Later that afternoon after lunch had ended, Zoe was still on high alert, worried about where the stone her grandfather left her could have gone and anxious about the possibility of another student getting their hands on it. She knew it was an outside possibility, the stone looked like just a stone, but if someone figured out its powers things could go south really, really fast. Unfortunately there was nothing she could do to find it at the moment as she was stuck in her afternoon math class, under the tyrannical eye of old Ms. Huang, who wouldn't give you a hall pass unless you were like literally dying.
She played with the hem of her black collared dress, with a white floral dot pattern; like all students at Lakeview she needed to dress to a minimum level of fashion so she was lucky Wednesday Addams was back in the zeitgeist, allowing her to rep her Goth pride without getting into trouble. Glancing to her left she saw Athena, clad in her usual retro victorian inspired gothic dress, rubbing her temples.
Athena felt the mother of all headaches coming on as something was off with the astral energies flowing around the school. Her sixth sense was going nuts and her protective ankh charm bracelet had gone ice cold against her wrist. The culprit was obvious, Zoe's lost wishing stone, but Athena couldn't identify exactly what had been done with it. Nothing seemed any different from any other day on the surface, but she just knew powerful magic was at work.
"You okay?" Zoe asked, leaning over slightly towards Athena, concerned for her friend.
Athena gave her a tight smile, "I'm fine, it's just-"
"Miss Gibson, Miss Devries, do you have something to share with the class?" Ms. Huang demanded, wrapping the ruler she constantly carried on her desk to grab their attention. Ms. Huang was an older Chinese woman who looked like she was in her sixties, and hadn't aged particularly well. Her hair, pulled back in a no nonsense bun, had gone solid silver, and the wrinkles on her skin showed every year of her age, with big coke bottle reading glasses on a chain around her neck. She wore a conservative plain floor length navy cotton dress and simple black flats, the kind of outfit that would get her in trouble if she were a student. Around school she was considered the epitome of an old maid, never having married apparently, and quite bitter about it, something she wasn't afraid to take out on students. Suffice to say she was one of the strictest teachers at school and not someone you wanted to get the attention of.
"Uh, no ma'am" Athena mumbled while Zoe simultaneously said, "Athena's not feeling well, can I take her to the nurse?"
Ms. Huang's lips curled into a cruel smile, "Hmm, she says she's fine, but you're free to take her to the nurse after both of you serve your detention this afternoon." Zoe's heart sunk; getting stuck in detention was going to keep her from searching for the stone even longer.
FLASH
"As I was saying, if it's an emergency you can go, Miss Devries, but Miss Gibson you need to stay in class. This lecture is important." Ms. Huang firmly informed the girls. The young Asian woman was known for being tough but fair and likely just wanted to make sure the two best friends weren't sneaking off to avoid classwork. Zoe gave a nod as the teacher turned back, realizing her hope to get out of class to look with the stone likely wouldn't happen. Meanwhile Athena felt another sharp twitch of pain in her head that made her wonder if maybe she really should go see the nurse; they wouldn't be able to do anything to address the mystic forces at work, but she could at least get a pain killer.
Ms. Li Huang turned around and walked back to the board. The 26 year old teacher was wearing plain black slacks, black moccasins, and a simple navy cardigan over a plain collared dress shirt, a fairly nondescript outfit for a nondescript workday. She could forgive her students being a little distracted since she was a little distracted herself that day, thinking about her blind date later that night. Li had been doing the online dating thing for awhile, trying multiple different services and even paying for a matchmaker at one point. At her age her traditional mother was really pressuring her to find a husband and Li herself would like to have a partner and kids sooner rather than later.
The thing was, unfortunately, Li knew she wasn't exactly a prize, physically speaking. She was flat chested and her hips, legs and rear weren't much to write home about either, giving her not much in the way of curves. She was thin almost a bit bony, her hair was flat and brittle, and her face wasn't great. She wasn't like hideously ugly, but she was keenly aware her thin lips, big nose, and kinda bushy eyebrows weren't doing her any favors. She tried not to get down on herself but years of barbed comments from her mother and rejection from potential romantic partners mad her overly aware of her flaws.
She shook off her gloomy thoughts as she drew the example triangular prism on the board, refocusing on the geometry lesson she was teaching. She was still young, had plenty of time to find a partner, and for the moment should focus on doing a good job for her students. Finishing the diagram, she turned around to ask the class to solve for the angles.
FLASH
"Oh, Athena, you don't look like you're feeling well. Zoe, why don't you take her to the nurse and see if Penelope can help her," Ms. Huang said kindly, while casually flipping her voluminous black hair over her shoulder. Li gave her students a brilliant smile as they headed for the door before turning to the rest of her class, who watched her with rapt attention, particularly the boys. She chuckled internally, well accustomed to having eyes drawn to her, and called on Larry Louver to come up and solve the problem, stepping back from the board. She'd been having a good day, happily looking forward to the dinner date she and her fiance had planned for that evening.
Larry gulped as he got up to approach, trying to focus on the problem rather than his teacher. The sophomore member of the chess club was normally pretty good at math but just got so distracted in Ms. Huang's class. Could you blame him? Li Huang was easily hottest teacher at school, with long toned legs currently partially covered by a black slit skirt, generous perky breasts, with a sky blue silk button up currently stretched across them, and a beautiful face, with pouty sensual lips, finely sculpted high brows and a cute button nose. Seriously, she might not be quite as literally perfect as the McMillan triplets, or as insanely youthful looking as Vice-Principal Anderson, but Ms. Huang was definitely a knockout.
