just a dream | simanda ✔

chapter seven: possible love

Amanda couldn't stop thinking about Simon after she had met him in Alesha's classroom. That smile, his chuckle, those eyes. She couldn't stop thinking about him.

Am I falling in love? Amanda thought. I can't be falling in love. I've sworn not to!

Amanda did find Simon attractive, despite her best intentions to avoid falling in love with him as the school year began to progress. They were now in October, school having been in session for about eight weeks as it was now Halloween.

Amanda was dressed up in a costume. She had promised to the students that she would wear a costume to school. Amanda was wearing a witch costume that she had ran out to by at the last minute the night before Halloween. She hadn't dressed up as anything for Halloween since Chris had died in combat.

Amanda was carrying a box of candy to hand out to students when she saw Simon again. She hadn't seen him for a couple of days because he had been out with the flu a student had passed along to him.

"Morning, Simon," Amanda said as she turned the handle to her classroom door.

"Morning, 'Manda," Simon replied. This nickname set Amanda's heart aflutter. She hadn't been called 'Manda by a man since Chris had passed away.

"Are you excited for Halloween and the students hopped up on sugar today?" Amanda asked. Each class in the school was going to have a Halloween party in their classroom and there was going to be a large amount of candy provided for the kids to eat.

"Course I am," Simon replied sarcastically. Amanda had found that Simon was capable of being extremely sarcastic and witty when he was talking to her. They were able to bounce off of each other and had a good relationship, though it wasn't a romantic one.

"I can't wait to see how bad the kids are going to see in the afternoon. Hopefully I'll go insane from them," Amanda replied back, being equally as sarcastic.

Simon laughed as he pushed open his classroom door. "You're just like Alesha with your uses of sarcasm," he said as he went into the classroom.

"I learned it from her," Amanda replied, going into her classroom and closing the door behind her. Amanda chuckled to herself as she put the box that contained the candy for the students onto her desk.

Amanda turned on her coffee machine and put a coffee mug underneath it. She was going to need a large amount of coffee today if she wanted to keep up with sugared up students.

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Simon went into his classroom, chuckling. Amanda could crack him up effortlessly with her wit and a sarcasm level that could match his easily.

He felt like he was falling for her. Simon felt like he had a crush on Amanda although he knew it was wrong as they would see each other everyday if he asked her out and the relationship didn't work out.

I have to ask her out on a date, Simon said to himself, thinking of ways that he could ask Amanda out on a date.

Amanda was both cute and hot at the same time in his mind. That witch costume she had been wearing when they saw each other a couple of minutes ago was cute on Amanda but Simon had also seen Amanda in tighter fitting clothing before, namely a red dress that she had already worn twice to teach in.

The colour red could drive Simon crazy. Every skin tone looked good in it and it made Amanda look fantastic in his mind.

I really do have a crush on Amanda Holden, Simon thought, but the question is, does she have one on me?

Simon pulled the blinds behind his desk up so the weak sunlight streamed through the window into the classroom. It had rained heavily last night and it was going to rain again sometime today. He hoped the rain would hold off and it would be raining sometime in the middle of the night. He had to take his son trick or treating and he was going to ask Amanda out for coffee at his house in the afternoon.

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Both Simon and Amanda were straining to keep their students attention for more than five minutes at a time so they ended up putting on a Halloween movie during the mid morning and it ran until the students' lunch time.

"How long were you able to keep your students attention this morning, Simon?" Amanda asked, going into his classroom.

"I think for maybe five minutes at a time. I gave up around ten in the morning," Simon admitted, looking up from the Halloween themed math that he was grading at his desk.

"Me too. Did you put a movie in for your kids? I put in Hocus Pocus for them and they loved it," Amanda said.

"I had them watch Frankenweenie and I don't know what they thought about it. Some of the students didn't even pay attention to it and begged me to play with Legos with them," Simon replied.

"Some of the girls in my class made me colour some pictures with them instead of watching the movie while I was trying to grade the spelling test they had this morning," Amanda responded.

"You always have moments like that with students and you can't deny them. I've noticed some of my girl students seem to love me," Simon said.

"I can see why," Amanda replied, a light blush tinting her cheeks.

"Your male students seem to love you more than your female students?" Simon asked.

"Yeah. I think they find me attractive for some reason," Amanda responded.

And I find you attractive as well, Simon thought.

"Hey, Amanda, do you want to come over to my house and have coffee after school lets out?" Simon asked, almost blurting out the question.

"Sure," Amanda said in reply. "I would love to, Simon."

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Hey guys! Here's a new update and what's funny about this one is it takes place on Halloween and Halloween is tomorrow where I am. I'm so excited for tomorrow because not only is it Halloween but I also have no school because a lot of the schools in my school district don't have any power! That means a lot of writing might get done tomorrow because of no school.

I have a new fanfic out and it's a damon fanfic! I would really appreciate it if you guys would check out the first chapter! Don't forget to tell me what you loved in this chapter! Bye until the next chapter!