To Be Loved (Teacher/Student)

Chapter 6

Andrew's POV

Truth be told, I honestly loved this girl since the moment I entered the room.

Her hypnotizing purple eyes had me in a trance since I set my eyes on her. It was as if something led me to her and now that she's here, I don't plan on letting her go.

When we got inside the restaurant, we walked to the little podium at the front and waited to be seated.

"How many?" A teenager around the age of 17 asked us in a peppy voice.

"Uh three." I said.

She led us to a booth in the back and I slid in on one side and her and James slid in on the other side.

"Here are your menus, My name is Shelly and I will be your waiter for the evening. Is there any drink I can start you off with?" She asked as she took out her notepad and pen.

"Uh yeah, I'll have a Pepsi and...what would you two like?" I asked them.

"I'll have a Pepsi too."

"I want ssome milk!" Shouted James.

The waitress laughed and said, "Coming right up buddy. And would you want a cookie too, they're free."

He looked at Jessie with hopeful eyes and she shook her head yes. He looked back at Shelly and said, "yess pwease."

She smiled again and wrote it down on her notepad.

"Alrighty then, so I have two Pepsi's, one milk and a cookie. I'll be back a little later to take your orders."

Two minutes later, Shelly came back with our drinks and James dug into his cookie leaving him with crumbs and chocolate smeared on his cheeks.

Jessie laughed and wiped it off of his face with a napkin.

When she walked away James said, "I like her."

Jessie had this far away look and she suddenly stood up, "I'll be back, I have to go to the restroom. "

When she disappeared, I stared at her back until I felt a yank on my sleeve.

I turned my head to the side to look at James. He was wearing what was supposed to be a serious face.

"Do you like my ssister?" He folded his arms over his chest and started to glare at me.

"Yes I very much do. I like her a lot." His glared softened a bit and he hugged me.

Shocked at first I stood still, then after a couple of seconds I hugged him back.

"You're like a big teddy bear, I like teddy bears."

I felt my heart warm as he said this. I had a feeling he would become an important person in my life, right along with his sister.

He let go and said, "when Jessie comess back, none of thiss ever happened got it?"

I laughed a little and shook my head yes. "You got it bud," then I ruffled his hair.

When Jessie came back, she had a smile on her face and asked, "have you guys figured out what you want?"

"Yeah Jesssie, I'm getting chicken fingerss and fwench fwies." He was so excited he started bouncing up and down in his seat.

She smiled and tickled his stomach. "You always get chicken fingers Mini."

He stuck out his tongue at her and she did the same.

I smiled at the pair. "Alright little ones, enough. Jessie do you know what you want?"

"Um yeah, I'll get a cheeseburger and fries."

I flagged down the waiter and she came over in a heartbeat.

"Have you guys made your decision yet?"

"Yeah, I'll take the shrimp and pasta with a salad, she'll take a cheeseburger with french fries and he'll take..."

"Chicken fingerss and fwench fwies!" James interjected before I could finish.

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When we finished with the food, we headed to the car, but not without James yelling, "bye Shelly!"

"Bye little man!" Shelly waved.

"Do you need me to take you back to your house?" I asked Jessie after she buckled James up in his car seat.

"No, I'll give you directions to where we need to be." I nodded and started the car, pulling out of the parking lot.

While she told me to go right and I asked, "do you need me to pick you up after?"

"No, I'll have a ride. Thanks though."

About 5 minutes into the ride, I heard snoring coming from the back seat. I looked through the rear view mirror and sure enough, James was asleep.

I reached over and grabbed her left hand that rested on her lap. She looked me in the eyes and I could sense a bit of sadness.

I looked back at the road, but kept my hand in hers.

"You know, as I've said before, I'm here for you. You can tell me anything you want. I'm not going to judge you. We all have a past we're not proud of. Just stop trying to be strong by yourself, and let someone be strong for you."

I heard a sniffle and out of the corner of my eyes, I seen her wipe away the tears from her eyes.

"Right." She simply said.

"Huh?" I didn't understand.

"Take the next right."

 I took a right and she told me to stop at a big blue house with a small garden in the front.

"Thank you Mr. Pierce, I really appreciate it. I will pay you back for the food and for..."

I touched her and stopped her from completing that sentence. I looked her deep in the eyes and couldn't stop myself from kissing her.

Her lips tasted a little like cherry and it drove me completely wild. I bit her lip and felt a little whine come out of her mouth. I tried to deepen it, but she pulled away.

Without any other words, she took James out of his car seat and grabbed their stuff and started to head for the house.

"Thanks again Mr. Pierce, see you at school."

Before she turned away, I said, "It's Andrew sweetie."

She turned around and faintly smiled, "thanks again Andrew."

I waved and turned the car around to head home.

Man she was turning me soft. The good thing about it was, I was loving every single minute of it too.

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Hey my lovely readers. Hope you enjoyed it!

Love you lots-Oni