The class laughed, the majority of the students sighing in relief that their teacher had a sense of humor. Tina continued, "this is a student teacher trying to get her master’s degree, so be nice. Ms. Porter."

"Call me Bette please," Bette addressed the class with a wave.

"Bette will mostly be involved in our discussion and assignments and then she will teach one class while I observe," Tina said, "so you better hope she isn’t too strict."

The class laughed again and Bette looked up at her smiling shyly, a faint blush rushing to her cheeks.

The remainder of the class went by with introductions and an assignment to write one short story and one poem for Tina to be able to assess the average level of the class.

As the class filed out, Bette turned to Tina and said, "Tina, do you need help reading through all those papers? There’s like 60 of them."

"Sure, I would definitely appreciate it, follow me to my office," Tina said with a bright smile, enjoying the way Bette blushed furiously.

They walked to her office, Tina in front with her chin held high and her stride intimidating to everyone they passed, Bette behind with her head down and her stride shy and timid. When they arrived at the office with no windows and very dim lit lamps, Tina sat behind her desk and Bette across from her. Bette dared to look around the room, noticing the dark, abstract picture and paintings on the wall. These were Masterpieces in the art community, and Bette knew it because she was a double major in English and Art, she had a bachelor’s in both.

Her eyes then focused on one painting. It was a painting done by a recently discovered artist who hit the art world with a bang. Of course, she was that artist, but she had used a pseudo name.

"Do you recognize it?" Tina’s voice snapped Bette back to reality who immediately lowered her head submissively. As much as Tina liked the submissiveness of her student teacher, she noticed that her submissiveness was not only due to whatever wicked things went through her mind, but also due to her lack of confidence. That was never a good reason to be submissive.