Frances poured himself into the children in his class to distract himself from think of Quin. It worked, but the kids still noticed how uncharacteristically animated he was on the second day. he still spoke as strict and proper as normal, but he maintained this constant faint blush that increased when he was thinking.<br/><br/>Gathered in a grassy spot of the library courtyard, Frances had his class  round him in a reading circle. "Mr. Norington. Your face is purple. So pretty! I wish my face was purple." noted a giggly little student of his during story time.  He was reading about a fox and his mind drifted to Quin, despite not missing a word of the story. He spoke well and animated each character, surprising and delighting his students, who had already become accustomed to his somewhat stiff nature.<br/><br/>"You'd look dumb purple. You look dumb anyway." a boy mean boys had her instantly in tears.<br/><br/>Frances gently hugged the girl and looked at her offender.  "Really,  now. Is that anyway to speak to someone? I'm very disappointed you would say something like that, Travis."  the boy felt bad especially since he didn't have the support of the other boys.  "In your own time, I'd like you to apologize and think of a way to make her feel better. Simply saying I'm sorry is lazy." he glanced around at everyone.  "Remember that everyone. Mean words cling to you and take a long time to go away.  No matter how many times you say I'm sorry."<br/><br/>Class went on after that and by the end of the day amends had been made. The boy had a crush on her and was upset she was complimenting the teacher and not him.  Frances knew this well and smiled when he saw him give her a flower after class.  Well, he left it on her desk with a note.<br/><br/>The whole thing, combined with his lust for Quin had him in high spirits once classes were done and he headed to his orientation meeting apologizing for missing it the day before.  It seems word had gotten to them of him and Quin's tryst, confusing Frances by being amazingly understanding.  They spoke briefly on it and cautioned him on things he could not grasp, obviously assuming he knew more than he did.  He saved his questions to bring up with Quin and set off to his room in hopes of meeting him along the way.