Cold love {teacherxstudent, wlw}

Part 59

*Danielle's POV*

I'm a mess, tomorrow night Harvard acceptance is out.

I can't sleep for days now, this is my everything, if I don't get in...

No I can't think like that, Valentina tells me everyday I will get in, I believe it even less with every passing day.

This is like torture, I just want to get it over with, I don't even mind if I get waitlisted, I just need something.

"Don't stress too much Dani" Ben says as we are walking out of school.

"Yeah easy to say it" I murmur.

"What does Valentina say about this?" he asks me.

"What do you think she is saying? She is telling me I will get in, but she can't know that, no one can for sure" I say.

At this moment I realise I need to see Valentina, she can always calm me down for at least a second, even if I become a mess after it.

"I'm sorry Ben, I have to do something" I say before hugging him "See you tomorrow" I say before walking away.

I walk back to Valentina's classroom, she usually stays in grading some tests or working on the following lessons.

I go into her classroom shutting the door behind me, my breathing quickens, I think I had around two panic attacks everyday because of Harvard.

Valentina looks up at me, she takes her glasses off before coming over to me "Hey darling, it's okay" she says taking my hand.

"What color are my eyes?" she asks me.

"G-green" I tell her.

"Good, my hair?" she asks me.

"Brown" I say my breathing starts to even out.

"Okay now breathe with me" she says, she takes in a deep breathe slowly, I do the same.

She let's out this breathe slowly, she waits for me to follow, I do.

We repeat this for 5 times before I finally feel myself calming down.

Valentina gives me a kiss on my face "You're okay, I'm here" she whispers, I pull back before I cup her face and kiss her.

"Thank you" I say before hugging her, she hugs me back tightly.

She hold me and doesn't pull away, I'm the one who breaks the hug.

"I'm sorry Harvard is just really getting to me" I tell her, she gives me a small smile before she leads me to one of the desks and sits me down.

"Do you know what's the thing that always helps me when I'm overthinking something?" she asks me.

I shake my head "You are an overthinker?" I ask her surprised, she shakes her head laughing.

"No, I'm not" she admits "But when I need the answer for something this helps, I guess it can work for overthinking too" she shrugs.

"What helps?" I ask her.

"Think about it logically" she says "You worried about anything or you need the answer for something, go through it step by step logically" she tells me, her hand holding mine.

"In my case this is a life saver with La Clara, or Powers firm if there is a problem" she says "In your case, think about your record, you have a perfect GPA, you have more extra credit you would need and you have the money to pay for the tuition" she says calmly.

"There is absolutely no reason for Harvard to reject you, if they do- which they won't- let's just say I know a pretty good lawyer who would have something to say about it" she smiles at me.