THE RUDE BOY IN CLASS

TWO DAYS LATER

Coming down to the class areas of the best private school in LA - Royal High Academy, Jessica thought there was nothing to be nervous about but standing in front of the class, her palm suddenly became sweaty and her tongue went dry.

This was her first day in the school after she almost lost her job and definitely, she was bound to get nervous.

"These are just teenagers!" She alleviated herself before finding the courage to go in.

"Good day class!" She greeted as she stood on the podium and almost all the 20 students dropped whatever they were doing to reply to her except one who pretended to be sleeping as soon as she entered the class.

"Good Day ma and welcome to our grade." They chorused.

Jessica took her time to introduce herself to them before allowing the students to introduce themselves one after the other until she got to the last student who was still resting his head on his desk. 

Jessica walked towards him and fondled his fluffy dark golden brown hair slightly in an attempt to wake him up. 

"Wakey wakey, young man!" Jessica joked. "Don't you think it's too early to be sleeping in class?" She asked nicely, causing the other students to giggle and even make side talks.

To her surprise, the boy stood up and packed his bag ready to leave the class but Jessica was on his way and he needed her to move. 

"Move out of my way!" He said in between his teeth.

One look at his troubled eyes and Jessica knew she had seen this kid somewhere before. 

"This is just 10 am, you must really want to go home and continue this sleep but it's not yet closing hours." Jessica joked and the whole class made an uproar of laughter, annoying the student even more. He tried to force his way out of the class but Jessica held his arm and pulled him back. 

"Cade Westham." She read out from the name tag on his uniform. "Have we met before?" She asked expectantly and she finally evoked some response from him after a mischievous chuckle. 

"How can you forget me after taking his number from me? If you are this forgetful you won't do well as a teacher, you'd be better off as a whore chasing after married men since you'd have to forget their faces the next day." He replied, intentionally provoking Jessica for making fun of him all this while. 

Jessica felt her heart boiling with wrath and her face contorted with rage on hearing Cade's statement. 

Immediately she recognized him. This was the same emerald green-eyed kid he met on the elevator of the school's admin block during her meeting with the school's board of directors and when she tried to talk to him, he got angry, told her to stop pretending, and gave her a number which she still can't figure out the owner or the reason why he gave her the number. 

She felt highly insulted and at this point, she definitely couldn't keep her anger in check as she raised her hand in anger to give to slap him but her hand got stuck behind her ear as a stocky man in a suit grabbed it before it could get to Cade's face. 

"And you are?" Jessica asked, looking at the Pure Ivory-skinned man in a dark blue tuxedo holding her hand. 

"The school…" 

"You're the school management who is going to take my job away from me?" Jessica asked angrily, interrupting him. 

The man smiled, patting his golden blond hair briefly, "No...just a guardian!" He replied.

"Oh! You're his brother? Or Father? I must say you're doing a bad job raising such a nasty and disrespectful asshole…"

"Not everyone deserves respect," Cade mumbled, audible enough for Jessica and The man you here. 

"Shut the f*ck up, Cade. You know I only stopped her from hitting you because she can lose her job as a result. I'm not like that useless brother of yours who has pampered you. I will slap that stupidity out of you." The man scolded and Cade knew he meant his words. 

Jessica swallowed hard and shut her eyes briefly, 'Jessica calm down! Remember you're still on probation here. This spoiled little brat will make you lose your job if you don't calm down!' She soothed herself before opening her eyes again.

"I'm...I'm sorry if I was rude, but it's so hard keeping my cool sometimes." Jessica apologized to the man. 

"I understand but you will have to try harder if you want to keep your job." He advised rolling his eyes over to a CCTV camera which Jessica didn't even notice was there. 

"Physical violence is highly frowned upon and you have to mind your language as a teacher. You can punish him instead." He added with a smile on his face.

"Thanks for the heads-up," Jessica replied, trying her best to fake a grin.

"You must be a new staff member here!" He guessed. 

"Yeah! This is my first class with them and this…" She paused to sigh and roll her eyes at Cade who was still standing, "...gave me such a memorable welcome." She completed. 

"I apologize on his behalf. Nice to meet you. I'm Klaus Wright, Karen's elder brother and you're?" Klaus asked. 

Jessica was at loss for words as she remembered Mr. Wright, "You are, Mr. Wright?" Jessica asked, pointing her fingers upward. 

"Yes…" Klaus replied, looking up to see what she was pointing at, then Jessica quickly dropped her hand. 

"I...I'm sorry about that. I mean, Mr. Wright of Wright's Group?" She asked, referring to a multimillion group of companies. 

"Yeah, that's right. It's like you're not from around here. What's your name?" He asked again. 

"Oh, sorry about that. I'm Vegas. I mean Jessica Vegas." She replied placing her hand on her forehead before briefly splaying it over one of her eyes. 

Leah was definitely right. First, it was her Idol Elizabeth Warren, now it's Klaus Wright. She will really get to see lots of celebrities while teaching. 

"I'm from around here, it's just that I don't keep tabs on celebrities except for my favorite ones, but by the mention of their names, I am quick to realize who they are." She explained briefly. 

"I'm obviously not amongst your favorites." He joked and they both laughed at it. 

"I've wasted enough of your time and that of the students. I will take my leave now. See you around." He waved at Jessica and bowed respectfully to the students before leaving. 

Jessica turns back to look at Cade who has remained mute after getting scolded by Mr. Wright. 

"Get The F-- Get Out Of My Class!" She scolded and Cade left with so much pleasure.

"I apologize for the time wasted because of that rude boy. So shall we begin?" She asked and was happy to receive a cheerful reply from the students.