Dirty Little Secret

Chemistry

I remember the night like it was yesterday, the night of the accident and when 'he' came.

I switched on my TV in my room after finishing my homework to see there was a car accident by the school. There was a collision including 2 cars and a semi truck. Tragic, but this kind of thing happens a lot here. Young kids trying to act cool with their new cars, exactly why I haven't got my license yet. I sighed and turned off the TV flustered. I quickly changed into pajamas and crawled into bed.

The next day, I walked out the door and snow flakes caressed my cheeks. I quickly tucked my face into my scarf, trying to prevent the coldness on my face. I started walking down the side walk watching my foot steps disappear behind me from the snow. When I arrived to the school there was an unsettling silence, usually there was a flocks of people gossiping and laughing, but today there was utter silence. I walked through the parking lot to find everyone with red faces and dried tears, while others were bowing in silence. I walked into the school to find my friend, MaKenzee, sitting alone, so I awkwardly walked over and sat down sliding next to her.

"Whatttttts wrong?" I ask, nudging her slightly.

"You didn't hear?" she asked with a stunned impression.

"Nope" I said bluntly. MaKenzee explained to me that our chemistry teacher, Mr.Cunningham, had passed away last night due to a car accident. It instantly hit me like a baseball.

Mr.Cunningham was gone...gone forever.

No more corny jokes. No more funny lectures.

I went through out my day still stunned about the death, I had him at 7th period and that was my next class.I walked in awkwardly, looking around my surroundings, but everyone seemed to be normal. I walked to the back of the class to my usual seat and opened up my book to read. All around me, I heard kids rush to their seats.

Then, the squeaky classroom door opened. I causally looked up from my book to see a man with a suit and tie walking in freely. I couldn't help myself but stare. He looked so young to be a teacher! I had caught myself with my jaw dropping, so I quickly hid my head back down into my book because the last thing I wanted was to be noticed by him.

"Hello class! I'm Mr.Way and I will be subbing for Mr.Cunningham until further notice," He announced, sitting into Mr.Cunningham's old seat. I peaked up from my book to get a second glance at Mr.Way. He was tall, slim, and strangely cute in a way. I looked back at his face, as he turned and looked me dead in the eyes and smiled. I quickly hid my face back into my book, cursing to myself.

"Any questions?" He asked, with a small smile. Of course, all 'popular' girls raised their hands asking stupid, yet personal, questions. I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"Of course," I shot a glare over to their direction unintentionally, but out of the corner of my eye, I could see Mr.Way's eyes on me. I shuddered and sank into my seat. I felt vulnerable. As the hour ticked on, he gave us book work to keep us on track. I felt as if I was being watched the whole hour. I kept telling myself not to make eye contact, so I kept my head down in defeat.

When the bell went off, I breathed out a sign of relief and quickly gathered my things, heading towards the door.

"See you!" Is all I heard as I walked past Mr.Way's desk. I slightly turned to see Mr.Way lounged out with his feet up and a sly smile on his face. I turned around and sped walked out the door, a blushing mess.

Yeah sure, I've had boyfriends before, but it never worked out well, but there's something about him that draws me in. Maybe because hes new, I'm not sure, but all I know for sure is that I need to set my weird feelings aside and keep focusing on my school work.

As I walked out of the school, I felt the cold hit me like a crashing wave. As I exhaled a deep breath, watching it evaporate into the air, I looked around, watching for cars. I started walking through the white parking lot when I heard a car start coming up from behind me. I slid out the way and turned around to meet eyes with the driver of the car. I knew those beautiful eyes. Then it clicked..It was Mr.Way. He had his tie undone and gave me a sweet smile. All I could do is stand there and watch as the man drove away, not glancing back or even stopping. I snapped back into reality and continued down the road. Soon enough,I met the drive way to my house. I walked in to find my little brother, Sam, sitting on the couch with a small bowl of chips watching TV.

Our dad walked out on us years ago, and our mom works all day, so its up to me and Sam to make dinner and keep the house clean. I walked by and patted him on the head and walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water. As Sam told me about his day, the typical kid gossip, I couldn't help but think of Mr.Way and the way he smiled at me. After Sam was done with his story, we cleaned the house then made me and Sam dinner. We sat in silence during dinner until he started talking,

"Can you tuck me into bed after we cleaned up?"He asked and I smiled and nodded. In a way, I was like his mother because our real mother came home around 1:00am then was out of the house again at 6:00am. Then, on other nights, she stays at her boyfriends house. So at a young age, I promised to take care of Sam. After we cleaned up, I walked Sam up to his room and tucked him into his bed. I kissed him on the head and wished him a good night. I then shut off all the lights and headed to my bedroom to do my homework for the night. When I sat down to think, all I could think about was the smile Mr.Way gave me, I felt a blush start to appear, so I rushed to finish my homework. I couldn't have feelings for Mr.Way, he was my teacher and it needed to stay like that. I broke out of my thoughts and got up to change for bed. I laid for what seemed like hours in bed, my mind being a jumbled mess. Then, in a snap, I drifted into an endless sweet dream.