The New Man

Chapter 3

The next following day Emily decided to pay a visit to the coach's office since she needed to talk him. Stopping in front of the closed door she knocked hard enough for the other person to hear. After a few moments the door to the office and a tall mocha-skinned man stood before her. The man had to be 6'2" and his chiseled statue showed how much he worked out. He was fit to the tee with his coach shirt clinging to his muscles. Emily didn't know how long she was staring at this beautiful man until he smiled. Oh that smile of his was making her warm.

"Hi can I help you?" the man asked curious to who was standing in front of him.

"Oh yes hi are you Mr. Renoyles?" Emily asked shocked that words came out of her mouth because it suddenly felt dry.

"Yes I am, Are you a parent of one of my players or something?"

"No i'm Ms. Watson the guidance counselor"

"Oh yes Ms. Watson I received your note you gave me yesterday I just haven't had time to come see you in your office, would you like to come in?" Hakeem offered gesturing to the seat in his office.

"Oh I don't want to take up too much of your time today I just had a couple concerns of a few of your players on your team" she said shyly trying not to look him in his eyes.

"Well i have time please come in" he smiled and opened the door wider for Emily to enter his office.

Emily walked past Hakeem and looked around his office before sitting down in the chair. Along the walls were pictures of football stars and of him when he played football. There was a trophy case in the far left of the room where all of the school's trophies from football are stored. There were papers and files scattered across his desk while he computer monitor was sleep.

"So what did you want to talk to me about Ms. Watson?" he deep voice broke into Emily's thoughts as she turned her attention back to Hakeem who was now sitting behind his desk.

"Um well Mr. Renoyles-" she started to say until he put his hand up to stop her.

"Please call me Hakeem Ms. Watson" he corrected her but smiled.

"Oh ok..Hakeem and please call me Emily" she said shyly.

"Okay Emily continue please"

Just hearing the way he said her name made her feel how long it has been since a man has called her name. It sounded sensual but yet professional.

"Well Mr.-- I mean Hakeem, some of your players grades are starting to decline and the fight that Josh was involved in a few days ago concerns me"

"Yes I heard about this and I have benched Josh for Friday's game as to my other players I have instilled in them that they have to keep their grades up or else they will be benched as well" he gave a stern look to say he was serious about what he said.

"Well I think that maybe after school the team should take an hour before practice just to do a study table in the library so you are sure they are doing their homework and some teachers will still be around to help them if they need help" Emily suggested.

Sitting back in his chair with his hands clasped around the back of his head Hakeem thought about Emily's suggestion. It sounded like a good idea and he wanted all of his team members to excel on the field and off of the field.

"It was just a suggestion" Emily said softly.

Turning his eyes back on her he smiled and sat up in his chair with his hands now on his desk.

"I think it is a great idea I will talk to my assistant coach about the idea and we will enforce it as soon as possible" Hakeem flashed his mega-watt smile showing his dimples again.

Emily felt like the air was slowly going away making it hard to breath for a moment. She just couldn't get why she was reacting this way toward him. Shoot she just met him and just learned his name. Sure the man is gorgeous like a model out of a magazine but she had to get herself together and act professionally before she got in trouble.

"So was there anything else you needed to speak to me about Emily?" Hakeem asked as his eyes couldn't help but roam over her.

"No that is all I had to say thank you for your time" Emily said hurriedly as she got up afraid if she didn't leave she wasn't sure what would happen. She needed to get away from this man fast because if he called her name again with his velvet voice she will do something irrational.

"Okay well thank you for your advice and coming to speak with me" Hakeem said as he walked over to his door to open it for Emily to leave.

"Yeah no problem just doing my job" She gave him a weak smile and turned to walk down the hallway back to her office.

Watching Emily walk down the hallway as her high heeled shoes clicked against the tile floor Hakeem didn't know his assistant coach came beside him.

"Hey Hakeem what's going on?" his assistant asked after Emily was out of sight.

"Nothing man just the guidance counselor coming to talk to me about our team members" Hakeem looked at his friend and smiled.

"Well did she give you guidance?" he friend gave him a raised eyebrow and a smirk.

"Nah man not that kind of guidance" he laughed as he nudged his friend.

"Hey hey man i'm just saying she looked good so I was curious" they both laughed.

"Well i'm not going to lie she does look good man that talk with her was like torture" Hakeem ran his hands down his face and smiled. "All I wanted to do was grab her and kiss those full lips of hers i couldn't keep my eyes off of her" he sighed.

"Well you are a divorced man now why not try to pursue her" his friend suggested.

"Because who knows if I like her in that way I have been out of the game for a while" Hakeem groaned as he thought about how long it has been for him. Hakeem and his wife stopped having sex after their first year of marriage after that for some reason she just wasn't interested anymore.

"Well I think you really like her man and you should pursue her who knows how long she will be single" his friend said as he patted Hakeem's shoulder before walking away.

Yeah that is true. Look out Ms. Emily Watson you are now on my radar and i'm interested in you. I will show you who I really am outside of work and hope you like what you see. I can only give you my heart but I hope it is enough. Hakeem thought this before heading back into his office to prepare for practice in ten minutes.

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