Lydia Warren jogged down the street, and waved in a friendly manner to the old woman in her garden. She didn't know her name, they were only on a waving basis.
She passed by a blonde teen with an expression of disgust on her face...and turned, realizing she was looking at another blonde girl across the street. The one closest to her was dressed very provocatively, while the other was dressed quite the opposite.
Behind the girl who dressed down was the house of one of her students, Mikey Madison. She'd seen him on the porch there a few times during her jog. She normally jogged before school, but she'd had a meeting this morning and had to postpone it.
Mikey was a cute kid, and rather a handful.
She took it all in, and suddenly sighed, and unexpectedly found herself wishing...
