In The Shadows ✔

[2] Due - Red

There will be a few Italian words used in this story.
I will start every chapter with the words and their translation.
But I bet you won't need them later on.

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ciao = hello / bye
bella = beautiful 
mamma = mother 
sorellina = little sister 

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She smiles, places the mandarins in a bowl, and sits down at her desk. She has five more minutes of peace left and enjoys her tea with her eyes closed. She hears the happy laughter of kids come from outside and listens to it with a warm feeling in her heart. She gets up, brushes the wrinkles from her red dress, and walks over to the door of her classroom. She opens the door and stands on the threshold.

As soon as the front door opens, the running of little feet can be heard. She smiles at her 'own' kids when they come to her for a hug one by one. As instructed, they all form a line and wait patiently, until she walks into the classroom. 

"Good morning lovely children. It's good to see you all again. Are you ready for a new week?" 

The kids cheer and follow her into the classroom to find a chair in the circle to sit on.

She leans against the front of her desk and waits for all the kids to be seated. She looks at the happy faces belonging to her kindergartners through her red-rimmed glasses and starts this Monday morning by telling them how her weekend was. 

She tells them about the Disney movie she watched and that she went to the market on Saturday morning to buy the mandarins for them. After that, the kids start to share their adventures of the weekend one by one.

When it's time for recess, they all take a mandarin from the bowl and run out to the schoolyard. She grabs two mandarins herself and steps outside, on her way to the bench at the edge of the yard. She sits down on it and starts to peel the mandarin. 

"Good morning Pia. Have you been to the market this weekend?" 

She looks up to her colleague and says: "Good morning. Yes, I have been to the market. Would you like a mandarin too, Thomas?" 

He sits down next to her and says: "Yes, please. I brought you a cup of tea in return." 

He looks the woman next to him over. She is the perfect teacher, always recognizable by her 'costume'. She always wears red dresses, in various styles and sometimes with a fun pattern, but always red. Red nails, red glasses, red shoes. 

On top of that, she radiates pure love. Always calm and attentive to everyone. Someone you tell all your secrets to, whether your four or forty. She's pretty, sweet, and good at her job. 

But other than that, he knows nothing about her. The times that he has asked her to go out with him can't be counted on one hand anymore, but she always rejects him in the nicest way possible.

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She walks into the gym and nods at the owner. She changes into a black sports legging, black sports bra, and black high tops. She puts her earbuds in and starts the playlist on her phone. LL Cool J  brings her in the right state of mind with his 'Mama said knock you out ' as she walks over to the jump ropes in the corner.