Beyond the Lesson (TXS)

What A Surprise

Class ends and we walk to lunch to meet up with Maira. "Guys!" She runs up and hugs us both. "I hate not seeing you guys for a whole hour and forty five minutes. It's torture." She exaggerates and we laugh and take our seats. She sits next to Lucas so they can go over scheduling with homecoming. He helps with every event since it'll help with colleges looking for those who volunteer but I think it's just to spend time with Maira. They laugh and play around and I shake my head at the fact that they would really be a cute couple if Maira just got out of her head.

"There goes your girl." Lucas says nodding towards the cafeteria door and I turn confused and then give him a bored look when I see who it is.

"Haha so funny."

"Why don't you like Ms. Romano?" Maira asks and we both look at her confused. "What?"

"How do you know who she is?" I ask her and she looks at us confused.

"Um I'm student council president, I have to know all teachers for the yearboook. Especially the senior ones." Our eyes go wide. "She's the new English teacher." She says plainly and Lucas looks at me. I look back at the woman and she happens to be looking at me and waves at me with a smirk. She knows. Shit!

We finish lunch, well more like they ate and talked and I contemplated dropping out just to avoid having to face this woman in less than five minutes. "How the fuck is she the new English teacher? I mean what happened to Mr. Carter?" I ask as we walk towards class and they sigh.

"Talia you have been talking about this since you found out. Just go in the class, apologize and hope she doesn't still give you detention." Maira says and I sigh.

"Oh come on, put that southern charm on her . She'll fall right in your hands." Lucas says and I roll my eyes smiling at him referring to me being from Georgia. We moved after my parents got offered to represent big clients here. Turns out they were not really good clients.

I take a breath. "Fine." They smile and we walk into the class together and take our seats with me sitting in the back by the window, Maira sitting in desk infront of me and Lucas in front of her.

She's sitting at the front in her desk and what I didn't see earlier is that she wears glasses. They're sitting on the bridge of her nose perfectly as she looks at the computer screen. She clicks comething and the lesson, 'Let's Get To Know Each Other', pops up. Ugh I hate ice breakers. "Good after noon class. Now I know I'm not your usual teacher who stands here and that's because Mr. Carter has gotten a better job opportunity for himself and I was hired for this one. I am as you can see on the board, Signorina Romano or you may just call me Ms. Romano." Italian? Sexy. "And also as you see on the board I want to get to know you all. Now I'm aware you all are seniors which means you probably have known each other since freshman year or even before so I'm not asking you to get to know each other but to tell me, who you are. I want you to write just one page of who you are. I'll be getting to know you more as the year progresses so if you have more to tell, hold it and we'll get there. Good?" Everyone nods and she smiles. My breath hitches at the sight. It's beautiful like my favorite color being put on display.

Everyone takes out paper and starts writing. It's never been this quiet in this class before and it's bothering me and as that thought processes she starts playing jazz music to fill the noise. Someone doesn't like the quiet either. I finish writing my paper and take that time to look at her. She has her very toned legs crossed as she reads a book. This woman is gorgeous. "If you're finished you may bring your paper up to me and then quietly do whatever you want so everyone else isn't distracted." She says and no one gets up telling me no one is done yet or doesn't want to be the first one to approach her. Great. I sigh and get up and walk to her desk.

"I'm finished Ms. Romano." I say hearing the shakiness in my voice. Am I nervous? She looks up through her lashes from her book and I feel my soul leave my body.

She smirks. "Well isn't this a nice surprise? Turns out, I am your teacher after all." She says and I sigh.

"Yea you are. And I just want to say I am seriously sorry for bumping into you and not taking the drill serious. You were right." I say and she tilts her head sitting her book down.

"Is that so?" I nod. "Well I like being right. I also like following through. So you still have detention." She says taking my paper and smiling. "Ms. Kingston." She says my name and I want to disappear.

"Ms. Romano. I have practice and then I have to go home. My brother will kill me if I'm late to him picking me up." I say in a whisper begging.

She looks in my eyes and she sighs. "I'm aware you have a free period." Dammit. I nod. "So do I, so you'll spend your detention in here after class ends. Is that clear?" I nod. "This is an English Ms. Kingston, use your words." What the fuck?

I swallow feeling myself getting hot. "Uh yes ma'am." She smirks and nods for me to go sit down and I leave her desk to sit down.

"So?" Maira asks and I look up to see them both looking at me.

"I have detention for my free period." I say and they stuck their teeth and turn their heads with sympathy. I look up from my desk to see her back to reading her book. What the hell was that?