Humanities(Short Story)

2. Healthy

And when you hit that dunk
You know I'm right there with you
I'll pass it right back to you, girl let me assist you
You don't understand how much I stan us
When you're standing next to me I pull a Stan and throw up. -PrettyMuch

"Who is he? He's cute!" Aisha looks back down at her phone looking at the profile picture on Facebook right before Persephone takes it back into her possession. "He's my student for my Monday and Wednesday class."

"Then why are you facebook stalking him?" She snatches her phone again and scroll down to check out his profile. "I don't know! He's-, he's something else in my class and very flirty and I know its wrong to feel good for going crazy over the little bit affection even if its my student, I know it's wrong. I was just going to lurk and leave."

"He accept!" Aisha screams and jumps up.
"He what?" She snatches her phone back and see in her notifications where it says Mason Blackwood have accepted your request. "You friend requested him on my page." She smacked Aisha's arm. "Why would do that A!"

"Come on! He already accepted, so leave it be. Or you can tell him I added him for you but then you'll have to explain why you were facebook stalking him." She told her with a sour look on her face.

"I hate you." Aisha laughed at Persephone's remark but simply kissed her cheek. "No, you love me, now I'm heading to my mom's for Dinner do you wanna come with?"

"And eat her weird Vegan food? Hell no." Aisha walked to the other side of island and grabbed her purse. "I could've figure, okay I'm off, bye." And she walked out the front door.

After Aisha left she helped cleaning up the rest of the house. She swept, then mopped the floors, and she straighten up the living room where she slept. She has been staying with her Best friend Aisha for about a month. Her husband who she is currently divorcing moved out there home a month ago as well and she is currently selling their home because she can't afford it on her own. Everything has been happening so fast for her, and she loved Micheal with all her heart. She tried to make her marriage work but he fell out of love with her and found someone while they were married. She simply couldn't force someone to be with her when he clearly wanted to be with someone else.

Thinking about all the stress that's on her with selling the house. Her finding a house and her missing her dogs since they can't be in the apartment she is currently living in, it was all too much but she is getting through it. Because she was strong.

Once she finish cleaning, she took a warm shower, heated up left food Aisha made the other night, sat on the couch and turned on the TV to a recording of Scandal that she missed. Halfway through the show her phoned buzzed. Picking up and checking it, it was from Facebook messenger.

Mason Blackwood: well isn't this a surprise
Shocked that it was Harry all she did was read it, but it buzzed again.
Mason Blackwood: Sorry, didn't mean to make you upset. How are you?

She decided to message him back thinking why the hell not.
Persephone Jules: I'm doing well. How about you.

Mason Blackwood: Great, just a little surprised that you added me.

Persephone Jules: TBH it was on accident. I was actually Facebook stalking you which is very weird🤦🏾‍♀️, I'm so embarrassed.

Mason Blackwood: It's only weird depending on your age.

Persephone Jules: I'm 23

Mason Blackwood: My point exactly, you see a cute student in your class and you wanted to see what he was all about.

Persephone Jules: You just stuck out in my class, I wanted to see why.

Mason Blackwood: I'm majoring  in Art Studies, so Humanities is one of my favorite classes.

Persephone Jules: Well I'm glad.

Mason Blackwood: so your name. How do you pronounce it?

Persephone Jules: It's pronounced Per-sef- unny

Mason Blackwood: Meaning?

Persephone Jules: It comes from the name of the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the Harvest. Her daughter Persephone was her daughter was taken by Hades and he said to keep her through fall and winter and then spring and summer is when she comes home. That's why its only bright during those two seasons.

Mason Blackwood: wow that is insane how you're name after a Goddesses daughter when you are also a Humanities teacher.

Persephone Jules: Yeah my family must think wow you were born to do this.

Mason Blackwood: That's not what Aristotle said.

Persephone silently laughed at his little joke. He was a sweet smart kid but she knew this was wrong to be speaking to her student like this. It was simply inappropriate. So she simply wrapped up their conversation and told him she'll see him class Wednesday.

She put her empty dish in the sink, went back to lay on the couch and falling asleep smiling not forgetting who was the one to put it there.

Nobody knows what it feels like
Nobody knows how to help me
And I'm starting to think there's something wrong with me
No, this ain't healthy.