Forbidden Desire (Teacher/Student)

Chapter Fifteen: Moving on

Each step I took away from Jake's house made me angrier. I didn't care about how cold it was. I didn't care about the hour long walk back to my house. Hell, I didn't even care that he just dumped me. The only thing I cared about was vengeance.

He thinks I'm a slut and a whore. That's fine. I'll show him a slut and a whore. He'll regret raising his voice at me and calling me out my name.

When I got home, I was nearly going through hypothermia. The house was quiet. Mom was at work. This was a good thing because I didn't want to be bothered. I was too pissed at Jake. He loved me so much but he called me out my name, raised his voice at me, and he let me walk home in 10 degree weather.

I can't believe him! How could he have been so oblivious to why I did what I did? Didn't he know how much I loved him? Didn't he know that I would never intentionally hurt him? Well, that's not true anymore. He's going to be hurt tomorrow.

I turned the heat up and walked upstairs to my room. I grabbed my cover and pillow and laid down in front of a heat vent. The heat warmed my skin and somehow calmed my nerves. Just as I was about to fall asleep, I got a text from Tori.

Tori- You have some explaining to do. I'll be over soon.

Great. Just great. I've had a seriously crappy day. All I wanted to do was rest. Now I have to explain a secret that I've been keeping from my best friend for the last four months. I knew that she would feel betrayed and hurt. Great.

Jade- Okay.

15 minutes later, a knock was at my door. I looked through the peephole and saw Tori. She looked pissed. I sighed and hesitantly opened the door. She walked past me without speaking or giving me a hug like she normally does. Yeah, she was definitely pissed.

I closed the door and locked it. When I turned around, she was staring at me. She sighed heavily. Her eyes narrowed and her eyebrows furrowed.

"I'm listening, Jade," she calmly said.

This took me by surprise. I had expected her to be yelling by now. I grabbed her wrist and led her to the couch. We sat down, facing each other.

I told her everything. How we met. How I was uncomfortable. Him asking me to be his assistant. Me staying after school and helping him. The first kiss. Us getting together. Us sneaking around in the classroom. The first time Tiffany saw us. Me going to his house. Us confessing our love for each other. The first time we did it. And finally, the careless moment we had that led to the rumors. I decided to leave out the part about breaking up. She needed to take In everything else first.

Her expression went from shock to anger, then to hurt. A frown plastered on her face.

"How come you didn't tell me, Jade? We've been best friends for almost 10 years. How come you didn't trust me?" The hurt was present in her voice as well.

I frowned. I felt like shit. I hid a relationship of mine away from my best friend for four months. Why didn't I tell her? I trusted her, that's for sure. So why didn't I tell her?

"Tori, it's not that I don't trust you. I guess I just didn't know how to tell you. I was afraid," I said. My voice broke slightly.

"Afraid of what? What I might think? What I might say? Jade, I wouldn't have cared. Hell, you could have been secretly dating a girl or a 50-year-old man and I wouldn't have cared. As long as it makes you happy, I have nothing to say. I would never judge you."

I felt so stupid. Tears started building up in my eyes. I reached forward and wrapped my arms around her neck. She wrapped her arms around me signed.

"I'm sorry, Tori. I promise I won't keep anything else from you again. I'm so sorry," I said.

"It's okay, Jade. As long as you keep your promise, I'll drop it and let it go," she said as she looked into my eyes.