Mr. Mendes

Extra Credit.

Lexi.

It's been about a week since what happened with Mr. Mendes at the park, and he hasn't been to school at all. We've had the same boring sub for a whole week.

Right now we were waiting outside of the classroom to be let in. To be honest, most people really like having substitutes, but I just wanted Mr. Mendes to come back already.

"Hey seven more minutes until we could just walk out of this place," Brian teased while showing me the time on his phone.

"Wow you are definitely the childish one," I said and pushed him towards Sydney.

"Well sorry Lex you've just been off for the past week," Syd said and I just shook my head.

"I don't know why...I don't feel off," I lied because I totally knew I was.

"It's probably because she hasn't seen Mr. Mendes at all," Liam teased and I just flipped him off.

"Oh come on leave my girl alone," Mark said while putting his arm around me.

"Okay well I'm just saying, Mr. Mendes has been looking at 'your girl' a lot," Liam said and my eyes widened.

Before anyone could realize, I fixed my face and turned towards Mark.

"I'm not your girl," I muttered and pulled away from him.

I walked towards Amanda and Emma who were basically welcoming me with open arms.

"Morning guys," I turned around to see Mr. Mendes with the usual smile on his face.

"Dammit there was only three minutes left," Chase muttered while pushing Brian into the classroom with their heads down.

"Language Mr. Porter," Mr. Mendes said while waiting for everyone to get into the class.

Luckily for me, I was the last one.

"You're back," I said with a kind smile and he nodded.

"Glad to see you're happy to see me," he said with a wink and I just nodded while walking into the class.

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Class went at its usual pace and all I could do was sit there not paying attention to anything. My eyes were glued on Mr. Mendes and this whole new feeling started growing.

I knew I was beginning to care for him. Maybe as just a friend or something but I don't know. He's my teacher so I can't do much of anything.

There were only a few minutes left in class and he was just going on and on about the extra credit he was giving out. I'll admit, I had an interest in what he was discussing, but maybe that was only because you could get the chance of spending four days with him.

Oh for the love of god just stop Alexis!

The bell finally rang, and I didn't move a muscle. I didn't really know what was coming over me, but I just sat there.

"Hey Lexi you coming?" I heard Mark say while he followed the others out.

"Um no I'm good," I mumbled and he nodded.

I continued to just sit there watching Mr. Mendes as he graded papers and he had a free period anyways, so I guess he didn't mind me being here.

I'll admit, so many things were running through my mind when I looked at him. I didn't really know if he knew that I was still here or not, but he was about to find out.

I got up from my seat, leaving my bag on my chair and slowly walked over to his desk. My heart was beating faster by the second and the whole time it felt as if time had slowed down.

"Um Mr. Mendes," I mumbled as I came close to the front of his desk.

"I believe I made it clear what we'd call each other when we were alone Ms. Rivera," he said and I could sense him smirking.

"Right...Shawn?" I questioned and he looked up at me with a smile.

Wow his lips are so radiant when he smiles.

"Yes Alexis," he said.

I tried to think of what to say, but I simply couldn't. My eyes were locked with his and no matter how hard I tried to break away, I couldn't.

If I could at least try to put into words what I was feeling at this very moment, they would be very sloppy. They would be the kind of gooey mushy words that no one had ever expected me to say.

I could feel his eyes settle on me and in my head I felt something spark. It felt as if those cliché romantic film sparks were beginning here.

Maybe I'm just over exaggerating because we're alone, but I don't really know. Maybe it's just the idea of not seeing him for a week.

But then again I've been feeling this feeling since he ever walked through that fucking door. This perfect human being still waiting for my answer.

As badly as I wanted to speak I couldn't. I was trapped in something that I could most likely never get out of.

"Alexis?" I heard his voice say while breaking my thoughts and he waved his hand in front of my face.

"Oh um r-right," I stuttered and he chuckled.

"I'm guessing you're going to ask for the extra credit assignment," he said with a small laugh.

I guess so Shawn...I guess so.

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