BARE SOULS: A STEAMY TEACHER/STUDENT ROMANCE

CHAPTER 47 | HARPER

How could I not put my guard down when all of his actions kept raising my hopes up? Asking me to stay over for the whole weekend, kissing me so much, touching me always, hugging me tightly at night, feeling annoyed at every guy hanging around me. And that sentence whispered while he thought I was asleep... What did it actually mean?

I was full of questions that I would never ask because of the fear to make him run away. I finally got his attention back and was not ready to ruin that because of my feelings. I just wanted to enjoy the moment while it last.

It was a dreamy weekend. We literally spent the whole 72 hours glued to each other, learning every single line, curve and fold of each other's body, fucking until we lost our minds, kissing and cuddling endlessly until we both get numb. We ended up knowing each other physically by heart, but it was still not enough for me. 

Monday came and I had to head home early morning. To me, it meant that it was the end of that beautiful dream and that everything would go back to normal after that. He would go back to teacher mode and I would continue to pretend I was ok while suffering in silence, hoping that I would get his attention again someday, even just for a few hours. 

      "Alright..." I said as he was coming out of the shower. "I'm going to go now before my uncle and aunt get back. Their flight landing thirty minutes ago...". 

He nodded. "Yeah, ok." His short answer and lack of reaction confirmed the end of the magic. It was all over now. 

With a heavy heart, I grabbed my back and my jacket. "I'll see you later, I guess" He added before heading to his closet without even looking back. 

Wow! I must I was impressed at his capacity to go from warm to cold in just a few minutes. 

I headed back to my car and drove off to my place, surrounded by his scent lingering on me. In love. Madly in love with that man. So in love that I couldn't focus about anything else.

By chance, Mark and Lorie had not made it home yet when I came back. I quickly ran to the shower, barely had time to change clothes and put makeup on before heading to school.

Stares following me in the hallways, whispers all around when I passed by people, insults said out loud for me to hear had became my daily routine now. Instead of fizzling, the rumors kept spreading like a disease. I was impressed at how fast people who called you friend became new enemies in the blink of eye. And the more I was ignoring their rumors, the more new ones spread. 

As I stopped by my locker, I saw Lizza, Audrey and Candace standing by Lizza's locker which was right next to mine. "Hey girls!" I said while taking my books for next period. 

     "Look who's now acknowledging us" Audrey hissed with a dark gaze. Surprised by her reaction, I first thought she was joking.

    "Oh come on, sorry I let you down during the last few weeks but you got to understand it's been kind of hectic for me lately" I answered, sure that they could understand. 

   "Yeah, sure. Hookers have it hard nowadays" Lizza said with a nasty snicker.

I stopped and turned around to check on them, surprised by the sudden change in attitude. From one look, I could tell that the rumor also reached the ones I called my closest friends. I was not so surprised by Lizza and Audrey's change of heart. From the beginning I knew they only hung with me because I was dating Levyn. But Candace? I looked at her who immediately looked away. I was highly disappointed in her. I thought she was different. I considered her as a real friend. Yet I was completely wrong. 

   "So who is it going to be next?" Lizza continued. 

I laughed, annoyed with her nasty attitude. "Well, probably your boyfriend, considering that jerk has been offering me to go out at least four or five times already." Her mouth dropped. It was a mean get back but it was the truth. The guy was a real asshole and has been drooling over me ever since he learned I was back on the market.