Teach Me To Be Good For You

Chapter 4

"Whoa whoa, say that again. I'm pretty sure I misheard you," my friend Kat says dramatically. I groan, annoyed. How many times?

"Don't tell anyone, but Vanessa and I are hooking up." I repeat, for about the third time.

Kat gasps, her shock partly exaggerated and partly real. "Well, good for you! I know it's what you've always wanted." she jokes, using my own words against me. She's one of my few friends that I've confided in about Vanessa. Kat, Kayla, and another girl called Emily are the three friends I've trusted with my feelings for Vanessa, but Emily doesn't know that we're hooking up. She only knows that I told Vanessa, but I don't know if I want to tell her that we're fucking, because she has a habit of 'accidentally' letting things slip out.

"You won't tell anyone, right?" I press, making sure it won't come out. I thought long and hard about whom to tell, as the wrong person letting information pass on will ruin Vanessa and I's entire arrangement, and almost certainly send Vanessa to jail.

"'Course bro. I couldn't ruin this for you." Kat laughs, rolling her eyes. I punch her shoulder and we both laugh, attracting the attention of everyone we pass. As I approach my English class, I can't help thinking that telling her may have been a mistake. Sure, Kat's a friend of mine but this is obviously a very big deal.

"Seriously," I say, biting my lip. Sensing my nervousness, Kat places a hand on my shoulder.

"I 100% promise no one will ever no. None of our friends, not my parents, not even Andy." She confirms. Andy's her boyfriend, who, embarrassingly enough she met on the Internet.

"Thanks," I murmur, leading Kat into the classroom. "Let's change the subject now."

Kat rolls her eyes and pulls out her diary. "Wanna hang out tonight?

I'll bring Andy and we can order pizza and watch The Inbetweeners."

"I'll see, but I kind of want to meet with Vanessa." I sigh. Third wheeling with Kat and Andy and pizza, or hang out with the intimidating Vanessa and possibly get sex? Decisions, decisions.

My English teacher enters the room and slaps the desk a couple of times to catch our attention.

"Girls! I have entered the room and we are beginning the lesson now. Please shut up and pull up your homework."

Kat and I giggle to each other. "Gotta love Mr Marson's lesson intros."

I pull my phone out of my pocket and text Vanessa.

Ash: Hey babe, hang out tonight? I want you xx

After a couple of minutes of theme discussion, my phone buzzes again.

Nessa <3: Naughty babe ;) of course, come around after school. Can't wait to see you in that uniform.

"Ms Cooper, do you have something you want to share with the class?"Mr Marson's voice cuts through the classroom, silencing the chatter. I quickly switch off my phone and shake my head forcefully.

"No! No, definitely not." I insist, maintaining a poker face. Mr Marson and I can hold a conversation on a good day, making me one of his favorite students.

"I'll be keeping an eye on you," he tells me sternly. I nod seriously, not breaking eye contact with him.

My phone buzzes between my legs a couple more times during the lesson, but I don't risk looking at it in case Mr Marson does the classic making people read their texts to the class. Unfortunately, the vibrations caused my imagination to drift into thoughts of what Vanessa could do to me.