Teacher's Pet

Chapter 13

I'm sitting in the principal's office waiting for Mrs. Tuffley to call me into her office and I'm so nervous. I did nothing wrong but eh, I'm still nervous yknow? Her door opens and out walk a crying Carley and her friends looking innocent. Oh hell no, they so would've sold it. I walk in and take a seat in front of the desk.

"This is not a good start to your time here, Hannah. You know there is a zero tolerance for violence"

"Mrs Tuffley, please listen to me, I know what Carley and her friends would have said but I can assure you that it's not true! I didn't touch anyone!"

"Now, Hannah, I wish I could believe you but the odds aren't in your favour. Now I know I should suspend you for this but this is your first offence and you are in your final year of school and I don't want you to miss any work. Instead I will give you a month of detention and in detention, you will complete extra work assigned by your teachers as punishment!"

I choose not to argue but just take what I'm given.

"You can leave; I will call your mum and tell her what happened. I am really disappointed in you."

"I'm sorry, nothing will happen again."

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"EEEWW SIR JAYDEN JUST THREW ITS KIDNEY ON ME!!" I hear a girl scream at the back of the room. We're busy dissecting pregnant rats in Biology and a few of the boys thought it would be fun to throw the pieces around. I'm just enjoying the girls' reactions!

"Yeah so I'm going to be busy for the next month.."

"That is bullshit Han, those bitches are going down" At that moment, we look at each other and then look down at the rat, evil grins plastered on our faces.

"Shhhh! ha shut up!" I tell Mandy, who is giggling her ass off. We took a rat from the lab and put it in a plastic bag. We watched Carley do her password on her lock at lunch so we find ourselves standing in front of her locker after school, with a dead rat in hand. We hid the decaying rat at the back of her locker- behind books we know she never uses. Now we wait. We skip through the halls laughing but I'm stopped by Niall calling out angrily.

"Where the hell do you think you're going Hannah? You have detention! Get back here now!" oh shit I forgot. I have to admit he really scared me so I winced . His facial expression softened a bit before going back to his mad face.

"NOW!" he yells. Damn bitch you better believe how quick I picked up my shiz and speed walked into that bloody room! I sit at the front desk and hear Niall slam the door. I pull out my Psychology book when he smacks his hand on my book, making me jump.

"I just want to know why you did it?" he said in an annoyed tone. I look at him and just see determination on his face.

"Niall, I didn't!" I see his face when I say his name- its like my face when he says mine.

"Don't lie, I know what I saw!"

"And what did you see? You heard the girl scream, that's all!"

"She was busted up Hannah"

"No, she did that to herself! Let me explain!" he looks me over before sighing and nodding.

"Ever since I started here, Carley and her clan have hated me. They call me names, confront me out of school, and now they've spread a rumour that I had sex with the footy team." Niall's jaw tenses before he takes a deep breathe. Is he jealous?

"I didn't, by the way, but they wont deny it.. You know how boys are. Carley started mouthing off at me this morning and then Mandy tried attacking them and then Carley saw you and then, you know the rest."

"Hannah that sounds ridiculous, why would she go through that much trouble?" I laugh and contradict whether or not to tell him.

"Well.. Mandy says it's because she's jealous, but all friends say that. She's told me it's because she wants you, and she thinks that I'm trying to get with you" I laugh at the end to lighten it, making it sound like an absurd joke but Niall doesn't laugh. He kind of looks a little hurt.

"Well, I think she may be jealous of you, and I would never get with her! She's so immature and she looks like a 13 year old- got no tits or ass!" I burst out laughing before adding,

"And she's a student!" and his face drops a little, but thankfully he fakes a smile.

"Why would that girl even be jealous of me though?" I ask

"Well.. Um.. You.. By what you've told me it sounds like she's jealous aha.. And maybe because you're the new girl- you have the power to rule if you wanted" he fumbles.

"If you look at it that way.."

"Hannah, I'll talk to Mrs Tuffley to get you out of this situation." he says. I didn't even notice but he had been sitting next to me this whole time.

"No that's alright, sir, it gives me time to do homework" I reply cheekily

"Sir? Noooo that makes me sound so old! I told you- call me Niall, just not in front of students." he says pulling faces.

We spend the whole of my detention doing some work, but mostly talking. Talking about random things, anything and everything! I feel so comfortable around this man, he's got the looks and the personality!

"Listen, Hannah, I know this is completely inappropriate but would you like to go out some time?" he looks at me with these innocent, puppy eyes.

"Um" his face goes white before he gets up and runs a hand through his hair.

"You know what? Don't worry about it, I'm sorry that was out of hand, please just don't tell anyone what just happened?" he begs.

"No no no, I'm sorry I was just caught off guard! I'd love to!"