Miss Recudes
by Angela Rasch
Synopsis: The head cheerleader and most popular girl in the drama class revolts. After working to win the part, she refuses to play Maria in the school play, “The Sound of Music.” Ryan is deeply in love with their teacher/director. Will the beautiful Miss Recudes persuade him to save the play?
The numbers spun in my head. I’m fifteen and she must be about at least thirty because she was a first-year teacher when my sister was thirteen; and my sister just turned twenty-one. When I’m twenty-two she’ll be thirty-seven. We can get married then!The sound of an argument pulled me out of my steamy daydream. “Are you going to do what we asked, Miss Recudes?” Brianna stood with her feet apart, defying the woman I loved.
My thoughts of marriage were “steamy” in that I really didn’t think about matrimonial life much beyond the “bedded bliss” part.
Although I had never seen Miss Recudes lose her temper, she appeared to be headed in that direction. Her face was a shade that clashed with her always-perfect lipstick. Her dark red lips were one of the things I loved about my drama teacher and the director of our play. Our other women teachers wore lipstick, but not with the sophistication of Miss Recudes. Mrs. Grant made her mouth into a repulsive gash. Ms. Anno actually wore pink lipstick like those women out of the sixties in the Austin Powers movies.
Miss Recudes turned to the portable blackboard she used to block out each scene, and then wrote in big, sweeping letters, “The Show Must Go On.” She turned toward us, her face once again the gorgeous, natural color of sand on the beach at the lake — a wonderful shade of light brown that girls call “beige.” I would use the word beige all the time, because it sounds so neat, but guys never use that word.
She stood tall, at about six foot in her heels, but I would have looked up to her even if I wasn’t a few inches shorter. When she moved from place to place on the stage she would glide, in contrast to other women teachers who walked as if they were looking for a fight.
Miss Recudes stuck out her jaw. “We are going to do ‘The Sound of Music’ for our spring musical. If our soprano leaders don’t want to follow the rules, we’ll find a way to put on our play without them.”
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**comment edited for spoiler content** by Erin :)
... How sad! Very nice story about miss understandings.
"All the world really is a stage, darlings, so strut your stuff, have fun, and give the public a good show!" Miss Jezzi Belle at the end of each show
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Absolutely loved it!
Angela never disappoints, and this story is no exception! Teen lust and a crush on a teacher fuel misunderstandings and lead us down a convoluted -- yet perfectly logical -- path to a very nicely crafted ending. You don't know what you're missing -- so put your money down and find out! You won't be disappointed. *smile*
Randalynn
Teen crush
This is a great story about a teenage boy who has a major crush on his teacher. At first, I really wasn't sure how to feel about his fantasies, but after a while, they wound up being so over the top, I shifted from feeling uneasy to giggling. While nothing inappropriate happens between student and teacher, he does wind up jumping through some unexpected hoops while she (based on some mistaken assumptions) tries to help him find his (her?) true self.
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Check it out
Angela has spun a heart warming yarn here that captures a lot of the TG spectrum in a concise bit of story telling. It is a fun read and folks ought to take a look at it. Thanks Angela!
Gwen
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Miss Recudes
Another one of Angela's stories where the kids use logic while the adults use trick and device. Do yourself a favor and spend a buck or three to come to learn "...the kids are all right...."
Not my drama teacher
In high school, my drama teacher was a crusty old gay guy who was just incredibly funny. No crushes there. ::grin::
Still, as a fantasy it works. Besides it's funny. ::lol:: A good variation on the old "understudy" plot, well done.
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Angela's contributions more than guarantee that you will not regret signing up to the HatBox. Yet again, another wonderful story where she teases the reader with glimpses of familiar genre situations only to whip them away and bring it to a far more satisfying and real conclusion. Such is the gift of true writers!
Jenny
This is a bugger to review ...
... without spoiling the story for new readers. Let's put it this way, there's a few little twists, each beautifully crafted and occasionally telegraphed for the astute reader to spot and feel smug about.
It's the old story line of we need a girl ... there isn't a suitable one, but this boy (with a few little alterations) will serve perfectly. Young Ryan, whose voice has yet to break, is the apparent shoo in when the more obvious candidates to play Maria in 'The Sound of Music' drop out. That he has a massive crush on the drama teacher doesn't help when he's invited to her house for the weekend to try out being a girl. His little asides within the text are hilarious and I can imagine my 15 year-old self having similar thoughts - in fact I think I actually did :o)
Needles to say, Angela brings it all to a very satisfactory, and unique conclusion with her usual panache. Funny and touching at the same time - thanks a lot.
Geoff