The Teacher

Why?

"Yes."

Mark looked at me in pure terror. "You're telling me that even if I never even tried to get along with you. That if I was only using you for sex that you would stay with me?" I looked at him and nodded with a content look on my face. "But...but why? Why would you do that to yourself? Why would you put yourself in the position of not feeling good enough just to stay with me. You deserve so much better than me, even. But yet you would stay with me even if I was worse than I am." I nodded again. "Why?" I looked at him hurt and confused. "Isn't it obvious. I have would have no where else to go. No one else to talk to. Even if you were like that I would still stay just because I'm sick and tired of feeling lonely. Because I'm sick and tired of BEING lonely. But you're not so I love the fact that you love me because every part of you that loves me makes me love me and you more....if that makes sense." He laughed. "Yeah that makes sense." I nodded. "Good." Then I leaned back and waited. We had been driving for a good while. "Where the hell are we going?" He shook his head. "I already told you I'm not telling you until we get there but I guarantee you'll love it." He said. I shook my head and tried to fall asleep. But as soon as I closed my eyes we stopped. Okay not literally but whatever. "How long was I out?" I asked, rubbing my eyes. Mark shrugged his extremely muscular shoulders "Eh like 30 minutes. Not much but you're pretty cute when you're sleeping." He looked over at me and winked. It was then that I noticed.the scenery behind him. It was a beautiful field of little white flowers and tall grass.

I covered my mouth. "Mark it's beautiful." He smiled and had that smug look on his face like "Yeah I did this." It was so secluded and dark and damp. It reminded me of a rainforest. "Mark how did you find this oasis in LA?" I asked him. He shrugged again of course like it happened by chance. "When I get stressed out i used to just take drives with chica but one day I drove for a long ass time and just happened to stumble across what back then looked like heaven but it's nothing now compared to you." I smiled and teared up. "Well let's go." I said. "I wanna cuddle in the tall grass." He smiled. It's a good thing I brought a blanket then. And food so we can stay here all day alone." I smiled and jumped on top of him."you're the best!" I said, while all he did was chuckle at my childish outburst. He set up the blanket on the grass in the center of a big clearing. He laid down and I laid down next to him. "You know you really are beautiful, but that wasn't what made me fall in love with you. It was the fact that you're not one of those girls that just sits back and watches things happen. If you're not in it you're helping... Or destroying in some way or another." He commented. I smiled. "You know I think thats the nicest thing some one has ever said to me." I said relaxing into him. He shrugged "you deserve better, and I want to give you better words but alas I am not a poet but a biology teacher." I giggled and curled up into his arms. "Can't you just kiss me already jeez I know you want to." I said irritatedly. He shook his head, "that wasn't what I was thinking. I was thinking how is this girl so amazing? I mean I'm able to be my natural disgusting self around you but you don't care you live me anyway. We're able to be honest with each other but yet we stay together. You express your emotions and I make the effort to suit them and you do the same." I giggled, "that's what a relationship is Mark." He laughed, "yeah but we do it better than everyone else." He said completely sincere. This time I leaned over and connected my lips with his. He immediately returned the gesture. "You have no idea how much you mean to me Mark Fischbach. You are literally everything." I was beginning to like this side of him. The light hearted loving side instead of dark and overbearing. I looked up at the sky as it slowly turned darker in color. We had laid there in the same position all day in silence. But it wasnt awkward. I didn't feel the need to make conversation and neither did he. "You wanna take this party home and maybe I'll teach you a little something about vanilla relationships." His big goofy grin spread across his face and mine to. That thing was contagious. We cleaned up our blanket and got in the car. I prepared myself mentally for the car ride home, and by that I mean I fell asleep again. College is tiring dude. Especially when your teacher is the love of your life.