Close to the edge

Chapter 1

I was sitting in a classroom waiting for more students to come. I felt my heart race for some odd reason that I just couldn't understand. After a few more minutes I saw my best friend arrive in a rush, it was Marilyn and she sat right next to me.

" Hey there Alyce " She smiled while pushing the heave fringe away from her eyes . " Hey " I nodded to her with a little smile curved on my lightly glossed lips.

" You heard we have a new teacher ?" She asked me with a wide smile that showed her pearly teeth.

" A new one ? " I asked with a subtle shrug of my shoulders.

" Yes, plus I've heard he is smoking hot and only like three years older " She told seeming very excited.

I placed my hand under my chin thoughtfully " Well I hope he is better than mrs. Bently was " I said and tapped my lip lightly with my index finger.

" Soon we will find out " She replied with a wink of her bright blue eye.

It didn't take long before the new teacher entered the classroom. I tried to keep the pencil in my hand while my eyes widened a little as a reaction.

He walked over to his new desk while the whole classroom shared a few quiet seconds.

He surely looked amazing in the dark collar shirt and in a pair of black jeans. His hair was a bit messy and the black strands were pushed back.

" Good morning everyone, as you may know I'm your new teacher mr. Dowler " He said with a hint of smile just enough to make a friendly impression and he rolled up his sleeves.

Marilyn leaned against the side of my desk and whispered into my ear " Is that even legal to have a teacher that sexy " she chuckled and flashed a nice big smirk.

I shook my head at her and snorted quietly "Oh Mary " I said giving her a look and smiled.

I sat by my desk avoiding Mr. Dowlers eyes as they glanced over the strangely quiet classroom. I wrote down the notes and the class finally ended, I had never felt so relieved.

It was lunch time and our usual group sat by a round table in the school's cafeteria. Our group included: Marilyn, Tim, Louise and Fran. We all got some food on our trays and started to eat.

Fran used to hang out with the " badass gang " before after one crazy night he decided he could do better. He never really said anything about that night but luckily once the cafeteria was full and he sat down by our round table and he has been sitting with us ever since.

" They say the storm is coming up this night " Marilyn said while sipping her peach flavored ice tea from her bottle.

" Yeah I'm going to stay locked in for sure " Louise said and almost shivered closing her honey colored eyes.

Fran tapped his chin and shrugged his muscular shoulders " You should all come over to my place, I have enough space there " He suggested.

Tim tilted his head to the side lightly and adjusted his black framed glasses " Sure that sounds good, babe doesn't it ?" he asked Marilyn.

After we all agreed I saw Fran squinting and looking somewhere right past me his expression was a bit strange and it made me look over my shoulder to see what he was looking at. I saw Mr. Dowler talking with another teacher right behind the big glass window.

I didn't ask even though I could feel something wasn't right and it left me wondering what was up...