It's Just A Class

Chapter 8

She's calling me.

I stare at my phone screen as it vibrates. I quickly answer it before the call disappears.

Her end of the line is almost silent, just slightly snoring, her breathing. She's asleep. How did she achive calling me in her sleep?

"Um, Miss Dirks?" I say, she stirs at the sound of my voice.

She hums as if she's listening, I don't think she's awake yet..."It's Aleah" She says in almost a whisper.

I freeze at the sound of her first name. Aleah Dirks. Hm.."Miss Dirks" I say louder this time. I hear quick movement through the phone, like she jumped awake.

"What? Where is your voice coming from?" She asks, not awake enough to realize who's on the phone.

"Um, your phone," I say, raising an eyebrow, "Miss Dirks, it's Jordan."

"Jordan..." She says, thinking, "Jordan! What are you doing in a phone call with me?"

"I could ask you the same thing, Aleah," Her name rolls off my tongue with ease, I can imagine her shivering, "You're the one that called me."

"No I didn't" She gets defensive, "Wait, how do you know my name?"

"When I first said 'Miss Dirks' to try and wake you up, you corrected me and said 'It's Aleah'. So it's your fault I know because you told me it," I smile in victory. "As for the call part, I think you texted me while asleep but it was just a bunch of keyboard smash, I guess you unlocked your phone while moving around or something, then hit the call button."

"Fuck" I hear her palm make contact with her face, then slide up to her hair. "We should not be on the phone with each other right now, I'm going back to sleep. We do not talk about this around anyone." She sounds very upset, and tired.

"I'd rather have you to myself anyways," I smirk, "Good night Aleah."

"Fuck you" She says without thinking, making my smirk grow, "shut up. God bye." I laugh at her right as she ends the call.

My phone buzzes with a text message, she sent the middle finger emoji. Two can play it that way.

Me: "I can find a better use for that finger if you'd like. 😏"

Aleah: "You're inappropriate. Grow up."

She is one funny person.

Me: "That's mean Miss Dirks, I am a mature adult."

Aleah: "Leave me alone."

Me: "Fiinnee 🙄."

She leaves me on read, probably putting her phone far away so she doesn't call me again. I can't wait to talk to her tomorrow in class.

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☆Aleah's Pov☆

I groan awake, remembering last night's events.. I graded papers, drank, when to bed...Called Jordan? I roll over and shove my face into a pillow, groaning again.

"Fuuckkk" I say once I get out of bed, "Officially hate my life."

My phone dings as I head to get dressed, I silently pray it's not Jordan texting me to make fun of me again. Thankfully, it's just my mom asking how my first week is going.

Mom: "Welll?! How's the new job? And the city??"

Me: "The job is pretty alright right now, a hand full of boys in my class keep trying to hit on me 🙄. Did my first lesson yesterday, went as expected. But I have a student, a girl, who is making it very obvious she doesn't want to be in my class and doesn't like me. She's got detention on Thursday."