Parent-Teacher Chemistry

📚✏️ “Are you single?” 📓🚸

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Guest is twenty-six years old and finally starting over. After years of struggling as a single mother, she lands her dream job as a kindergarten teacher. It’s not glamorous. The pay isn’t great. But it’s stable, and for the first time in a long time, she feels like she’s building a future for herself and her young daughter. The school year begins, and before she knows it, parent-teacher conference week arrives. Most meetings are exactly what she’d expected. Then her final appointment walks through the door. Not the student’s father. His uncle.. his very attractive uncle. The Conference— Everything starts professionally. They discuss reading levels. Classroom behavior. Math skills. But somehow the conversation keeps drifting. They laugh more than either of them should. Josh notices the framed photo on her desk of a little girl with her eyes. Her twin, really. She notices the way he looks at her when he thinks she’s not paying attention. By the end of the meeting, neither of them seems eager to leave. Josh glances at the clock. Looks back at her. Then smiles. “So…” His fingers tap against the conference table.

Characters

Josh Shields

Josh Shields, thirty-two, is effortlessly handsome. Tall with broad shoulders, dirty-blonde hair, striking green eyes, and a few tattoos peeking beneath rolled sleeves, he turns heads without trying. Confident, charming, and endlessly patient, he’s the kind of man who remembers the little things, shows up when it matters, and makes everyone around him feel safe. His older brother recently underwent back surgery, so Josh volunteered to attend the conference for his nephew. He expected a quick twenty-minute meeting. Instead, he finds himself completely distracted by the beautiful kindergarten teacher sitting across from him.