The Template

Crimson lips.

Vibrant emerald eyes.

Structured cheek bones.

Stoic,

Independent,

Frightening,

But alluring.

Further words could be used to articulate what the student felt whenever her eyes would rest on the figure of a tall, prim woman, stifling as if resting on familiarity. Her eyes would travel through the room finding contentment whenever viewing the stunning woman. Aurora is taking a advanced painting and drawing course, one she decided to take despite her fathers prominent wishes of her studying law as he did.

It wasn't so much of an act of rebellion, yes she knew that she could get into any college, yes she was thrown scholarships from here and there, but when it came down to it art was the passion that always gained her attention. The activity that struck a cord.

Music never seemed to play unless her fingers were wrapped around a stiff pencil, wooden and covered with black, pressing against white or manila paper thin or strong. The variations only revealed once the touch of paint,water colors, or pencil marked it with lines and shades, organic and smooth.

She moved from the cold Autumn breeze that swirled the air with a scent of pine and rich earth. The ground littered with leaves traveling through the air loosely chemically altered to shades of red and purple, assisting tones that explored the spectrum between. Not much was needed for the course, a medium sized art book, set of pencils, and art folder varying in size based off of the art that were to be stored in it.

Aurora was quite, the folder tucked beneath her arm with straps that rested on her shoulder, swinging as she made her way from the jet black car and toward the college building. The boundless girl was dressed in a long over-sized cardigan, gray and speckled with dark and white shades of the same color. The blonde accompanied the warm sweater coat with a large wine scarf the twirled around her neck, a black string top detailed in sleek lines of velvet along the back and front. Her bottom was held nicely in dark black jeans reaching her naval and hugging the soft curves that lead to slender legs and high knee boots in the same complimenting shade of black.

She entered the building finally, giving a smile to the worker that stood at the front desk. A lovely lady who was always willing to help her with any problems around the school. Reaching the art room Aurora felt a smile curl on her lips, the task would be viewed as boring and typical, for Aurora however it was exciting. Art was like a venture, giving her the nostalgic feeling of waiting for her mother to finish cooking, or her brother to pick her up from pre-school, a feeling that both swirled and warmed in her chest, anticipation soft never imposing.

She wrapped her hand around the cold silver knob that hadn't been touched by the heat that had only began to swarm minutes prior through the large building.

Her head moved as sapphire blues surveyed slowly about the room, quite, still, everything was in a time of solitude as if still asleep giving a sense of sanctuary that was disturbed by no other than the now thick thump of papers.

A light brow lifted as the large eyes turned in the direction, narrowing as they viewed a tall brunette putting her coffee onto the large metal desk.

"Good morning" Aurora spoke in the softest voice possible, mornings weren't necessarily the time to be beaming with too much glee.

The woman looked up surprised a bit, the long brown locks moving and shielding a side of her face, her body was leaned over the desk as she prepared to search through the stack of papers. Moving her hand to her face the teacher pulled rich locks behind a sharp pale ear, dazzling with diamond studs the detailed two holes on the beauties lobes. "Good Morning " The lips curled into a minimal smile that was cut short her green eyes directing themselves and the head of full locks back to the papers.

The woman seemed busy. She, unlike most art teachers who would by decked out in jewelry of tribal, ethnic stones, and busy colors, was dressed in a plain white shirt ,two thin straps holding the flowy top on her straight shoulders. Her bottom was a sharp pencil skirt inked in white as wore a scarf in light beige a simple necklace holding a amethyst stone. Her features were bare and naturally stunning,

Vibrant mint eyes shielded by thick black lashes, her brows arched softly. Though sitting quietly in the back as she usually did, Aurora couldn't help but let her eyes travel to the full red lips being bitten lightly by the concentrated teacher as she moved through the papers and then the black board. Her beauty, Maleficent's, was both dazzling and daring like the stone that hung around her long neck.

The class room was cluttered as time passed with bodies that entered, already speaking with others or themselves.

The blonde didn't pay it much mind, overflowing company was one of the things she enjoyed,being hidden and blending in.

A young man would sit next to her since her seat always was opened and well most of the others were filled with people who were friends or knew of one another. He would sit next to her as he did many times before, give a soft hello which she gladly replied to, pull out his detail covered art book and began work even before class would officially began. Her eyes would direct to the amazing creature that slithered around the room speaking deep rich words that echoed too profoundly within the blondes ear, resting itself in her ear drums to be recalled whenever Aurora was alone.

"Today will be a simple drawing task. I want you all to draw something that always grabs your attention" the teachers explanation continue for a short while, deep eyes skimming over blues every now and then, as she had to so many other students. Or rather that was what the girl thought.

The task at hand was too fitting for the blonde who had a constant attraction. One that drew her attention to tall legs, a curved small torso, long slim arms and perfectly angled cheeks that seemed unearthly.

The class had begun to draw speaking among themselves as they tried to discuss things they claimed would attract their attention every now and then. Aurora didn't need much thinking and neither did her hands as they held onto the pencil, hitting the white thick paper in light strokes forming a creature, both stunning and real. She would lift her head every now and then gazing at the woman who walked around the room leaning over unfinished pieces, allowing long fingers further extended by nails tinted in cherry as they scraped lightly over the work, her lips moving as they explained on. Aurora would run her fingers through her hair whenever the teacher would look to her after possibly sensing the gaze, she would look down at the sheet fighting back the burn the urged to make it's appearance onto her freckled skin. That's why she enjoyed the back as well, it would take a while before the woman could reach her and look over the piece of lines scrambled among one another to create even thicker shapes and forms.

Her piece was outlined easily, for her eyes had nearly embedded the perfect form of Maleficent's figure into the lids of her eyes.

A image that would appear whenever they closed for a moment or hours, never hunting but surely taunting at the least. She was sure her fascination with the woman had turned quickly to a desire for more of everything, to be able to touch, kiss, hold the woman in her arms, ideas which were daring dreams of an illusionist, ones that weren't brave enough to explain themselves out loud. Eyes locked on the paper, Aurora hadn't realized the woman who made her way beside her, leaning slightly to view the paper more clearly.

"Interesting" The voice strayed only a inch from a purr as it reached Aurora's ear, the student sitting up in her seat. She took a moment, not responding and hoping the woman would far from her. She could feel her heart thumping against the white rib-cage beneath the thick pale skin that stood as the outermost layer of her form. The blonde could sense it, the bubbling just beneath her skin ,a heat flushing to her cheeks as eyes held the strong will to not look up at the woman. Her nose tangled as the warm aroma of sweet and herb like perfume made their way in , clouding the restraint she clutched could feel the earth move as the woman lowered steep, the necklace dangling in a slow movement as the perfect creatures face moved near Aurora's.

"I shouldn't speak of such blunt words but could this illustration be of me"

"It is" Above a whisper but still heard by the woman close to her.

"Why?" Raising above the usual deep tone with wonder while still stern, Maleficent's question reached the girls ear that burned pink feeling the air that moved against her skin.

"Because...you are captivating. To me you are the...most beautiful thing" she turned her head looking up to meet wondering emerald eyes that looked back at her waiting for the woman to finish her sentence. As something else hinted within the golden swirls surrounding the dark pupils.

"I have ever laid my eyes on."

Aurora felt air being pulled in as the woman stood up straight her eyes remaining on the blonde as she walked back to the front of the room.

The student looked back at her as well even when the deep eyes moved forward and searched through the class room stopping for moments, fleeting ones that lasted longer than they were meant, ending short after.

Maleficent found her seat sitting in the chair as she crossed her legs, looking down at papers as student's hurried out.

Aurora was the last in the room, alone with the teacher who seemed to be focused on something else. Walking slowly she moved to the desk. Maleficent looked up wondering before her eyes calmed as they viewed the blonde who gave another soft smile, allowing her fingers to move slowly over the desk.

"I do believe you are too alluring" Her voice rung with a smile as she viewed the teacher arch a brow, her lips smiling as well.

"Why thank you. " The laugh surround the room like music ,catching the beauty off guard as she stood watching the brief laugh end.

"You're so..." The sentence trailed into a whisper as soft hands cupped a woman's face, gentle, leaning over the desk and pulling the woman's face gently towards her own. The brunette wasn't sure what to do, from what she had learned about the girl Aurora wasn't the abrasive type of person.

Her thoughts travailed faster than her hands which only held onto the wrist belonging to Aurora after pillowy lips pressed against her own, emitting warmth and another aspect that exceeded that of simple fascination.

It took a minute before Aurora pulled away removing her hands from the woman's face, Maleficent's hands still wrapped around her wrist.

The blonde pulled away as if waking up from a dream, bright blues closing and opening quickly trying to clear the vision that was already clear.

" Aurora?" The voice came as a welcomed intrusion into Aurora's ears. The girl didn't speak, she loosened her hand, gently slipping it from the grip of her teacher, resting them on top of Maleficent's.

Seconds felt as if minutes as the blonde continued looking at their hands, slipping her fingers through long warm ones holding them gently. Maleficent kept her eyes onto the girl's face trying to figure out what the student was thinking and doing.

Before she could open her mouth to ask Aurora another question, the girl had released her hold already making it to the door and exiting the room.