A Graduation Present

A Graduation Present; Chapter 1

It was almost over, he just had to make it a few more hours and he would finally be able to breathe again. The past four years of Jackson Warren's life had been filled with daily struggles and he was just a few hours away from never having to worry about being caught eyeing, daydreaming and lusting after one of his own students. In just a few hours, Andie Johnson would be graduating and leaving Glenbrook High School to go to college, he would be free from temptation.

Andie was one of his very first students; he had begun teaching at Glenbrook the same year Andie was a freshman. Jackson's life had changed drastically since that first day over 4 years ago. For one, he was now single, no longer engaged to a woman he had thought he would spend the rest of his life with. Samantha had been in his life since college, she was a strong, successful and motivated woman, all the traits that he had fallen in love with, but they eventually drove them apart. Sam was hungry for success and money. At first she accepted that Jackson would never make a lot of money as a teacher; she claimed that she just wanted him to be happy doing what he loved. However, after the first couple months in to his first teaching job at Glenbrook, Sam seemed to be more and more disappointed in his small salary and even more disappointed in how much extra time and effort he put in to his job. Jackson was always loving and devoted to Sam but also loved his students and was always willing to put in a little extra time to help his students succeed.

By Winter Break, Jackson knew their relationship was over. Sam had moved out of their apartment and the wedding was called off. He knew they would both be happier in the end and that it would have never worked once he found out how Sam really felt about his career choice.

Being single for the last three and half years only made his desire for Andie stronger. He longed for her in a way he had never longed for another woman, if you could call Andie a woman. She entered high school like most other freshman, in the awkward stages of puberty. But unlike most other freshman, Andie was confident about her intelligence and eager to learn. Their relationship started off innocent, like any other student/teacher relationship. Andie was one of twenty seven students in Jackson's freshman U.S. civics class. She never passed up a chance to ask questions or challenge an idea in class, she aced all of his tests with flying colors and Jackson encouraged her to register for the honors and advanced placement social studies program.

Jackson watched as the students filled up on to the stage to take their diplomas. He could feel his breath catch in his chest when she stepped up on to the stage and smiled. She was gorgeous. Andie had short choppy blonde hair that shined in the sunlight, her skin was creamy and pale but dotted with small freckles. She was average height and very slender. Only in the last year did her body begin to take a more womanly shape and figure. Her breasts were firm and high, and much larger than you would expect on a girl her size. As she walked across the stage with diploma in hand Jackson couldn't help looking her up and down. Even in a graduation robe she looked perfect.

Andie had begun high school with fear and trepidation; she knew that she was not like most of the other students. Glenbrook high school students were rich and popular, Andie was not. She and her mother had just moved in to an apartment that was on the border of two school districts and Andie was allowed to choose which school to attend. Glenbrook, being in a wealthy neighborhood, was raked much higher in quality of education than the alternative. So Andie choose it, all the while knowing she would never fit in. Her father had left her and her mother at a young age; she grew up with a mother that decided dating was more fun than raising an awkward, too-smart-for-her-own good daughter and Andie spent most of her time alone. Instead of paying for daycare one summer, her mother opted to leave Andie at a nearby public library during the days while she worked as a waitress and at nights Andie was left in the one bedroom apartment while her mother partied at night clubs.