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Today was Tuesday. Mateo and Sofia had left on Sunday and I had been missing them since. We all sat in the breakroom quietly until we randomly broke out into conversation. It started with Ava's new date that she was going on, then somehow got to the sexiest day of the week.
"You know, Thursday is lowkey the sexiest day of the week,"Ava said.
"No, Saturday's the sexiest day. It's not called Thursday night fever." Melissa said and I hummed in agreement.
"Well, I'm partial to Wine Down Wednesday myself. Little Pinot, little Peaky Blinders." Jacob said in a corny British accent.
"Ya'll do know what sexy means right?" Gregory questioned.
"Oh, I know. Look, Thursday is the sexiest day because it's not as carefree as Friday and Saturday. You gotta come back to work and deal with what you've done." Ava explained.
"Wait, that just sounds like regret." I looked at her, slightly confused.
"That's sexy right?" She flirted back at me.
I smiled at her awkwardly as I made eye contact with Melissa. She had a certain look on her face, but I couldn't tell what it was since she dropped her attention back to her phone.
"Well I don't know about sexy, but my favorite day is Sunday, the good lord's day." Barbara smiled.
"My favorite day is Tuesday." Mr. Johnson chimed in.
"Fascinating, why?" Jacob asked.
"Because it's trash day."
"Yeah, that checks out."
"What about you?" Ava asked Gregory.
"Oh, I like Fridays. It's my cheat day," he replied.
"And what do you do on your cheat days?" Barbara questioned.
"Oh, I still work out. I just don't do cardio.
"Monday's are my absolute favorite day, because I get to come back here and see all of you guys again." Janine announced.
Oh god. I rolled my eyes and started leaving as everybody booed her. Ava even went so far as to throw a straw at her, but I couldn't blame her.
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Somewhere, randomly in the middle of my lesson, Janine came in and offered me an invitation to her step class. It was set for later tomorrow, and all my kids were caught up on their work, so I decided to accept it.
During recess, I stayed inside, instead of going out with my kids. Normally I enjoyed watching them all run around and mess with each other, but today for some reason, I just wasn't in the mood.
I was sitting quietly at my desk when I heard a firm knock on my door. "Come in!" I yelled. A part of me was expecting it to be Janine, but it was Gregory. He came in and asked me to borrow a couple of my scissors for this new activity he was trying with the kids. I told him where they were and he grabbed them, but just as he was leaving I stopped him.
"Hey, um Gregory. I'm not trying to get in your business or anything like that, but I just wanted to know-" I hesitated for a moment before I asked him, "Is there anything going on between you and Janine?"
His eyes practically bulged out of their sockets as he looked at me wildly. He stared at me like that for a moment, before blurting out- "No! What? Why would there be anything going on between us?"
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RomanceNina Esposito. A teacher that's been working at Abbot for 3 years. What happens when she begins to catch feelings for her older co-worker?