english - c.hood 01 | au

twenty four

c a l u m

noelle was the only thing on my mind right now, not this goddamn meeting i'm being dragged into.

"sir, i have a class running, can't this wait?" i ask. "or be done briefly out here?"

"miss ferrara is your new teacher's assistant." the dean explains. "i expect great things of you, hood. don't blow it."

"yes sir." i nod. "caroline, follow me."

the dean leaves and caroline follows me towards the door of my lecture hall.

but before we go in, i stop her.

"what the hell are you doing here?" i grit through my teeth.

"didn't you miss me, cal?" she bats her eyelashes.

"no, not one bit, if i'm being honest." i roll my eyes. "you're here for the next two days, three at most. i'm submitting an assistant transfer form."

"but cal, i—"

"don't call me that." i said. "it's mr hood to you, i'm your boss until further notice. here are the rules, you sit and you watch, nothing more, nothing less. you will not disturb me nor my students. and so help me god caroline if you do just one thing to agitate me, i will throw your sorry ass out. am i clear?"

"yes sir."

~

"miss delevingne, mr hemmings, a word?" i ask the two as the class clears out of the lecture hall.

"what's up?" luke asks, leaning back on one of the desks.

"wait." i said. "miss ferrara, you're free to leave."

"oh no, i'm fine here." she smiles.

"i wasn't asking." i glared. "i need to have a word with my students, and privately. i don't need you and your big mouth here while that takes place."

"shots fired." nora laughs.

after shooting nora a sharp glare, she turns to me with a gleamingly forced smile spread across her face. "i'll just get out of your hair then."

and so we watched as caroline left the lecture hall, "closing" the door behind her.

"so sir, what did you—"

"shhh!" i hushed the blonde. "she didn't close the door."

"who even was that?" nora asks, arms crossed.

"that's caroline, my ex girlfriend." i sighed. "what happened to noelle?"

"she had to go, said she wouldn't be back until tonight." nora said. "what's up with her anyways. you know, the ex?"

"keep it down." i whispered. "she's a bitch, that's what. and she'll do anything and everything to ruin my life until she has me back in her arms. she's a fucking psychopath."

"elle wants us to meet her at the spot." luke says, looking down at his phone. "you might wanna find a way to get rid of her and join us."

"on it." i nodded. "thank you miss delevingne, mr hemmings. i'll have the, uh, make up assignments back to you with your grade by the end of next week."

"later mr hood." they said in unison as they walked out.

sighing in relief, i sat back in my desk chair and let out a huge breath.

"oh, mr hood!" nora called all too loudly. "your TA is still here! she's been listening!"

i knew it.