teacher's pet

nine

that next morning, declan was the first to wake of the two. he felt two arms around him and didn't think much about it. that was, until he opened his eyes and looked to his left. he almost screamed at the sight of his teacher sleeping right next to him. he managed to stay quiet and tried to release himself from his grasp.

after successfully doing so, he made his way to the guest room to make the bed and to put on his own clothes. he neatly folded anthony's borrowed pajamas and placed them on the corner of the guest bed.

his next step was to find a pen and piece of paper to leave a note. he rummaged through anthony's desk that was in his study and finally managed to find some paper. he started to write and carefully chose what to write. the ended up writing:

dear anthony,

wow, that sounds incredibly formal, i apologize for that. anyways, if you have read this note, then you most likely noticed that i have left. it was a fun night and i thank you for that, but i need some time away to collect my thoughts. i also thought you might have wanted to know that i will be switching out of your class. i'm sorry, i just knew that i wouldn't be able to face you in class or at all. my feelings are all over the place and i don't really know how to express them. i'm rambling, so i'm just going to leave you with this: i know i like you, but don't know how you feel nor do i truly know how i feel... let alone, how to express my feelings towards you.

see you around school,

declan donnelly

he looked over it once more as he walked up the stairs to place the note on top of the borrowed pajamas. he looked once more into anthony's room and whispered, "goodbye anthony. see you around."

declan made his way down the stairs and out the door, and began his walk home. he was hungry, so he decided to go to the nearest café and have his mom pick him up there. his mom picked him up right as he finished eating, and he made up a story about what he did at his "friend's" house.

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flashback to anthony's house

he woke up and looked to his left, expecting to see declan at his side. he saw his side of the bed was empty and cold, he stretched and got up to go about his business, before going to look to declan.

he started in the kitchen, then the living room. when he wasn't found there, he looked in the guest room. anthony saw his neatly folded clothes with a note on top. he picked it up and read it, and he felt a sharp pain in his chest. he felt as if he had shut gotten punched in the chest repeatedly.

anthony sat on the edge of the bed and started to tear up, he couldn't get the words out of his head. what did he mean, "i just knew that i wouldn't be able to face you in class or at all"???

"i can't believe this." he said out loud as he wiped the tear he didn't know he let fall down his cheek. "what happened? i thought everything was fine... no, anthony you are a grown man!" he left the room and went to the restroom to splash his face to hide the fact that he was crying.

he grabbed his phone from his nightstand and decided to call the only person he could think of: david. the phone was ringing and he felt as if it would never stop, but finally, david answered. he sounded all groggy from sleep, "hello?" it was around 8:30 in the morning and he kind of felt bad for disturbing his sleep.

"david? it's me ant. listen, sorry for calling you this early, but it's really important. could you come over or call me later?" he sniffled and was trying to hold back some tears, "i really need someone to talk to right now." but david heard the crying man through the phone.

"yeah, ant, i'm here for you mate. i'll be right over." he hung up and tossed his phone on the floor and placed his hands on his face and started to cry again. "for fucks sake anthony! you are 25 fucking years old!" he said into his hands, as he continued to cry.

after what felt like forever, david finally arrived at ant's house and wet straight in. "ant?" he called out, but he didn't get a response. we walked upstairs, assuming that's where he would be, and before he called out again, he heard the sounds of any quietly crying in his room.

he was sat in the corner of the room with his knees held to his chest, head down, crying. "ant? it's david." he slowly approached the crying man and sat by him. "what happened ant? you know i'm here for you. always." he placed an arm around ant and gave him a small hug.

ant slowly lifted his head and wiped his tears with his sleeves and turned to david, "oy ant, you look a mess, come on," he got up, "let's get you cleaned up, then we can talk." he held a hand out for ant, and helped him up when ant grabbed his hand.

they walked into the restroom and david told ant to shower and get dressed, then to meet him downstairs. he did as told and didn't spend long knowing that david would get worried and check on him while he was in the restroom. he quickly got dressed and made his way downstairs slowly.

"david?" he called out, "i'm right here ant. come sit on the couch." he made his way to the living room and saw tea and biscuits sitting on the table. "ta-da!" said david, "now come, let's chat." ant sat down and took the tea david made him and proceeded to tell david what happened. everything... every little thing.

"and that's when i found the note." david grabbed ant and pulled him in for a tight hug. "it's alright david... you think i could see the note? if you don't want to, it's okay. we can do something else. go out, watch some films, drink some more tea."

ant looked at him, and agreed to let him see the note. we went back to his bedroom and retrieved it. he handed it to david and let him read it. he watched as his eyes moved along, reading he facial expression as he neared the end. "so? what?"

david looked up and spoke, "oh ant, i'm so sorry mate. i want to get declan off your mind. at least for the day, what do you say?" ant thought about it, and eventually agreed. he thought that a distraction would be perfect.

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YEAH HI HELLO

SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED, I'VE BEEN SUPER BUSY!! HERE IS CHAPTER 9, AND CHAPTER 10 IS BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW

ALONG WITH:

-ONE SHOTS! ANT AND DEC

-THIS IS NOT A LOVE STORY

LOVE YOU ALL AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!