Marlena’s big blue eyes stared up at Drummond for a moment before responding.<br/><br/><strong>“Marlena McCoy… Is this really necessary sir? It’s my first day…” </strong><br/><br/>When he did not change his posture, his cane still waving towards the open classroom door, she averted her eyes and slowly walked inside. She was surprised to find an old-fashioned chalk blackboard at the front of the room. She hadn’t seen one of those since primary school. She walked as far as his desk and stood idly in front of it, wondering what kind of reprimand she’d be facing. These guys were pretty anal about their rules if something as silly as this could land her in hot water from day one! Her eyes wandered and she discovered the collection of canes. How very odd…<br/><br/>Why on earth would he need so many of them in his classroom? Just the one had been slightly weird… Perhaps it was supposed to enhance the image of a distinguished British gentleman? If that was the case, it did not impress Marlena. However haughty his tone and lyrical his language was, he was still a mean bully underneath as far as she was concerned. She shifted her weight from foot to foot as he joined her back in his classroom. It was something she couldn’t help but doing whenever she was feeling nervous. And she was very nervous right now… Between the creepy physics teacher and this guy, her afternoon stroll had become far too exciting for her liking all of a sudden….