Stuck Between Them

Chapter 12- Heartbreak Hailey

"Bro, where are you? lecture starts in 10 minutes," Mike, arguably my only friend, texted.

"On my way," I responded, shoving my phone back in my pocket.

I managed to make it with a minute before the lecturer came.

"Dude," Mike waved me down in the back of the class.

I weaved through the class and took a seat next to him, "Saved me a seat?"

"Yeah, was worried you'd get stuck sitting next to some of the snobs." I only vaguely recognized some of the people in the class, but if Mike thought they were a bunch of snobs then I had no reason not to believe him. Though both of us are from different department but we have a minor course together.

"Least we have Hailey in our class."

"Hailey? Heartbreak Hailey?"

"Yep, front row."

I put the conversation on hold and sat straight up, looking too see whether or not he was telling the truth. Sure enough in the front of the class, there she was. Heartbreak Hailey in all of her glory. Arguably an angel on earth, with short golden blonde hair that barely fell to her shoulders, a smile that could turn heads, and an hourglass body that dropped jaws. She had perky B-cup boobs, and an ass that looked good no matter what she was in. But she wasn't called Heartbreak Hailey for nothing. Although I have a girlfriend that doesn't mean I can't appraise beauty in my mind.

Hailee Steinfeld as Hailey Steinfeld(21 year old)

She is a year senior than me, the last two semesters I have been here, she had been one of the hottest girls in the department, and she turned down any and every guy that tried to make a move on her. Personally I think it was because either she liked the attention or she's a lesbian.

"What is she doing in our class; she wasn't here till mid-terms."

"she is repeating this course, taking lectures was up to her, guess she is taking lectures with us for the rest of the semester."

"Got some feelings for her?" Mike jokingly asked.

"Yeah, but who doesn't?" I laughed leaning back in my chair.

"Why don't you make a move on her? C'mon, maybe you're the lucky guy who finally gets her attention."

"First of all I have a girlfriend and even if I was the guy to get her attention, I don't have the time to deal with her high maintenance bullshit."

"Yeah, yeah. Hear about what happened to Mr. Peterson?"

"Nah, what happened?"

"Turns out he nearly beat his wife to death, got sent to jail with attempted manslaughter or some crap like that."

"What? When did this happen?"

"From what I heard it happened the week after the mid-terms."

"Then who's our statistics teacher?"

"Dunno, heard it's a chick though. Supposed to be her first teaching job too. We get to break her in," he laughed, "God, think of the shit we can get away with."

"Knowing our luck she'll be some old lady who's a total hard ass."

"Never know. Fingers crossed man"

"yeah, keep dreamin.."

The bell to begin class rang and only moments later the door to our classroom, cutting my sentence short as Mike turned his attention to the front of the classroom. He immediately grabbed onto my shoulder and pointed to the front of the class.

"Dude, our new teacher's fucking hot!"

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I drudged to class the next morning, a chunk of sleep missing from my body. I was so preoccupied with her that I failed to notice where I was walking and ran smack dab into someone in the middle of the hallway.

Stumbling backwards, I remained on my feet luckily, but the person I hit toppled to the ground. When I saw who it was I knew right away that I was screwed.

"S-Sorry, Hailey. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," I mumbled as she sat up rubbing her head. For a split second she shot me a look of undying anger, but within a blink of an eye she was smiling warmly at me. That raised a couple of alarms in my head, but I ignored all of them when I realized that she was wearing a short skirt today. Like a homing missile my eyes moved to a free shot of the white panties she had on.

Big Mistake.

She closed her legs and let out a shrill scream that snapped me back into reality.

"I-It was an accident, I swear."

Two of her friends came out of our classroom after hearing Hailey's cry of terror, and after helping her to her feet she pointed at me menacingly, "You pervert!"

I didn't even have the chance to apologize before she stormed off down the hall, no doubt trying to retreat to a nearby bathroom so that no one could see her teary eyed face. The whispers from other students around me quickly made me realize that I had just been branded a pervert by Heartbreak Hailey in front of a lot of kids. It was safe to say that by the end of the day my non-existent reputation would skyrocket and I would be forever known as the pervert.

Fed up with the cautious stares and obvious whisperings from nearby students, I threw open the door to my classroom and retreated inside all the while mumbling, "Fuck me, right?"

I sat down in my chair and slammed my head into the desk, gaining the attention of Mike as well as half the class.

"Dude, something up?"

"My university life is ruined."

"Oh yeah? How come?"

"Hailey just called me a pervert in front of a ton of other people."

"You're right, your life is pretty much over."

"So what's this rumor going around that Max's a pervert who violated Hailey?" Shawn, another friend of mine who was absent yesterday, asked as he sat down in the seat in front of me. He was a little chubby and pretty gangly in my opinion, with glasses and combed blonde hair.

"How do you know about that already? It happened like two minutes ago." I asked lifting my head.

"It's all that anyone was talking about when I walked down the hallway."

"Fuck!"

"Hey man, it could be worse. That little event could've ruined your chances with her forever."

"Here we go again," Mike rolled his eyes.

"Don't give me that Mike!" Shawn snapped, "She's a lesbian! She has to be! She's not interested in a single guy and all she does is hang around with her girlfriends."

"Dude you're only saying that because she rejected you like ten times last semester."

"It's cause she's a lesbian! The sooner you both realize that the easier it'll be for you guys too get over her like I have."

"Oh really? You're over her? So if she came into the room right now and asked you out on a date, what would you say?" I asked.

"Hell yes!"

"Glad to see that your sticking to your word," I grumbled, resting my head back down. I know I'm probably jinxing myself by saying this, but I don't think this could get any worse.