Sorry for the delay in getting this up; I know I promised to have it up yesterday. I was planning to do it last night but a storm blew in and we had to shut off the computer. At any rate, I hope you enjoy the second half! Thanks to everybody who reviewed the first part! (hands out cookies)
Mr. Lancer's class groaned loudly when they found out that the test was just one big essay. When Danny read the question, however, he became very thoughtful. "Put yourself in the place of Dr. Jekyll. How would it feel to have an alternate identity and be able to do whatever you wanted without facing the consequences?"
Danny tapped his pen against the paper a few times. He did have an alternate identity, and unless it was revealed, his human half would never have to face any consequences for crimes committed by his ghost half. He started writing.
Danny finished his essay moments before the bell rang signaling the end of class. When he gave his paper to Mr. Lancer he was actually confident that he had done well for once.
The next day in English, Lancer handed back the essays. A big red A+ was written at the top of Danny's paper, along with a request to see Lancer after class. He looked up at the teacher, mildly confused. Normally Lancer only wrote that when he failed. Why now?
After class, Danny walked cautiously up to Lancer's desk. "You wanted to see me?"
The teacher gestured to a desk. Danny pulled it up and sat down.
"Daniel," Lancer began, "your paper showed an insight that I have never seen before in all my years of teaching. Even I had never thought of some of the points you brought up. For example, when you talked about how Hyde would still have Jekyll's conscience somewhere deep within him, and how even in that form Jekyll would still have had some form of control if he only tried. You wrote very eloquently about how Jekyll didn't mind the release from his everyday lifestyle, and how that was the reason he was only too willing to give in to his evil side's desires."
Danny shifted nervously. "So what did you want to talk to me about?"
Lancer looked the student in the eyes. "I want to know what your secret is. How did you come to realize all of this? If I didn't know that you wrote this during class I would wonder if it was written by Jasmine. But even she didn't bring up some of these points. How did you do it?"
Danny shrugged. "I guess it's just something you don't understand until you've been there." With that he got up and left, leaving a puzzled Lancer sitting at his desk and staring after the boy.
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