Sparkle in a Speck - Page 7

She will befriend the kids for sure.

How she deals with uncle is the question 😂.

“Its OK u start in living room only”

The smart ass kid started with “You name is Punky no?”

“No its not” she smiled through grit teeth

This was going to be looooooooong and painful

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Flora & Fauna

He was indeed a smart kid, but he had a mouth on him, and argued endlessly. He had a sharp sense of humor but he failed to respect authority. Punky saw how he could be struggling. The school was massive and every grade had between 250-300 hunds spread over 8 sections.

She had not taught Kunal’s grade before

His mother sat there paying close attention to every word Punky said

“Can I record when you explain problems?”

Punkly looked at her confused

“I am not sure video is allowed… umm… I can ask”

“You have pretty eyes”

“Thanks” Punky nodded

Suhasini watched her carefully, trying to figure out if she was teaching the same way, Ms Phule did

“Aap bade class ko sikhati ho”

“Yes, usually,” Punky lowered her gaze, she wasn’t sure why she was being so intently stared at.

“I liked Mrs Phule Ma’am”

“That’s great… I do too” she didn’t get triggered by the kid

“She is my most favorite”

“I will tell her”

“No I will tell her, can I have your phone?”

“NO You may not, can we look at this next problem?”

“No… I get the concept, can we stop?”

“I am obligated to teach you 30 minutes today”

“Are you single?”

“Excuse me?” Punky was startled

Suhasini gently smacked the kid on the back “Rude… none of your business Kunal

“I am just aaasking” he giggled

Punky was taken aback, this twit of a 12? 13? Year old was trying to get fresh with her, she was angry she had triggered the kid’s animal instinct

“You know what? Lets make a deal, you ask me personal questions, I will stop coaching. The school will be unable to send someone to replace me, you go to annual exam without knowing how to do chapters 11-17. Deal?”

Kunal looked angry and hurt

“You are smart Kunal I can tell. Please don’t waste your time” Punky softened her tone

Suhasini looked offended at first then she mellowed a bit

Later she spent 10 extra minutes explaining how she was going to teach and what her expectations were going to be.

“He is harmless” Suhasini claimed

“I am sure, but I don’t appreciate being talked to like that”

“I know, but he is a child…”

“Could be but what I said I stand by”

“He hasn’t seen any fashionable teachers I guess” Suhasini tried to butter her up

“I don’t do this for Kunal Mrs Deshmukh, he is a CHILD. I take care of myself”

Punky looked down at her dark red kurta and white chudidar, regrated not bringing her dupatta, she had taken it off after school in the staff room to chill out and had walked away like that

“I don’t want such behavior, I will stop and walk out Mrs Deshmukh. The school has a policy, we can only go to homes if mother is around, and teach only in well lit rooms with easy access to doors, and always have our location trackable in the school app”

“Are you saying you are afraid of Kunal?” Suhasini bristled

“No I am saying how I will defend myself” Punky growled

“There has been a huge misunderstanding” Suhasini insisted by the elevator, one was climbing up ever so slowly, one was coming down from the 5th or 7th floor, other two were paused at other floors

“Could be…” Punky nodded

“He is really smart but really cocky, he needs a firm hand”

“I can do that… but I have my limitations”

“Please don’t go talking about this” Suhasini accused

“Why would I?” punky was astonished

“Don’t come with preconceived notions next time… “

“I wont… I hope he will not cross the line again”

Suhasini didn’t agree or disagree

Punky arrived home with a headache

Ajji had made a nice spicy dal and rice with papad, her siblings were both at their friend’s, she stalked them for a bit ate, and went to bed

Indraneel had stepped out of the one coming up from the lobby, Suhasini was sulking so she didn’t pay him attention.

“I am sorry OK”

“Indra tum hamesha sorry hote ho, I had told you specifically about his new coaching session with a new teacher”

“I KNOW, we failed an audit, I had to take care of some stuff”

Kunal was on the couch sulking

With no phone he was even more upset

He jumped up and ran to Indraneel

He was in no mood to listen to his whiny nephew, his nephew and niece thought the world of him

Suhasini hated him… he knew that

He sat down and smelled a whiff of Gucci Flora

He turned and looked everywhere

He inhaled audibly

“Some perfume huh?” Kunal smirked, “Are you wearing your Mom’s?”

Suhasini brought his chai, he looked at a half glass of water, and an untouched chai

He didn’t ask… none of his biz

“We got assigned a new math teacher”

“I know you told me in the morning”

“Kunal was inappropriate… so please don’t give him his phone”

He inhaled again

His heart skipped a beat

His heart skipped a beat

Math Teacher & Kunal

Love that Punky does not shortchange herself. She looks after the family but still makes some time for herself too.

Suhasini just dissed the dude and Punky has no idea who she was talking about.

Don't the other kids call her Punky too? What irks her about this kid?

Flora & Fauna

The kid is little too precocious. He needs a bit of reigning in.

If Indra had known who the teacher was going to be, he would have made extra effort to be there.

He knows her perfume. Can he guess she is the teacher?

I am sure for class he would be there.