Cesca
She was in complete awe of him, of how he had effortlessly made friends with those, which only a few weeks ago were the authority figures in his life. Tom and Chris seemed to have welcomed him with open arms. All three of them were fully immersed in conversation; the older men were thriving from the young man's presence, and Jonah was simply enjoying the intelligent conversation. He had always been on a higher level than his classmates; he had the mind of a 30 year old on the body of an 18 year old. This was the main attraction for her; of course he was attractive on the outside, beautiful in fact, but if he in any way acted like the other members of year 13, nothing would have happened between them.
She still didn't fully understand what was going on, but she loved him and trusted him completely. He wasn't the kind of person to do something on a whim, so she was sure he would have considered ever possible scenario, every possible complication.
It was the last lesson of the day. She had a free period so took the opportunity to wind down in the calm serenity of her empty classroom. She kicked off her heels to give her poor feet a rest and idly flicked through some year 7 work books. It had been a slightly stressful day; each class seemed to be getting rowdier than the last, although seeing Jonah in the staffroom soothed her somewhat. All she wanted to do now was go home with her man, but of course they would have to leave separately. She was startled out of her reverie by a knock at the door; it was a few of the teachers. "Hey Ces, fancy going for a drink after school? Welcome Jonah officially?" "Sure, I would love to" It was all so surreal; she was going out for a drink... With Jonah... in public... with her friends? Admittedly not how she wanted to, she wanted everyone to know about them, accept them. He was the greatest thing to ever happen in her life and she wanted the whole world to know it, the secrecy and the lies made it seem like she was ashamed, but she wasn't, far from it in fact.
All of the pieces seemed to simultaneously fit together in her head, all of those chats they had had about university and where their futures lay, the look on his face at the prospect of her having to give up her whole life for him (which she was more than willing to do). He had changed his plans for her, so that they could both be happy, be together in public, live their lives without constantly looking over their shoulders. It was the most romantic thing anyone had ever done for her. It wasn't a physically trinket or any other cliché. It proved that he had considered her entirely, picked up on the vibes she was unintentionally sending out, and it made her love him all the more.
She slowly made her way down to the staffroom to collect her coat. All but one member of staff had already left for the pub and of course it was the one member she wanted to see, her Jonah. He hadn't noticed that she had walked in but he was presumably waiting for her. She was pretty sure no one would come in this late in the day so snuck up behind him; she wrapped her arms around his muscular chest and kissed him on the cheek. He was slightly startled at first but soon reciprocated the love by pulling her onto his lap and kissing her passionately. "Well, I never thought we would be doing that in here" he giggled as she buried her head into his chest, holding him as close as possible "Thank you, Jonah" she whispered, almost inaudibly. No other words were needed, he held her a little closer, the electricity pulsing through one another stronger than ever before.
"Maybe we should head off to the pub… I mean we have been sat here for 20 minutes" he suggested, a muffled giggle came from out of his chest and she began to stand, he attempts were stopped as he drew her closer to him once more for one final passionate kiss that left them both breathless. They had to act like strangers again now – not for long though she thought to herself, with the biggest smile imaginable upon her face.