Chapter 110: School Again with Absences
The jogging regimen then usually start at 5 ever since Milla joined in. 4 o'clock TedEd advice was still overkill after all.
Alexander just took that hour to ready himself with other things. Just that 4 AM wake-up has already opened up a lot of things for his day and he was just looking forward to how he could leverage it when moving forward.
Of course, the productivity would be dipping hard for quite a while as it was a back-to-school day.
The jog still ensued but it had to stop earlier as readying for 4th grade needs to be allotted some sort of importance.
When all the showering, school requirements, and breakfast stuff were done, riding the school bus was next.
Throughout all these preparations, it had to be said that little Milica was readying herself as well.
Alexander was only clued in just recently and the school shift might have happened when the old Creed had his free time to enroll him.
Miss Galina was surely persistent with her Hollywood entryways to the point that Milla Jovovich had to change her school.
Of course, it is not without reasonable reason as the 'Russian spy' bullying and the convenience of babysitting Alex was bolstered with both Milla and Alex going to the same school.
It would seem Miss Galina got her win again and Milla Jovovich became enrolled into San Fernando Elementary School.
Aside from having Milla as a friend, then a running buddy, it would seem that she upped her chances of opening the Alex entryway by having the status of Alex's schoolmate.
Of course, Alexander had no idea about his status as an 'entryway' and just thought back once again about his figurative likening with Milla and Deku.
If he likened it further, then his unappealing elementary school might as well be U.A. minus all the quirk-y stuff about heroes.
However, it still had the quirky stuff that little children, teachers, disciplinarians, and principals go through every school day.
Alexander just happens to be a 47-year-old soul stuck in a kid's body and maneuvering those school days with a future starlet in tow.
Alexander wouldn't be caught up in all the drama though and just played it like usual. Milla had her own class to go to and he would just help out whenever the 'new kid' bullying happens to her.
However, since everyone were 'new kids' with a shuffle in class arrangements, she would probably do just fine.
Even if Russian spy bullying did occur, Alexander's solution to it was quite simple. If she tells the bullies that she has connections with the Russian mob... then they'd probably shut up.
If that didn't work, she could throw in the red-haired Russian spy heroine called Black Widow as her sister.
If that comic book character failed to win them over, then she could just show them Bumblebee's human friend and that should most likely make her their idol.
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Since it was a new school day of a new school year, Alexander proceeded just as how he had for the previous school year.
Eat breakfast with grandpa, take the school bus, go through the boring repitition of school, take the school bus again to home, and have the rest of the day to himself
Plus the little boss duties as the little boss of Creed Comics and Creed Toys.
Plus the morning runs and interacting with Milla more since they're both caught up in the situations of adults. Miss Galina was all about connections and old Sullivan was about nurturing a friend for his grandson.
School in grade 4 was just as how he remembered it to be. The familiar and unfamiliar classmates with the 'Ee' trio set off with their new journeys in their respective classes and 'new' friends.
He also got to remember the teachers he had long put into perspective. After Miss Hansen, it was now a Mrs. Tabitha Montgomery.
Alexander's impression her was quite relative as she was just a strict teacher overall. Still, that didn't stop him from relating her to the infamous Dolores Umbridge.
Mrs. Montgomery wasn't all pinky and cattily Karen though. She just happens to look a lot like Umbridge and her British-y roots only serve to enforce that similarity.
Of course, there are other subject teachers to keep in mind... they were relatively sparing compared to the class adviser in importance.
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Alexander's days passed to be quite dull and boring than what he remembered it to be. It was within expectations though.
At first, it was fun to learn that he was quite superior to his struggling classmates.
Slowly, it got tedious when he knows he could do greater things and be incredibly productive than multiplying and dividing the basics, writing poems, and all that.
Still, he had to be a good boy without the 'possessed Creed' identity for the first couple of weeks as his grandfather finally negotiated a perfect free day schedule for him to be able to leave and do his important duties.
Mrs. Montgomery was thankfully not an Umbridge and was quite accomodating as long as one does well in homework and school tasks.
Since Alexander was quite above the rest in his preliminary and first-week activities, he was pretty much set with his established and accepted leave of absence.
Of course, the school's understanding of his plight was quite established after they knew more of the boy's scary facts and the reasoning behind his future absences.
Schools in the California area had readied themselves to leave contingencies due to child stars in the Hollywood area after all.
Mrs. Montgomery and the principal just happen to adjust those leave contingencies, even more, when they found out how a little kid like Alex was more fearsome than child stars.
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For the principal, he was stumped and given a bit of a heart attack when the old grandfather Creed was humble-bragging about the sales charts of Creed Comics to his face.
How could good old principal refuse the request of a hidden San Fernando Valley and a previous porn tycoon like Sullivan at this point?
The principal had refused adamantly last year but when catering to the fact that there was a hidden comic book tycoon slash student in the frequent leave request, he could only relent.
It would be good rapport and bring a good reputation to the school when their special little alumni finally blossom into the world after all.
With a school higher-up and the class adviser in agreement, it was only a matter of time for the rest of the class's teachers to understand.
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As for how Mrs. Montgomery was accepting of the leave reasons, aside from the good academic track, it was also the fact that her students had reacted weirdly when they did the first-day introductions.
When little Alex said 'My name is Alexander Creed', the students in the class looked at him suspiciously as if trying to relate things.
When Mrs. Montgomery remembered the comic books that her sons were ogling at their home, she also looked squintingly at the little but handsome boy.
Of course, Alexander denied their Creed Comics allegations but Mrs. Montgomery who had been informed by the principal at a much later date knew the bluff now as well.
Thus, Alexander could go scot-free whenever he likes as long as he gives her son's comic issues the sought-after autographs.
Of course, there was also a letter from him that explain to her children of how 'Alexander Creed', their idol creator, was just a humble student of their amazing mom.