Ms. Harper is one of the finest high school teachers at Freeman High School. One of her students, Jay, is developing an extreme crush on her. After one fateful tutoring session, they both kiss and he suddenly vanishes for the rest of the year. When...
This chapter was inspired by the song Private by Olly Murs. Feel free to listen as you read!
Jay chained his bike up on Ms. Harper's back porch. He flicked his hair back, now slightly drenched with sweat from speeding down the street. He saw Ms. Harper was waiting for him at the door, beckoning him in. A smile washed over him and the warm memories he had the last time he had stayed here.
Jay sat down at her kitchen table, and she pulled up a chair across from him. Worry was written all over her face, from her furrowed brow, down to the wrinkle in her nose. She took a deep breath, "Tell me what you know."
Jay proceeded to tell her what happened. "It's all on his laptop, Ms. Harper." he continued. "I tried to delete the file, but I couldn't because it was blocked by a passcode. But that's not even it, he plans to do it anyway, whether you stay away from me or not he's framing you and using you." He looked at Ms, Harper who's hand was now covering her mouth as she took this new information in.
"We gotta get rid of that file before Tuesday or we're screwed."
"I can try to crack the passcode, but it will take time."
Ms. Harper stared hard at her kitchen door, searching, thinking for some way out. She thought of canceling the assembly, but, that won't do her any good, Mr. Vega would still have the file and would only find a better, more destructive way to expose them. She could only come to one conclusion and the tape must be erased, for her sake and Jay's.
"How much time do you need?" her voice cut through the silence.
"What?" he looked at her confused.
"If I could get you time with it, how much would you need?"
"I don't know, like 30 minutes, tops?" he shrugged.
"And you think you could do it?"
"Yeah, I mean, Mr. Vega taught me a lot about computers, so I could figure it out."
"Good, I can buy us that time."
"But how?"
"On Monday, I'll take him out to lunch."
But what if he takes his laptop with him.
"I'll make sure he doesn't. Then you can go into his classroom, break the code and delete the file."
"It's perfect!" His blue eyes lit up with excitement, but then slowly sunk.
"What is it, Jay?"
"But what if I can't do it?" he asked.
"You don't have a choice, you must delete it." She reached over and placed her hand on his shoulder. He placed his hand over hers, rubbing it gently. "I know you can do it."
After the weekend lasting what felt like an eternity, Monday morning came and Jay and Ms. Harper were ready.
After the lunch bell rang, Ms. Harper swiftly made her way down the hall. As she scurried, she could see Jay standing by the lockers, ready and waiting for her signal.
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