Blurring Pink

A/N: This is a slightly shorter chapter, sorry about that! I hope you enjoy this story. Thanks to the guests for the reviews and also a thank you for all the favorites and follows! I really smiled when I saw all the notifications! I think I'll update every Monday (or at least I'll try to update every Monday)

Chapter 2: You have to be kidding me

She was getting ready for her first class "Juvenile Delinquency". She went to Granny's, a local diner close to the university, to grab her morning coffee. She arrived just in time for her class and sat down at a desk in the front row, next to one of her friends. She was talking to Ella, they had met during their first week and became fast friends. They were talking about their holidays until their new professor came in.

"Hello everyone." She heard an Irish voice say and she recognized that voice immediately. She quickly turned around to see Killian standing in front of the class. "My name is Killian Jones. I'll be teaching you about juvenile delinquency this last semester." He continued.

"Crap." Emma muttered. Killian looked as shocked as she was and then grinned up at her. There was a reason she left in the morning. She hated sleeping over, hated the awkwardness at the breakfast table. Seeing him here again, as her professor, was not something she would have excepted when she left in the middle of the night. Killian went on with his lesson, often looking in Emma's direction.

She rushed out the classroom so that Killian wouldn't have a chance to talk to her. She didn't have any other classes on Monday so she immediately went back to her dorm. She needed her best friend right now. She arrived at her room in record time.

"Ruby!" Emma yelled, hoping her roommate was in her room. She needed to tell her about Killian, she really needed some advice.

"Stop shouting!" Ruby said, still a bit hungover. Ruby wanted to go out on Sunday evening since she only had one class in the afternoon on Monday. Emma however had early classes until noon so she didn't want to go out with Ruby again last night.

"I need your help!" Emma said quickly.

"What's wrong?" Ruby asked with worry.

"You remember that guy I told you about yesterday?" Emma asked, hoping she wouldn't have to tell her story from the beginning.

"Yeah, of course." Ruby answered, motioning for Emma to continue.

"Well, I just found out he's my professor! It's such a mess, Ruby!" Emma said, the panic clearly noticeable in her voice.

"No way!" Ruby said. "Well, that's crap." She added, not really sure how to react.

"Yeah, thanks for stating the obvious. What am I going to do?" She panicked.

"It happened before you knew he was your professor and it's not like having a one night stand is a crime, right?" Ruby understood how awkward it must have been for Emma. "Just don't bring it up again. That might make it more awkward." She really tried to give her best friend some advice but it was difficult since it has never happened to Ruby before.

"Don't tell this to anyone. This has to stay a secret." Emma said, she knew she could trust her best friend with anything. The two of them were always telling each other their biggest secrets and those always stayed between them without anyone finding out. "I could get in trouble if someone finds out. They'll think I did it for better grades or something." She continued her rambling.

"Emma, stop panicking! It will be alright! No one will find out about this, I promise! And it happened before you knew he's your professor so you didn't really do anything wrong, okay?" Ruby said, hoping her best friend would calm down soon.

"You want to head to Granny's and relax a bit?" Emma said after a few moments.

"Yeah, sure." They grabbed their coats and headed to Granny's.

He was getting ready for his first class. He hated the early hours on a Monday morning. He grabbed some coffee and made breakfast before heading to the university. He opened the door to the classroom so that the students could get inside. He went to grab a coffee downstairs while the students gathered in his classroom. When he reentered the room again after ten minutes, the first thing he noticed were Emma's blond curls. At first he was shocked to see the woman back again, in his classroom never less. Emma looked as shocked as he was and he couldn't help but grin at her reaction. She was gone when he woke up, probably so she could skip the awkwardness in the morning. She was probably hoping to never see him again but here they were, both in the classroom.

"Hello everyone." He said, looking straight at Emma. "My name is Killian Jones. I'll be teaching you about juvenile delinquency this last semester." He saw her turning around quickly and muttering something. He grinned up at her and continued with his lesson. The hours flew by and he saw her leaving his classroom quickly when the class ended. When everyone left the room, he quickly locked it and went straight to his apartment. He did not expect this when he woke up alone Sunday morning. He decided to call Liam, Liam always gave good advice.

Liam picked up at the third ring.

"Hello?" He said.

"Liam, it's me; Killian." Killian said.

"Ah, little brother. What's up?" Liam said with a cheery voice.

"I'm not little anymore. But I'm calling you because I need advice. I did something stupid." He began his rambling.

"Just spit it out, it can't be that bad." Liam said, urging Killian to get to the point.

"Well, we went out on Sunday evening and I brought a lass home –" Killian began but was abruptly stopped by Liam's voice.

"You know I hate it when you have one night stands." Liam said with a disapproving voice.

"Yeah I know but that's not the point. Just let me finish my story." Killian answered annoyed before speaking again. "I just found out that the lass is a student of mine. I really don't know what to do, Liam."

"That's why you shouldn't have one night stands." Liam said after a few moments of silence. "Maybe you can talk to the lass or something; clear things out or it's going to be awkward."

"Alright, I'll do that then. So how's everything back in Ireland?" Killian asked. He really missed his family but being in America was a great opportunity.

"Your family misses you. We hope to see you again soon. We should skype sometime, your nice would love that." Killian could hear the smile in Liam's voice when he talked about his little girl.

"Tell Emily that her favorite uncle misses her very much." Killian said with a small smile. He really loved his little niece, they always had fun when they had a sleepover at his house.

"I'll tell her and you need to speak to that lass soon, alright? Keep me updated." Liam said. They said their goodbyes and hung up the phone.

Killian decided to head to Granny's for lunch, not in the mood to cook something for himself. When he arrived, he immediately noticed the blond goddess sitting in a booth near the window. "It's now or never" he thought. He was at Emma's table in no time.

"Emma, can I talk to you please?" He said in a hopeful tone. The blond looked up, clearly a bit annoyed at the interruption.

"Yeah, sure." She said after a few moments. She stood up and followed him to the back of the diner.

"We need to talk about what happened." Killian said when they sat down.

"There's nothing to talk about, okay? We had sex, that's it." Emma responded and Killian flinched slightly at Emma's harsh tone.

"Just don't tell anyone about it. It could be bad if someone finds out." He answered in a hush tone so that nobody could hear their conversation.

"Don't worry about it, I know what I'm doing." Emma said harshly again.

"Alright then." He said after a few moments. "I'll see you in class." He added before heading to the counter to get a burger. Emma went back to her booth without glancing back at Killian.