Colleagues to lovers

Chapter 9

The next day, Sarah wakes up next to her husband. "Did you sleep well?" her husband asks. "I did sleep fine, did you?", Sarah asks. "I did sleep fine. But I have to get ready quickly now. I promised to take our daughter to school today for work," says her husband. "I want to stay in bed for a while," Sarah says. "Okay. I'll see you in a minute," her husband said.
Her husband leaves the room and Sarah lies down again. She didn't sleep well at all, because all she could think about was Lyanna. But she has to work today, so she tries to rest a little. But then she realized she had to hurry, because she had to start at 8:30 so quickly got ready. She walks into the living room and sees her son and daughter sitting on the couch. Looking to her right, she sees that her husband is getting ready. This is her life as a lot of people think. But is that really what she wants? Her children and husband are going to school and work and a few minutes later she has to go too. Standing in front of the school in her car, she bursts into tears. "I can't do this. How am I going to teach today?" She kept hearing these thoughts in her head. But she had to go teach anyway. She didn't have another choice. So she wiped away her tears and got out of the car. Then she went inside anyway. She hung up her coat and grabbed a cup of coffee and went to talk to some colleagues. Before walking to class, she took a quick look at her schedule. "Shit, Hailey and Ellie's class. This is going to be a really annoying class," Sarah thought. Sarah walked upstairs with a colleague. She walked past the entire class and opened the door. Very cheerfully she welcomed everyone. She walked over to her desk and set up her stuff. She talked to some of the students for a moment and then started the class. The lesson went pretty well. Sarah had expected it to be much worse, but it wasn't too bad. After class, Hailey wanted to talk to Sarah for a while. Everyone walked to the cafeteria and Hailey sat down at Sarah's desk.

"What's going on Hailey?", Sarah asked. "I'm not feeling quite right about something and I know you have the answers to my questions. So I want to ask you something," says Hailey. "Ask away," says Sarah. 

At this point Sarah was very afraid about what Hailey would ask. What would it be about?

"I saw you talking with my Dutch teacher at school on Friday. And we both know you don't work on Fridays. So why were you there then?", Hailey asks. "I was afraid someone would say something about this. There is nothing wrong Hailey. Lyanna and I are good friends and she had asked me if I wanted to come to school. So that's what I did then. And then I ran into you and your class," Sarah said. "Okay, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the explanation ma'am," says Hailey. "No problem. If there is anything again you can always come to me Hailey," says Sarah. "Will do ma'am. See you tomorrow," says Hailey. "See you tomorrow Hailey", says Sarah.
Hailey leaves the room and Sarah can breathe normally again. She thought it was pretty scary after all. Even though she only had to twist the truth a little, she still didn't like it very much. Sarah grabbed her phone and sent a message to someone. "Hey Avery, are you at school by any chance? I need to talk to you. It's important," Sarah sent. "I'm coming to school now, be at your classroom in fifteen minutes," Avery replied. "Thanks Avery. See you in a bit," Sarah sent. "See you soon Sarah", Avery replied.

Fifteen minutes later, Avery was standing in front of her classroom. Sarah looked at her and hugged her. 

"I'm so scared Avery. I can't handle this," Sarah said. "What is going on?", asks Avery. "Lyanna is in the hospital, Hailey and Ellie are driving me crazy and I feel like I'm doing everything wrong," says Sarah. "Calm down Sarah. Everything is going to be fine," says Avery.

Avery gave Sarah a hug and they cuddled for a long time. 

"I miss the time we used to spend together," says Sarah. "Me, too. But it's better this way. We're better as just friends. You're much happier with Lyanna," says Avery. "But I still have the situation with my husband," says Sarah. "You're not going to get rid of that easily either. You're married and you and Lyanna aren't," says Avery. "But I love Lyanna much more than I love my husband. The only reason I'm still with him is the kids," says Sarah. "Then divorce him. You're not happy with him anymore. Then don't let him think you still want to be with him," says Avery. "You're right. I wanted it to be that easy," says Sarah. 

Avery looks deep into Sarah's eyes. Sarah's brown eyes melt her heart. Avery grabs Sarah's face. She comes closer with her lips. Their lips almost touch. Sarah can't resist the temptation. She kisses Avery. The temptation to continue is so strong. But then Avery pulls away.

"Sorry Sarah. I shouldn't have kissed you," Avery says. "It's okay. I needed that for a moment," Sarah says. "I'm going to get out of here now. I have another lesson to prepare. Talk to you later," says Avery. "Bye Avery," says Sarah.