Paunariu

Chapter 1

*Mihaela POV*

It was a cold day of Monday. The clouds were hiding the sun while the birds were trying to get away from the coldness. I was on my way to school, cannot wait to teach to all those students who don't care about my subject at all. But what can I do about it? Nothing.

I sigh and continue to walk, trying not to think about it at all. Maybe am I too cold with them? I don't think so. Okay, maybe a bit, but I can't be nice all the time. They would make fun of me and so on.

I look around me, I see a few students, so I am near school. I try to stop thinking about it and continue walking. But as much as I try, other things appear in my mind. The problems with my husband, stress... There are too many things.

I shake my head a bit and look around for a familiar face. Maybe a little talking would make me forget about it. But when I look around, I don't see anyone. Maybe I walked on a wrong street while I have been thinking about all my problems and did not pay attention where I went. I walked around hoping to find the exit but I always get nowhere. I frown and continue to walk around, but I always get to a dead end. What the heck am I supposed to do?

"Miha~" A voice suddenly was heard.

I turned around but I saw no one. Is a student making a prank on me or what?

"Who is there?" I snarl in anger. I hate these kinds of jokes.

"Darling, you have to wake up!" A familiar voice sounded from nowhere.

I woke up fast and looked at my right. My husband was looking at me in a worried way. I fake a smile and start talking:

"Morning hun." I tell him and stood up.

"Morning." He told me in a dull voice and continued "Do you feel alright?"

"Yeah, why?" I say while taking out some clothes from the wardrobe.

"You were sweating."

"Oh, it was just a simple nightmare. Don't worry." I peek at him and forced a smile that at least showed a bit of warm.

I simply don't like seeing people worrying about me, so I always fake smile, hoping that they'll stop worrying.

My husband nods and goes away, leaving me alone in the bedroom. Right after he left, a tear went down on my cheek and dropped on my T-shirt.
I don't have the guts to tell to my husband that I don't like him that much as I used to in the past anymore.

But, one of the main reasons that I shut my mouth up and keep the fact that I don't like him 100% is for my son.
I don't want him to be sad because of my idiocy.
Well, maybe it's just a phase and soon all this will disappear. As someone said, you fall in love with the right person once in your life.
There can't be a second perfect soulmate.

I wipe my other tear that just appeared and was going down on my cheek with a tissue and start walking to the living room/kitchen/dining room. There, my husband was talking with my son about sport cars.
I smile to my son, Paul, and walk across the table.

"Love, we must head out and go to school." I tell to my son.

My son stood up and left the apartment while my husband went to me and kissed my lips.
I kissed his lips back trying not to show disgust and went after Paul.

*Pauna POV*

I exited my car and walked on the alley that connects the parking lots with the school I am working.
I didn't really feel like going to work today because of a fight I had with my husband this morning.
He started getting jealous after seeing me with a coworker.
He was just helping me to carry some things, like, what the actual fuck!
But of course, he doesn't believe me. Couples are supposed to believe each other, no?
Well, this sentence is not true for my husband, and for other couples as well.
For a while my husband started to suspect me that I am going out with someone because I come pretty late home and he forces me to tell him everything I did.
He also calls me names and in when I arrive home he acts very rude. Like 'why you didn't come early? I am starving and you cooked anything!'
Or sometimes he is drunk.
I also caught him with a girl, but he told me that she was just a coworker and there was nothing between them.
'Nothing between them' my ass! He sure was making up with her.

He is a huge pain in the ass and a dick!
I hate him so much that I would do anything just to make him shut up with all those names and-

I didn't realize that I wasn't playing attention where I walkes and stumbled against a coworker.
I recognized her by the hair.
Her short dyed red hair put a tiny smile on my face, but I tried not to show it at all. Especially after I have fallen down on the alley with her.
I stopped lookinh at her hair and my eyes moved to her face.
Our faces were so close that made me slightly blush.
God, I hope she didn't observe it. I stand up fast and helped her to stand up as well.

"I am so sorry Miha!" I tell her fast.

She nodded in a way that would tell 'sorries accepted' and smiled.

I smiled back and looked at her.
I observed that her hair was a bit dirty.

"May I?" I asked.

"Yeah, you may Alina." Miha replied and turned around.

I started to comb and clean a bit her hair with my hands because she had some shit in it because of where she had fallen down.
Her hair was so soft and flufy!

I blush stronger and my heart started to race as I started to touch her hair more and more.
Am I in love with her?
I don't think so, like, it is not possible to feel like this because of touching someone's hair.

But I always felt something for her since the day I met her in a classroom.
It was a normal day...

*Flashback*

"Shit! I forgot where the class was! I've been teaching at this school for a week and I still don't remember which class is which." Alina thought for herself and started walking around the school for 5 minutes.

She stopped by a door.

"Probably this is the classroom." She said for herself and entered.

"Bonjou-" She said but stopped.

There was already a teacher inside and she was teaching.
Alina looked at the whiteboard and observed that the teacher was teaching English.
Alina looked at the teacher and her jaw dropped for a few seconds.
"She is so cute! Her name was Mihaela, no? Yeah, it is Mihaela." She thought for herself and straightened her back.

"Something happened, Pauna?" She asked and looked into her eyes.

"No, I thought this was the right classroom. Could you tell me where 7A is?"

"The next door at left."

"Thanks!" She smiled and left.

As she exited, she started thinking about Mihaela.
Everything about her is so perfect: her smile, her face, her hair, her eyes, everything!

"I think I might have fallen in love with her! But, I am not into girls at all... Maybe it is just a simple phase!" She thought and walked inside the right classroom.

*End Of The Flashback*

"Alina, are you fine? Your face is red." She asked me in a worried way.

"I am fine haha! I am uhh allergic to something which makes my face red. No need to worry!" I told her fast.

Mihaela smiles and starts walking, so I follow her.

We went inside the school and walked to the office where teachers spend their time.