Put your best face foward! (open)

[Joseph Morgan Jr.]

As summer's end draws near, Joey finds himself back in the familiar halls and rooms of Hammel. Of course his first stop was the teachers lounge to grab himself a nice steaming cup of coffee. Well, at the very least a warm cup. He was definitely going to need the caffeine. To his surprise there was a fresh pot still dripping in the coffee machine when he arrived. He straightened his tie some and walked over, pouring himself a cup in a travel mug he brought from home. As per usual, the man had not even taken a glance in the room to see if anyone was in there as well. Oh, he did love company, he just rarely paid attention to much before his first cup of joe. 

After pouring in some sugar and a touch of milk, Joey took a seat at one of the nearby tables and took his first sip. It was heaven. The beverage was warm and just barely sweet, with that hint of cream; it was taking him away and waking him up all at once. It was a nice feeling to have. Sitting there, he crossed his legs some and looked out the nearby window. Outside he could hear students talking and laughing, occasionally noise of shock and awe as a power is shown off to someone who had never seen that power. He remembered those days, heck his power still caused shock and awe for some. Especially the new students. 

With a cheeky little smile, he wondered which new student would be his target this year. Which one would he choose to freak out with his power on the first day? That was yet to be seen. For now, he was content to sit and sip his coffee and possibly hope for a little company.

[Andreas Pruitt]

Andreas cracked his neck as he entered the staff lounge, thinking about how welcome a cup of coffee at this moment. He had awoken at four this morning, (an hour earlier than he was used to) feeling exhausted. Still, he had gone through he usual morning exercises before he made his way Hammel.

Seeing that there was a warm pot of coffee on the machine Andreas had slowly walked over to the machine, and poured himself a cup. He had long ago forsaken the comforting milk, sugar and cream that most people drank, preferring to drink his coffee black. After he poured his cup he had walked over to a table that currently was only occupied by one other person, sitting across from that person he took a small sip from his cup before setting it down on the table, and looked across at the person opposite of him, giving a small nod and asked, "Nice morning isn't it?"

[Joseph Morgan Jr.]

Joey barely heard the man come in the room, nor did he see him pour his coffee. The only time the drama teacher did realize there was someone else in the room was when the other spoke. His blue eyes glanced up at the rugged man sitting before him and he smiled. "Oh, yes. It certainly is." Now, he was not one to forget a face, especially the ones he had come to know over his few years at Hammel. Oh, he may not know their names, and they may not even know him at all, but their faces were all in his mind.

Tilting his head as he watched the other man, he took a sip of his coffee, trying to place the name, but just couldn't. With a heavy sigh he knew he would have to ask. "Youre the phys Ed coach right?" He flashed him an award winning smile and offered his own introduction, in cast the man didn't know him. "I'm Joseph, joey for short...and I teach drama." It was a very matter of fact statmet.

[Andreas Pruitt]

"Yes I'm the phys ed teacher, and my name is Andreas." He said in a friendly voice to answer the man's question, while also holding his hand out to him. After listening to the man introduce himself he said, "It's nice to meet you Joey, so have you had a good break over the last two weeks?"

[Joseph Morgan Jr.]

"Well, It's a pleasure to finally put a name to the face." He smiled and sipped his coffee. It took him a brief moment to realize the man's hand was outstretched. Joey took the moment, and grasped his hand in a tight shake. "I did actually, spent a lot of that time with my son." Nodding a little he gently pulled his hand away from the other's grip. "And yourself? How was your break?"

[Andreas Pruitt]

"Well It's nice to met you too Joey." Andreas said while smiling before taking a sip of his coffee. He returned Joseph's tight handshake with a strong grip. After listening to Joseph talk about how he spent his break Andreas responded, "It's good to spend time with your kids if you have them." Releasing the man's hand he answered his question, "I just got back from visiting my parents' home in Wales actually."

[Joseph Morgan Jr.]

"Oh, yeah. We like to spend about a week together before we both end up back here at Hammel." He chuckled softly as he took a sip of his coffee. "Wales huh? I visited there once. Long time ago. I did enjoy it, beautiful area." Joey cracked his neck and smiled at the handsome man in front of him. Not a flirting smile, but a genuine and friendly one. "So, Andreas, what's your ability?" He asked as nonchalantly as possible.

[Andreas Pruitt]

"Well good on you for spending time with your kid." Andreas said before moving to take a sip from his coffee, but he stopped in the middle of the action and asked, "Wait, your kid comes here too?"

"Yeah the land is very beautiful over there, but we actually spent more time in London than at their home, since my father, my brother and I decided to buy some tickets for a play at the Globe Theater, because my mother loves plays, and we decided to suprise her." He finished while trying to remember some more things that happened during te trip. As Andreas was trying to remember he realized that Joseph had asked him about his power. Smirking he had said, "I'll tell you what my power is, if you tell what your's is."

[Joseph Morgan Jr.]

"Yes, Dylan Scott is his name, so if you have any trouble out of him you come tell me." Joey nodded and glanced out the window at some kids making a rather loud noise. Only relaxing moments later when he realized they were all just singing some song. The other man's words caught his attention.

"Oh, the Globe Theater! I should have gone while I was there, but I didn't have the chance." He took another sip of his coffee and glanced down. "That sounds like it was fun, good to do things with your parents while you still have them." Another nod as he looked up at him again. Of course he noticed the smirk and should have guessed what was coming, but it was grand opportunity that he just could not pass up. Glancing over Andreas, he decided against changing into him and instead picked one of the students he could see in the yard. His eyes fell on young Kodiak Oubre, looking pale and tragic. "Alright, I'll do ya one better, I'll show you my power."

With that he shifted into the form of the young man outside. It still hurt each time he shifted, but the pain had lessened over the many years of use and it was more of an annoyance now. "There." He smirked in his own voice as he sipped his coffee again.

[Andreas Pruitt]

Smiling Andreas said, "Oh don't worry I make sure all my students act on their best behavior." Andreas had also looked out towards the kids as they had started making noise, but seeing that they were just singing some song he had shook his head and leaned back into his seat and said, "Seeing them act like that makes just makes you wish you were young again doesn't it?"

Shifting around in his seat Andreas said, "Eh, I'm not really into watching plays, I just did it since my mother loves them." After letting Joseph finish he smilied and said, "I make sure to spend time with them every break that happens." As he finished talking he watched Joseph start looking around at till he said, "Alright I'll do you one better, I'll show you my power." Watching with interest he watched as the man in front of him changed how he looked into to a student that he was sure he had seen in his class, and in fact could see right outside the window currently.

Setting his coffee down Andreas had stood up and said, "Well since you showed me your ability I guess I should show what I can do" Facing Joseph, Andreas started his shift into his polecat form eventually shrinking down enough that he was buried underneath his clothing. Squirming around underneath the pile of clothes he eventually stuck his head out from one of his pants legs.