Beyond the Lesson (TXS) (GXG)

Apologies

Lunch ends and we walk towards English. "Dude is persistent isn't he?" Lucas says and nods towards Mr. Martin leaving Verenas class. Get a hint dude!

He leaves and I see her sigh. "Hey." I say getting her attention and she rolls her eyes.

"Go take your seat Ms. Kingston." Maira and Lucas look at each other and then go in the class.

I lick my lips nervously and put my hands in my pockets. "Verena come on let me explain." I whisper.

She furrows her brows. "It's Ms. Romano to you. Now go take your seat." She says in her teacher voice and I sigh and nod leaving her at the door.

"Told you she was upset." Lucas says and I roll my eyes. Thanks bud. She walks in and goes straight to her computer.

"Everyone turn in your homework and then sit in silence while I go over it." She says and everyone looks at each other confused because we usually go over the homework together. Everyone stands up and takes their homework to her desk. We continue throughout class as she goes over the homework and we sit in on our phones or do other homework.

I lean my head back on the seat and close my eyes at the silence. WHACK! I sit up fast seeing her at my desk. "Did I say sleep?" I clench my jaw and stare at her. "Did I Ms. Kingston?" She cannot be serious.

"No Ms. Romano you did not." I grit through my teeth and she hums.

"Then don't. I'm sure you have things to do. Things to plan." She says with insinuation and I roll my eyes. She walks away and goes back to her seat. Everyone looks at me and then goes back to their business. Ring! "Alright everyone I'll have your grades posted by the end of the day. Be on the lookout." She calls out and everyone leaves. I stand up and go to her desk and sit on it as I watch her say her byes. She closes the door and tilts her head at me. "What are you doing?"

I chuckle. "I have detention again today remember." She scoffs and rolls her eyes walking to her seat. "Verena enough of that, talk to me." I get off her desk and stand next to her.

"Talk about what?"

"About you ignoring and being mad at me." I say tilting my head to look at her face she's purposefully hiding from me.

She chuckles shaking her head. "I'm not ignoring or mad at you Talia, I have no right to be." She goes to look through papers to continue to avoid looking at me.

"You have all the right to feel some type of way about what happened in the cafeteria." She looks at me. "I only said yes to not embarrass her."

She shrugs. "And so you embarrass me?"

I sigh. "It wasn't my intention to. I'm sorry." She rolls her eyes.

"Talia I'm not your girlfriend you don't-

"But I want you to be. I want the opportunity to call you my girlfriend Verena. I mean we haven't even had our first date yet and I'm screwing up. But I'm sorry and I already made it clear to Sierra that it's just a facade. I'm going but we won't be doing couple shit because I don't want to be with her. You are who I want." I say passionately and she looks between my eyes.

"You didn't owe me an explanation or an apology."

I shake my head and grab her hands. "I don't want you to regret this before it even has the opportunity to start. It's just one night."

She sighs. "She's your ex isn't she?" I nod. "And she isn't over you is she?" I shake my head. She leans her head back and lets out a breath. "God, fine. I'm not mad anymore." I start to smile but she puts up her finger. "But you have to make it up to me."