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YES!” Pearl Exclaimed “You should so accept that job!” 

Cleo backed Pearl up “you'd be a great teacher Scott, not to mention HISTORY teacher” 

Scott rolled his eyes, they were living in London, moving out of New York City a few years ago after the ban of trans people- it just wasn't a great place anymore. They were still adjusting to human life... Even after a couple hundred years. The death of your friends, and lover get to you.  

“Fine, Fine” Scott rolled his eyes at their enthusiasm “I'll get the teaching job” 

Around the area near Shelby, Drift and Scott's house was a School, Secondary school, to be precise. And once Scott found out about “Teacher Vacancies” he applied, I mean they were running out of money- they couldn't live on 18th century gold for hundreds of years. And he thought that him being alive (well dead) since the year 600 would make him quite a great history teacher... 

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They were flying over the trees and newly constructed buildings of Oakhurst, a place that was now an old legend. Lost to time, memories of their friends, and enemies of course were quite bold, and survivors had flashbacks quite regularly.  

They had met Apo again, a few years after the events of the third Oakhurst tragedy; she had gotten married! And they all put the past behind them. (Although Scott was still pi$$ed at her for trying to kill Avid) Apo and her wife Cherri live somewhere in London, maybe Sussex. Somewhere in the countryside, and she has small memorials for all those lost in Oakhurst- although that was Apo’s business, not Scott’s. 

“Scott” Shelby started “We’re almost home”  

They landed behind their home and transformed back to ‘normal’, Shelby rushed in to see their girlfriend, who couldn't attend their latest visit due to work. 

“DRIFT!” Shelby rushed over to drift “ugh, I missed you!” 

Scott walked past them, he didn't care about whatever lesbianism was happening over there, he had his own s*it to deal with. He goes to his room and shuts his door like a 2018 emo teenager, pulls out his laptop and opens the school website ‘Kings Green Mixed School’ he writes a message about how he acepts a position as history teacher 

Now to wait 

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He awoke at 3am, sure vampires didn't need to sleep. But it didn't mean they couldn't- and his bed was much comfier than whatever he had going on in that crypt a couple years back.  

‘ding!’ a notification lit up Scott’s phone screen. 

“We thank you for joining Kings Green Academy Staff, please attend a faculty meeting and interview at 2pm Sunday 26th" is what the email read when Scott stared at his screen blurry-eyed. 

You would expect him to be overjoyed or crazy exited, I mean he has the job now but. He’s not... I mean he is but, he wanted to start a new life with Avid, to get jobs together, lives together. And now they can't... It's fine though! Because he was going to go to the interview today, and he would be nice! And- he wouldn't think about him... 

He gets some clothes, trying not to be emo but he isn't going to ware his cloak again. He puts on some black jeans, a shirt and a cropped jumper over the shirt. Okay he might be a little emo; he walks over to his mirror (thank God the 20s have non-silver mirrors as now he can do, uh what did they call it, makeup?) puts on his makeup, again emo- but not too emo. And strides out his bedroom door. 

“Oh Scott, your awake!” Shelby exclaimed, passing Scott a glass of crimson. 

“How’d you get blood?” Scott Questioned “We’ve been searching everywhere for hunting grounds” 

Drift inhaled “Well- there are some hunting grounds I got access to just near the market in that large block of woodland, but I also made friends with a butcher, and he said he could give me the blood from all his animals, so we’re set!” 

Scott and Shelby just processed those words for a minute. 

“Well anyways I don't care” Scott started “Thanks for finding blood but I have a meeting to attend”  

“Good luck!” Shelby shouted as Scott exited the building 

Scott left the house, shutting the large wooden door behind him, the school was only a 15-minute walk from their home so he could easily make it on time. 

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He walked up the staircase to the school gate and rang the buzzer. 

“Hello, Kings Green Academy speaking” the little black box on the gates said. 

“Oh, right, here for the faculty meeting,” Scott replied. 

A loud buzzing noise rang from the gate as it as it opened, Scott walked inside, he registered his name and was told to walk the class SG05. 

He opened the door on there was about 20 teachers. 

“Ah!” a woman in skirt and blouse at the front said, “you must be Scott! Everyone, Scott is a new history teacher, if you could sit over there next to Avid, please.” 

His heart jumpstarted for a moment. I mean, why wouldn't it? he had been dead for like 200 years. And yet there he was, sitting. On a plastic chair, notebook in hand. 

Avid smiled, and Scott instantly relaxed, it was the same smile that he had remembered, that he had loves. Even if it was meant to be dead, and yet here he was. Although this obviously wasn't his Avid, even if he looks like him. But his or not, Scott sat down anyways  

“I'm Avid, also a history teacher” He chuckled. 

It was the same laugh 

“Scott Goldsmith” Scott replied 

Luckily, his surname never got recorded into the Oakhurst. Otherwise, he would be in a lot  of trouble. 

“Avid James” 

Avid chuckled, although he couldn't really place something about Scott, I mean that name wasn't quite common, and his teeth were really sharp. He’s just really craving something paranormal; you don't get much in the 2020’s. But on another note, Scott was extremely pretty, like- ethereal, maybe he's developing a crush- NO, that's for kids, he's past that. 

But he will ask Elle about that later... 

“ALRIGHT!” the woman from before whom Scott now new as Sandra, began speaking “tomorrow is the children's first day back after summer break, I've emailed everyone their classes and the year modules, so if you could plan your lessons for this week, please. On another note, Scott your tutor is 8S and your classroom is G101, you can decorate the walls and shit but just no permeant stuff, in case you need to move, also Avid, you don't have a tutor anymore as they're now in GCSES and can you move your classroom to G102 as miss Beckley has now left, thank you. So, if all staff members could exit the classroom, and just plan lessons until 5pm.” 

“Oh, and Avid, teach Scott about the school” she ended. 

“W-what, me?” Avid stuttered 

After that Sandra left and so did Scott. 

Scott began to walk down the hallway, confused as hell- because like where was G101? hurried footsteps chased after him. 

“Phew” Avid breathed heavily “finally caught up- you're a fast walker” 

“Or maybe your just slow, you are pretty Afterall. You can't have two good things in life” Scott stated. 

“Wha- I- uh" Avid’s face started going red 

“Still as flustered as you used to be” Scott chuckled 

“Huh? Used to be?” Avid questioned 

Scott internally panicked, he didn't mean to say that. Fuck, fuck, fuck. 

“Sorry I flirt with all my friends, it's my personality” Scott smiled. 

“It's fine” although avid was kind of sad he didn't mean it, what did Scott mean by ‘used to be’ though, has he met Scott before? 

‘NO- NO PLEASE NO’ a flash of three people in cave stung his mind for a moment. 

Weird. 

“So, uh you married? Have a wife?” Avid titled his head 

“No, no I'm attracted to men” He stated “although I do live with my two best friends, they're dating though” 

“Oh-” so Avid had a chance... “I'm single Aswell and live alone. Much more boring than your life I expect” 

Wouldn't you know 

“Well I'll be just next door if you need me” and with that Avid left, again. 

And Scott immediately called Shelby and Drift 

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Scott groggily got out of bed, he wanted to look nice, they were teenagers after all. I mean first impressions and all that. He wore a similar outfit to yesterday, a white shirt with ruffled sleeves, a red sweater and some black flared jeans. It suited him and was according to teacher dress code. 

He got up at about 6:05 and arrived at 7:00, school gates open at 8 for students so an hour was plenty of time 

It wasnt too long after he sat down at his desk that he heard a knock at his door. 

“Hey Scott!” Avid said as he opened the door “I didn't know if you drink coffee, but I got you one anyways” 

Avid places a medium black coffee on Scott's desk and sits on the table next to him. Sure, Scott could drink Coffee, it just gave him the effects of it but didn't really taste like anything to him, they much preferred blood as it was the only thing they needed, and it tasted amazing.  

“So, you exited to meet your tutor?” Avid questioned 

“Uh-” Scott turned his head “what's a tutor? 

“Oh, uh well” Avid stuttered “uh it's like a class you have at the start of your day, and they are kind of like your children, and you have to sort all their s**t out for them” 

Scott looks at his timetable, “8S?” 

“Oh, they're a lovely bunch, real great kids” Avid says 

Scott and Avid just stare at each other for a moment, Avid blushes and turns away and Scott snickers. 

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Scott opens his classroom door, and students start filing in. 

“Uh sir?” some short brown-haired girl asks “are we still using our old seating plan” 

F**k he didn't want to have to deal with human interaction today 

“Uh just sit wherever you want ig?” Scott scoffs 

The class cheers and Scott smiles, he couldn't be bothered to do stuff today, he wanted to talk with Avid. 

Once all the students sat down, Scott started talking. “Right, Good morning. My name is Scott Goldsmith but just call me Scott. I'm you tutor and, and your history teacher, uh, yeah.” 

A student raises their hand “Sir, are you gay” 

Scott chokes on his drink, jeez students really don't have a filter 

<~~~~~~~>

Scott rests his head on the desk before pushing up off it and walking to the door, Satan, he was starving- Oh! He remembered a flask of blood; he walks to the staff room. Maybe now he can level up? 

As he walks into the staff room, he notices there's only 4 teachers, an art teacher he thinks was called Gem? Sandra, that one chopped math teacher. He looks over at the couch and Avid is sitting by himself. Maybe he’ll go give him a little visit 

“Hey Avid” Scott says plopping down next to him “why aren't you sitting with anyone?” 

“Oh, uh well not that many people like me, i ramble on about the supernatural too much” Avid returns 

He was still the same Avid 

“Oh well I do so now you have company” Scott says booping his nose. 

Avid blushes “uh- well yeah uh yeah” 

Scott scoffs and takes a drink from his flask. His sleeve slightly falling to show some bandages. 

“Oh!” Avid says noticing them “are you alright” 

Scott rushes to pull his sleeve back up “yes, I'm quite alright thanks for asking” 

“Are you sure, let me take a look” but before Avid can reach out Scott is already walking out the door. Avid rushes after him, following him to his classroom where he finds Scott in the corner hugging his knees. 

“Awh Scott” Avid sighs 

“don't awh me” Scott snaps 

Avid sits down next to Scott on the floor, “If it cheers you up, would you like to get coffee later?” 

And then that's how the rest of Scott's time as a teacher went, until one faithful day... 

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“Hey Avid?” Scott questioned while sorting his papers for that day “what's the year 9 module for winter term?” 

Avid thinks for a moment “Oh! It's the third massacre of Oakhurst, i sent you the info already” 

Scott's face pales, ‘Oakhurst?’ He thinks. Fuck he couldn't do this, he wasn't ready. He would have to talk about himself, and Shelby and-  

And there was no trace of Avid 

During the third massacre of Oakhurst, Pyro and Owen burned all traces of Avid, in hopes he would be forgotten. The only people who remembered him, vampire him, was the few survivors. 

He was going to have to do an entire terms lesson on Oakhurst, and he couldn't mention avid. There was no trace of him, and even if there was, Avid was still another teacher, and no-one except the survivors knew he was the same Scott Goldsmith 

“Scott?” Avid says “SCOTT?” 

Scott snaps back to reality and turns his head to Avid. 

“Scott are you okay, is something bothering you” he asked 

Yes, something was bothering him 

“No sorry I'm fine, can I have a minute to myself please? I'll see you at lunch” Scott snaps 

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“Okay year nines we are starting a new module” Scott sighs “on Oakhurst” 

“So, Oakhurst was-” Scott's speech was cut off by a knock on the door, and Avid walking into the room. 

“Hello!” Avid says and exited cheers can be heard across the room  

“The students really love me” he whispers to Scott and nudges him  

Scott rolls his eyes 

“Anyways I'm here because it's your teacher assessment week and I'm free this week due to the year 8’s being on their residential” Avid explains 

“Right okay just sit on the other chair behind my desk I guess” Scott sighs 

Avid walks over and sits behind Scott's desk, Ooo! This was so exiting he gets to watch Scott all week- wait, no that's too stalker of him. 

“Right so where were we-” Scott begins “so, there was a town called Oakhurst, which is still standing today. Around 1200 a man named Scott, no, not me, appears in Oakhurst. His surname is still unknown to this day, and he lives in said town, feasting on the townspeople and drinking blood because...” 

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He wandered outside with Avid, wrapping his arms around himself 

“Lucifer, it is cold!” Scott says shaking  

“i know your pretty and have a good style” Avid begins “but you can atleast bring a coat!” 

Scott rolls his eyes “I guess, but I like my outfit today!” 

“Also- lucifer? Like do you say, “oh my lucifer!” instead of “oh my god!” Avid chuckles 

Scott hadn't thought about that, he was so used to saying Lucifer as that was the code of conduct vampires followed- also he met him, and lucifer was pretty cool. 

“oh, it's just something i picked up a while ago” he said 

Avid nods and they walk to the dining hall. 

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“IT IS ONLY NOVEMBER WHY ARE THE CHRISTMAS DECORATONS UP?” Scott ranted, clearly annoyed 

“I'm not sure?” Avid said 

“Hmm, do you have any plans for Christmas Avid? 

He thought for a moment, I mean he didnt, Elle went to go celebrate with her family but- Avid was alone 

“Oh, I'll probably just spend it alone...” he sighed 

“You could come to mine?” Scott questioned