I'll Always Love You

Chapter 17

"Uh-I-" Jennifer stuttered, her face flushing red as she glanced up at Alex who was just frozen, her cheeks matching Jennifer's.

"Caitlin, I can-" Alex began but was cut off by the older woman who still stood there, shocked.

"John!" She called on her husband who just so happened to appear seconds later.

"Honey, what's wrong?" He asked, placing a hand on her shoulder, taking note of Jennifer and Alex's terrified expressions.

"I need to talk to you outside." She said, pulling him out the room, closing the door behind her.

"Alex what do we do?" Jennifer whispered pleadingly, tugging on the woman's hand.

The redhead took a deep breath before turning to her girlfriend. "Don't worry, I'll take it."

"No, you can't because they'll make you out to be some child groomer. I'll take the blame." Jennifer protested, still holding onto Alex's hand.

"Jennifer you're eighteen, you're not a child. You're not underage, the only issue with our relationship is that we're teacher and student. Don't worry I can handle it." The redhead reassured.

"Then if you're going down, I'm coming down with you." Alex couldn't help but smile when those words left Jennifer's mouth, although the smile instantly faded when the door reopened.

Alex and Jennifer quickly realised they were still holding hands and pulled away from each other as quickly as possible.

"I want a full explanation. Now." John said sternly, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Well-" Jennifer and Alex began at the same time but it seemed like John couldn't contain himself long enough for the girls to explain themselves.

"Do you girls realise how wrong this is? Alex you're a grown woman, what the hell were your intentions with my teenage daughter, huh?" He exploded, throwing his arms in the air before pointing his finger accusingly at Alex.

"Honestly, it's not like that-" Alex tried, pretty much accepting her death at this point. "Jennifer..." She turned pleadingly to the girl, asking for a little help.

"Dad, I'm eighteen." Jennifer said seriously.

"I don't care, you're still a teenager." Jennifer closed her eyes, god her father was so stubborn.

"Dad she's only twenty-three! She's five years older than me. You and Caitlin are seven years apart!" The short brunette protested from her bed.

"That's not-" John began but his wife cut him off.

"Can we get away from the age thing and focus on the fact that, Alex, you could lose your job..." Caitlin said carefully and the redhead placed her hand over her forehead.

"I know. We met before school started though." Alex explained, trying her best to keep her eyes on Caitlin so she could ignore the burning glare of her girlfriend's father.

"It's true and Alex didn't know that I was eighteen. I lied and said I was in college. It was my fault, not hers." Jennifer chipped in. "Dad please you have to believe us, our relationship isn't anything weird or inappropriate, we actually really like and care about one another. You know for a fact that I've never had a proper relationship and now I'm finally in a happy one." Jennifer said sincerely, glancing up at her girlfriend with a warm smile.

John exhaled loudly and pinched the bridge of his nose as he paced the room. "You girls still can't be together though. Alex I'm sorry for snapping back there, I know you're a lovely woman but this can't work if you're going to be Jennifer's teacher. You could get into serious trouble and since Jennifer is the younger one, she'd come up smelling like roses."