my teacher

chapter 34

I look into his eyes. He breaks down. I wrap my arms around his neck, pulling him into his arms. He cries into my shoulder.

We stand at the door for a good few minutes with me just hugging him tight.

I pull away slowly. He follows me to the couch. "Is he?" I put my hand on his cheek. "He's not- but he's not woken up yet.. and they don't know if he will" he says.

"You look exhausted" I wipe his tears. "I'm scared" he whispers. We get up and go to my room.

"Shh" I say as we see amelia asleep on my bed. I lay down and he climbs between my legs, resting his head on my chest. I stroke his hair gently.

I put my hands on his cheeks. He looks into my eyes. "I'm here for you der, okay? Always" I whisper. My nose brushes against his. I push my lips onto his gently.

I pull away slowly. "You should get some sleep" I say. "I can't" he whispers. "Just close your eyes.. I'll talk to you until you fall asleep to keep your mind off of it" I say.

He rests his head on my chest, closing his eyes. I stroke his hair, gently massaging his scalp with my nails as I whisper little things to him about my day.

"Der?" I whisper. He doesn't move. I sigh. He's asleep. I smile small, closing my eyes. I soon fall asleep myself.

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I hear amelia crying. "Can you shut up?" I hear derek say. I open my eyes slowly.

"Mhm, what's happening?" I stretch my arms up. "Well done, now you've woken her up" he says. She cries more.

"Its okay" I sit up. He's still laid between my legs. I kiss his head. "What's wrong?" I wipe her tears. "Dewek be so mean to me" she sobs.

"Look at what she did" he shows me his phone. I furrow my brows as I see a text to 'addison'

Me: jeksoelejehheueiekeejejennenenenenennehduduixididood

"Derek that's just random letters.. she obviously did it by accident" I say. "Its to Addison.. the girl I went out with that time" he says.

"She's gonna think I'm insane!" He says. "Why do you care what she thinks?" I say. "I don't.. I only care what you think" he says. "Good answer" I chuckle.

"Why do you still have her number anyway?" I ask casually. "I just never thought to delete it.. I will if you want me to" he says. "Its okay, I don't mind" I say.

"How are you?" I put my hand on his cheek. "Oh! I'm sorry, I got distracted with stupid Amy so I forgot to tell you but he's awake" he smiles. "That's great" I smile.

Amelia starts crying again. "You stupid! Not me!" She yells. "Come here" I hug her. She sobs into my shoulder.

"Shhh it's okay" I stroke her hair. I smile as she very quickly falls back asleep. I gently pull away. "Okay, come on" Derek gets up. "What?" I ask. He pulls me out of bed.

"What are you-" I ask. "Shh" he gently pushes me up against the door, kissing me. I smile against his lips, putting my hands on his waist.

He starts kissing my neck. "You need to stop being so mean to Amy.. she's my best friend and honesty, if I had to pick between you two.." I say teasingly.

"Who would you pick?" He raises his brow. I look down as he runs his hand down my pyjama bottoms. "I'd pick you" I say in a moan as he starts touching me. He grins.

"You've gotten so good at this" I breathe, tilting my head back. "Yeah, I'm good at other things too" he undoes his bottoms with his other hand.

"Not in here.. Amy's sleeping!" I whisper, giggling. "Let's go somewhere else then" he says. "My mom's asleep in my guest room" I say.

He pulls his hand out of my pants. He opens the door. He holds my hand and pulls me out.

"Wait" I go back into the room. I put a pillow either side of Amy so she doesn't roll out of bed and hurt herself.

I grab his hand again. "No, derek.. she's asleep in that room right there" I point to the door next to the bathroom as he leads me there.

He groans. "Fine" he takes me downstairs. "Are you insane? What if she wakes up?" I say as he points at the couch. He looks around. He drags me to the kitchen.

He lifts me onto the counter. "Don't be stupid" I get back down. He sighs. I look around. "In here" I pull him into the pantry. We start pulling off eachothers clothes..