At this moment were his lips touch hers, Jessica is so confused and flustered. She tries to push Nathan away, but he grabs her hands kissing her even more and her mind goes completely blank.
As he holds her hands, she rests it against his chest and wraps her arm around his back, just then his eyes flip open with surprise and pulls away. Jessica feels like she will pass out, but that changed right away after she heard a simple "I am sorry" from him, leaving the classroom behind him. Jessica just stood there confused, mad and sad about what just happened and tries to stop her heart from beating so fast.
After a restless night, Jessica arrives at the staffroom the next morning and brings her tired body to her desk.
"Moring, Jess...you don't look so well, is everything alright?" Maryam looks at her with concern in her eyes.
"No, I just feel like I am going to scream..."
"What? What happened?"
"...I can't talk about it right now, I am sorry."
"Well, at least try to forget about it when you are with me!" She pats Jessica on the back, which makes her feel better and she smiles at her. Talking to Maryam always makes her feel better, being a good friend of hers and always thinking positive cheers her up a lot. As they talk Simon walks up to them.
"Good morning, Maryam and...Jess are you alright? You seem exhausted. If you don't feel well, You can skip class and hide out in my office, you can even sleep on one of the beds." Whispering the last part he grins at her.
"How can you guys be so loud in the morning?" walking up to
them, Luke shook his head at them followed by Taylor who as always has a smile on his face. One after another the teachers appear, leaving Nathan the only one out who was still missing. Somehow Jessica wants to see him and settle out what happened, but on the other hand she doesn't want to see him, she can already tell that he is going to say something like she should figure it out herself, why he kissed her. Jessica sighs and says quietly to herself:
"What am I supposed to do..."
"That's quite a deep sigh, first thing in the morning." Frozen in place, Jessica didn't expect Nathan to stand right behind her and while everyone else greats him, she just stands there not knowing what to do. Not even daring to look at him, Jessica looks at her feet and feels relived when a teacher asks Nathan for help, looking up their eyes meet before he left. Excusing herself, she walks to the bathroom, to calm herself down and to get a hold on herself.
The awkward few days since they kissed has felt both short and like an eternity, walking down the hall, Jessica turns around when Nathan calls her name.
"I need to talk to you. Do you have a minute?" she still doesn't feel ready to talk to him, but she knows that she can't avoid him forever.
"What is wrong?"
"Nothing...I am coming." Walking together they arrived in the room where they first met, when Mathew and some other students sneaked to Acadia Charter. It is quite and hasn't changed at all.
"Does this bring back memories? You picked up your student Mathew, here."
"I still need to thank you for that"
"It's alright. He is my student now, too." After this little conversion, the room become quiet, Jessica doesn't know what to say and just looks at the ground, preparing herself for the worse.
"Miss Hower, I have something very important to tell you." Jessica looks up and Nathan continues in a very low voice.
"I am very sorry to say this, but you will no longer be my assistant homeroom teacher."
"What!?"
"You are not being fired. You are going to just concentrate on your duties as the English teacher."
"Wait a second!! Why are you doing this!?"
"...I have already made my decision."
"You are not answering me!" starring at him, she refuses to accept this and he just sighs.
"I don't have to tell you the reason. You already know. We both need to cool down for a bit. That's all I wanted to say."
"I thought we were partners. What about that!?"
"...We have no choice but to stop. I will let the other teacher know. That's all." Before he could leave, Jessica calls him; and he stops.
"I don't agree with your decision at all. But if that's the end of it, I have to follow that. But why do you want to forget about it? Because I could never forget it."
"...Lets go to homeroom. Class is about to start." With her feelings being a mess, Jessica doesn't know what to do with herself.
"...I guess I can't do anything about it." Leaving the room first, she is not able to do anything about it right now and decided to do what he told her.
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School Affair
RomanceOnce the bell rings, the secret begins... The all-boys' school, Greenwally, is known for they students' to have strong athletic forms. Jessica Hower is a fresh teacher at that school and enjoys her tim teaching her students', even though they cause...