My Destined Lover

Without waiting for Laura to answer, the students under the platform scrambled to answer, “Mrs. Davis, her name is Laura Taylor!”

“She transferred here this morning!”

Mrs. Davis nodded with a smile, “So it’s a new student who just arrived this morning. No wonder I didn’t receive any news.”

Laura looked at the scene of peace with surprise. She thought that this group of naughty students, who disliked learning, would also dislike the teacher. Lucy seemed to read her confusion, prodded her on the arm, and whispered, “Mrs. Davis is not like the other teachers at school. We all like her very much, unlike Mrs. Wilson in Class 2 …” Lucy’s voice trailed off because Mrs. Davis seemed to look over. Lucy lowered her head and clasped the edge of the table guiltily, not daring to speak again. Only Laura, whose back was still straight, looked calm.

Mrs. Davis looked at her curiously. There seemed to be something in this student that was different from the others.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Laura,” she said, intending to test Laura’s Spanish, and opened a Spanish-language magazine, “please turn to page 30 and read it aloud to everyone.”

Lots of eyes suddenly fell on Laura, everyone ready to see the fun – Laura just got back from the countryside. Reading Spanish, not a chance.

Lucy looked at Laura with concern, “Should I explain your situation to Mrs. Davis …”

“No.”

Laura calmly stood up, held the book, and read Spanish fluently as Mrs. Davis requested.

“El optimismo y la…”

As time passed, everyone became more and more amazed.

Mrs. Davis, in particular, made a sound of “wow” as Laura read the first word. Then she quickly covered her mouth. She could hear that Laura’s Spanish pronunciation was perfect!

“… . vida feliz.” Laura calmly closed the book, “Teacher, I’m done.”

“Huh? Oh-oh, well, that’s good.” Mrs. Davis looked back with a huge smile. She kept praising in front of the audience, “Laura, that’s a great pronunciation! I can’t believe we have such a great student in Class 8. We all need to learn more from Laura!”

The students curled their lips, obviously looking unimpressed, and replied perfunctorily, “Yes～ ”

“Well, good! Let’s start now!” Mrs. Davis suddenly thought of something, looked up, and said to Laura, “Laura, come to my office after class.” After saying that, as if she was afraid Laura was worried, she explained, “I want to give you some praxes to help you catch up on your Spanish class.”

Naturally, Laura would not refuse her kind offer and nodded, “Okay.” The learning atmosphere in the classroom was getting better.

When Mrs. Davis turned around to write on the board, Lucy quietly nudged Laura, “Laura!