Chapter 100 - - 100 : Am I beautiful?
When vacation ended, and school began, Leyla found the children she taught had grown up quite a lot. They seemed bigger now, but they also seemed rowdier than before. She had a struggle trying to keep up with them, giving her such a hectic back-to-school day overall.
She had been so busy looking out the window, lost in her many thoughts, that she almost missed the cry of a child right behind her.
"Teacher, it's done!" they exclaimed, immediately jolting her out of her reverie. Leyla turned and looked down, taking the abacus from the child's hands and smiled at them in amazement.
"Wow! You've done so well today. I see your math skills have improved over the winter!" She praised, leaving the young boy in a blushing mess as she acknowledged his growing skills. Suddenly, another burst of cry sounded just off to the side.
When Leyla turned to look at what was the problem, she saw Monica crying as she tried to sit still to work on her set of math problems. Further observation made Leyla see that the boy seated behind Monica was pulling at the young girl's hair, tugging it harshly as they snickered to themselves.
Leyla quickly returned the abacus to the young boy she had praised and quickly headed towards the other pair to break off the trouble.
She had pulled Monica to her lap, while she harshly scolded the boy for his misbehavior, emphasizing how it was not good to find hurting people funny. The rest of the day went off without any further hitches as she continued to teach her lessons.
As soon as she saw them leave when the final school bell rang, she went back inside her empty classroom.
She took a seat on her desk, and looked out the window, watching the new blooms of green on the nearby tree branch. Slowly the color was returning all around her, with the winter white beginning to fade out.
A new wave of determination washed over her.
'I need to finish this quickly.' She thought to herself, before quickly packing up her things.