Madame Williams ( teacherxstudent )

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DIANE'S POV

"I'll talk to Nicole, you go home." Sarah said.

I ran a hand through my hair, "Are you sure you're okay with this, you haven't said anything... and Nicole must hate me. After all I am the cougar who has a secret relationship with her baby sister."

"Don't call yourself a cougar, please, that's disgusting." Sarah sighed and looked at me with pity, "I'll talk to Nicole, you're gonna be fine."

"Am I? Gonna be fine, I mean." I said, my breath quick with panic coursing through my veins. I could have easily got myself out of this but now I was screwed, in the middle of all this mess. They always say love is the most wonderful thing, but they never talk about how messy it gets and how dangerous it can be.

If I knew some professor of my sister was sleeping with her, I would have murdered the bastard... probably gotten him fired before killing him, but I would have done the absolute worst to someone like that, someone like me... as much as my sister would have loved this hypothetical teacher, in this hypothetical scenario; I wouldn't have given a shit. I would have ruined the man's life, I wouldn't care to listen to Sophie, to what she has to say about her fling, because my mind would keep thinking it was all about a teacher having power over a student.

"Diane, you will. Remember when that Brian guy broke Sophie's heart?" Sarah said, referring to my little sister, "You hated that guy, but you mostly hated yourself for not being there for her, for not noticing at first that he wasn't a good guy. That's exactly what Nicole is feeling, that rage of not knowing what your baby sister is doing, and if she's safe or not..." Sarah explained.

I understood Nicole so well, but I was terrified as hell. A part of me would do anything to be with Lou, but there still was this little thought inside my head that screamed for mercy, for an escape from the high school girl I had fallen for.

"...it's gonna be hard for her to understand because she's basically programmed to be prepared to save Lou from anything or anyone... and she has failed already, when her best friend committed suicide... so of course she's going to be upset with you, with Lou, even with me."

Sarah offered a small smile at me and took a step closer, grabbing both my shoulders, "You're a big sister too, you get the perspective she's dealing with right now... and... I guess you should call Soph and visit her, she sounded worried on the phone."

"Yeah... Thanks. Really. I... what do you think about this? Am I disgusting to you now?"

"Look, I get it... you fell in love with someone; right time, wrong person. Sucks, I'm the CEO of this kind of situation. But you actually smile, you genuinely seem happy, and if it's your student doing all of this, it's good. Illegal, but good. Nicole will understand, just like I do." Sarah said and gave a little squeeze to my shoulders before letting go of them.

Tears fell from my eyes out of the adrenaline of everything in my life being torn into pieces, "I don't know how I ended up like this."

"Love has no limits, Diane. It's weird that you're in love with your student, but I get it. And I'm happy you've found someone after all these years, because certainly I wasn't the one for you."

"Sarah..." I looked up at her, wiping off the tears from my damp cheeks.

Sarah patted my arm twice, "I'll talk to Nicole, you go home, talk to Soph."

I had to take a taxi back home because I couldn't bring myself to drive. I opened the door to my home and walked in, turned on the voice message feature on the house phone and I felt my stomach drop at the sound of her voice. She sounded worried.

"Nicole knows, she told me you... you told Sarah... are you okay? Call me, please."

I had forgotten that my battery had died, that's why I hadn't received any phone calls from Lou herself. I sighed, dropped on the couch and rubbed my temples. What the fuck was I going to do.

I had all these feelings and thoughts, all these things in my mind... images, feelings, sounds, and so much more. It was like a wave washing over me and it didn't feel pleasant. I was nervous, I was sad, I was angry, I was confused... I was in love. I was so much things that I couldn't focus.

I tried t o find guidance and comfort in Sarah's words, thinking that maybe she would be able to talk to Nicole and actually make her understand, but there was this part inside me that screamed: run before it gets worse.

My heart told me to stay, stay for Lou, stay because she's a drug I can't get enough of, the only person that makes me want to smile and the only person that has had the ability to make me feel special in my whole life, but my mind told me to chicken up and run away. I wasn't going to run away, I wanted to, but I wanted to stay for her as well. I thought maybe I could actually fight things, actually work things out with Lou, it had to be just two more years and we would be free to love each other.

I picked up my home phone and called Lou. She picked up almost immediately, and I sighed of relief when I heard her voice, "Yeah, I'm okay." I told her.

"Nicole seemed upset, but she won't be telling." Lou informed me after a few seconds of silence.

"Good. Are you okay?" I asked.

Lou sighed on the other end of the phone, "Yeah, I think I am. I'm just speechless I guess. My mother doesn't suspect though, she remains clueless."

I let out a small chuckle, "Good. I miss you already. I'm so sorry."

"Don't be."

"I didn't mean to tell Sarah, I wasn't going to, you know how much you mean to me, I wouldn't have risked our relationship... it just slipped by mistake."

"Yeah, Nicole said so. Thank you for assuring me though."

"We can do this, right? A year and a half more? Doesn't seem much..."

"Yeah, it'll pass fast, right?"

"Right."

Our voices both remained small and not joyful, maybe we were both a bit panicked and concerned about what being together truly meant.

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SUPER SHORT CHAPTER! I'm sorry. I'm still visiting my family so I haven't gotten time to write, this was written in a rush and I hope there weren't many mistakes, again, thank you for reading, commenting and voting. Y'all are amazing!