I entered my office early on a cold Monday morning. Before leaving that morning for work, I made sure Danny got up and ready for school. Danny is my nephew. His mother who is my sister had been in and out of rehab for years so I adopted and got full custody of him. Of course my sister tried to get him back but the in the courts eyes, I was the best person to care for him.
"Mr. Moore?" My secretary called me from the intercom.
"Yes Linda?"
"The principal of your nephew's school is on line one for you." I rolled my eyes and looked at the clock. It wasn't even ten that morning and he was already in trouble I thought to myself. Great now I have to go down to the school and pick him up probably.
"Ok thank you Linda." I answered the phone and pressed the button.
"Alexander Moore?" I really didn't want to deal with that because I had so much work to do that day.
"Hello Mr. Moore I'm sorry for bothering you today but we have a situation with Danny." Of course you do who else would it be?
"Is everything ok?"
"Yes and no. He is fine but his math grade is not. I know you are a very busy man so I would like for you to come by after school while he is at football practice and talk to his teacher so we can see what his problem is. That is if you can come by at around say three this afternoon?" This guy really ticked me off. How does he know it isn't the teacher's fault instead of Danny's? I was just fooling myself though. It probably was Danny's fault since he has been so obsessed with football.
"That's fine Mr. Campbell. I will be more then happy to find out what we can do to help his grade."
"Thank you very much. Have a good day and I will see you later." I hung up the phone and started on my work so I could leave early that day.
I thought I understood why Danny was acting the way he was. He was upset about his mother in rehab and how is dad walked out on him when he was just a baby. It must be hard on a kid to have to deal with that. He is just 16 years old and probably felt he doesn't have a mother or father. But he has an uncle who is trying to help him as best as he can.
Three o'clock rolled around and I was dreading it. I really didn't feel like going down to the high school to talk to a teacher about how Danny is failing everything and how he doesn't care and how smart he is to be fooling around.
I walked through the halls of Handel High School feeling all these old memories coming back. I was 30 years old and had graduated from Handel High more than ten years ago. I was the king of high school. Football quarterback, dated all the pretty girls, and getting by in class. I made pretty decent grades but now it was so much harder for kids in school and I knew it.
Trying to help Danny with homework was harder then pulling teeth. If I ever had to come back to high school I knew for a fact that I would fail.
I went over to the front desk and asked for Mr. Campbell and said my name. The lady at the front desk said that he was in a meeting but she told me where I could go and meet all the teachers. I told her thank you and started down the hallway to the classroom. As I was leaving I could tell she was checking me out.
I wasn't a guy to be cocky but I knew the affect I have on women. It has always been like that since I was in high school and even worse in college. I'm a little over 6 feet tall. I would say 6'1 last time I checked. I have short sandy blonde hair and clear blue eyes.
I don't have any problem with finding a woman but since I have Danny, it's hard to find a woman who wants to deal with a teenage boy. I never thought I would say this but I am actually pretty tired of sleeping with sluts and whores. They only want my money. I make a pretty penny since I own a very respectable chain of restaurants. What I really want is a nice woman who I can settle down with. And if she happens to be a sex addict like I am that would be perfect.
I knocked on the door as I entered the room to get the teacher's attention. When she looked up I stopped dead in my tracks. I knew this teacher very well. It was my old teacher Colette Collins.
I had been madly in love with her since I was in 11th grade. Of course every other guy in the class was too. She was 21 years old the youngest teacher at our school. So that meant she was probably about 33. Twelve years did her well. She still had the curly blonde hair which was silky and straight. She was pretty petite which I loved in women. She was about 5'3 almost a whole foot shorter then me. She had the prettiest eyes. They were ivory green which I had never seen before. I wanted her so bad when I was in school and what I noticed when I walked in and saw her was; that I still did.
"Alex Moore." I was really surprised that she had remembered me.
"Ms. Collins." She came around and gave me a hug which surprised me even more. She was so warm and soft.
"You haven't been in school in what ten years. Please call me Colette."
"Well then Colette." I moved my gaze from her eyes to her kissable mouth. Then I moved my gaze down to her body. She had on a white button down long sleeve shirt and a black mid thigh skirt with black heels. Her outfit made her look so HOT showing all her curves. That was always her. Even back then she always dressed to tempt all the boys in her class. But the funny thing was she never knew it or maybe she did.
"So I had no idea I was teaching your..."
"Nephew."
"I knew it couldn't be your son because you are way too young to be father of a teenager."
"So what has Danny been doing this time." She motioned for me to sit down in the chair next to her desk.
"You know he is really smart but doesn't realize the potential he has. He just gives up sometimes. I don't know what's up."
"I don't know if you know this but he has been having a lot of personal issues. My sister, his mother has been in and out of rehab so I have him now which is the best thing to do. And then his father walked out on him so he just has a lot going on right now. But I promise I will be sure to help him out."
"That is awful I am so sorry. If you would like any help, I would love to help him."
"That would be great thanks. I hate to be in a rush but I really have to get back to work."
"What are you doing now? Working in sports?"
"No I actually decided after college that I would do something else then football. Only because I blew out my knee."
"Oh that sucks."