And I'm his student.

Chapter 15

"Because I like you"

Those words rang in my ear over and over again. Why George, why me? I was so confused, I didn't know what to feel. I never really saw him that way, sure he was handsome and girl always looked at him at practice but I didn't feel that way.

I trusted George, I think. I mean who would he tell? The cops? Just the thought of it brought a knot in my stomach and it made me uneasy. I didn't like it. I didn't even want to think about it.

I sat at the parking lot in the car, staring blankly at my wheel, for a good whole 5 minutes. My intent was never to hurt George but I didn't expect anybody to find out about Noah and I. Yeah sure I should have thought about the risks and what would happen if someone had found out. But I thought the day would never come, that I could hide it until I was older or away from here. Noah could go to jail!

Knock Knock

Kalie waved from the passenger window

I pushed the button window down, "Hey what are you doing here?"

She lifts hers bright pink bag, "Going to the gym, wanna join me?"

I look at my phone, I know Mr. Calvin and I were supposed to meet later, but I'm sure he'll understand. "I'm not really dressed for it  though," I motion towards the jeans I was wearing.

"We could just walk around the gym or park if you want?"

I guess anything to clear my mind, I had to tell Mr. Calvin that he knew. "Yeah sure, lets go."

I later met Mr. Calvin at his apartment. He opened the door to let me, "No one saw you?"

"No, Mr. Calvin we need to talk"

He sits down "About what?"

I sit beside him, I couldn't help but bite the inside of my mouth. Maybe he didn't have to know, George promised he would not tell, besides I didn't want him to worry about it. I didn't even know how he would react, what if he confronted George. Perhaps it was best to keep it to myself.

"You're not leaving me are you" he jokes around. "You wouldn't leave this poor old fool." He reaches for my hand and places it on his chest.

I smile, "No of course not"

"Then, what is it?" He carefully kisses my fingers one by one. It was hard to concentrate.

"Nothing, I just want to..." I kissed him. "...kiss you"

He takes me in an embrace and kisses the top of my head. "My Eleonore..you know when your in class I sometimes can't help but think inappropriate things about you." He shyly looks away "It's so hard to urge myself not to." He smirks

"What kind of  inappropriate things?" I almost squeak

"Things you wouldn't dream of" he whispers, carefully placing his large hand on my thigh.

I close my eyes to his warm touch, I could imagine Mr. Calvin doing very naughty things, It wouldn't be the first time that I day dreamed about Mr. Calvin and his touch. I wasn't innocent as I Iooked.

"Oh really?" I open my eyes

"Yes, it drives me crazy" He kisses my hand, his warm lips travel to the edge of my throat. "Well then let me look over your college essay before I do something I'll regret." He gets up.

I take out my essay and place it on the coffee table.

Throughout the whole evening I could barely concentrate on Mr. Calvin sexy eyes or lips as he talked. Or his slight arm muscles flexing as he wrote on my paper. Okay perhaps I couldn't stop looking at him but I just couldn't focus. A wave of fear engulfed me and all I could think about was George. He knew and I didn't know what to do.

The following morning I caught up with a few friends for breakfast at a local doughnut shop. Something we usually did once or twice a month on Sunday mornings so we could catch up on homework.

"Did anybody do their homework for Calculus because I seriously could not do it." Luis said among us.

"Here copy mine." I place mine on the table

"Life saver!" they all sing.

Kalie walked in, her face was austere and her lips were pressed together as she sat next to me. She smelled of lavender and she leaned in close to me "Sooo..."

I take a bite of my doughnut. "So what?"

"Aren't you going to tell me where you were last night?"

"What?"

"Last night, your mom called me to make sure you were at my house" she whispered.

I nearly choked on my doughnut, "Oh god" I take a sip of water. "What did you tell her?"

"Well I covered your ass that's for sure. I told her you fell asleep early" she retorts

I sigh in relief and rest my head on her arm. "That's why your my best friend" I joked. I arrived home late last night and I didn't even get the chance to talk to her this morning.

"A best friend who you don't tell everything."

I press my lips and get up, "I already do"

Her eyes narrowed and pointed her finger at me, "look if you have a boyfriend and I didn't know..."

"Ok ok ok, lets go outside."

Kalie's mouth hanged open as I told her everything, well almost everything.

"My god, Eleonore. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I thought you wouldn't understand, my mom doesn't even know about it..."

"Well I mean it is hard to process, but you know you can always tell me everything. We are best friends"

I felt guilty "I know I know" I look down at my toes. "What do you think?"

She sighed, "Well I'm not really surprised. You always had a thing for older celebrities , You even had a crush on Stacy's dad in middle school. Hmm well Mr. Calvin is attractive in a way"

I laugh.

"I'm not judging"

"Your face tells a different story!" I shout

"No I'm just concerned, he's...how old is he again?"

I bit my lip "30"

She smacks her head, "Really Eleonore, he's 12 years older than you. What if someone finds out?"

"No" I blurted out "No one can know"

"Don't worry I won't tell no one in the sake of your happiness, but he better not take advantage of you."

"No of course not. He is really is great guy real humble and sweet. Well there is one problem"

"What did he do?"

"He didn't do anything but someone knows. Remember George the guy we saw at the mall months ago. Well he somehow found out about Mr. Calvin and me"

"The cute guy in your community orchestra group?"

"yes"

"What?"

"I know! He said he wasn't going to say anything but I just can't stop thinking about it"

"How did he find out?"

"He saw Mr. Calvin and me together.."

"Oh my god, well hope he doesn't go telling the cops." I place my hands over her mouth "heyyyy Eleonore what are.."

"SHH don't say that Kalie"

"Ok ok. Look just be safe with this guy we...well I don't really know much about him"

"I trust him" I reassured her.

She nods "Okay but next time you need to go out with him or whatever let me know ahead of time okay?"

I hug her. "Okay!"