Life Upside Down (Teacher/Student Relationship)

Chapter 13

*Ariel Collins*

Two months have passed since I last talked properly to Ryan. It was almost Christmas and I couldn't find the courage and make a decent conversation with him after what happened at the party. Of course we could use the friends with benefits relationship but I really didn't want to do something like that since...

Since I've been falling so hard for my Chemistry teacher.

At the moment I was sitting in the cafeteria, my cast was out a month ago but I'd keep it since it had the signatures of my favourite band, and I was studying for the upcoming test in Chemistry. Mr Saunders still showed a little bit of interest but not too much to get my hopes up.

They were up nonetheless.

My mind was swirling making it impossible for me to actually concentrate on studying. My grades were going higher thankfully with some help from Ollie and vice versa. As I sat there looking at the different questions and equations I didn't realize the bell had rung. I stood up and gathered my things, skipping towards my Chemistry class, ready or not to take the test and get it over with.

Ollie sat down beside me, smiling at me. "So are you ready about the test?" She asked, looking at my bit worried face. She knew I studied really hard for it. "Well I don't know but I hope I get more than seventy." I shrugged, looking down at my hands.

"Good morning class. I hope you guys studied for this test and are ready. I'm gonna pass the papers now and when I do please don't start helping each other and keep quiet." Mr Saunders said as soon as he got into class. His hair was a mess like he was in a hurry and forgot to comb it so just ruffled it with his hand and he wore a blank brown t-shirt with a pair of black jeans.

I sighed and as the paper reached my hand, I looked up at him seeing he was smiling softly at me. I looked back down and started working on my test.

When the bell rung I groaned refusing to let my paper go. I turned my back at Mr. Saunders, writing the last equation quickly. Everyone was filling out and I was the only left one in class, struggling to finish the question while Mr Saunders tried to take the paper from me. 

"No! Just one second! I am almost finished!" I whined staring up at him. His face was firm but it seemed like he was struggling not to smile. I frowned and kept writing the gave the paper to him. He took a look at it and then nodded. "Very well. From what I see your grades have improved. Good job." He smiled, walking back to his desk to put the papers in an envelope. 

I stood up, placing my things in my bag. Walking over to the door Mr Saunders grabbed my arm softly and pulled me towards him. "W-what are you doing sir?" I asked, not trusting myself to look up into his eyes. His arms wrapped around my waist as his dipped his face into my neck. I felt my legs getting wobbly as he held me against his hard body so I wrapped one of my arms around his neck looking for support and the other held his forearm firmly.

"You don't know how long I wanted to do that." He whispered against my ear, making my whole body break in goosebumps. What in the actual hell did he just say? "Excuse me?" I said my voice not higher than a whisper. I didn't try speaking louder 'cause I knew I'd stutter. 'Oh dear lord, I wanted to do that as well.' I wanted to tell him but no, I should keep my cool.

Then he pulled away with a frown on his face. But it was soon tugged into one of his heart breaking smiles making me smile back a little bit. His hand traced from my hair down to my cheek, resting it there a little, as his eyes did a little dance.

"I-I have to go." I said pulling back away from his grasp. He seemed to snap out of whatever his thoughts were and nodded. 

When I got out of the classroom, I sighed loudly waiting for my heart to go back into normal. I literally   sprinted towards the exit, hoping I'd find Ollie there. We were supposed to meet outside after school since we had our test. When I saw her talking with some of her guy friends I went over there and grabbed her arm, dragging her away. But she had resist and glare at me.