Kendra

“Qualcosa come questo” he replies

“Sounds uh- pretty.”

“Me? Oh–I. Well, do you know who Spider-Man is?”

“I don’t.”

“This?” he asked, looking at the stand holding his book. “It’s honestly just.. a few plants. My friend, Ivy, makes me these whenever I need them.. To hold the books so it’s easier to turn the pages.”

“Real plants? That’s interesting.”

He nodded again. “Yeah. I literally just set foot here.”

“So, why are you here?”

Noah nodded in agreement. “It certainly is. I just got here and I’m already interested!”

She gave him a small and somewhat shy smile. “Really?”

“The, uh, the school,” Noah said, unaware that someone had been listening. “I was.. talking to myself, but I said the school’s really cool.”

“Oh.” she nodded. “Yes, it’s...interesting.”

“Well as a teacher, I wouldn’t be very good at my job if I didn’t want you all to succeed, would I?” he asked “My first language is Italian, actually”

“You’re very good at it. What does it sound like?”

“In that case, feel free to write down any words you don’t understand and I’ll be glad to help. No worries, really, it took me over a decade to completely learn and understand English, you’re doing remarkable”

“Thank you, it means a lot. Really? What’s your first language?”

“Such as?”

“I don’t know how to say it, and I don’t quite remember some others. But I’ll mention it next time I see or hear them.” she told him. “Sorry, I’m still learning how to speak english.”

“I can’t tell you yet.”

“Fine, fine. I’ll wait.”

“You don’t, or you don’t think so?”

“There are a few words I didn’t understand.”

“Well, that might be a difficult thing to do here.”

“Why?”