✓ beyond the bright sea | eren jaeger

chapter ten

You enter the art club once more but your mind still lingers about what your mother said a week ago.

It was already the end of January for your sophomore year and the festival was starting soon.

Jean and yours relationship have been a little rocky. Jean keeps on trying to bring up the idea of having sex but again you weren't comfortable or ready. Jean and you still talked but you didn't hang out as often.

Eren and you still haven't talked with each other but it was okay. You didn't need him.

You were done finishing your painting. You were lazy and decided to copy off of the painting in your basement. Mr. Ackerman analyzed all the paintings and said he'll announce the grades tomorrow.

When art club was dismissed you got up and started packing before Mr. Ackerman cuts you off. "Miss L/N. A word please? I need to talk to you." he said with a stern voice and an unreadable expression.

Your blood ran cold as you thought he knew everything bad you ever did in life. "S-Sure." you say and sat back down.

Mr. Ackerman went to look at your art piece again. "Did you paint this?" Mr. Ackerman asked.

"Yes, sir..." you answer.

"Is this your original idea?" Mr. Ackerman asked.

"Crap. Of course that could've been a world wide painting every painter knows. Better just tell the truth now." you say to yourself mentally.

"No, sir. But I did paint it, I just didn't make it up." you said honestly.

Mr. Ackerman stayed quiet for a moment as he observed your painting not making his eyes leave it once. In all honesty, you were scared that Mr. Ackerman might be a pedophile and try giving you lessons when he said he needed to speak with you so you had a cautiousness and paranoia to run out the door at any moment.

"Next class time, I'd like to speak with your mother. Bring her into class. It's important." Mr. Ackerman said.

"Is that all?" you asked nervously.

"Yeah. Now get out of here." Mr. Ackerman said harshly and you gulped before heading out the room.

As you walked the empty hallways, you saw off in the distance Jean talking to Mikasa and you growing a little concerned and jealous, you walk over there.

"Oh hey, Y/N!" Jean said. Right as those words left his mouth Mikasa looked at you up and down before walking away.

"Hey." you said. "What's up with you and Mikasa?" you asked.

"What's up with you and Mr. Ackerman?" Jean said dodging the question.

"Oh I just got caught cheating that's all, haha." you laughed and Jean tried to laugh but his stiff chuckles sounded fake.

"Yeah... cheating... Anyways, I'm going somewhere tonight so I can't text or hang out." Jean said.

"Where are you going?" you asked.

"I'm meeting up with my dad in the interior of Shawn." Jean said and you nodded your head. You knew Jean's parents were divorced but Jean refused to leave his mom so he sometimes visited his dad.

"Okay. I have to go too. Cya' later." you said and Jean said "cya".

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"Mom." you said as you walked downstairs into the kitchen where your mom was currently at.

"What."

"My art teacher said he wants to speak with you on Friday." you said.

"Why?" your mom asked.