The Teacher (On Hold)

Chapter 2: Unexpected [EDITED]

The next morning I woke up my alarm, on time. I groggily got out of bed and made my way to the bathroom to brush my teeth and do my hair. Mom had already left for work but I heard Luke downstairs so I decided to head down and say hey because I hadn't seen him since yesterday. "Morning!" He peeked over the couch "Oh hey Mia. Your mom headed out for work already." "Yeah I know, did you get home late last night?" "Not really, I think it was around 11 or so, maybe midnight," he replied. "Oh cool, well I'm gonna head upstairs and get ready for school. See ya later." He smiled and nodded his head.

I walked into class about ten minutes or so before the bell only to see that Mr. Maxwell was being swarmed by multiple girls. He basically was asking for it; wearing nice dress clothes that clearly outline his strapping torso. I took my seat in assumption that he hadn't noticed me. The tardy bell eventually rang and class had started. During the lecture he glanced at me multiple times. Figured he was just doing that to everyone to make sure we were all paying attention. The bell rung and I hadn't had enough time to put all my things away.

I swiftly placed all my stuff in my bag and started to make my way out the door until I heard... "Miss Rose! May I speak to you for a moment?" Before turning I rolled my eyes. "Uh sure, why?" He held up my lunchbox, "I believe you left this in my room yesterday." More like you stole it in order to talk to me, is what came to mind first, but I stuck with "Oh, sorry about that. Thank you." I reached to grab it from his hand when he pulled it back to make it out of my reach. A slight smirk appeared on his face. I know he did NOT just tease me. Frustrated, I grabbed his arm and pulled it towards me; snatching away my lunchbox. Shit, I'm not supposed to just grab a teacher like that. "I-I'm sorry Mr. Maxwell I didn't m-" He still had that damn grin on his face. Did he like that I took charge? I'm overthinking, that's probably just his resting face. He cut me off saying "Miss Rose, it's ok. Just having a little fun."
"Right..well see you tomorrow Mr. Maxwell." "Goodbye." ...What was THAT all about? I decided not to tell Melanie since she would just go on about how much he "loves" me.
The rest of school that day was pretty boring and uneventful.

After I got home Luke and my mom's car were parked in the garage. I was glad whenever they got to spend time together, they're so cute. I walked in the door only to see them starting to get in a somewhat heated makeout session. Gross. "Uhhhhh"

My mom quickly backed off with her face totally red, "Sorry honey.." "Yeah that was my bad," Luke spoke up. I just laughed and said it was alright. After heading upstairs to my room I was able to just plop down and take a breather. As I replayed my day in my head I realized something... Mr. Maxwell hadn't really left my mind, at all. Did I think he was cute? Of course. Sexy? For sure. But did I like him? I mean, I can't. He's my teacher, who I barely know. Oddly, I wanted to get to know him...but how? I'd have plenty of time to figure it out.

*The next day after school ended*

Ok maybe I was lying, but it was for a good cause. Right? I mean if you consider lying in order to spend time with someone, then this was definitely a good cause. I again find myself stand at his open door, knocking. "Mr. Maxwell?" He was cleaning off his white board from his previous class.

"Ah, Miss Rose. How may I help you?"

"Well I don't mean to bother you.. and I know you're probably busy, but during the lesson today I wasn't really focused. I was wondering if you could maybe go over a few things for me?"

Still spraying and wiping down the board, he replied "Of course, what'd you need me to go over?"

Shit, I didn't know anything in specific. Think Mia, Think. "Um, maybe just a 10 to 15 minute rundown of the whole thing would be ok"