Our Invisible String (Complete Version)

5 (Taylors Version)

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The interaction with Travis this morning had basically ruined my whole day. And it had started so well. Now I would be in a shitty mood for the rest of the day and no matter how hard I tried not to let it affect my work, I knew eventually I would snap at someone, who I normally would have left off the hook.

The new students were really easy to work with once they realized we didn't just have to sit around and talk theory, but we could really make some music. They usually tended to be a little too eager with instruments, so I had picked out some rattles and a few xylophones and showed them how to use them.

We did a quiet challenge every now and then and they started to get into it real fast and demanded they'd get cookies if they managed a whole week without failing the challenge, which I accepted all too happily.

It was one of my favourite tricks to get the students to quiet down but it mostly stopped working after the first few months.

I had a free lesson afterwards in which I pumped for Abby and assigned different songs for the auditions later. Some classics, some newer music as well though. The rest of the morning went by fast and for lunch I stayed in my office and chatted with Lily, one of my favourite students.

She had a difficult home situation and just like me not too long ago she dreamed of making it big in the music industry. I did my best to help and support her and so did Ivette when she had time.

This was another reason why I loved this job. I could help kids like Lily spend at least some more hours away from home and doing something they loved. My students knew they could come to me if they were in trouble or needed help and I mostly had a very personal relationship to most of my classes.

They had even gotten cards from me when Abby arrived to thank them for the presents, they had sent with a little picture of my daughter attached. Some had even offered to babysit her if I needed it, but I was yet to come back to that.

And that 'eventually' came right after lunch break with my seniors. Usually, I loved this class. I loved all my classes, but senior year was the one I could really get creative with the students. But it was also the perving teenager peak of high school and that didn't only pertain to the boys.

I was used to girls' groups chattering and gossiping about boys and teachers, hell I had been one of them not too long ago myself but with my patience running thin anyways today and the building migraine, the topic of their conversation pushed, no shoved me over the edge.

"Oh my god guys have you heard about the new coach yet??" Cassandra, a girl of the popular crowd she would have feared just two years ago asked, throwing her hair over her shoulder.

"Now the real question is, have you SEEN the new coach? I mean he's like the hottest teacher ever! He's like a total DILF but he's not a dad so maybe just an ilf?" Her best friend Jason chimed in, tapping his long acrylics against his chin.

She nodded in agreement "Oh, he's definitely Daddy material"

"Guys, this is my classroom not the cafeteria, could you maybe talk about this later and focus on the task" I snapped a bit too harsh, immediately regretting the tone I had used. I never snapped at anyone but today was just too much already.

"Sheesh calm down Miss Swift it's just some fun, you've got to admit he's hot too, right? Oh my god the both of us would make such a good couple, he's not your ex or something right?" She huffed, jumping up from her piano bench, causing it to fall back.

"No, he's not and not that it's any of your business but I do not want him mentioned in my classroom, I don't want to hear about him in any way and you guys shouldn't even think about him like that. He's a teacher at this school and you're just kids so if you must lust over him do it on your frickin free time and not in here." I burst out anger swooshing through my veins. I realized how loud I had gotten as I saw my students shrink together in their seats, even the jocks.

"I'm sorry guys, migraine, bad day and-" Before I could finish my sentence I was interrupted by a knock on the door. I frowned turning my attention to the person now carefully sticking their head into my classroom and disrupting the class. "Great the migraine" I mumbled, possibly a bit too loud.

"Taylor, do you have a moment?" he didn't just seriously call me Taylor in front of the whole fucking class. Those were teenagers. They do nothing but create gossip out of thin air and I knew I wouldn't hear the end of this for the next weeks. Especially from Cassy and Jason.

I sighed but nodded telling the class to stay quiet please before going out closing the door after myself. "What the hell Kelce, first of all I told you to leave me alone, second of all you can't just interrupt my class like that, I know it must be hard for you to imagine , but some of us genuinely have a class schedule and teach instead of playing personal trainer with the non-existent qualifications for the actual job and have to prepare students for exams. Last of all do NOT call me Taylor in front of the students, not that you would need to call me that anyways because I asked you not to talk to me but if you must call me Miss Swift for fucks sake."

I tried to keep my voice down and whisper shouted at him, still trying to show how annoyed I was by him.

"Are you done yet?" He asked making my eyes roll again. But I nodded crossing my arms over my chest demonstratively, though that only caused his eyes to drop down to my bosom. Asshole. It was true since I had started breastfeeding, they had grown but that gave him no right to stare and ogle me.

I dropped my arms immediately, stemming my hand into my hip. "So?"

He looked back up, trying to hold back that boyish grin of his and she could basically sense he was biting back on some stupid comment he wanted to make.

"One of the boys that wants to try out for the football team wants to play the drums in your little band and I promised I would ask if you could let him try out first? His names James."

I sighed but nodded. This was not at all what I had thought he's come to me with.

"I guess I could let him first, but I won't go easier on him cause he's into football either."

He chuckled and ran one hand though his hair, which for whatever reason had something hot to it. No not hot this was Travis frickin Kelce. Former bully and worst person ever. He wasn't hot and I was certainly not attracted to him.

"Just give him a fair chance, he seems like a good kid." And with that he turned, walking back towards the gym. I stood there for a moment before regaining my senses and getting back into the classroom.

To my surprise the class had stayed completely quiet the whole time, they had probably tried to listen in. Too bad there was nothing interesting to listen to.

"Class dismissed."

The students cheered and knocked on their desks before packing their stuff together and almost running out. Yes, it was 20 minutes earlier than usually, but I knew after this neither them nor me would be able to focus anyways and I was sorry for getting so loud over something they didn't even mean to trigger.

Maybe this school year could be manageable if that stayed the only time me and Travis would interact.