Gemotions

"Mom, look, it's Miss Periwinkle!" ten-year-old Sam shouted, pointing towards a woman with a towering beehive hairdo and a cheerful wave. Liam’s father, Richard, stopped dead in his tracks. He froze. He knew the name, he remembered the floral dresses.

He couldn’t believe it. Miss Periwinkle, his childhood nemesis, now Sam's fifth-grade teacher? He felt his shoulders tense. He had to be calm. He forced a smile and offered a polite nod, but he knew this year was going to be hard. His secret stash of comics was going to be discovered. His terrible class behavior was going to be revealed. He couldn’t face this.