, Isabel’s first day was turning out much smoother than her friends. Her teacher was Mr. Kenobi and Isabel found herself listening eagerly to his every word and right now Isabel and her classmates were listening to him read some of the story “Jack and the Beanstalk” Isabel was drawn into the story through his unique way to tell the story which at times had them bursting out into giggles.
He was up to the part where the Giant had awoken as Jack tried to escape. “Fee-fi, fo-fum” Obi Wan spoke in a loud deep voice making the children giggle before he looks around at them “I smell the blood of an Englishman” he tells them “Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll have his bones to grind my bread” he says in his loud voice going on “The giant swung himself down onto the beanstalk which shook with his weight. Jack slipped, slid and climbed down the beanstalk as quickly as he could, and after him climbed the giant” looking around at the group of children once more about to go on when the bell for recess began to ring throughout the classrooms.
Obi Wan closed the book, “Alright everyone, off you go for recess” he tells them watching them move over towards their bags then out to the playground, everyone but Isabel. Obi Wan tilts his head at the little blond girl. “Isabel, why are you heading off to the playground?” he asks as Isabel, shy at first, spoke. “Mr Kenobi” she spoke in a small voice. “Can we have another story after recess?” she asks as he smiles.
“Perhaps later on, I have some other activities for you all to do” he tells her “Off you go” he adds before she hurries out to the playground as Obi Wan felt a small smile cross face. He never saw himself teaching little children but their curiosity and eagerness made him glad they did.
“I’m sure you’re mistaken, Luke wouldn’t break a window even if it was by accident” Padme insists. She was sitting in the break room with her two friends Satine and Sabe when she had just received a phone call from the school. It was Luke and Leia’s new teacher’s assistant Ahsoka informing her of what had happened.
“Luke has insisted he didn’t mean it but Luke took responsibility and so Mr. Skywalker wants to speak with you when you come and collect them this afternoon” Ahsoka tells her. Padme sighs, fingers tapping on the table.
“I’ll be there and we’ll figure this out because surely Luke’s taking the fall for one of his friends” she tells her before she hanged up and Satine looked over at her friend. “Is everything all right?” she asks her as Padme took a sip of her coffee, sighing. “Not even half a day and already Luke’s in trouble and for something I’m sure he didn’t do” she insists. Satine smirks. “Luke and Leia have surprised you, remember two years ago when you had that date with Joshua and Leia had a temper tantrum which ended up with him having to go the emergency room with a broken nose?” she reminds her.
Padme shook her head trying to not remember that memory. “Well, I have to meet with his teacher this afternoon and it sounds like it won’t be pleasant” she tells her friends as Sabe shrugs. “If it was Luke’s fault, it’s surely an accident” she reminds her. Padme keeps quiet trying to not to think about what just happened, she couldn’t believe day one of the new school year and already called in to speak with the teacher.
“Luke, you are gonna be in trouble!” Leia taunts her brother as they rushed out to the playground as Luke said nothing. In seven years, nothing changed with Leia. She relishes the chance when she could taunt her brother about him getting into trouble. Luke looks over at his sister as they reached their other friends including Isabel.
“Mom’s gonna be mad. She’s never going to let me take another ball to school again” he replies as Leia cheekily grins.
“Well, she did warn you not to show it off in class” she reminds him as he only rolls his eyes as Leia spotted Isabel. Both young girls shared a friendly hug before Isabel gushed
“I have the coolest teacher!” she gushes “When Mr Kenobi reads stories to us, he pretends to be all the characters and he does the best giant voice!” she exclaims as Leia laughed as she then goes on “Our teacher is really fun and his teacher’s assistant is really pretty, except Luke’s already gotten into trouble” she reveals as Luke stomped his foot.
“Leia! Stop! It was an accident” he cries “Besides, I’m going to prove Mr Skywalker I’m not just as trouble maker” he tells her before rushing off to find Biggs and Tyler leaving Leia with Isabel and Emma to enjoy their recess.
Whilst at the same time, having headed off to the staff room where the other staff members were, Anakin recounted his morning as Obi Wan shook his head. Ahsoka was outside, with another teacher watching over the children in the playground.
“Broken window, all within minutes of class starting, there’s something you don’t hear about it every day” Obi Wan smirks as Anakin sighs before he replied “And this afternoon, I have to meet with Luke’s mother to talk about what happened. Ahsoka mentioned how she is going to deny it was all her son” he explains. Obi Wan grins. “That is going to be interesting because you’re not usually the one enforcing the discipline so I’ll happy step in for you” he grins.
Anakin nudges his friend “Ha, ha, very funny” he mutters shaking his head and taking a sip of his coffee “Should have prepared myself for new teaching experiences” he confesses adding “Just need to figure out how to find out who pays for the window” he admits as Obi Wan takes a sip of his coffee. “I’m sure you will” he grins as Anakin only chuckles but deep down unsure about what would happen.
Unfortunately for both Luke and Anakin, the school day went by faster than either of them expected and as the school bell rang for the end of the day, and as their classmates all hurried from the classroom to the car park to meet their parents except for Luke and Leia. Leia remained behind with her brother waiting for their mother to arrive.
As Padme and Satine arrived at the carpark and headed down to where the children were all coming out from, Satine, carrying her young son James whom she had picked up from day care prior to. Padme looked back at her friend. “I’ll see you tomorrow, this meeting could take a while” she warns her as Satine shakes her head. “What supportive friend would I be if I didn’t wait for you……” she stops when she notices an older male walking with the children not realising he was her daughter’s new teacher.
“You’re a good friend Satine” Padme tells her before she heads down towards the classroom as Satine heads down to find Isabel.
Anakin was working at his desk whilst Ahsoka was tidying up the reading corner whilst Luke and Leia completed some of their homework when Padme knocked at the door. “Hello” she speaks as Leia and Luke look up at her “Mommy!” they cried as Anakin then looks up from his work as Padme enters the room. She was still in her work clothes, with consisted of knee length black skirt and light purple collared shirt underneath a black blazer. Her long curly hair was pulled back into a high ponytail but still she was beautiful. Anakin was in awe of her and hadn’t responded until he heard his name.
“Anakin!” came Ahsoka’s voice “Anakin!” she snapped once more startling him as she attempts to not giggle. “This is Luke and Leia’s mother, Padme Naberrie” she tells him as Anakin quickly nods. He holds out his hand. “It’s nice to meet you, I’m Anakin Skywalker, you’ve already met my assistant Ahsoka Tano” he tells her as Padme shook his hand. “It’s very nice to meet you, however I just wish it wasn’t like this” she admits. Padme had to keep herself from blushing because he was very handsome but never the less, over the years, Padme had made herself strong ever since her fiancé left her pregnant as well as the others who had come after. Anakin looks over at Luke “Luke, please join us and Ahsoka can you help Leia with her homework” he tells her. Luke silently gets up to join his mother as all three take their seats.
“Luke has told me that he didn’t mean to break the window and I do believe that he didn’t mean to throw the ball at the window, he was simply playing with it” Anakin explains as Padme looks down at her young son. “I did warn him to keep the ball inside his bag while in class but perhaps someone else took the ball from him and threw it too high” she suggests as Anakin leans back in his chair as Padme straightens in her seat. She thought she could get her son out of this mess but she didn’t count on her children having a teacher so handsome.
He looks over at Luke “Luke, did one of the other kids, snatch the ball from you and break the window?” he asks him as Luke felt Padme and Anakin looking down at him. He could easily blame one of his friends but he knew that wouldn’t go down well or Leia would tattle tale. Luke lowers his head
“No, I accidentally tossed it too high causing it to go over my head and threw the window” he admits. Padme was shocked as Anakin only nods. “You did the right thing telling the truth Luke, so your punishment will be lunch detention” he informs him. Padme then speaks. “I’ll pay for the window repair” she insists however Anakin surprised her and shook his head. “Don’t worry about it, you can pay half and I’ll cover the rest” he insisted. Padme tilts her head.
“That’s very kind of you Mr Skywalker” she replies. She then gets to her feet as he gets up from his seat. She holds out her hand “I just wish we didn’t have our first meeting like this” she admits. Anakin lightly chuckles shaking her hand. “Well, if it makes you feel better, Luke and Leia did very well in today’s lessons” he informs her “I have to admit their reading level is very good” he tells her. Padme wraps an arm around her young son, “Well, they’ve always been pulling out books for me to read ever since they were little” she replies. Anakin smiles “Well, keep it up, because I’d say even by the middle of the year, they could reading above their level” he insists. Padme then saw Anakin give her a small smile which made her feel her heart beating a little faster right at the moment Leia came over towards them.
“Mommy, are we going home now?” she asks bringing Padme back to reality and taking her hand in hers. “Yes, of course Leia” she tells her. “Very sorry once again Mr Skywalker” she says moving towards the door as Anakin then calls back to her. “Just call me Anakin” he insists. Padme said nothing and gave him one last look then hurried from the classroom not seeing Anakin watch her leave as Ahsoka moved over towards him.
“Just call me, Anakin?” she teases “You called her in because her son was in trouble and you tried to charm her?” she asks as Anakin rolls his eyes. “I wasn’t expecting it. She’s very beautiful” he admits as Ahsoka shakes her head “And probably very married” she warns him as Anakin turns back to his friend, with a shrug “I didn’t notice a wedding ring” he simply replies before he starts to pack up his things for the day.
At the same time, Padme was hurrying quickly from the classroom, Satine was remaining a loyal friend at the car park. Isabel was playing with her little brother as Satine stood talking to her daughter’s new teacher who had introduced himself as Obi Wan Kenobi.
“So, this is your first time teaching second years?” she asks him as he nods. “Yes, I’ve been teaching fifth years for the last two years so this was a big change but judging by today, it’s going to be fun. Your daughter loves her fairytales” he tells her making Satine smile
“They’ve been one of her favourite stories ever since she was little, you’ll probably find her drawing them soon” she admits as he chuckles. “Looking forward to starting art class then” he admits. Satine feels herself smile but remains casual. Yes, this man was very handsome but he was also her daughter’s teacher and Satine was trying to make a habit of go after every man she found handsome, charming or friendly.
It was just at that moment she saw her friend moving towards her, with Luke and Leia. Satine then knew it was time to leave. “It was lovely to meet you Mr Kenobi” she tells him moving over towards Isabel and James “Hope Isabel will behave” she adds lifting James into her arms and taking Isabel’s hand, she follows her friend just as Obi Wan watches her leave. He allowed a small smile to cross his face. Satine was the first woman he could feel something for since Siri but then again, how would it look a teacher starting a student’s parent?
When Satine finally caught up with her friend, Padme was helping her children into the car and before Satine had a chance to ask anything, Padme spoke. “So, it was Luke who accidentally broke the window” she admits closing the door once they were strapped in and turned to her friend. “And it didn’t help when I insisted to pay for the window, their teacher says he’ll help pay!” she exclaims “And he was charming so I couldn’t argue!” she snaps once more as Satine couldn’t help but giggle making Padme look over at her
“Why are you giggling?” she asks her as Satine smirked
“You’re smitten, you usually are so strong against men ever since Rush left you alone and pregnant and here you are, trying to angry but it’s failing” she points out as Padme quickly shakes her head
“No! He was handsome but I’m not crushing on him and I’d advise you to avoid grinning so much around that teacher you were just talking to” she warns her before she then gets into her car as Satine gasps. “I was not grinning too much, it’s called being friendly” she tries to assure her as Padme starts up her car “Uh huh” she only replies before Satine watches her friend pull out of the car park and down the road leaving Satine to turn back to her car preparing to take her children home.