Falling For You

Chapter 3

Friday 4PM

Mercedes POV

It's been a shitty week in class, he has made it his mission to be horrible to everyone, unexpected quizzes and assignments, things that weren't even on the list. When I tried to ask him a question he dismissed me and it's becoming unbearable to be there. You head over to the lunch hall after skipping breakfast this morning you could eat an entire cow.

"Thank you so much Susan, you always save the best"

"Your welcome Mercedes" you take the tuna pasta salad and go and sit at an empty table.

As you walk to the bin to dispose your rubbish you see Professor Downey sitting outside alone eating a sandwich and you chose to walk over to him, you need to know what his damn issue it. 

When you near him he sees you and he goes to stand up but you stop him

"Sit down please"

"That's funny I thought I was the Professor"

"You are and I am meant to be a student but you wont even answer my questions in class so your gonna sit here and tell me what the hell I have done wrong"

"Nothing!"

"I know that! but why are you treating me and the entire class like shit"

"If you don't like my class then you know what to do"

"I was so excited to take your class, I had heard so much good stuff about you. Your whole profile coming from America you were my only option and when I first met you I thought what shit Hot Professor with a face that's oh my god and then you spoke and you were a dick and you have followed that through"

"You thought I was hot?"

"That's what you heard?"

"No, I heard all of it. I liked that part though"

"You know your hot"

"I don't but thank you"

"Listen if it wasn't for the fact of you being married I think half this place would be trying it on with you"

"I'm not married"

she points down at your finger at the wedding band that you have not taken off yet 

"That's a whole different story"

"Wanna share it with me?"

"No I don't your a student"

"I'm also 25 and iv'e also been married and divorced" 

"You were married ?"

"Yep, Married at 17 and then divorced at 19"

"I would never had said that"

"I don't tell people"

"Why did you get divorced?"

"I was 17 when I married him and I thought he was amazing, until I wanted to save all our money and go to college and he wanted to blow it on going out with all his friends, he stole £20,000 from that's why i'm so late coming to college"

"I guess you have been through a lot"

"Yep so now it's your turn"

"Married at 25, divorced at 34 my wife cheated on me with one of my best friends. I filed for divorce she tried to take everything from me claiming I was abusive. I almost lost my career, my home, my money my whole life"