Episode 14

Even Nico had a quite mellow day. On such a day, she didn't come up with any tricks or any fan ideas. But all the girls always expected her to do something funny or surprising and she hated to make them

disappointed. She would make some funny faces to entertain them during painfully boring classes but those didn't meet her standard. She thought to herself,

"Well, this is so-called burnout. I've got to go there."

"there" means the nurse's room where one of the coolest teacher awaited students give some real care.

Mrs Brown was her name. Nico respected her for her magical skill to read girls' minds. Mrs Brown could

tell what the problem was just by looking at student's face and exchange a few words. That was quite magical to Nico. The coolest character of her was that she never showed her nagative emotions. She was one

of the happiest and calmest and the most charming grown-ups Nico knew. Mrs Brown didn't put the cheesy and disgusting fake smile on her face. Her smiles were always genuine to Nico. She also had a great sense of humor. She reminded Nico of her grandma who never failed to make her laugh or smile. Nico felt safe

and comfy with Mrs Brown. She even faked sick when she needed a break from being Nico, the cheeky girl.

 

Having had the skill to see the real problem of the person, Mrs Brown must have known her sickness

wasn't real. But she always treated Nico like her friend and welcomed her with a cup of tea. Nico felt

refreshed whenever she had her tea. Nico secretly believed Mrs Brown was a witch, the good one and she put something magical in it. All the unpleasant feelings would vanish and the big cheeky smile came back on her face with the first sip. Once Nico asked her what kind of tea it was and she answered,

"It is a top secret, Nico. I'll give you the recipe when you graduate this school. But you must promise me to graduate. Ok?"

"Yes, of course, Mrs Brown. But I think it is not up to me, you know. I'm afraid some teachers hate me

 being who I am."

"Oh, nonsense. How can anyone hate such a lovely girl. You have a beautiful soul. All you need to know is we are all unique individuals and we should respect each other."

"Yes, I understand. Sometimes I get carried away and do something unrespectable to some teachers. But they are sometimes unreasonable as well.

"Oh, yes. I know that but it doesn't mean you can be unreasonable to them, too. Your harmless tricks are

laughable but they can be annoying to others, you know."

"Yes, indeed, it seems so."

"But Nico remember you are loved so that you can love others. When you can love even the ones you don't like, you would be a real champion. But I haven't achieved the goal yet. Don't you dare to outgrow me."

They chuckled together. Time with Mrs Brown was always like that, peaceful and relaxing. The first cookies Nico ever baked was given to Mrs Brown, the loveliest teacher of all. Nico often brought some sweets to

the nurse's room and Mrs Brown looked absolutely pleased to have a company with something to nibble

with her afternoon tea. Of course, bringing sweets was prohibited by the book of rules but according to Mrs Brown,

"There are always some exceptions and this is one of them."

 

On the little burnout day, Nico went to see her with some brownies she baked on the previous day. They

sure had a delicious afternoon.

 

Moral: Good company makes the road shorter and surely brighter