Sunlight

Chapter 10

Ariana's P.O.V.

"The school dean will now see you"A kind woman motions for me to enter the Dean's office. I stand up from a lobby chair and enter the huge office. I close the door behind me and take a seat in front of his desk.

"Hello Ariana"He reaches out his hand for me to shake. "Hello Dean Adams"I politely shake his hand.

"I received your email about some concerns you wanted to talk to me about"He folds his hands on his desk. "Yes, we need to discuss about some problems I'm having with a professor I have"I say.

"Who?"He asks me. "Professor Collins, he's my civil litigation teacher"I tell him. "Ah, Professor Collins. He's worked here for a really long time. We're actually good friends, we go way back"He smiles.

Great, this might be harder than I thought.

"What kind of problems are you having with him? I'm sure we can fix them"He asks. I take a deep breath before answering him.

"A few weeks ago, Professor Collins pulled me aside after class"I begin. "He expressed some feelings he felt towards me and than he tried kissing me"I say and watch as Dean Adams' eyebrows furrow.

"What do you mean he tried kissing you? Professor Collins would never do such a thing"He says. "Well he did, but I stopped him from doing so. Because of that, he's now failing me on purpose"I tell him.

"Failing you on purpose?"He asks and I nod. I bring out my graded quiz from yesterday and show him the C minus. "He's upset that I didn't kiss him back. He's been giving me grades that don't match up with my answers"I explain. He looks over the quiz and than back up at me.

"I don't have the answer key to this quiz so I can't really just use this as proof that he's failing you on purpose"He tells me.

"You have to believe me Dean Adams. I tried confronting Professor Collins about it yesterday after class. I asked that he regrade my work but he's refusing to do so"I tell him. "Are you sure he's failing you on purpose? Maybe you have actually been failing"He suggest but I shake my head no, knowing that I'm doing all my work correctly.

"He even assaulted me Dean Adams. He grabbed my wrist with his hand and dug his nails into my skin"I say, a look of concern now etched on his face. "Where did this happen?"He asks me.

"I saw him rushing out of the auditorium, that's when I addressed him about my recent grades. He got mad and used his anger to attack me physically"I say, looking down at my wrist and remembering the pain I felt when he touched me.

"This is a lot to take in. I think it's best we get Professor Collins in here as well so he can tell his side of the story. I can't just listen to your side and not his"He says and begins to reach for his phone.

"Right now?"I ask and he nods. He dials a number and the phone begins ringing. "Hello Professor Collins, I'm currently in a meeting with a student from one of your classes. I would like for you to come down to my office right away please"He says and waits for an answer on the other side of the line.

"Great, I'll see you in five"Dean Adams says before hanging up. "He's on his way. We'll wait for him to get here before discussing things any further"He says and I sigh.

A few minutes later, Professor Collins walks in and takes a seat next to me.

"Good afternoon Collins"Dean Adams greets him and they shake hands. "Thank you for coming"He says. "I only have twenty minutes"Professor Collins says.

"This shouldn't take too long. Ariana here has told me about some things you've been doing to her lately. She's told me that you've hit on her, that your purposely failing her, and that you assaulted her. I want to know if it's true"Dean Adams tells him.