Stephanie was lying awake in bed, it was nearly 5am she hadn't been able to sleep, she was thinking about Paul. Today she was going to confront him, it wasn't going to be easy but she had to know how he was feeling, the past 2 weeks had been horrible for Stephanie not being able to talk to anyone. The worst part was she had to suffer alone until she talked to Stacy, even though Stacy seemed cool with it, Stephanie wondered if anything happened between them would Stacy feel the same. Stephanie got out of bed and went downstairs to get some water, her throat felt rough and dry she opened the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water, and poured it into a glass, she tilted her head back allowing the cold liquid to soothe her throat. Stephanie stayed downstairs for a while, she felt asleep on the couch soon after she had sat down.

"Steph" It was Shane "What are you doing down here?"

"Oh I was just getting a glass of water and I guess I fell asleep". Said Stephanie

"Ok well it's time to get up sis" Said Shane.

Stephanie got up from the couch and went upstairs to get dressed, when she came down she tried to eat her breakfast, but she didn't feel up to eating it she took a few bites and left the rest.

"Hi Steph" Said Stacy, she was already on the bus she waved Stephanie over to sit next to her.

The ride to School felt like an eternity for Stephanie. She was so nervous going to see Paul, her hands where shaking and her palms where sweaty, she hoped after today things would be cool with them again. This made Stephanie realise they may never have a chance to be together, after Paul kissed her it sunk in how wrong it was, the look on his face afterwards still replayed in her head. Stephanie couldn't believe she had been so foolish to believe they had a chance, then she thought what if Paul wanted this, what if he kissed her because he liked her, Stephanie knew he felt something the moment his lips touched hers, the way he kissed her so tenderly, it was amazing and scary, could it be Paul was avoiding her because he was scared off what could happen? maybe Paul was denying there fate, whatever it was Stephanie was going to find out, no matter ugly it could get, it would be better to know where she stood than be feeling like this.

Stephanie was in Chemistry, it was the last class of the day, and she was sitting next to Kurt Angle, they where doing a project together. Stephanie would rather sit next to Stacy; however Miss Wilson insisted that the pairings would remain the same, until the project was over.

"So have you got everything down Steph" Asked Kurt, Stephanie was taking the notes down, as Kurt measured out the Substances.

"Yep"

"Great where sure to get an A on this Steph" Said Kurt happily.

Stephanie had to admit working with Kurt did get you an easy A. He knew a lot about Chemistry, as a matter of fact Kurt was perhaps the smartest person she'd met, he was the Teachers pet that's why everyone hated him. Stephanie had to admit though; he rubbed it in how smart he was, I guess he was asking for a beat down. The bell rang meaning the end of School.

"Ok everyone make sure you've recorded everything down before you leave, and we'll do the next part tomorrow" Said Miss Wilson.

Stephanie grabbed her things and headed to find Paul, she was shaking she thought about turning back, 'no I have to see him' thought Stephanie. She reached the office; she just hoped Paul would be there, she knocked on the door.

"Come in" Stephanie walked in.

"Have you seen Mr Levesque" Asked Stephanie

"He's just taken a shower" Said Mr O'Donnell he acted unusually nice, she thought he would have been a smartass with her.

"Ok then" Said Stephanie feeling a bit disappointed.

"Is it important I'll give him a message" Said Mr O'Donnell

"No it's fine" Stephanie made her way out of the office, she had to go through the Changing rooms to get out, on her way she saw Paul standing there, he only had on a pair of jeans and a towel on his shoulder his hair was wet.

"Paul I was looking for you" Said Stephanie nervously, seeing him with only his jeans on was hard to resist, his hair was wet she could see some drops of water resting on is body. Stephanie couldn't even remember what she was going to say.

"Come with me" Said Paul, Stephanie followed him inside the empty locker room; he sat down on one of the benches.

"Paul before you say anything, when we kissed it meant something to me, I admit I was scared but that didn't mean that I didn't like it" Said Stephanie.

"Steph….we can't do this it's wrong, I can lose my job over this and you have a boyfriend I made a mistake, look I'm sorry I did it,….I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable" Said Paul, something snapped in Stephanie.

"Make me feel uncomfortable, Paul for the past 2 weeks you have been ignoring me like nothing happened, how do you think I feel, I'll tell you, I feel like shit Paul you wouldn't even talk to me, you don't know how much I care about you"

"It's complicated there is no us, we can't see each other" Said Paul

"Then why did you kiss me then, just to play some sick game on me" Said Stephanie, both of them where shouting now, they where lucky no one was still at School.

"I don't know ok" Paul put his hands over his face.

"You don't know why you kissed me, why have you been avoiding me; you could have talked to me." Said Stephanie her voice a little more calm

"I couldn't" Said Paul putting his head down.

"Why"

"Because every time I see you I want to do this" Paul grabbed Stephanie cupping her face in his hands, he kissed her on the lips slipping his tongue in, he guided her towards the locker so her back was resting against it, he slid his hands down to her waist allowing his tongue to dance with hers, Stephanie rested her hands on his chest. Stephanie's legs felt like jelly realising how much Paul wanted this, the hunger in the kiss. They're lips parted resting his head against hers.

"Steph this is so wrong, you know if we got caught I'd get in deep shit, I mean I want you so bad, but is it worth the risk?" Said Paul

"Paul I don't care what people think I want to be with you, hell I've wanted this for so long no one will ever find out" Said Stephanie giving him puppy dog eyes, he looked so beautiful.

"Things never stay secret Steph"

"Paul don't you want this?"

"What if we get hurt, this isn't your normal Situation I'm your Teacher, I'm ten years older than you, what will your parents think." Said Paul

"Paul we can give it a chance, these past 2 weeks have been hell not being able to see you, to talk to you why are we fighting this Paul, do you want to be with me" Said Stephanie

Paul looked into her eyes, he thought to himself why is he shutting her out it's his life, yes they would have to keep it secret but he would have her.

"I guess I was being an asshole before, but Steph it scared the shit out of me when you kissed me back, I thought you would tell your parents and I'd go down" Admitted Paul "I can't get enough of you Steph, I'm crazy about you" Paul was finally smiling, Stephanie couldn't believe it Paul felt the same as her, it seemed unreal and now it looked as though they had a chance

"Paul I care about you so much, I've wanted this since I first met you, I'm crazy about you too" Said Stephanie tears where running down her cheeks, Paul used his thumb to brush them away.

"Don't cry Steph" Said Paul

"So we have a chance?"

"What about your boyfriend" Asked Paul

"Paul, Ethan isn't my boyfriend we just pretended to date"

"Why would you do that?"

"Cause my parents wanted me to go out on dates, Paul it's always been you", Paul smiled and pulled her in for a hug. "we can't tell anyone though".

"I won't" Said Stephanie Paul kissed her temple and then pulled her in his arms again, Stephanie had got her man, something she had waited so long for, Paul was hers now they had each other, that's all that mattered.