Love Isn't Always A Fairy Tale {Teacher/Student Romance}

Chapter 24- Busted

Ethan’s POV still**************************************

I wake up sometime later, my arms still around Skylar. From her deep, steady breathing I know she’s still asleep. I smile looking down at her, and then I feel the familiar doubt begin to seep in. No, not doubt, I don’t know what to call it. I shouldn’t be here. I know that I shouldn’t, it’s wrong…

I sigh a little, and I feel Skylar scoot closer to me. It’s as if she’s trying to comfort me. If only she knew she was the cause of it. Looking down at her, watching her sleeping, feeling her in my arms, right here right now, in this moment, it doesn’t feel wrong.

What’s that saying, if this is wrong I don’t want to be right? I agree wholeheartedly with that statement. It’s not like I meant to fall for a student. Or to make a student fall for me, as the thought creeps in I remember hearing Skylar say those 3 little words. I love you…

Will I ever get to hear her say that, when she’s not having a nightmare? Did she mean it when she said it? At the thought, I can feel my heart fall a little. She had to mean it. There was so much emotion there in her voice… I mean come on she was crying! She had to mean it.

A sound from downstairs brings me out of my self-quarreling. I try to place the sound, but it’s too faint. Then I hear a constant, thump, thump, a sound I instantly know it footsteps… on the stairs… coming up to the bedroom. By the time my brain fully registers it, the door is being opened, and I see a familiar very surprised red head. I sit up quickly in the bed.

“It’s not what it looks like.” I tell Rae. She stands there and simply stares, mouth opened eyes wide. When she recovers, she closes her mouth, and crosses her arms.

“Really cause it looks to me like you’re lying in bed with Skylar.” She tells me, raising her eyebrows. I look down at Skylar, and then back up at Rae.

“Okay so it is what it looks like, but I can explain.” I tell her, and mentally kick myself for sounding like I’m whining, or worse begging, blah.

“This should be good,” She tells me, leaning up against the door frame. “I’m waiting, let’s hear it.” As she gets that out of her mouth, Skylar stirs and begins to wake. She sees me sitting up, and she slowly moves her eyes in the direction I’m looking.

“It’s not what it looks like!” She yells at Rae, sitting up like a rocket. I put my arm out to steady her, when she starts wobbling.

“We’ve gotten past that sweetheart. We’ve made it to I can explain.” Rae tells her, still looking at me.

“It’s my fault! I asked him to stay!” Skylar blurts out, and Rae and I both look at her.

“Are you serious? Is that true?” Rae asks, looking at me. I look at her and then back at Skylar. I can’t let her take all the blame. Although it’s true she is the one who asked me to stay, but I didn’t have to say yes.

“Yes it’s true, but I’m the reason you got sick.” I say, averting my gaze to Skylar.

“Not necessarily, you didn’t make me chase you in the rain.”

“I didn’t give you much of a choice. I’m the one who jumped out of the car.”

“You didn’t make me follow you, though. It was my decision.”

“If I hadn’t got out of the car, you wouldn’t have had to make the decision to chase me.”

“I still would have had to get out of the car, in the rain, so either way I could have gotten sick.” I roll my eyes at her.

“You’re stubborn.” I tell her, and she smiles at me.

“I know, but it’s still not your fault.”