"Act normal, don't make it look like it's bothering you, behave as if last night didn't happen." Bela's lecturing me on how to face Dean today in class while we walk down the corridor to my class. While she's telling me not to be bothered about it, I can't stop thinking about last night.
I'm still so hungover from last night that I had to rush to class and had almost no time to pick my outfit so I wore a baby tee under my leather jacket and called it a day. We reached my class and Bela and I parted ways, she had her maths.
I find a decent seat and get seated without grabbing any attention. Two minutes later Dean enters the class in his formal grey pants and a Ralph Lauren jumper, how the hell is he so rich as a professor? Whatever he looks gorgeous as ever.
"Good morning everyone, I hope you all did your assignments that i dated for today?" He starts speaking and yes straight to the point no joking around, work work work, must suck to be him.
I take out my assignment and put it on my desk. After surveying the room, being sure that everyone took theirs out, he pointed to me and said,
"Ms Talbot I expect all the assignments collected and compiled on my table in my office by recess."
I freeze for a moment and get back to my senses, I feel myself getting all red but I manage to say, "okay professor".
Everyone in the class is looking at me as if I puked in the middle, Casey the girl right beside me asks, " Hey! How does he know your name?"
" I have no I idea I never talked to him outside of class", I lie to her cause obviously I couldn't say the truth.
Throughout the whole lecture he didn't even look at me again and I couldn't help but remember last night, but whatever I don't care it's not like I want him.
"...... it'll be half of your this sems grade so work hard on it, and if anyone has a doubt regarding it, can come to my office during recess, the class is dismissed." Dean says and leaves the class.
"Oh I'd rather die than ask him a doubt personally in his office, you stay safe Madison." Casey says to me with an eye roll.
"Pray for me" I joke to her,
she laughs and hands me her assignment, "here take my assignment, bye."
Everyone else hands their assignments to me and I take the huge pile and head to Dean's office cause I have the period free.
......
His office smells just like him, wood and ink, I look around and see the book shelf, this man has a great taste, impressive.
While I'm admiring the books, I hear someone cough intentionally and turn around scared making all the sheets fall on the floor. It's him leaning against his table, his arms folded. Oh he looks so hot (shut up madie he's your professor).
I start picking up the sheets and anxiously apologizing, "I'm so sorry professor Wayward I didn't see you here I was just admiring the books and the -the sheets fell I'm so sorry, so sorr-"
"It's Dean" He interrupts me and walks to me and starts helping me picking the sheets, "I told you last night too"
"I'm sorry pro- Dean" I say anxiously and hastily pick up the sheets when he holds my wrist and I look at him already looking at me into my eyes.
"Don't be scared, it's alright I'll pick them up", and he starts picking up each of them while I stare at him. He picks them at puts them on his desk, looking back at me, " Get up Talbot",
I don't hear a word he says instead I just keep staring at him, completely zoning out.
"Bela!" He says and gestures me to get up.
"Oh I'm sorry, I just- sorry, I'll leave." I get up and try to leave, but he stops me, "how are you today Ms Talbot?, you don't seem very good"
I shoot him a questioning look and reply haughtily, "what do you mean I don't look good?"
"Ah, I didn't say anything about looking good Ms Talbot, I said about your behavior, you seem pretty hung up."
"Oh please stop saying miss Talbot it's annoying" I say crossing my arms, "and besides I'm feeling pretty good today, not at all 'hunged up'."
He laughs, oh he has such a pretty laugh, "I'm sorry I offended you I didn't mean like that, you fancy a cup of tea? It's pretty cold out today."
He asks so sweetly that I'm unable to refuse and what else, he drinks tea! What a gentleman, now I know about his strong accent, he's definitely English.
It's not like I didn't catch that already I did I'm just dumb.
He makes two cups and hands one over to me and gestures towards the chair. I sit down and he does beside me, "so um I guess I'm having tea with my professor nothing unusual" I acknowledge abruptly as I did you want it to get any more awkward, he's been staring at me straight for five minutes now.
"Ha that's completely normal Ms Bela, nothing to worry about." He throws his head back and starts laughing.
"And here I'm trying to figure out what's so funny" I say sarcastically, to which he replies, as he drags his chair in front of me, leaning forward, "I'm just a man with a humor, and besides this whole thing is funny, you're constantly blushing and that does not go very well with all this tough unbothered girl personality that you're trying to put on" He laughs even harder.
God I'm so stupid how did I not realize that I was all red, I mean I felt hot but blushing, ugh no I feel like I just lost against him in a war, what war? I don't know what am talking about it's hard to concentrate with him staring at me like that. I look at my shoes to hide my embarrassment.
"Don't worry I'm not cannibalistic" He bends in his chair to look into my eyes.
I stand up abruptly and start walking towards the door, before I leave I turn around and say to him, "thanks for the tea professor, I'm late for class.", and leave before he has any chance to say something.
