Illegal Moves

Chapter 4

Aleks' POV

I'm writing grades in the grade book when I get to Iona's name. I write in 0. God it's so frustrating. She is a smart, beautiful, and talented girl. Wait, did I just say she was beautiful? Well she is only four years younger than me. Oh god I have to quit. This is so unprofessional. She acted younger at times and then there would be days where she was so mature about things and acted like she was older than me. It made me admire her. But god could her attitude drive me crazy.

There's a couple minutes till the bell rings and Jason Lipp and some of his guy friends from the basketball team pile in and circle around him. The youngness in me makes me eavesdrop.

Mason, the guy that Iona beat the crap out of asks Jason "Do you think you'll get some tonight." Oh great just the conversation I want to be listening in on.NOT! I almost stopped listening when I heard Iona's name. Jason was speaking.

"Iona seems like the type of girl that will let any guy do anything to, or at least I hope she is." He says laughing and all the boys give him a slap on the back of a fist bump. They make me sick and I had to help coach their basketball team. Yeah I was the assistant basketball coach.
Iona walks in the door and goes and sits down by Jason. You've got to be kidding me. She really was going on a date with him. I've known her for 3 months as just her teacher but I have been studying her. I'm pretty sure she's smart enough to not have sex with this douche bag. I didn't want her to get hurt. I would just have to talk to her. I don't even know why I have taken this interest in her but I think it's because she's not like the rest of the girls that are sluts and try to throw themselves at me, their teacher. She's different. Her words brought me back to reality. " So what do you have planned for this evening," she asked Jason. I didn't want him to have a chance to answer her so I stood up and said turn in your homework now. Everybody but Iona got up to turn in their paper. A frown shows up on my face and I sigh. She sees how disappointed I am in her and she pushes back her chair angrily and storms out of the room. Looks like she's having an immature day today. "Ugh!" I complain and race after her. I catch up to her. "Iona wait," I say and grab her upper arm and pull her around to face me. She looks at me like I'm just wasting her time. I looked at her. Damn she looked good in her tight jeans and a flannel shirt that hugged her in the right places. He hazel eyes that just look so tired and worn out. She might look like a country hick to everybody else but to me she was gorgeous. Her nicely styled blonde hair. Perfect white teeth that I barely get to see because she acts like she hates the world so she never smiles.

"Um Aleks?" Oh Lord, was I just starring at her? Iona's voice brings me back to the situation. I wasn't having any of her attitude today. "If you want to act immature today be my guest but I don't give a crap," Ok that was probably a little harsh as I see her flinch back a little. "Storm out of my class, don't come back but meet me in the gym during seventh period because I will be helping coach the basketball team and if you don't show up then don't bother showing up to class tomorrow." I look at her waiting for a response. I was still holding on to her upper arm.

She tries to move out of my grasp "Ow, you're hurting me" she says still trying to get free.

"Oh sorry." I say flinging my hand back like I touched a stove. I had a look of concern on my face but she didn't see it because she turned around and walked away from me. Maybeeee I was a little rough on her but she's tough she'll get over it.

Iona's POV

I walked away rubbing the place where Aleks fingers had been crushing into my flesh. It hurt but in a way my arm was suddenly cold where his hand had been. Even though every time he has touched me it had left a bruise I still missed the warm touch it brought to my skin. Why am I thinking this? He just scolded me and all I can think about is his warm touch? Man there was something wrong with me.

I went into the girls bathroom because what else was I supposed to do till lunch. I stared at my figure in the floor length mirror. I have to admit I like what I see. A girl that is about 5'8" long blonde hair. I weigh 140 pounds but since I'm tall I'm actually the right weight for my height. The doctor told me so. So I wasn't skin and bone I actually have muscle from riding horses for a living. Nobody else was in the bathroom so I lifted up my flannel to admire by abs. You may think that horse riding isn't a sport but when you are controlling an animal that weighs a ton, literally 2000 pounds, you're going to gain a lot of muscle on the way and I rode horses every day almost all day back when I wasn't stuck in this crappy city. The next guy to get to admire my body like I was right now was going to be pretty lucky. But I don't plan on anyone seeing by body for a long time.

At lunch Jason had explained to me that he wanted to see a movie and then do dinner and then maybe just walk around the city to get me to enlighten my mood on the city. I told him I was down for that. But right now I couldn't focus on him. I had sexy teacher to go talk to.

As I enter the gym the boys are jogging back to their locker room and I see the head coach go into his office. I walk further into the gym looking for Aleks. It really was hard to believe that a guy only four years older than me was my teacher. Quickly I found him because he was the only one in the gym.

"Iona!" Aleks shouts and motions with his head for me to come to him. I walk over to him. He is drying his hair off with a towel as he turns towards me. He must have been playing with them. Also must have been on the skins team because his shirt was missing, not that I'm complaining. I couldn't help it. My eyes traveled down to his abs. They were shining with sweat. Those were the type of abs that you want to lick whip cream off of. Oh did I just think that? Oh well. 

"Now who's starring?" he asks me with a chuckle. I stare at his abs for a moment longer and move my eyes to his. I stare at his dark mysterious eyes and say "Maaaaaybe you should put a shirt on." I suggest. I wasn't afraid to admit that I was staring. He smiles and turns around and fetches his shirt and slips it back on. How unfortunate.

Haha :)

"Ok well I've got a date so hurry up with what you are wanting to say. " I notice his casual smile turned into a scowl. Was it something I said?

"I want to know why you don't do your homework." He asks going back into teacher mode. For a second there I thought he was actually acting like a 22 year old should.

I reply "It's simple, I don't have time to do it." I say raising an eyebrow urging him to respond.

"How do you not have time to do 10 simple problems nightly" But before he could even finish his sentence I started to turn away because I knew he would ask that. As I turn away from him he grabs my arm and I whip my head around to give him a dirty look. He immediately releases in a surrender action.
Now I was angry "Aleks you don't understand and you never will, so just let it be," Just then the basketball boys come out of the locker room in their street clothes ready to leave. Jason sees me and heads our way.

"Hey you ready to go?" he asks. I look at him and then at Aleks. Aleks has his arms crossed over his chest. Yeah he was pissed about something. Jason starts to walk his buddies and I follow him. Aleks grabs my upper arm and draws me in so close to him it looks like he might kiss me. Instead he whispers " Be careful with him," and he walks passed me knocking into my shoulder and making me stumble a couple steps back. Well now I'm seeing more of the 22 year old version of Aleks and not his 42 year old version and I liked it.

I headed out the gym door without a glance back at Aleks. Jason and I had a movie to catch.

Aleks' POV

I know kids like Jason. I should because I was one of them. Star of the basketball team and girls would swoon over me and I would have fun with some of them in the locker rooms when games were over. But those years were in my past. Well only like four years ago, but I prefer not to think about them. If Iona and him were going to a movie and then dinner I had time to change and get something to eat myself before I started following them. It might seem creepy but if anyone knew what Jason would do it would be me.