Teaching Jenny (student/teacher)

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

By Friday I had managed to recover from my three days of exhausting work and decided to meet up with my best friend from school, Maggie. We were just going to hang round at my house and watch DVDs and stuff our faces as it was raining. A real shocker in England.

By the time Maggie has arrived, I had just about managed to pull on an old pair of sweats and my dads old t-shirt. She was wearing similar attire as she walked in complaining about the horrible weather. You'd think we'd be used to it by now, we had lived here all our lives.

Once the popcorn had finished being heated up, and we had crammed all our sweets, crisps and cans of sprite on the small coffee table, we were ready to begin our marathon. We had decided on the Jason Bourne series to start off with.

Just as the movie was getting good my phone started buzzing from beside me on the sofa. I grumbled but checked the caller ID to see if it was my parents. However, instead it was Ben. I couldn't stop a small smile from playing on my lips as I picked up the remote, hit pause, and answered my phone.

"Not calling to cancel on me?" I joked as I pressed the phone on my ear. I hoped he wasn't, I was really looking forward to Sunday even though he wouldn't tell me what we were doing, he wanted it to be a surprise. He was probably trying to be romantic, but the truth was I hated surprises.

"Of course not," he said quickly. Smiling happily at his response I pulled my blanket up round my knees which I then rested my chin on.

"So what's up then?" I asked wondering why he had called me so out of the blue. We texted quite a lot since we had first met but he had never called me before so I wasn't sure if he just wanted to chat or he had an actual reason.

"Can't I just call a friend for a chat?" He feigned hurt and I knew that if I could see him he would have a gleam of amusement in those deep sea blue eyes, that I had grown to love so much. "Wait you're not busy now are you?" He suddenly asked, clearly realising that I might actually being doing something rather than just sitting at home waiting for his call or texts.

"Well actually I'm half way through a movie marathon with my friend, we're watching the Bourne series," I explained as I suddenly remembered Maggie's presence. I turned to her quickly giving her an apologetic smile but she just smirked back at me. Weird girl.

"I love those movies. Have you seen the latest one?" These were my favourite movies so I was glad he had seen them, if not I would definitely have to make him watch them.

"Of course! This is my favourite series, I was practically at the first showing," I joked and smiled when I heard his chuckle. He had a really nice laugh, and I wanted to hear it more often. "If you want you can come over and watch the rest with us. We're only half way through the first one so you wouldn't miss much," I spoke before thinking. I suddenly became nervous that he would say no and wouldn't want to see me.

"Yeah, would Maggie be okay with that?" I smiled as he worried about my friends. He really did seem like such a nice guy.

"Maggie, do you mind if this guy Ben from work come over and watches with us?" I asked her while holding the phone away from my ear and covering the speaker with my hand. She nodded eagerly, the smirk from earlier still plastered on her face.

"Yeah she doesn't mind," I replied as I put my mobile back to my ear. I was happy I was going to get to see him before Sunday. It felt weird not seeing him everyday after the three days of work.

"Oh so I'm just some guy am I?" He asked using my words from earlier, once again faking hurt. I could just imagine the expression I would see on his face if I was with him right now.

"Oh shhh you," I laughed. "So you coming over or what?" I sat up further as I waited for his reply, my legs swinging down from the couch so they reached the floor.

"Sure you won't get sick of me?" He asked, giving me one more chance to change my mind. But how could I get sick of him? He was so easy to get along with.

"I think I'll manage," I said before telling him I would text him the address and saying my goodbye. Quickly hanging up the phone I turned to look at Maggie who I could was bursting to say something.

"So why wasn't Ben the first thing you mentioned when I arrived?" She practically squealed as she jumped over to my sofa, landing on top of me. I just shrugged not really sure of what to say. "Tell me everything." She stated when my silence dragged on too long.

So that's what I did. I told her about my first day and how nervous I was. I filled her in on how welcoming he was and how easy it was to talk to him. I told her every little detail because I knew if I didn't she would find out somehow.

Just as I finished I heard a knock on the door causing a smile to pull across my lips. He was here. Then as soon as I stood up, that smile disappeared as I realised what I was wearing.

I silently gestured to my outfit with panicked eyes. I normally didn't care that much about what I wore but this was different. I at least wanted to look half decent for Ben and not just wearing some old trackies, my dads t-shirt with my hair pulled back into a loose bun.

Maggie mouthed 'you look great' with a cheesy thumbs up before she pushed me in the direction in the door. I guess I couldn't leave him waiting much longer.

Slowly, as I tried to fix my bun slightly, I walked to the front door. Before opening it I took a deep breath trying to prepare myself. Swinging the door open I was met by Ben who was wearing tight jeans, a white t-shit, and navy hoody which was up due to the heavy rain outside. As I opened the door he pulled his hoody down and grinned at me goofily.

"Hey," I whispered, my voice coming out much more quietly than I anticipated. Stepping aside I gestured for him to come in and out of the rain. Wiping his feet on the door mat he stepped into the house before I closed the door behind him.

"Hey, so thanks for inviting me," he said as he wrapped his arms tightly around me in a hug. My arms instinctively wrapped around his waist as I buried my head in his chest, comforted by his familiar smell. "You're house is really nice by the way," he continued as he pulled away from me and his eyes flickered around the simple hallway.

"Thanks. It's my parents technically," I shrugged as I started to lead him through to the living room where Maggie and I were all set up.

"Oh so you still live with your parents?" He asked as he followed me through the doorway off the hallway. I turned to look at him, how old did he think I was? I nodded quickly, mentally noting that I should probably tell him my age as he clearly thought I was older than I was.

Just as I was about to do so we entered the living room where Maggie instantly stood up.

"Hey, I'm Maggie. Ben, right?" She said with a easy smile. I was actually surprised at how normal she was acting. I was kind of expecting her to do something crazy.

"Yep, nice to meet you," Ben smiled before collapsing down onto the sofa next to me. Just as I picked up the remote so start the movie I saw Ben's eyes widen at the sight of all the food on the table. "And I thought I ate a lot," he chuckled as he pointed at all the half eaten bowls of sweets and crisps in front of him. I just laughed as I started the movie.

By the time we had started the third movie I was engrossed. I had completely forgotten about both Maggie and Ben. My eyes were fixed to the screen as I absentmindedly stuffed my face with popcorn, probably looking oh so attractive.

I barely even noticed when Ben shuffled closer to me and slipped my hand into his. I looked down at smiled at our intwined hands before returning my gaze to the movie.

By the time the fourth movie was over Ben had to rush to a dinner with his family which he had every Friday night.

"See you on Sunday?" He said with a smile at the front door. I nodded before he gave my a hug, a kiss on the cheek and ran to his car, clearly late for dinner.

It was now Sunday morning and I was preparing for my date with Ben. Maggie was over helping me decide what to wear seeing as I still had no idea what we were doing. He had told me to bring swimming stuff but I didn't know if that was for the actual date or jacuzzi afterwards. I decided to text him to at least know if I should dress smart of casual, he quickly replied with casual.

After much deliberation Maggie and I decided on a pair of high waisted denim shorts and a collared shirt which I tucked in. I wore my bikini underneath and finished the outfit with a bunch of bracelets and my white converses. Maggie and I both agreed to leave my hair natural with its slight wave as it was most likely going to get wet. Before leaving I applied a coat of waterproof mascara and was just looking myself over once again when there was a knock on the door.

I smiled nervously at Maggie who just grinned back, she was more excited about this then I was. At the door I tugged at my shorts nervously before opening it to see a smiling Ben. He was wearing maroon shorts with a navy v-neck t-shirt.

As soon as I opened the door his grin grew wider and he gave me a long hug. I buried my head in his chest before pulling away and greeting him.

We wondered down my path to where his old beat up land rover was parked. I was expecting him to tell me now where we were going but he still insisted on keeping it a secret.

"Please tell me," I begged as I slipped into the passenger seat and shut the door behind me. I laughed as I noticed the empty fast food containers stuffed in the back seat of the car. "Nice job with the car," I added through my laughter as I pointed to the back seat.

Ben grimaced as he looked back towards the mess he had left. "Oh shit, I forgot about that," he mumbled as he grabbed the towel from his bag and threw it over all the rubbish. "Better?" He chuckled as he turned to look at me and put the car into reverse.

"So much," I said when I finally stopped laughing. Unfortunately he had managed to get away with still not telling me where we were going. Deciding to give up, there was no way I would ever be able to persuade him, I switched on his radio and flicked through a couple of channels before returning to the one he originally had it on.

"Good choice," he smirked as he turned the volume down slightly so we could still hear each other. "You look really pretty today by the way," he added his eyes remaining on the road ahead. I loved how he was always so confident yet whenever he complimented me he couldn't seem to meet my eyes.

"You look okay, I guess," I laughed as my eyes flickered from out the window to Ben. His grin spread wide at my comment while he ran his hand through his dark brown hair.

Turning back to the window, I felt Ben gently take my hand in his as he drove along the motorway. I kept scanning every sign hoping to find some clue of where we were going. We were either going somewhere with a pool, jacuzzi or near the ocean. However, I was yet to figure out where.

I was completely wrong. Instead of a pool, jacuzzi or the ocean we pulled up at a lake. I smiled as I saw the cute little pedalos and rowing boats. This was definitely going to be one of the best first dates ever. However, yet again I was wrong.

We hoped out of the car and walked straight past the pedalo and boat hire. Instead we walked hand in hand towards a small rickety shack. I had to bite back a squeal when the words on the shack came into focus. Wake-boarding lessons. We were going wake-boarding!

"Ben?" I said as I turned to look at him my mouth eyes wide and mouth slightly ajar. I didn't want to get too excited in case we weren't actually going wake-boarding, but I really hoped we were.

I had never been wake-boarding before but I loved extreme sports, such as skiing and surfing. I had only been surfing a couple of times, but loved every second if it.

"Yes, Goofy?" He grinned, clearly deciding he liked that nickname for me. I just rolled my eyes at him before continuing.

"Are we going wake-boarding?" I found it hard hiding my excitement as the words left my mouth. I really wanted to try wake-boarding. Ben nodded slowly his eyes never leaving mine.

No longer able to hide my excitement I squealed happily and leaped into Ben's arms, wrapping my legs around his waist. This was going to be awesome. "Please tell my you're not joking," I said as I leaned back slightly so my brown eyes could meet his blue ones.

"After a reaction like that I'm glad to say I'm not joking," Ben smiled as his hand moved to the bottom of my thighs to support me better. I knew that I should probably get down but I really didn't want to, I liked being this close to him.

"I probably would have punched you if you had been," I joked as I jumped down from his body. However as soon as I was down on the ground again, Ben grabbed my hand and intwined our fingers as he led me towards the shack.

Once inside we were kitted up with wetsuits, we were in England after all, and boards. Ben seemed to be as excited as me about wake-boarding. He had also never been before, which I was glad about so we would both be at the same stage.

Once we had managed to squeeze into our wetsuits, which were surprisingly hard to put on, we made our way to the boat where our instructor was waiting.

The first half hour was spent going over the safety points and then just trying to stand up on the board. I was absolutely chuffed because I managed to stand up on my third try and Ben only managed on his fourth.

However, my lead on him pretty much stopped there. He was actually really good, not that I would ever admit that to him. I, on the other hand, couldn't balance on the board to save my life. I would always managed to stand up and then a second later I would hit the water.

Despite my clear lack of balance I was still having the time of my life. Spending time with Ben was quickly becoming my favourite pass time. I never thought starting a job at the local indoor ski slope would lead to this. I never imagined that I would meet someone so perfect for me there, but I did.

After our two hour session was over I was exhausted and freezing cold. However, I honestly didn't want it to end. This had without a doubt been the best first date I had ever been on. "I want to keep going," I whined as Ben jumped out of the boat and then helped me out. We carried out boards back to where we got them from.

"I think we better get you warmed up first," he chuckled as we handed our boards back and headed to the changing room where we escaped from our wetsuits and hung them up to dry.

I was just about to reply but my teeth were chattering so much that I couldn't. Ben smiled at me as he wrapped his arms around my small body, his hard chest pressing into mine.

"I had a great time with you today," he whispered into to my ear before he kissed the side of my head. I grinned goofily against his chest before my lips started to move against it.

"Me too, thanks so much for today," I thanked him. I couldn't believe that he had paid for the whole day, it must have cost a fortune. I had offered to pay but be had refused on a number of occasions.

Once we had both got changed into our clothes I was practically all warmed up again, except for my hands which I was rubbing together as we walked back to the rusty land rover.

"Still cold?" Ben asked as he chucked both of our bags into the back of his car.

"Just my hands." I continued to run them together as Ben walked back over to me, a sly smile on his face. He took both my hands in his, I thought he was just going to rub them. However, instead he slipped both my hand up his top and against his chest. My eyes widened slightly before the heat spread from his chest to the tips of my fingers.

"Any better?" He smirked as he rested his hands on my hips. All I could do to respond was nod, my thoughts were too preoccupied with the feel of his well defined abs beneath my fingers.

Smiling up at him my eyes met his and somehow I just couldn't look away. My eyes were captured by his but I didn't want to escape. Instead I wanted to stay like this forever. I knew what was coming next, his head tipped slightly and his breath blew across my lips as he dipped his head towards mine. My fingers gripped onto his chest and then his lips were on mine.

The kiss was short but at the same time perfect. His lips were against mine for what felt like just a second but my emotions were already going crazy. My breath was caught in my throat and my heart was beating double time. Ben smiled down at me before stepping away from me and opening the door of his car for me. I slid into my seat while he shut the door and walked round to his seat.

"Want to go get something to eat?" He asked as he took his seat in the car and turned the key in the ignition. I agreed instantly and he started to drive towards our dinner destination.

By the time I returned home it was late and I was not looking forward to having to get up early for work tomorrow. After quickly changing, I collapsed into my bed and instantly fell asleep.



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An: I thought seeing as my last update was late I would update again.

Comments and votes would be appreciated and maybe we can make this as popular as BFWB :)

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