A Royal Love Story

Chapter 3 - First Day

I woke up, dreaming about Harry. I loved the dream, it was the best dream I had ever had. There were more pressing matters on my mind though; it was my first day at work. My first day teaching at my very first school. Then, the ringtone on my phone went; I had a text at 7 in the morning. Who was it? I opened the text. It was from Harry. The text read, ‘I had a really nice time last night. Good luck on your first day. Please ring me when you have time. Harry x’.  I didn’t really read the text; I just read who it was from. The text put me in a really good mood for the rest of the day. Now I had to psyche myself up for my first day ahead of me. I had to keep saying to myself that everything would be alright. I knew deep down it would be. So, here we go…

I got to the reception of the school. The journey wasn’t too bad. The tube was only 5 minutes and it was a 10 minute walk from the station. I met a nice lady at the front desk, “Um hello, my name is Sophia, I am the new P.E. teacher.”

“Right, ok. I will go and get the head of P.E. for you Sophia.” The receptionist was very welcoming. This felt like a nice school to teach at, and I haven’t even taught a lesson yet.

A man in his mid-twenties came and greeted me. “Hello, you must be Miss Smith! I am Mr Jones, the head of P.E. here. You will be working with Mrs Williams for the next few weeks to get you settled in.”

Sounded alright to me. “Ok, thank you, do I have a set timetable or anything?”

“Yes, let me take you to the sports hall and get you settled in.”

As I was escorted to the sports hall by Mr Jones, some of the kids stood and stared at me. It felt like the first day of school all over again. I was still telling myself that it would be fine.

“Everyone, please meet our new P.E. teacher, Sophia Smith.”

“Hello, it is lovely to meet you all, and I am very excited to start working here!” I was, genuinely excited.

“Hello, I am Sandy Williams; I think you will be assisting me for some classes for the next few weeks.”

“Lovely to meet you Sandy. Have you got a timetable for me so I know what I am doing today?”

“Yes, it’s on the printer ready for you. Please, make yourself at home. You have a desk; you are over there next to Dan Jones.”

“Thank you very much. So, what’s first for today then?”

I had about twenty minutes to prepare myself for my first lesson of the day, and, if I say so myself, it went fantastically. The kids seemed to really like me, and I got involved too. This is why I have always wanted to be a P.E teacher, because I wanted to get involved and have fun while working. The rest of the day went really well too. Overall, it was a really good first day, the best first day I could have really had. Then, I remembered, I needed to call Harry, so I found my phone from my bag. I had 5 missed calls from Harry. I hadn’t looked at my phone all day! Well, I suppose it was time to face the music, so I called Harry.

“Hello?”

“Hi Harry, its Sophia. I’m really sorry I didn’t call, I haven’t looked at my phone all day!”

“No, don’t worry. Where are you? Are you on your way home?”

“Yeh him just walking down Regent’s Street, near my flat why?”

“I was just wondering if you would like to come round for a bit, or, would you rather if I came round to yours.”

“Why don’t you come round to mine? Are you at Clarence House then?”

“No, I’m actually walking down the Mall towards Buckingham Palace.”

“Ok, I’ll meet you at the gate near the entrance to Hyde Park, ok? I’ll be there in five.”

“Yeh, ok. See you in five.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Ok, now Harry is going to see me all sweaty straight after work, great. I didn’t walk to the gate, I walked very quickly. Before I got there, I saw harry smiling at me, leaning against the gate. I smiled back. “Hello, good looking.” I thought I’d get in there first with the compliments.

“Hello gorgeous, you look tired.” He pulled me in close for a hug, and he didn’t care who saw us.

“I am, very. I never realised how tiring being a P.E teacher was! Let’s get moving, I need a cup of tea!” Harry took my bag off me and we walked together.

When we got to the front door of the flat, I couldn’t find the keys. They were right in the bottom of my bag. It took me about five minutes to find the keys. I could see Harry was getting impatient. Eventually, I found the keys and we made our way into my flat. “Harry, do you want a cup of tea?”

“Ooohhh, yes please!” He sounded excited about the cup of tea that I was making for him. “Hey, Soph, sit down, I’ll do that. You need to sit for a bit.”

“Are you sure?” He nodded, “Ok then, you can make the tea, then.”

He put the tea on the table and sat down next to me. “Thank you.”

“So, tell me how your first day was then.” He seemed very intrigued.

“Well, it was very good thanks.”

“Good.” I didn’t realise, but he had gradually got closer to me. He then leaned his head towards mine. I knew what was coming next. Before I knew it, we were kissing. The moment we were in, felt like an eternity.

I had only known him two days, and I definitely knew that I would know Harry for much longer.