Professor Series - Sebastian Stan 🩵

Twelve

I swallowed hard as I continued to look at Sebastian, "Seb.. Professor Stan is your uncle?"

Tyler nodded beside, "that's right. Vanessa is my father's sister."

I nodded and smiled as Vanessa smiled, pulling Tyler to her side, "have you heard the news, Tyler?"

Sebastian's face turned red as he shook his head, grabbing Vanessa's elbow. "Not now," he hissed just loud enough for us to hear.

Vanessa grinned, "oh nonsense, Sebby." Sebby? Let me throw up now. She turned back to Tyler, "we're pregnant!"

Oh god. I felt nauseous as Tyler offered his congratulations. I tore my gaze away from Sebastian to Vanessa. "Congrats. That's so great." I pulled on Tyler's arm, leaning up to his ear so only he could hear me, "serendipity."

He turned to me, giving me a confused look but nodded as he threaded his fingers through mine. "Excuse us." I followed him through a big door to a separate banquet room that was empty. He sighed as he turned to face me, "don't even say it. Sebastian?" I groaned, breaking away from him further into the room. "Oh my god. Anna! Tell me you haven't slept with him!"

"No! I haven't!" I sat on the bench at a piano on the far side of the room, "I almost did though. Ugh. Tyler. He's your uncle?"

"Yes!" He rested his hands on his hips, watching me try not to break out in tears, "I'm sorry for yelling." I watched him make his way to me, kneeling on the ground in front of me, "my father will kill him if he finds out Sebastian's cheated on his sister. I'm not being metaphorical."

"Well we haven't slept together Tyler, I told you that. Now I get why he insisted everything was complicated." I groaned, resting my head on his shoulder as he sighed and placed his arms around me, "I'm an idiot, aren't I?"

He chuckled but nodded, "yes." He pulled away abruptly and stood up to look at me, "tell me everything."

"You promise you won't say anything?"

Tyler nodded, "of course. I like Sebastian. And I know that Vanessa is awful despite her sunny disposition she likes to portray. Spill it."

I sighed, nodding, "okay. A few weeks ago, when my mom died, I ran into Sebastian. It was brief and we didn't even really converse. Later that evening I walked into a bar and sat at the counter and he was beside me. We flirted a bit and I got drunk and he walked me to my building. At which point we had a heated kiss and went our separate ways. A few days later I found out he was my teacher, that's also when I met Chase. Kissed again in his classroom a few days later. Then he showed up at my apartment last weekend and told me more about him and Vanessa. About how he caught her cheating on him but has no proof and he's stuck and that it's complicated. Yada yada. Then I went to his office yesterday, which you know about. I went to discuss his assignment and one thing led to another and we ended up making out with me on his desk. And we were going to go further before Vanessa interrupted us."

He sighed, "okay. I wouldn't put it past her to cheat on him honestly. But my father won't care. Fuck. Why Sebastian?!"

"I don't know! I didn't mean for it to happen, it just did. Fucking serendipity!"

Tyler laughed, "right. You have feelings for him?"

I nodded, "I do. God help me, I do." I turned around, towards the piano as he did the same beside me.

"Oh no. I'm not playing for you."

I chuckled, "I thought I'd play for you?"

"You play? And you didn't say anything when I sang for you?"

"Sorry. Do you want me to play for you or not?"

He laughed, "of course princess, by all means."

I nodded, letting out a long breath as I began to play.

🎵 Cross your heart and say you've never given up
That you carried on when every door was shut
That you live, you live with no regret!
We wear a smile to hide that we've been hurt before
Keep our disasters in a suitcase by the door,
'Cause you know, you know we're only human!
So lay your hands on the left behind
We all know how it feels to be forgotten for a while.
In a crowded place trying not to feel alone,
Just remember that we've all been broken once!
Let's love the broken ones, yeah, yeah!
Love the broken ones!
Raise your glass to all the words we never say
We do our best, but still we look the other way,
'Cause sometimes it's easier to run
'Cause after all, we're only human!
So lay your hands on the left behind
We all know how it feels to be forgotten for a while.
In a crowded place trying not to feel alone,
Just remember that we've all been broken once!
Let's love the broken ones, yeah, yeah!
Love the broken ones!
Sometimes we're left behind,
Feel like the only one,
But we were born to try
Yeah, we're only human!
So lay your hand on the left behind
Yeah, we all know how it feels to be forgotten for a while
In a crowded place trying not to feel so alone,
Just remember that we've all been broken once!
So let's love the broken ones, whoa-oh
Love the broken ones, no no
Let's love the broken ones, whoa oh whoa oh
Love the broken ones, yeah-yeah.
Let's love the broken ones!🎵

Tyler chuckled, "the broken ones. God help us, Anna."

We both jumped when we heard someone clear their throat behind us. We turned to see Sebastian with his hands in his pockets. "Can I talk to you, Miss Shaw?"

Tyler scoffed, "don't bother with the pretenses." He stood up and looked at me, "you okay?"

I nodded as I stood up beside him, "yeah. We're fine."

"Okay. You sounded beautiful by the way. Don't think I won't tell Chase and have him help me to convince you to sing something with our band." He leaned down to kiss my cheek as I chuckled before he left the room for me and Sebastian.