Unforseen Lovers {TeacherXPupil} {Lesbian}

Chapter 26- Substitute

Emily's POV

The week was drawing to a painful end and i was anticipating an even more painful weekend of studying whilst all of my friends went out and enjoyed their leisure activities. I was probably working myself too hard and was confident at this point that i would pass my exams and make it into the next part of my life successfully, however passing was not what i wanted. I was dead set on excelling in my exams, in the same way i would have before i took almost a full term off, because i did not see any better way to rise above everything that happened to me. I refused to allow my experiences to influence my future.

I had only one lesson left of the day- English. I hadn't seen or heard from Danni since last night in our study session, which was unfortunately the norm for the time being. Ever since she had been receiving strange notes and visits, we had decided that some distance would be the best idea.

Because of this distance, English was even more enjoyable than before- considering it was one of the only times I could see her. As awkward as it was when we'd catch the occasional knowing eye-contact in her classes whilst she was attempting to give equal attention to the entire class, it was oddly comforting knowing that she still existed amidst the demands of life.

So as lunch drew to a close, I packed away the mass of textbooks compiled around me to form a fort, and slung my bag over my shoulder. I half forgot the presence of Felix and Isla as i rose to leave whilst in my own bubble of thoughts.

"Hey, wait up. We can walk with you." I paused for a moment to zone back into normality.

"Sure, you have maths right?"

"Yup, only one corridor down from the English block." She said this in an unintentionally patronising manner, as if I hadn't attended this school for almost 5 years of my life.

"Okay ace." I wanted to follow up with some sort of question, mainly to continue the conversation, but i had no clue what to say.

I didn't have to bear too much awkward silence before Felix broke it, "So... how's the studying going, Em? Are you keeping up with it?"

"Yeah, I mean well enough at least." I was slightly confused as to why he was asking- mainly because i had never seen Felix even touch a book. Studying was not his specialty, but passing exams with flying colours without putting in an ounce of effort was.

"Ooookay so considering you're on top of things, do you wanna come over for a BBQ tonight? There won't be many of us there and we wont keep you long." He fluttered his eyelashes in a way that have worked better with Tristan than me.

"Im not too sure, exams are really soon." The thought of going out and ignoring the masses of stress i had compiled upon myself was equally horrific and comforting.

"Oh, go on Em, loosen up." Once Isla involves herself in matters, it is quite clear that I was about to lose.

I hardly had time to ponder on the matter when we arrived at the door of Danni's classroom. More in a hurry to see her, and the desire not to have to awkwardly get told off by my girlfriend for being late to her class, i decided to end the conversation thoughtlessly. "Yeah, sure. Okay. But you've gotta give me a ride."

I pushed open the door and entered the room before listening to their victory cries.

Conscious of the time, I made my way over to my desk without looking towards the front of the room and started getting all of my books out.

Once I'd actually settled behind my desk, i glanced up to a voice that was quite different to the one i was expecting.

"And what is the name of the late-comer?" The woman sitting in Danni's seat had a stern look on her face and did not seem to tolerate my lack of punctuality. I was instantly filled with irrational confusion and concern for Danni, she had most likely just come down with the flu or was having a particularly bad period. But it wasn't like her to take a sick-day, she was way too conscious of her reputation in such a new job. The substitute teacher prodded once more as a sick feeling started to settle in my stomach, "well?"

"Uhm, sorry. Emily... Brown." At this point everyone was staring right at me, and i was praying that the reason for my awkwardness was not as transparent as I thought it might have been.

"Stay behind after class." She turned back to the whiteboard and starting muttering to herself as she scribbled the date and title. I already disliked her and was hoping that whatever punishment she had in store for me did not clash with Felix and Isla's BBQ.

"So whoever your teacher is, she didn't leave cover work. I hope her sickness is severe enough to excuse this." As she paused and glared around the room as if she were above every single one of us, I suppressed the urge to throw a textbook at her head. "So just get on with whatev-"

She was instantly cut off by a tannoy through the school microphone system and she looked to be seething with anger.

"Emily Brown to the principle's office. Emily Brown, Principle's office. Thank-you."

Once again, every face in the room turned to me, including whoever the bitch standing at the front was. My stomach sunk even further and i felt my entire body go cold. I had never been called to the Principle's office, and had a funny feeling i might have known what i owed the pleasure to. I suddenly did not think that Danni's absence was due to her period pains, and i was starting to worry that i was about to find out what happened to her.

"It seems you like distracting my class." Her bitterness was blatant and I had never wanted to scream at someone more. She seemed to of gotten bored of my silence "Well go on then."

With that, I hesitantly packed my books away in the best way i could whilst my hands were shaking ridiculously. As I stood up from my seat, i realised that my legs did not feel like they belonged to me at all, and controlling them was an impossible task.

However, in desperation to be as far away from Miss Bitch-face as possible, i proceeded to the door with my foreign limbs and slammed it shut behind me- just to be that little bit more distracting to her class.

I paused for a moment outside of the door and felt a weight press down onto my chest. The last time I'd felt this anxious was preceded by Brad and I refused to allow that feeling of helplessness to flood in once more.

I dropped my bag and took a few seconds to take many deep, slow breaths, until i felt my heart racing a little bit less dramatically. Once i had slightly composed myself, i rubbed my palms against my jeans to rid the sweat, picked up my bag, and headed towards my source of panic.

A/n- I've been working 1001 hours a week and so writing has been hard to get round to, I'm sorry!
Things are kicking off and the plot is unfolding- I hope you're enjoying how events are planning out :)))