Later that day Stephanie was sitting at the kitchen table at Trish's house waiting for her friend to come back down from her bedroom where she was getting her laptop. Trish came back into the room a few moments later and sat down next to Stephanie again. "Sorry, I was grabbing my speaker thing for my phone, so we could listen to the ipod."

"It's okay, I was just thinking about some things."

"What kind of things?" Trish asked as she sat her phone down after turning it to the ipod.

"It's nothing really."

Trish observed her friend for a moment, and then thought about the way she had been acting since that morning. "What's been up with you today Steph?"

"Nothing why?"

"Well you have been acting kind of strange since you had that talk with Mr. Levesque after first period this morning, did something happen."

"No, of course not. Why would you even ask that?" Stephanie asked not even looking at her friend.

"That just makes me think that something did even more, so spill! What happened? Did he tell you that your paper sucks, or maybe that you dress like a hooker?" Trish laughed.

"Trish shut up."

"Come on, just tell me. We are supposed to be the best of friends, practically family."

"Fine, but you can't tell anyone else, not even Kelly and Eve."

"Fine, I swear, now tell me." Trish said leaning forward to better hear the gossip she was about to receive.

"Well I was sitting on the table, and when I hopped down to leave I kind of stumbled and he caught me, and we had a moment." Stephanie blushed.

"What kind of moment? Did you feel that whole electricity through your veins kind of feeling?"

"Kind of yeah, and then he sort of leaned in and kissed me."

"What? Oh my god, he is so hot, what did you do? Did you kiss him back? What happened after?"

Stephanie was a little overwhelmed by Trish's questioning but she took a deep breath. "He is really hot, and I kissed him back, then when he pulled away I just said thanks for the help with the paper and kind of ran out."

"Oh my god, I don't even know what to say about this."

"Me either, but I really liked it, and it made me feel…"

"Hot?" Trish laughed.

Stephanie shoved her in the shoulder a little. "Shut up, but I really liked it and I think he did too, but now he is probably going to switch classes or something like that and never even look at me again."

"Steph you're gorgeous of course he did."

"Yeah but I'm in high school, and he's our teacher."

"Well I guess that you will find out what happens tomorrow or something."

"Yeah." Stephanie said as they both looked back down at their work.

Later that day Stephanie arrived home and walked into the living room to say hello to her parents before heading up to her room. She walked into the room and didn't see anyone, so she turned around and headed toward the kitchen. Again she didn't see anyone, but as she was turning to leave, she saw a note sitting in front of the sink. She walked over and grabbed it off the counter.

Steph,

Your father and I had to leave for a few days, we left a message on your cell as well, and you didn't answer when we called earlier. It is for business and your father thought it would be a great learning experience for Shane so he came along. We left some money on the desk in your room for some food, if you feel like eating out. See you Sunday night sweetie, we will call to say goodnight later tonight.

Love Mom.

Stephanie tossed the note back to the counter and rolled her eyes. She then pulled her phone out of her purse and looked at the screen to see that she did in fact have a new message. She dialed the number for her voicemail and hit the key to delete the message as soon as it started already knowing it was from her mother. She then turned and headed back to the living room. She threw herself down on the couch and grabbed the remote to find something to watch.

She had just turned on a movie when the doorbell rang throughout the house. She sighed and stood up to go and answer the door. She got to the door and threw it open, wondering who it could possibly be and thinking it might be Trish or something. As she threw open the door she was shocked by who was on the other side.

"Um…hey." She said.

"Hi, I know this is probably really weird for you, but I think we should talk and I know school isn't the place for this conversation." Paul said standing on the porch awkwardly.

"Of course, um…come on in." Stephanie said stepping out of the way so that he could walk into the house.

He walked through the door, and stood behind her as she shut the door and turned around. "Follow me," She said leading him toward the living room.

She grabbed the remote and turned the TV off before sitting down on the edge of the couch. "You can sit." She said seeing him just standing in the entryway.

He sat down on the chair across from her, "Thanks,"

"No problem."

"So yeah about this morning…"

"It's okay, you didn't have to come all this way, we can just forget it, I wasn't going to tell anyone or anything." She said nervously.

"Well that's kind of a relief, I was a little worried you might tell your parents or something."

"You would have known if I did, my dad would have been there right away."

"Right," Paul said looking around the room like he was expecting her dad to jump out from behind the TV or something."

"They aren't home," Stephanie said watching him look around the room. "They and my brother left for the rest of the week on business and they won't be home until Sunday."

"Do they do that often?" He asked relaxing slightly.

"Yeah, my dad runs the whole company so you know."

"Right, so are we good here? I didn't want to have to switch you out of my class or something."

"Oh please don't do that," Stephanie said grabbing his arm, "Mr. Gonzales hates me and he would probably fail me on purpose, and then I won't get into college…"

Paul grabbed her hand to stop her rambling. "Relax Stephanie, I don't plan to do that. It wouldn't be fair to you, I was the one that made things uncomfortable."

"Right," Stephanie said ceasing her rambling and staring at his lips as electricity shot through her at his touch. She licked her lips slowly and swallowed wanting to lean forward and press her lips to his again.

Paul kept his hand on hers, which was still on his arm. He felt his stomach fill with butterflies again as he looked at her face. She had a gorgeous face, but he absolutely loved her blue eyes, which had just taken on a more grayish color. His eyes focused on her lips as she licked hers slowly and bit the bottom lip a bit.

He felt himself leaning toward her and before he knew what was happening he was kissing her again. Her lips tasted like strawberries and as she opened her mouth and let out a soft moan he pulled her closer, making her straddle his lap , as he let his tongue explore her hot mouth.

Stephanie moaned again she felt him pull her tighter against him, she straddled his lap, leaning up on her knees to gain some leverage, and leaned down, grabbing his hair and pulling his head closer if that was possible. She felt him grab at her hips and run his rand up her back slowly to grab at her long brown hair, pulling it gently. She pulled away when she felt the need for air and his lips moved to her neck. She sat herself more firmly against him, and felt him groan. She could feel him against her, and while he was sucking and licking her neck, she felt pleased that she could incite such a reaction out of him.

She pulled his head away by the hair and kissed his mouth again, running her tongue over his bottom lip for a moment before letting her tongue explore his mouth. She moaned again as she started grinding herself gently against him, feeling him getting more and more aroused by her actions. She felt him grab her hips again and pull away for a moment. She glanced into his hazel eyes, and saw the desire he felt for her and whispered just two words before he stood up, with her in his arms, she wrapped her legs around him and continued to kiss him.

"My bed."