fandomhigh | Food Appreciation [Class One, Period #3]

When the students came into the classroom today they would notice that it was set up like a usual classroom except for a loooooooong table in the front of the room. It was covered in all sorts of food. Seriously. A ridiculous amount of food. Marshall was standing beside it, eying the food hungrily. He couldn't wait until it was time to eat. When it looked like everyone was in the room, Marshall tore his attention away from the food and onto the students.

"Hi guys. For those of you who don't know, I'm Marshall Eriksen and this is Food Appreciation," he said with a smile. "This class is exactly what it sounds like. We're here to appreciate food. I tried to make it seem like there's rhyme or reason to this class and we're not just stuffing our faces but...we're here to stuff our faces. Don't tell the principal."

"Your T.A. for this class is Miss. Peters. She's pretty much awesome and she's perfectly capable of taking over the class if I'm not here," he said, smiling over at Francine. "Some of you guys look familiar and some of you are new to me so let's start today with some introductions. Just give me your name, your favorite food and tell me something about yourself. I'll go first. I'm Marshall, and, yes, just call me Marshall. Mr. Eriksen still weirds me out. My favorite food is any type of candy and I'm married to Ms. Aldrin, who is another teacher here. And, um...I've won a slap bet. Okay. Who's next?"

After the introductions Marshall clapped his hands together and pointed at the table of food. "Okay, today we're going to start with the most obvious food to start with: breakfast. It is the most important meal of the day. There is nothing worse than going through a day without breakfast. I guarantee you ninety percent of the time when you run into a grumpy person during your day they are grumpy because they didn't have a good breakfast. Eat it. Every day. It can be simple, some cereal, some fruit, yogurt. You won't regret it."

"Now we've got a ton of breakfast food that I got the cafeteria to mix up. Bacon, eggs, pancakes, waffles..." Marshall said, pointing at the various stuff on the table. "We're also getting New York with the bagels and lox and--ooh, there's a strip steak. Steak and eggs are the best. And oh! For you guys going to college: leftover pizza. Trust me, get used to it. Don't heat it up. You're most likely going to eat it cold."

"Okay, so there's plates and silverware up here and juice, coffee and other drinks in the back," Marshall said. "Get eating. Talk to each other about breakfast food."

Yep. This was going to be the best class ever.

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More giggling. "Maybe. I don't think the world is ready for a loosened up Mary Anne."

"Maybe not. She the one from California?"

"Nah, that was Dawn. Mary Anne's been on-again, off-again with the same boy she dated in eighth grade." Claudia chomped down on a piece of bacon. "Me? I don't do that."

"You a serial monogamist?"

Claudia wiggled her hand. "I don't like to be tied to the same person very long."

"I can dig that."

Priestly had only had a few girlfriends, himself. Though that was more of a case of hopeless romanticism than not wanting to be tied down.

"Besides, the boys at my old school were completely immature," Claudia said, rolling her eyes.

"Did they, like, pick their nose in class and pull your braid to show you they liked you?"

"Pretty much," Claudia said. "Sometimes they'd call the places I was babysitting and hang up. That wasn't helpful at all."

~~omg book #2!~~

"Dude, that would just freak me out. Like the feds were bugging the phone or something."

"That's exactly what I thought," Claudia said. "Turned out to be a guy too shy to ask me to a dance."

Okay, Priestly could have a little bit of sympathy, there.

Asking girls out was hard.

"His loss."

Flirting was waaaaay easier.

Claudia smiled. "Once I figured out who it was, I totally went with him. See? I'm approachable."

"Hey, I never doubted it."

He wondered if that was some sort of hint that he should ask her out. Of course, considering how his conversation had just gone with Amber, he was feeling a liiiiittle bit gunshy in that department.

"So, is this the best class ever, or what?"