Roll Back by Richard Reil

Author:Richard Reil [Reil, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781532010316
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2017-01-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I awoke early, showered, got dressed, had breakfast, and waited for Emily. She arrived soon, wearing the same outfit she’d had on when I first took her and Meghan to the Hub for lunch. I gathered up my paperwork, and we returned to my 1958 apartment in the Chevy, two days before school was to start. I noticed Dorothy’s big Buick was gone and figured she had either moved or was in the process. We went up to my apartment, and Emily changed into a blouse, a pair of pedal pushers, and her saddle shoes. We then left for the school administration building.

We arrived shortly after the office opened and were greeted by the same nice woman who had helped me before. “Hello. I’m Pete Green, and this is my granddaughter Emily Ricards,” I said. “We’re here to enroll her in high school.”

She introduced herself as Mrs. Boswell and asked if I had all the necessary paperwork she had asked for at my previous visit. I told her I did and handed her the manila envelope containing all the recently prepared documents. She took them out, looked them over, and said everything seemed in order. She then went to her file cabinet and retrieved an enrollment form, which she brought over to the counter. She discussed with us the classes needed to meet graduation requirements. After looking over classes Emily had taken during her freshman year, the two decided on the appropriate courses for her sophomore year. Emily would take English, geometry, typing, PE, home economics, choir, and chemistry. Mrs. Boswell said she would send the form over to the high school, but we would need to go to the office early on the first day of school, September 2, to get her class schedule. She gave us a copy of the school dress code and policies. We thanked her and left.

“Gramps, let’s go over to the school. I want to drive around it and see how it looks now!”

I agreed, and we drove to the school and circled it. It was about the same as I’d remembered it in 1969, but since then, many additions and remodels would be done. I showed her where my first classroom was when I began teaching. It was getting close to lunch, so we drove over to the Hub and grabbed a burger, some fries, and a Coke.

“Let’s go over to Dorothy’s new house and see if she’s moved in,” I said after we’d eaten.

As I pointed the car in Dorothy’s direction, I basked in a wave of happiness. Emily had enthusiastically agreed, clearly excited to see Dorothy again. As I turned off Pine Avenue onto Emerson Street, I saw her big Buick in the driveway. I pulled up in front and tapped my horn. Through the front window, I saw her come out of the kitchen and into the living room and wave at us. As we got out of the car, she came out to greet us. We both got hugs as she invited us in.

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