Emma leaned back slightly against the pillow, her eyes half-closed, exhaustion finally starting to take over now that everything had slowed down.
Abigail stayed right where she was, her hand still wrapped around Emma's, her thumb brushing lightly across it without even thinking.
"You passed out twice," she said quietly.
Emma exhaled softly. "I know..."
A beat passed.
Then Abigail's phone buzzed.
She glanced down.
Ashley.
Her expression didn't change at first.
But as she opened the message—
It did.
Ashley: Yeah... so I went back to campus to lock up Emma's room.
Another message came in right after.
Ashley: I just heard a group of students talking...
Abigail's eyes narrowed slightly as she kept reading.
Ashley: They were like— "I heard Professor Shields was trying to come on to Abigail."
Emma shifted slightly in the bed, watching her now.
"...What?" she asked quietly.
Abigail didn't answer yet.
She kept reading.
Ashley: Then one of them said— "Yeah, and then Professor Smith just started beating her up."
A pause.
Another message.
Ashley: And then somebody else said— "That's because they're together."
Abigail's jaw tightened slightly.
Ashley: Like they were dead serious— "They've been together since before they even got here."
Emma's eyes stayed on her, more alert now despite how tired she was.
Abigail finally looked up.
"...What is it?" Emma asked, her voice soft but searching.
Abigail hesitated for a second.
Then glanced back down at her phone.
Ashley: And not gonna lie... they was like— "I love Professor Smith even more now."
A beat.
Ashley: You got a fan club now 😭
That almost—
almost—
pulled something out of Abigail.
But it didn't last.
She locked her phone slowly, her expression settling back into something more serious as she looked at Emma again.
"...People are talking," she said quietly.
Emma stilled.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Abigail held her gaze.
"They're saying Shields was coming on to me... and that you stepped in," she said. "And now they think we're together."
Emma let out a slow breath, her head resting back slightly against the pillow.
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Her life! GxG! Intersex! (Book 1)
General FictionEmma is a young teacher at a local high school. She had recently graduated from college and was eager to start her teaching career. She was excited to meet all of her new students and see what kind of impact she could make.But then she met Abigail...
