Teacher's Pet

Chapter Three

The whole day I couldn't stop thinking about Mr. Mitchell. Which was weird because I didn't know if I was supposed to be or not. I was happy to finally get the Draven thing off my mind, but now that Draven was out of my head, my history teacher took over. Was I starting to like him?

Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no! This can't be happening. What if he liked me, too? What if that was why he asked me what was wrong? We're going to jail and we're going to die in a cellar. Oh my god.

At the end of the day, I saw Mr. Mitchell again. Hide, hide, hide, don't see me, don't see me. "Shaena," he called me name. Shit. I walked over to him.

"Yeah?"

"I got a hold of someone and they're going to do something about Draven," he was talking low, so people couldn't hear, which I was glad about. I didn't even tell him I didn't want people to know. I guess he just figured that.

"Thank you, Mr. Mitchell." I smiled. Not like a fake one, either. I guess this really was happening.

"Don't worry about it. I'm just glad you won't be dealing with him anymore." He stopped for a minute but seemed to start to say something else and caught himself before he did. "I'll see you in class tomorrow," he said and I waved bye.

Okay, that wasn't that bad. I needed to stop over thinking this whole situation. IT'S A TEACHER HOW IS THAT GOOD?!

It was like a fight in my head. Oh my god. This is insane.

All these thoughts were going through my head about Mr. Mitchell and I didn't know what to do or think. Who was I supposed to talk about this with? It's not like I could go and tell Mr. Mitchell about that. That'd be an awkward conversation. 'Oh hey, I have a crush on you, Mr. Mitchell and I don't want to go to jail but I don't know what to do. Please help.' Yep, great conversation.

I didn't notice I was already out to my car, just standing in front of it since I had a million thoughts rushing through my head. I saw Liam walk up and look at me weird.

"Um, you okay, Shaena?" He laughed, joking around, probably wondering why I was just standing there, not getting in.

"Don't look at me like that! Get in the car," I said to him as I unlocked my car, got in and buckled my seat. I turned my key, to make my car start, and lovely. My car didn't start. I tried it again. Then I got so pissed I started swearing like crazy as Liam looked at me with his wide, blue eyes.

"Bad day?" My little brother asked, still with wide eyes, just staring at me.

"Yes. And no, I don't want to talk about it."

"Don't have to if you don't want to, just wanna know what's goin on with my big sis."

I wanted to just scream so loud at that moment.

"Liam, I have a serious question."

"Talk to me goose!" He tried making me laugh and it worked.

"Okay, really. What would you do if...." I stopped talking, scared at what Liam was going to say. I didn't want my own brother to judge me or think I'm weird for having a crush on my teacher. Ugh. "If..you liked one of your teachers?"

He looked at me, but he didn't have any shocked expression on his face at all though. "It's Mr. Mitchell."

"What do you mean?"

"I know you have a crush on him."

"Whoa, what? How could you possibly know that? I just realized, myself, I had a crush on him today."

He laughed. "Shaena, I saw him keep you after in class. One of my bros told me how he talked about you in his next class. And when he called you over to him at the end of the day, I saw the way you smiled at him. I know that smile, I've seen it on a girl's face when she likes someone."

He talked about me..? I didn't know I smiled at him in some special way either...

"Were you stalking me, Liam?!" I said joking around. "You know it's not polite to laugh at me either." I had completely avoided what he said and he noticed it.

"Now you're changing the subject!" I stuck my tongue out at him and he continued talking, "Shaena, if you like the dude, go after him. So what if other people find out or what anyone thinks. Don't worry about the whole jail thing. You're 18, the guy's 20. I know in your head, you're probably over thinking everything, that's what every girl does. It's fine. Mom and dad, I'm not sure what they're going to say, but it's not going to bother me. You're my big sister, I'm only gonna look out for you, I'm not gonna judge you for liking a teacher cause I know that's what you're thinking. I know you, I know the way you think. Stop worrying so much. Okay?"

I smiled. This is why I loved my brother. He always gave me his best advice and it was perfect when I needed help since he knew guys' minds.

"Thanks Liam," I said, smiling at him and wanting to give him a hug but that was kind of difficult since we were in my car. "I love you 'lil bro'." I imitated his 'big sis' thing and he smiled at me.

"Oh, I know everyone loves me." He said, joking.

"EL-OH-EL, MY BROTHER'S SO COOL AND HE SAYS BRO A LOT. NERD."

I loved how close we were and how much we made fun of each other. He definitely could always make me laugh, too, and I loved that.