I don't own the character of Boston Public so don't sue me. © Me, Serendipity (aka TeachersPet3 in the Boston Public Forum) Nov. 30, 2002.

This story is set 4 years after this season. Harry left but came back. Same goes for Louisa. Scott is married to a woman named Sandy Smith.

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"You what?" Steven Harper had not seen his assistant principal this livid in a very long time. It was actually rather amusing to see Scott's eyes bulging out of his head in anger. "You re-hired Lauren Davis without so much as mentioning it to me?" Steven sighed.
"Yes Scott, I did. She's a competant teacher and with Harvey gone, we need another social studies teacher. I didn't think you'd have a problem with Lauren."
"She disappeared without a trace four years ago, Steven. She didn't tell me, or you, or anyone where she was headed or if she was ever coming back. Maybe that wasn't such a big deal to YOU but I was in love with the woman. You understand this: If she tries, even once, to rekindle our romance, I will personally see to it that she never sets foot in Winslow High again. Is that clear?" Scott stormed out of Steven's office slamming the door. Steven chuckled.

Lauren sat in the teachers lounge down the hall, talking to Marla Hendricks.
"Isn't it bee-you-ti-ful!" Marla bragged, holding her hand out for Lauren to see the diamond engagement ring Danny had presented her with months before. "Of course you'll be one of my brides maids, right Lauren? Marilyn and Ronnie are the other two and I need a third. You came a long at exactly the right time." Lauren smiled shyly.
"I would never have guessed, not in a million years that you and Danny would ..." Marla giggled. (Marla, giggle? thought Lauren. Not the old Marla. Evidently things have changed!)
"He puts up with my faults and I put up with his. He's such a sweet man! Just last week, he brought 100 red roses into my classroom to cheer me up it was the nicest thing. And then he ..." Marla continued on for a good 10 minutes before Ronnie came to Lauren's rescue.
"Hey Marla," she said. "Danny just came in..." Marla was up and out the door in a flash.
"Thanks Ronnie." Lauren laughed. "It's great she's in love but there's only so much one can take." A little blonde boy stood behind Ronnie. He was almost 3 years old.
"Mommy, can I go pway carws with Daddy now?" he asked. Lauren looked wide-eyed at this miniature Ronnie.
"In a minute sweetie." Ronnie answered. "I want you to meet mommy and daddy's friend Lauren." As Ronnie picked the little boy up to introduce him to Lauren, he hid his face in her shoulder. "This is Tyler." she said. "He's Harry's son."
"I didn't know you were married." Lauren replied, shocked to realized how much she'd missed. Ronnie laughed.
"We're not." Lauren sighed with relief.
"Hi Tyler." she said. Then to Ronnie, "Maybe I didn't miss that much after all." Ronnie laughed again.
"You may not have missed out wedding, but you missed Scotts." Lauren sank onto the couch. Scott. Her one true love. The one man who had ever understood her. Married.

Kimberly Woods was in her classroom, grading papers. She looked out the window. She was sad. Kimberly had gotten used to the daily life of teaching and being at Winslow quite quickly after Steven Harper's murder trial. There had been days, four years ago, when she thought she might quit. There were still those days sometimes, but they didn't come nearly as often. Now that she had her career secured, she was ready to find a husband, start a family. And there was no one she wanted more to do this with than ...
"Hey Kim! What's shakin'?" Zach Fisher stuck his head inside her classroom. "Ready to start another school year?" Kimberly was forced out of her reverie. She blushed tomato red.
"Sure Zach." she answered timidly. "And you?"
" 'Course!" he answered. "I'm always ready for a new challenge. See ya 'round!" And with that, he left. That was him. The one person she loved and had loved for 3 years. But he would never notice her. To him, she was just another girl. The one he and Colin and Marilyn went out for drinks with since Ronnie had had Tyler. But Zach was still hung up on Ronnie. She sighed. Zach Fisher. She loved him.

Harvey Lipschultz lay in a bed in the hospital. After 50 years in teaching, he had been forced to stop. Struck down in his prime, as he put it. He was dying. Point blank. One year from now, he'd be dead and no one would miss him but his son and grandsons. They had been the only ones to visit him in the hospital. Of course Steven had been around, his duty call, but he had never liked Harvey so he didn't stay long. Only long enough to clear his conscience. Suddenly, there was a knock on his door. Harvey looked up. Standing there was Marilyn Sudor.
"Hey Harvey." she said. "Can I come in?" He was pleased. Finally another visiter from Winslow. But he refused to show it.
"You're already in, you might as well sit down." he said gruffly. Marilyn smiled and did just that.

A few hours later, Steven Harper sat at the head of the long table in the staff room. Surrounded by his staff members, Scott sitting to his left glaring at Lauren Davis, he smiled down the table, trying to make eye contact with each one of them.
"Welcome back!" he exclaimed. "Let this be the beginning of the best school year yet, September 2006.

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