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New York. 20/04/2013. 16h55.

Walking inside the classroom, Nathaniel sighed contently. He likes Columbia and he misses it while he is busy in Hollywood and doing some other activities. Getting back to this place was almost soothing in a sense, surrounded by people who had the same will to learn as he had all of his life. Not learn anything either but learning about the law, a subject that has driven him since he was little.

Taking place at their usual seats, Nathaniel and Na-Yung look at the other students entering inside the huge room and taking place like they were, talking enthusiastically between them. Looking at each other, they took a folder from their bag and put it on their desk, smiling at each other challengingly.

"Show me yours and I'll show you mine." Nathaniel said, enjoying the double entendre.

"Deal!"

Exchanging folders, they immediately start reading what the other came up with. The assignment they had to give back today sounds simple but it really wasn't. They had to write an essay where they would take an old case and then write what the mistakes made by the two sides and come up with another solution to the trial. It was involving a lot of research and knowledge to find a case and spot the mistakes in questions. Nathaniel on his side spent two long weeks to find a case interesting and complete the assignment.

"Wow, that's smart." He said, reading through Na-Yung's essay.

Na-Yung, contrary to him, had chosen a very famous trial case that happened four years ago involving a coal company against the state of Wyoming. The mistakes were easy to find in this particular case but the solution that Na-Yung came up with was surprising. It didn't even know if it could really work but Nathaniel still liked it because of it's exotic nature. Still, she had done the work and it was showing, he didn't doubt that she will get an A at the minimum for it.

"Well, well, well, aren't you an overachiever?" Na-Yung said once she was done reading, shaking her head bitterly.

"I like to be thorough." Nathaniel answers, giving back her work and taking back his. "And you know how much Professor Miles hates my gut."

"Yeah I know, do you think that he's going to try again to invalidate your assigned work because it came after the deadline?" Na-Yung asked.

"No, I don't think so. Since I involved Joshua last time, it seems he abandoned that course of action. It was good for me that I keep proof of when I'm sending my work over or he could have been successful."

"Why is he doing that though? Why he picked on you that much, you never did anything to him I believe."

"No, I didn't. Maybe it's just jealousy? Or just an ego trip to show me that he's in charge? What is sure, is that I'm not going to put up with it for much longer before I start to fight back." Nathaniel answers.

"I know that, to be honest I'm surprised you didn't so far, you have put up with more crap coming from him that you have with Tobias." She laughed.

"I tend to be more respectful with former prosecutors than to other people." Nathaniel said.

After that they wait silently, looking at the last students hurrying inside before the professor enters and closes the door behind him. Putting his suitcase on the side of his desk, he turns back to face the students.

"Good day everyone! Just to remind you that today is the last day for you to give your assignment. The last deadline to ask for a report was last week, anyone not giving his essay today will fail this class and will have to pass it again next semester." He said with severity.

Keeping his eyes on the students in front of him, his eyes start roaming amid the row, seemingly looking for something or someone. When his eyes met Nathaniel, a devious smile appeared on his face that was quickly wiped away.

"Oh Mister Lyndon, oh nice of you to be among us today." He called sarcastically.

There were a few laughs around the room as people enjoyed seeing him put on the spot. The other students just look in his direction with curiosity and anticipation, waiting for something to happen. Nathaniel just appeared calm, feeling the stare of the hundred plus students on his and did not respond. Seeing the folder in front of Nathaniel, Professor Miles smiles again.

"I see that you came with your essay Mister Lyndon. I'm sure you will not have any objection at presenting it in front of everyone today?"

"I wasn't aware it was supposed to be an oral presentation Professor." Nathaniel answered.

"It isn't but as the shining star of the legal field, I'm sure your work is impressive and could prove to be beneficial to your fellow students. I'm not forcing you to do anything, if you think your essay is not good enough, you are free to stay where you are but I'm afraid I will have to grade it accordingly."

Nathaniel could clearly see that it was a poor veiled threat and a trap all wrapped into one. He had the choice between going down and presenting his work and to be shut down in public and he was sure it was his plan or stay seated and risk getting a failing grade. Luckily Nathaniel recognized that this teacher had a problem with him and so had prepared beforehand a solution in case he was going to step out of bound. It was time he learned that once the cord was set, it could fit around someone else's neck just as well.

"I'll be happy to present my work, Professor." Nathaniel answered.

Taking the folder containing his essay, Nathaniel put it in his bag, using the opportunity to lower himself to whisper something to Na-Yung.

"You should record this, it's going to be fun."

"I was going to." She responded in the same way.

Standing up, he exits the row of seats and starts descending the stairs with his bag in his right hand. Watching him come, the professor took his chair from behind his desk and moved it in front of the first row of seats and sat on it, crossing his arms, a smile on his face. That smile quickly faded however when he saw Nathaniel turning the light on this side of the room off and powering up the video projector on the desk. Getting his laptop from his backpack, Nathaniel connected it to the video projector and put two speaker from his bag on the desk.

"Take all the time you want Mister Lyndon." The Professor called sarcastically, triggering a few laughs around the room.

Nathaniel just ignored him as he was busy on his computer. He wasn't ready to make a presentation like this one but he liked to keep his work organized and so his research was still on his laptop. He couldn't do something perfect with the little time he had in front of him so decent will have to do. He also knew that what he was doing was pointless as his professor was going to shut him down whatever the quality of his presentation. Even then, Nathaniel had his pride and he was going to make sure it made it really hard for him to do so.

Making a quick copy of his laptop screen, he made sure that everything was working correctly before lifting his eyes and facing the two hundred plus students in the classroom.

"Hello everyone, like you may have heard before, I'm Nathaniel Lyndon." He said with a brilliant smile.