The New Teacher
By Ryan T. Morris

This is the first story in a new version of The Facts of Life: The Ryan & Annabelle Series a series of stories that I created about Mrs. Garrett’s nephew, Ryan, and his daughter, Annabelle. In this version Ryan is around the same age as the girls, and Annabelle is the same age as Jamie and Tisha.

A short background about the girl’s lives in this story:
Blair is the owner and headmistress of Eastland.

Tootie is the drama teacher at Eastland. She is a widow and has a daughter, Tisha.

Natalie is the journalism teacher at Eastland. She is married to Harper and they are expecting their first baby in May.

And Jo is the English teacher & assistant headmistress of Eastland. She’s is married to Rick and has a daughter, Jamie.

Blair was sitting at her desk going over some resumes. The new school year was just few weeks away and she was in the process of hiring some new teachers. Just then her intercom buzzed.

“Miss Warner, Mrs. Bonner is here to see you,” said Susan, Blair’s secretary, over the intercom.

“Let her in,” said Blair.

A few moments later, Blair stands up and walks toward Jo, “Welcome back,” gives her a quick hug and says, “How was your vacation?”

“Pretty good. It was nice to get away for a while. So how has the hiring be going?”

“Not too bad.”

“Have you hired anyone yet?”

“Yeah, I still need to fined some for World History and U.S. History. But, I have some very qualified candidates coming in this afternoon.”

“Would you like me to handle it?”

“Sure. I’ve narrowed it down to five people. Here are there resumes,” Blair handed Jo a folder, “I’ll tell Susan to send them to your office.”

“OK.” Jo took the folder and headed to her office.

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Jo had finished interviewing four of the five applicants. She was reading over the resume of the last applicant. She smiled when she saw that one of his references was Edna Garrett. Just then the intercom buzzed.

“Mrs. Bonner, the final applicant is here to see you,” said Susan.

“Show him in, Susan,” said Jo.

Shortly, a man entered Jo’s office, he looked about 30, he had a mustache and a beard, and he was wearing a gray suit, Jo stood up from behind her desk, extend her hand, and said, “Hello, I’m Joanna Bonner. I’m the assistant headmistress of Eastland.”

The man shook Jo’s hand and said, “Nice to meet your, Mrs. Bonner. I’m Ryan Morris.”

“Please call me Jo. Have a seat,” said Jo, as she sat down.

“All right,” said Ryan, as he sat down.

“So, I was going over your resume, and I see that one or your references was Edna Garrett.”

“Yes, she’s my aunt.”

“I see.”

“That’s one of the main reasons I applied here. My aunt would tell me stories about Eastland. It seems like a wonderful place to teach.”

“It is. I’m an English teacher here as well. I also see you have a daughter, do you plan on enrolling her here if you get this job?”

“Oh, yes, I also plan on moving in to my aunt’s old house in downtown Peekskill.”

“I see. Well, I thank you from coming and I’ll let you know if we deiced to hire you,” Jo stands up and extended her arm again, “It was nice meeting you, Ryan.”

Ryan stood up and shook her hand, “It was nice meeting you, too. Jo.” Then he left.

Jo then pressed the button on her intercom, “Susan, is Blair free?”

“One moment please… Yes, she can see you now.”
“Thanks,” then Jo headed to Blair’s office.

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Soon, Jo was in Blair’s office, the headmistress looked at her friend and said, “So how did it go?”

Jo sat down in a chair and said, “Not to bad. They are all very qualified. By the way, did you know that Mrs. G’s nephew applied for the history teacher’s job?”

“Yeah, How was he?”

“He seemed like a nice guy.”

“And he’s extremely qualified. Do you think he would fit in here?”

“Yeah, he could be a perfect addition to Eastland.”

“Then that settles it, he’s hired,” said Blair.

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A few weeks later, Ryan and his 16 year old daughter, Annabelle, packed their belongings into a U-Haul truck, hooked their Saturn VUE to the back, and left there old home in San Francisco, California and headed for there new home in Peekskill, New York. And a few days latter they reached the Peekskill City Limits.

“Well, here we are,” said Ryan as he turned onto High Street.

“Wow, It’s much bigger than I thought,” said Annabelle, “Which house is ours?”

“918”

“There it is!” said Annabelle, as she pointed to it.

Ryan pulled into the driveway, and the got out of the truck and walked to the front door. Ryan unlocked the door and they went inside. The living room was empty of furniture, and flipped the lights on.

“Wow, this place is big,” said Annabelle.

“Yeah.”

“Let’s go upstairs.”

“OK.”

They go upstairs to what was the girls’ bedroom, it is empty as well.

Annabelle looked at her father and said, “Can this be my room?”

“Sure,” said Ryan. Just then the doorbell rang, “I wonder who that could be?”

Ryan and Annabelle walk down the stairs and open the door.

Natalie, Tootie, Jamie, and Tisha are there, “Hi,” said Natalie, “I’m Natalie Green, I’m the journalism teacher at Eastland.”

“Oh, Hi, Nice to meet you, Natalie,” said Ryan, “I’m Ryan Morris, and this is my daughter Annabelle.”

“You can call me Anna,” said Anna.

“I’m Dorothy Ramsey,” said Tootie, “and this is my daughter Tisha. And this is Jamie, she’s the daughter of our assistant headmaster.”

“Jo and Blair wanted to come but they still have a lot of work to do getting Eastland ready for the new school year,” said Natalie, “We wanted to come over, introduce ourselves, and see if you need a hand unpacking”

“OK. Sure, we could use some help.”

Soon, the six of the them start to unload the truck, first they moved all the furniture in, then they started to work on unpacking. Tisha and Jamie went upstairs to help Anna unpack and Natalie and Tootie stayed downstairs to help Ryan.

“You have a very nice daughter, Ryan,” said Natalie.

“Thank you,” said Ryan, “It hasn’t been easy. I’ve had to raise Annabelle all by myself. Her mother died when she was just a baby.”

“What happened?”

“She was hit by a drunk driver, while going to the store.”

“Oh, I’m sorry…”

“Ryan, no it’s all right, it was a long time ago, & I’ve been able to cope with it.”

Just then Annabelle, Jamie, & Tisha came down stairs, Anna walked over to her father and asked, “Daddy? Can I go with Jamie and Tisha to the mall?”

“Sure, honey,” said Ryan, “Don’t be gone too long.”

“We won’t, Bye.”

“Bye,” said Anna, then the three teenagers left.

Over the next few hours, Natalie, Tootie, & Ryan talked and continued to unpack. After awhile, Natalie & Tootie leave, and Ryan started to make dinner. Soon, Anna came home, carrying some bags.

“Hi, Daddy,” said Anna, as she kissed her dad on the cheek.

“Hi, how was your shopping trip?”

“Good, I had a good time. So, what’s for dinner?”

“Spaghetti.”

“Need some help?”

“Sure.”

Ryan and Anna start to finish making their dinner and they start to eat. When they finish, Anna goes up to bed. Ryan sits on the couch in the living room and starts to watch some TV, when the doorbell rings.

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Soooo, who's at the door?!

BTW, I have another question...is Mrs. Garrett alive in this story...and just not there yet, or did something happen that I didn't pay attention to?

Ummm, I'm not sure if Mrs. G is going to be in the story.

gr8 job post more soon.

I have a question also,is the mom who died in this story when Annabelle was a baby Sarah?,I know that Annabelle much older in the other story I read a bout Sarah dying, just wanted to know.:confused:

To answer JoCool's question:

Yes. Now here is more...
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Ryan stood up, opened the door, and said, “Ms. Warner. This is a surprise.”

“Hi, I was on my way home from the school and I thought that I would say, ‘Hi’”

“We’ll come in, come in,” said Ryan.

Blair walked in and then looked around, and said, “You got a lot of unpacking done today.”

“Yes, thanks to Natalie and Tootie, but I still have a few things left, to unpack…,” said Ryan, then Blair kissed him, very passionately.

After a few seconds, Blair stopped and said, “Oh, I’ve missed you, Teddy Bear.”

“I’ve missed you too, Angel… You still haven’t told your friends about us yet have you?”

“No… How did you know?”

“Well, I was with Natalie and Tootie for about five hours and they never mention anything about you and me having a relationship.”

“Oh, What about Anna? Did she mention anything to Jamie or Tisha?”

“No, I told her that she shouldn’t mention anything to them about our relationship to anyone.”

“Good,” said Blair, as she kissed him again, and placed her arms on his shoulders and asked “How long has it been?”

“Well, let’s see… You came out to San Francisco, for that private school conference in January… So it’s been Seven months…”

“Seven months… It seems like forever…,” said Blair, as she kissed him again, “I should be going…”

“Do you have to?”

“Yeah, I have to get up early in the morning.

“OK,” said Ryan, then he kissed her, “Good night.”

Blair kissed him and said, “Good night.” Then she left and Ryan went up to bed.

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The next morning, Blair was in her office when her intercom buzzed, “Miss Warner, Mr. Morris is here to see you.”

“OK,” said Blair. Then Ryan came in and closed the door. Blair stood up from behind her desk and gave him a kiss, “So how is your room?”

“Ryan, perfect, just like you.”

Blair smiled.

“Blair, why haven’t you told your friends and family about us?”

“Oh, I don’t know. I guess I just like having a secret relationship.”

“Well, I guess I can live with that. How would by secret girlfriend like to have dinner at my place for dinner tonight. Anna is going out with Jamie and Tisha.”

“OK. It’s been seven months since I’ve had your cooking”

Ryan smiled and gave her a kiss, “See you at seven. Bye.” Then, Ryan left.

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Later that night, Ryan was setting the table for his dinner with Blair, he was wearing a suit and tie. Just then the doorbell rang, Ryan opened it, it was Blair, she had her hair up and she was wearing a black knee-length dress, black pantyhose, and black pumps.

“Hi,” said Ryan, then he let her in, closed the door and gave her a kiss, “you look fabulous.”

“Thank you,” said Blair, “so how is dinner coming?”

“It’s just about ready, would you like some wine?”

“Sure.”

“OK, I’ll be right back,” Ryan went into the kitchen and came back with a bottle of wine and two glasses he gave one to Blair and set one on the table. He then opened the bottle and poured some for Blair and some for himself, “I would like to make a toast, to us.”

“To us,” said Blair, they clinked glasses, then they drank there wine.

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After they ate dinner, they were snuggling on the couch, when Blair looked up at Ryan and said, “Teddy Bear?”

“Yes, Angel?”

“We are adults.”

“Yes we are.”

“And this is the 21st Century.”

“It is.”

“I would like our relationship to go to the next step.”

“Are you sure? I don’t want to rush you in to something you don’t want to do.”
“Yes, I’m sure.”

“OK, then why don’t we go upstairs?”

“OK,” said Blair as she stood up and slipped her shoes back on, then they went upstairs to Ryan’s room.

When they got inside Ryan closed the door, and they started to kiss very passionately, Ryan let her hair down, and just as he was about to start to unzip her dress, the phone rang, Ryan sighed, “I’ll get it,” Ryan picked up the phone, “Hello?… Yes, this is Annabelle Morris’s father… She where?!… They what?!… Yes, I’ll be right down,” Ryan then hang up the phone.

“What’s going on?” asked Blair.

“Anna, Jamie, & Tisha are in the Peekskill City Jail!”

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oooooooooo....There's gonna be trouuubbbbbbbblllllllllleeeee!!!;)

Thanks for answering my question!:)

I love it. It's super.

This is great!,can't wait to read about happens next!:wave:

I love it but I'm too lazy to read back is Blair married or not?

Originally posted by Biker Chick/Jo Fan
I love it but I'm too lazy to read back is Blair married or not?

No she's not
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Soon Ryan & Blair were at the Peekskill Court House, they go inside and sit down next to Jo & Tootie.

“Have the girls‘ case been called yet?” asked Ryan.

“No,” said Jo.

“Next case,” said the judge.

The court clerk stood up and said, “People vs. Annabelle Marie Morris, Jamie Erica Bonner, & Tisha Jane Williams. Using fake I.D.‘s, underage drinking, and assaulting a police officer.”

A matron brought out Anna, Jamie and Tisha. Mrs. Grishsom, The prosecuting attorney, stood next to Anna and the girls’ court appointed attorney, Mr. Keane stood next to Tisha.

“Mrs. Grishsom?” said the judge.

“Apparently, the three ladies here decided to go to the Chug-a-lug bar for some drinks and Ms. Bonner and Ms. Williams got into an argument about who could pick up more guys. Unfortunately, the first guy they tried to pick up was an off-duty police officer. After the officer introduced himself and showed them his identification he told them that they were under arrest for underage drinking. When the officer tried to take them away, Ms. Morris, not knowing what was going on, started to beat up the officer and then dumped a pitcher of beer on his head.”

“And what is their plea, Mr. Keane?” asked the judge.

“Guilty, on all counts, your honor,” said Mr. Keane.

“Fine,” said the judge, “Since your all minors and this is your first offence, I’m going to place you three on 6 months probation. And, I’m going to release you into your parents custody,” said the judge, then he pounded his gavel.

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Later that night, Anna was in her room brushing her hair, getting ready for bed, when a knock came on the door. “Can I come in?” asked Ryan.

“Sure,” said Anna.

Ryan walked in and sat down on the bed, “What a night.”

“Yeah.”

“You want to talk about it.”

“You heard the prosecutor.”

“Yeah, I did but I want to here it from you. Where you drinking?”

“No. Jamie was, me and Tisha weren’t.”

“Good.”

“Daddy?

“Yes?”

“I’m sorry. If I knew that that guy was a cop, I wouldn’t have hit him…”

“I know. You were just protecting your friends.”

Anna breaks down and Ryan comforts her.

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The next day, Ryan walked to Tootie’s office and knocked on the door to her office.

“Come in,” said Tootie.
Then Ryan came in and said, “Hi.”

“Hi,” said Tootie.

“Can I sit down?”

“Sure.”

Ryan sat down and said, “Dorothy…”

“Look, I know why you’re here. You’re here about last night. I don’t need advice about how to raise my daughter…”

“Whoa! Wait a minute, Look, Dorothy, I don’t blame parents for their kids mistakes. What the kids did last night was a mistake. I just wanted to know what Tisha told you about what happened last night.”

“Tisha said that, it was Jamie’s idea to go to the Chug-a-lug. She just wanted to check it out. She also said that she was the only one who drank. What did Anna say?”

“Same thing, and I just finished talking to Jo and Jamie told her the same thing.”

“Ryan, listen….”

“It’s OK, I understand. I don’t want advice on how to raise my daughter, either. I just wanted to make sure that Anna was telling me the truth.”

“I understand. And you don’t have to call me Dorothy, you can call me Tootie.

“OK.”

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Sure.”

“Why was Blair with you?”

“Um, well you see, um, we were having dinner last night.”

“You were having dinner?”

“Yeah, um, me and Blair have been seeing each other for about 5 years.”

“5 years?”

“Yeah, we first met when she came out to San Francisco for a conference.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. But, don’t tell Blair I told you. She wants it to be a secret for some reason.”

“Don’t worry you can count on me.”

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While Tootie & Ryan were talking, Jo was walking into Blair’s office.

“Hi,” said Blair.

“Hi,” said Jo.

“How are you doing today?”

“Good.”

“How’s Jamie?”

“All right. She does have a bit of a hangover. But she‘ll live. By the way Blair why were you at the Court House last night?”

“Well, me and Ryan were having dinner.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

“At 10 PM?”

“It was a late dinner.”

“Sure…”

“Listen, nothing happened last night. Although we came mighty close,” said Blair with a smile.

“I’m surprised Blair, you’ve always said you’ve wanted to wait until marriage,” said Jo.

“I know.”

“Do you think is wise to date a guy you just met?”
“Well… It’s not the first time me and Ryan had dinner together.”

“It’s not?”

“We’ve been seeing each other for 5 years.”

“5 years?! Why didn’t you tell any of us?”

“I wanted to have a secret love.”

“So how did you meet?”

“Well, about 5 years ago, I went out to California for a conference. Me and Ryan met at a dinner and started talking. And we hit it off. Soon every time I went out to California or he came to New York we would have dinner together.”

“I see”

“Listen, don’t tell the rest of the girls. I’d like to keep mine and Ryan relationship a secret for awhile.”

“Sure.”

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Great.

Awsome post more soon

Here is the end of this story, it's short and sweet.
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Later that day, Ryan & Blair where in her office, sitting on her couch kissing.

Ryan stopped and said, “Blair, I have something to tell you?”

“What?” asked Blair.

“I told Tootie about us today.”

“That’s OK. I told Jo today too.”

“What happened to our ‘secret’ relationship?”

“Well, I guess, I didn’t want it to be a secret anymore.”

“Well, since we don’t have to keep our relationship, why don’t we go out to dinner tonight?”

“OK. Why don't you pick me up at eight.”

“OK.”
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Later that night, Blair and Ryan are sitting at a table in a restaurant, Ryan is wearing a navy blue suit, and Blair is wearing a blue dress. Ryan looked at her and said, “I love the way you look in blue.”

Blair smiles, “Thank you.”

“Blair, I’m glad that we didn’t do it last night.”

“Why?”

“Well, I know that you want to wait for our wedding night.”

“Yes, I do but, it would be nice to… What did you say?”

Ryan got down on one knee, took a ring box out of his pocket, open it, took Blair’s hand, and said, “Blair Nicole Warner, will you marry me?”

Tears started to form in her eyes, “Yes!”

Ryan stands up, places the ring on her finger and they start to kiss.

THE END

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