Chapter Three
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Hey all! These past 2 days have been fun, huh? See, I told you it's fun
down here! I'm sitting in Mr. Johnson's class right now, and we're taking
notes from the overhead projector on the 6 types of theft. He's explaining
them in more detail and giving examples. For some reason, he said that he
likes to start things in this class where we get into the really big crimes
first and then towards the other half of the semester we're going to talk
about the small and petty crimes. That's why we started yesterday talking
about the different types of homicide. We'd taken notes the first day
(after you all left and also after we did the thing with the index cards
where we had to provide him with our personal info) and so yesterday was
more so a review.
We're almost done taking notes now, but earlier on when we were about halfway into it, this new girl came into the class. Her name is Maia (*you know who you are*) and she's a transfer student from Florida State University. FSU is our biggest state rival, and to be completely honest, we hate anyone who comes from there. But I have to give it to her...she transferred, which meant she obviously wanted to go to the best school, right? LOL! She's been quiet ever since getting here. Dwayne sat her in front of me, in the second to the last row up. She just slipped me a note...hold on.
Hey, what's up?
It was pretty simple, but then again what else would you expect from a new student who isn't familiar with anyone? Let me write this girl back and just HOPE Mr. Johnson doesn't catch me passing it back to her!
After passing it back to her, I get back to copying the last of my notes. Mr. Johnson starts moving around the room and waking a few people up who were sleeping. You would think that people would learn from what he'd done to Nikki yesterday when she slept in his class! *Shakes head* Maia is passing back the note to me now.
Is it just me, or is Mr. Johnson FINE as hell?! How do you put up with him all class period looking all good without doing not a damn thing? I know it has to be hard!
This is hilarious! What is WRONG with this girl? She's reading my mind and she don't even know me like that! I'm laughing out loud now, and then try not stop, but it's too late. Mr. Johnson has stopped talking and is looking up at me, as is everyone else in the class.
"Counselor Crystal, I really don't know what is so funny. Whatever it is, I want to know so I can have a good laugh. I haven't had one all day, and I need one. So why don't you enlighten me?" He asks, turning off the overhead and turning the lights back on.
Maia turns to look at me and gives me this look like "he wants you to ENLIGHTEN him all right!" and I start laughing again. Why does she have to get me in trouble? This ain't right!
"Mr. Johnson, nothing is funny. I'm sorry for interrupting you in the middle of class, and it won't happen again." I say sincerely.
Just as I finish saying that, Maia takes the note back while he's not looking and then writes something down on it. Then she passes it back to me with a grin on her face.
You're gonna make him take his belt off and spank you for interrupting him in the middle of class! Get ready for it, girl!
She is so dumb! Don't you know that just as I finish reading the note, I look down at Mr. Johnson and he's fixing his belt?!!! That has to be pure coincidence, for real. But nevertheless, I start to laugh again out loud.
"Crystal! What the hell is so funny?!!!" Mr. Johnson yells at me.
I put my head down and try not to look at him while I'm laughing. I maintain my composure and bring my head up to look down at him. My face is all red from laughing.
"Mr. Johnson..." I start to say.
"Mr. Johnson, it was my fault. She didn't do anything. I just said something to her that I thought was funny. I'm sorry." Maia said, speaking up.
"Is that how it happened?" Mr. Johnson asked, looking at me and then Maia.
"Yes." We both say, giving a quick look to each other.
"Alright then. Maia, this is your first day here and although I joke around a lot with my students, when we're in the middle of something important you don't do that. However, since it's your first day I'll give you a break. I appreciate your honesty, but Crystal, you know better." Mr. Johnson said, touching his belt.
Now Maia and I burst out laughing. Why is it that every time he looks at me now, he has to touch his belt? I'm starting to think that Maia is like a psychic or something!
"Maia, Crystal come here!" Mr. Johnson booms, pointing to where he's standing.
Maia and I look at each other and the whole class is giggling amongst themselves. I think I done found a new best friend AND partner in crime!
Maia and I walk down to the front of the room and Mr. Johnson looks steadily at the both of us.
"You two join me in my chambers." He says in a serious tone and pointing at us, then walking off.
"Oooh!" The class says, signaling that we're about to GET it!
His "Chamber" is actually a small room in the classroom. I got a peek inside of it the first day, and it actually does look like a judge's chamber. There are law books and encyclopedias galore, plus many books with cases in them.
Maia and I walk to the door of Mr. Johnson's chamber and look at the other nervously. We take one look at the class and they're still giggling. Finally we walk in and shut the door behind us. Looking on, we see Mr. Johnson behind his desk and in his swivel chair looking at us steadily.
"Sit down." He says, pointing to the two chairs that are in front of his cherry-wood finish desk.
Maia and I sit down in our respective chairs, not taking one look at each other. Instead, our eyes are locked on Mr. J's.
"I don't tolerate foolishness in my class. Crystal, you read my syllabus and you know what I expect. Maia, I don't have any extras at the moment, but I'll have to run you off a copy. Until I get to it, you'll have to share with Crystal. Read that and look over it, because it's extremely imperative that you do so." Mr. Johnson started.
"I'll be sure to do that, Mr. Johnson." Maia answered sweetly.
"That's another thing...I have a very open relationship with my students, and I'm not very traditional either. I let my students address me by my first name." Mr. Johnson said.
"Okay, and that would be?" Maia asked.
"Dwayne." Dwayne and I both answered simultaneously.
"Thank you so much for intruding, Crystal. I'm not done with you. I'll be with you in a minute." Dwayne said, looking from me to Maia.
"Anyway, Maia that's pretty much it. You need to understand that I don't like being interrupted when I'm in the middle of something. It's a huge pet peeve of mine." Dwayne said.
"I'm sorry, Dwayne." Maia answered.
"I'm sorry too." I said.
Dwayne looked like he was getting ready to say something to me, but he stopped himself. Instead, he moved on.
"Ordinarily, for that little stint just now that you two did, you would both automatically have a detention. No questions asked. Especially you, Crystal." Dwayne started.
"But, I like you two. That's why I'm going to let you two off easy this time. If it happens again, I may not be so lenient." Dwayne said, looking at both of us hard.
"Thank you, Dwayne." Maia and I said, standing up in front of our chairs and smiling.
"Aight, now gon' out there like you got some sense. I don't wanna have to give ya'll a detention for real this time." Dwayne said, smiling at us and standing up AND...touching his belt!
"Yeah we better, before the spankings begin." Maia whispered, making me laugh out loud as we walked out Mr. Johnson's chambers and back into the class.
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"Girl, you don't know how much I wanted to run out that class laughing! I think your theory about Dwayne and his belt may be true!" I said, as I walked with Maia through the UM Food Court.
"It's about time you saw things my way! Damn, I mean...how many times did he have to grab his belt? He was bout to lay both of us out on his desk and just wail on our assess right there!" Maia said, glancing around at the different concessions to eat at.
"Are you sure, or is that what you WISHED he would've done?" I asked, grinning.
"That was so wrong, Crystal! I can't believe you-ooh, Mr. Fine and Sexy, at 12-o'-clock!" Maia said, stopping me and looking right past my head.
"Where?" I asked, looking around anxiously.
"He's heading towards the Burger King stand!!!" Maia answered with a smile.
"Let's go!" I said, grabbing Maia's arm and heading towards the Burger King on the other side of the food court.
Maia and I make our way over to the BK stand and manage to stand in line right behind him. Out of nowhere, Maia playfully pushes me and sends me into Dwayne.
"You alright?" Dwayne asked, turning around in the middle of paying for his food.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Um...Maia here was just in a real big hurry to eat since she hasn't had a thing all day." I lied, smiling.
"Yeah, I'm starving. Sorry about that." Maia said, peeping around me to look at a smiling Dwayne.
"Well, since we're all here, what do you two want?" Dwayne asked, moving aside.
"Oh, you don't have to do this, Dwayne. We got it." I said.
"What'd I just say?" Dwayne asked, in a serious tone.
I love it when he says that! It is so funny! He knows it makes me laugh, and that's why I think he says it all the time now.
"We'll have whatever you're having." Maia said, smiling.
"Oh, you don't want that." Dwayne said in somewhat of a sexy voice and smiled at us.
Maia was squeezing my arm...she heard it too! Damn, he sounded good as hell when he said that!
"Want what exactly?" Maia said. She just had to ask, didn't she?
"What I'm having to eat for lunch, girl! I have a big appetite..... what did you THINK I was talking about?" Dwayne asked, eyeing Maia suspiciously. I suddenly got the giggles again.
"Crystal, shut up!" Maia said, trying not to laugh.
"Wait a minute, Maia...I don't know if I want you to answer that, judging by your accomplice's laughter." Dwayne said, smiling.
"I don't know what I was thinking about, Dwayne. I'll tell you what, just get us both a whopper and some fries and a coke." Maia said, pinching my back for embarrassing her.
"Did you get that?" Dwayne asked the person at the register.
"Yeah." The guy answered back as he totaled up the additional fee for Dwayne.
Dwayne paid the guy as we waited on our food. I didn't know if I wanted to sit in here and eat. For September, it still felt like June. It's all sunny outside, and is 80 degrees! I think I'm going to sit outside by the water and eat once I get my food. Of course, maybe not...it all depends what they want to do.
Suddenly, my OTHER partner-in-crime Dany, comes walking up to me. We hug and then she smiles.
"What's up, bitch?" Dany asks.
"Nothing much, bitch." I answer. This was our usual greeting.
"That ain't nice to talk to each other like that!" Dwayne said, pretending to be concerned with how me and Dany was talking.
"Who's this guy?" Dany asked annoyingly.
"My Criminology teacher, Mr. Dwayne Johnson." I answered with a smile.
Dany's jaw dropped to the ground in shock. She couldn't believe that THIS was the teacher I had been telling her about the past few days.
"That's the guy you've been telling me about?!!!" Dany asked.
"Dany!!!" I said, slapping her on the arm.
"Sorry, but damn! You was right!" Dany said, winking at Mr. J.
"Right about what, exactly?" Dwayne asked, busting me.
"Busted!" Dany and Maia say, smiling at me and Dwayne.
"Nothing Dwayne, okay? Dany's such a kidder that I swear I don't know what she be talking about sometimes...you always got jokes, don't you bitch?" I ask, gritting my teeth.
"Well bitch, I usually do have jokes to tell, but for the first time, this AIN'T one of 'em!" Dany said, smiling and walking off to her table of friends from her Finance class.
"I'mma fuck her UP!" I said, feeling embarrassed now.
"Here." Dwayne said, handing Maia and I our bags of food.
"Calm down, girl." Maia said, touching my shoulder.
"How can I?" I whispered back.
"Well, there IS a good side to all of this." Maia said.
"What is it then?" I asked, not enthused.
"I didn't get busted by the teacher!!! Ha-ha!" Maia said, cracking up.
"It's all fun and games now, but when the shit hits the fan you AND Dany is gonna get it!" I said. Suddenly, Dwayne touched my shoulder.
"Calm down, Crystal. I'm not mad, if that's what you think." Dwayne said, smiling.
"You're not?" I asked, surprised.
"No. I'm going over the huge possibility of things you could've said to your friends over there about me, though. I would imagine that you're not gonna tell me what you said no matter how much I beg you, so I'm just gonna ask...were they were good or bad things?" Dwayne said.
"They were very good, okay? Nothing bad at all. Now can we get off the subject please?" I asked.
"Yeah, sure..." Dwayne said, still thinking though.
"He knows, Crissy. He knows! Look! He's touching the belt!!!" Maia said, looking past me at Dwayne and laughing.
"Shut up! Oh my God, shut up!" I said, hoping he wouldn't catch us looking at us. We start to walk outside.
"Well, I don't know about ya'll but I'm going back to my place to eat. The school day is over, so I'm heading in. If you guys wanna come, you can." Dwayne said, walking outside to his car with us following him.
Maia and I looked at each other, not being able to believe that he was inviting us back to his place!
"...Unless you two have plans, then it's cool. I'll just see you tomorrow in class. Hey Crystal, those Salsa classes start on Friday, right?" Dwayne said.
"It's Wednsday, so...yeah, you're right. We go on Friday at 7pm. But we'll go with you now, sure." I said, pulling a smiling Maia to his car with me.
"Okay then, let's roll out." Dwayne said, walking to the passenger side of the car and opening up the door. Before I could take a step, Maia almost killed me trying to get to the front seat.
"Bitch!" I yelled at her, as Dwayne opened up the side door on the left for me.
"Don't hate, congratulate...bitch!" Maia replied, with a smile.
"You kids kill me..." Dwayne said, cracking up.
Dwayne's apartment is coincidentally not too far from mine. The building that he's in is directly across from the one I stay in, so it's within walking distance! How excited am I?! I'm looking out the window right now and I can see my apartment from here! This is what I'm TALKIN bout! If I should ever need any "help" I know where I can go and it won't be a problem! :)
"You gonna eat your food?" Dwayne and Maia ask, looking over at me from the dining room table.
"Yeah, I was just looking at my apartment from here." I said, smiling and walking over to sit down.
"Where is it at?" Dwayne asked with interest, getting up out of his seat and walking over to me.
"It's um...right over there." I said with a smile, looking out the window with him and pointing.
"You within walking distance, girl!" Dwayne said, smiling.
"Pretty much." I said, looking at him.
"Pretty much, huh?" Maia asked, grinning at me, pointing at his belt. He wasn't touching it, but it was still funny.
"If you ever need anything, you know you can just walk on over here I guess, right?" Dwayne asked me, sitting back down.
"I wouldn't want to impose on anything..." I said, smiling.
"What'd I just say?" He asked, glaring at me and making Maia and I crack up.
"Why do you do that ALL the time now?" I asked, taking a sip of my Coke.
"Because it's funny, why else?" Dwayne asked, taking a bite of his hamburger.
"Yeah Crissy, why ELSE would he say it?" Maia asked, being smart on purpose.
"So Maia...where do you live?" Dwayne asked, changing his direction of glare to her.
"I live next to this building actually. The apartment building I'm staying in is on the left side of this building though. So...I guess that kinda sorta makes us all neighbors!" Maia said, taking a bite of her hamburger.
"You need any help getting situated, like moving your stuff in? I know how tough the first day can be." I said, offering my help.
"I could help too, you know. The rest of my day is open. I mean, I don't have anything set in stone at the moment, so if you need an extra hand..." Dwayne said, also offering.
"Really? You two would do that?" Maia asked, surprised.
"What'd I just say?" Dwayne and I answered simultaneously, then laughed. That's our favorite thing to say now! LOL!
"Ya'll two are some clowns." Maia said, shaking her head.
"I don't appreciate you taking my words, Counselor." Dwayne said in a serious tone.
"Listen Judge Johnson...nobody didn't take NOTHING from you, okay? You NEED to stop getting so smart with people!" I said, snapping back. Of course ya'll know we're just joking, right?
"I'm gonna put you on the bench if you don't calm the hell down!" Dwayne said, not cracking a smile.
"PUT me on the bench then!" I said, putting my food down and glaring at him.
"Alright then, if that's how you want it." Dwayne said, putting his food down too.
The next thing I know, he's getting up and walking over to me. And...what is he doing? He's picking me up and carrying me over to the couch in the living room!
"Put me down!!!" I yell. Maia is laughing at me because she has her head buried in her hands so that I won't see her...she's trying to be slick!
"On the bench you go." Dwayne says, setting me on the couch.
I go to get up, but Dwayne stands there, sending me back down. How's he gonna keep me on the couch? This ain't right!
"I have to eat, Judge." I said, looking at him.
"Bad counselors that act up don't get food...they have to sit and think about what they've done." Dwayne said, smiling and walking back to the dining room table.
While he has his back turned, Maia sneaks and throws me some french fries. This is so childish, but it's funny. My fellow counselor is trying to help me out...all because Judge Johnson wants to get corruptive and not let nobody eat! Oh no!!! One of the french fries just landed in the middle of the floor!
"What the hell is that?" Dwayne asked as soon as he sits down in his chair.
"Nothing!" Maia and I say quickly. Maia gets up and scrambles to go get the fry.
"Open your hand." Dwayne ordered, grabbing Maia's wrist gently and looking at her.
She can't help herself. I know she's gotta feel some type of way with him touching her like that! LOL! Oh wait! She's opening up her hand! How is she gonna backstab me like that?!
"What the hell is a damn french fry doing in the middle of the damn floor?" Dwayne asked, looking from Maia to me.
"I don't know..." Maia and I say, pretending to play it off.
"You were sneaking Crystal french fries, weren't you?! I thought I saw something going on in the corner of my eye, but I wasn't sure of what the hell it was!" Dwayne said.
"How you gonna deprive her like that, DJ? That's not even cool! You're not THAT cruel are you?" Maia asked.
"I'm cruel enough to put you on the bench!" Dwayne said, getting up and swooping Maia off her feet. Pretty soon she was sitting right next to me on the couch.
"What you in for?" I asked, giggling.
"For sneaking you some damn french fries! What you in for?" Maia asked, giggling.
"For back-talking ignorant ass Judge Johnson!" I said, making sure he could hear me.
"What?!" Dwayne asked, in the middle of sipping his Diet Coke.
"You heard what I said!" I said, getting loud.
"Yeah! You heard what the hell she said!" Maia said, getting loud too.
"You know, I'm bout to lock your ass up in solitary confinement if you keep playing with me." Dwayne said, looking at me.
"I bet I know where THAT is!!!" Maia whispered, poking me in the ribs with her elbow. I had to laugh at that.
"Stop talking to me, Maia! Your honor, the inmate keeps talking to me and starting trouble! Make her stop!" I said, getting loud.
"You want it too?!" Dwayne asked, looking at Maia.
Maia and I start laughing hysterically. He didn't have to say it like that, okay? It's either that or me and Maia just are real sick, cause...this guy's a fool!
"She wants it bad, Judge Johnson. REAL bad." Maia said, pointing at me and cracking up.
"Shut up! Your honor, SHE desperately wants it, I'm telling you." I said, trying to get the spotlight off of me.
"BOTH of you are gonna get it if you say one more word!" Dwayne said, getting irritated.
Maia and I grabbed pillows to hide our faces. We were laughing so hard that we didn't want him seeing us, or else it would cause us to say something and then we'd be in trouble. Tears are running down my face from laughing so hard and my cheeks are starting to hurt. Why, on her first day of school, does the new girl gotta befriend me and get me in trouble? I swear I'll never understand that. Sike nah...Maia's cool, and I can tell that we're gonna be REAL close friends.
Maia and I take the pillows from our faces after having calmed down. Now that the laughter was completely out of our system, we just sat there and didn't say anything.
"Your honor, we're really sorry and we promise never ever to do it again." Maia said as we got close together and started flashing him these cute smiles. He's falling for it too!!!
"Alright then, get on up here. You can leave the bench." Dwayne said, sipping his Diet Coke.
Maia and I got up off the couch, and I don't know why, but immediately started laughing again. We sat down at our seats and looked from Dwayne to ourselves and started laughing even more. I don't know why, but we just did.
"Why the hell do you two got the giggles so damn much today?" Dwayne asked, making us laugh again. The tone of his voice was just hilarious!!! He didn't need to be catching feelings!
"Haaaaaa!" I said, starting to laugh hysterically. I was done. You had to hear him to understand. I set my hands on the table and I got my head down and am laughing extremely hard right now.
"It's just girl talk here and there, Dwayne." Maia said, finally answering him.
"Are you sure that's all it is?" Dwayne asked, looking at me with a weird look on his face.
"Yes, I'm positive." Maia said, smiling. She looks over to see me with my head still down and I'm still laughing.
"Crystal, calm down! It's not that serious!" Maia said, touching my shoulder and chuckling.
"Okay." I say, wiping the tears of laughter from my face.
"Are we done now?" Dwayne asked, glaring at me.
"Yeah. Everything's cool." I said, calming down.
"So Maia, when were you planning on moving your stuff? I know you just weren't gonna let it sit around all day." Dwayne said, finishing up the last of his fries.
"Well I don't know...I guess we can go when we finish eating." Maia said, sipping her Coke.
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"Shit!" Dwayne and I say as we run into one another, sending the boxes we were holding to the ground. We both lean down to pick Maia's boxes up and accidentally kiss.
Just then, Maia comes from in the kitchen and into the living room. Dwayne and I look at each other and quickly turn away, going to sit on the couch.
"O-kay! Why are you guys acting weird? Just a few moments ago you were talking and now you're not." Maia said, standing and looking at us strangely.
"I don't know...I just ran out of things to say. Dwayne, what do you wanna talk about?" I asked nervously.
"I don't care." Dwayne said, answering me nervously.
"Well....thank you guys so much! I owe you, really I do." Maia said, plopping down with us on the sofa.
"Okay, well I'm holding you to that." Dwayne said, smiling.
"Me too, girly. You're not off the hook just yet." I added, throwing a pillow at her.
"Well ladies, it looks like I better be getting back. You know, I got an early day tomorrow." Dwayne said, getting up.
"Don't we all?" I asked, laughing.
"I guess so. Maia, if you need any more help with anything, don't hesitate to give me a call...better yet, shout me a holla. You know where I live. Crystal, can you come outside with me for a minute?" Dwayne said, walking to the front door.
"Sure." I said, getting up and walking with Dwayne to the front door. I looked back at Maia and she was giving me the thumbs up sign. If she only knew...
"What just happened here?" Dwayne asked, after shutting the front door behind me. We walked down the steps and made our way outside. Pretty soon, we were slowly but surely walking back to his apartment.
"I'm just as shocked as you. As far as I'm concerned, we just dropped some boxes, and in going to pick them up at the same time kissed accidentally. That's all that happened." I said, not looking at Dwayne.
"Right. Pure accident, not intentional." Dwayne said, agreeing.
"No intentions whatsoever." I said, smiling and agreeing.
"I'm still curious as to what you told your friend Dany about me." Dwayne said, chuckling.
"Why do you have to bring this up now?" I asked, laughing.
"It seems like the perfect time. Now spill it. Come on, Crystal. I'm your teacher, and whatever you say to me I swear I won't repeat it to anyone. It'll be extremely confidential." Dwayne said, smiling.
The moon was shining bright and leading a path for us as we made our way closer and closer to his apartment. Maybe it was the kiss that fired me up or that fact that we were alone, but this man looked GOOD with the moonlight reflecting off of him like this! Ooh!
"It's personal, and you can't just go meddling into people's business like that." I said somewhat defensively.
"It's personal, it's about me...who said I was meddling? I'm just curious and I think I have the right to know what someone thinks about me, especially one of my students." Dwayne said.
"Well, if you put it like that I guess I have no choice. I might as well tell you." I started.
"Okay, now we're getting somewhere." Dwayne said, smiling.
"It's no secret that a lot of girls on campus think you're cute. You know that, right?" I asked, giggling.
"I didn't know that, but thanks for the info." Dwayne said, smiling at me and then chuckling.
"Yeah well, I'm one of those girls. I think you're cute, and that's all that I told Dany." I said, lying.
I KNOW ya'll didn't think I was going to completely tell him the truth! You better get outta my face with that! I told him a small part of the truth, okay? Lord knows that I told Dany a lot more explicit things than just that. It's just that he don't need to know that! Shh!
"Well, well, well! One of my students has a crush on me! That's so sweet!" Dwayne said, giving a sexy laugh afterward.
"I'm serious!" I said.
We walked up the stairs to his apartment and stood at his door. We didn't say anything at first, but as soon as he turned to face me I knew he was going to start talking.
"I know you're serious. I'm just kidding around, that's all." Dwayne said, smiling and placing his hand on my shoulder.
Up until now, I hadn't gotten a chance to really look him in his eyes, but now that I see them...they're really beautiful. He's got warm, soft brown eyes. And it's almost like you can see in his soul when you really take the time to look into them.
The next thing I know, my face and Dwayne's face are moving closer to each other. This isn't happening...it is!!! We're kissing, people! Oh my gosh!!!
"Maia." I quickly remembered, breaking up the kiss.
"Oh...hey, I'm sorry." Dwayne said, apologizing.
"No, it's fine. I just have to get back to Maia, and...yeah. Well, I'll see you in class tomorrow." I said, giving a shy smile.
"Alright, well you have a good night. Tell Maia the same for me." Dwayne said, unlocking the front door to his apartment.
"Okay...Night." I said, waving and walking off.
While I'm walking back to Maia's place, I might as well talk to you all. Did you not just see what happened? Things weren't supposed to go like that! I was just going to walk him back to his apartment (well, THAT wasn't apart of the plan either...we kept on talking while we were walking, so I kinda ended up doing that) and come back to Maia's. Noone said anything about kissing. It was bad enough we kissed once already, and that was due in part to the thing with the boxes. You all saw that, and so you know it couldn't have been done intentionally.
I don't mean to make this sound like this is his fault (the kiss that happened just now). I know I'm to blame too. We were going to kiss each other at the same time. I don't know what I'm going to do come tomorrow in class. Maybe I just won't go. I don't know yet for sure.
Wait, wait, wait a minute. You know what? Who am I kidding? I'm going back over there to his place. Let me just call Maia up right quick on my phone and let her know what's up....
Okay, that's done. I'm walking back over to Dwayne's right now. I have to be insane or out of my mind to be doing this, but I'm doing it.
*Knock-Knock-Knock!*
"Who is it?" Dwayne asks from inside his apartment.
"It's me, Crystal." I say, only for him to open up the door seconds later.
Dwayne takes a good look at me and I'm out of breath. Yes, I did run over here. It seems silly, but what the hell.
"Come on in." Dwayne said, opening his door wider and letting me in his apartment.
"What did you do? You're out of breath." Dwayne said, chuckling.
"I ran back over here as soon as I realized that it was stupid of me to leave in the first place." I answered, looking at him.
"You know what you're getting yourself into, honey?" Dwayne asked, walking towards me.
"What I do know is that I enjoyed that kiss." I said, eyeing him.
"Which one?" Dwayne asked, laughing.
"Both." I said, laughing too.
I started to get closer to Dwayne and looked him in his eyes. Before I'd even realized I was doing it, I kissed him long and passionately. Dwayne set me on his dining room table and looked me in my eyes. After about 5 seconds, he started kissing ME now. Suddenly, he stopped.
"You know what...this can't happen." Dwayne said, backing up.
"You're right. I'm sorry for coming here...I shouldn't have." I said, feeling somewhat foolish and embarrassed.
"It's not your fault, Crystal. This just isn't right, and I'm sorry. It's my fault." Dwayne said, looking at me as I got off the table.
"How about this...how bout we forget that this ever happened?" I asked, smiling.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." Dwayne said, smiling.
"So we got a deal?" I asked, putting my hand out.
"Yeah." Dwayne said, shaking my hand.
"We're still friends, right?" I asked.
"Course we are! Come here, girl!" Dwayne said, hugging me.
"I'll see you tomorrow in class, Dwayne." I said as Dwayne walked me to the door.
"I'll see you too." Dwayne said, opening the door.
"Night." I said, smiling.
"Goodnight, honey." Dwayne said, smiling before closing the door.
~TO BE CONTINUED~
We're almost done taking notes now, but earlier on when we were about halfway into it, this new girl came into the class. Her name is Maia (*you know who you are*) and she's a transfer student from Florida State University. FSU is our biggest state rival, and to be completely honest, we hate anyone who comes from there. But I have to give it to her...she transferred, which meant she obviously wanted to go to the best school, right? LOL! She's been quiet ever since getting here. Dwayne sat her in front of me, in the second to the last row up. She just slipped me a note...hold on.
Hey, what's up?
It was pretty simple, but then again what else would you expect from a new student who isn't familiar with anyone? Let me write this girl back and just HOPE Mr. Johnson doesn't catch me passing it back to her!
After passing it back to her, I get back to copying the last of my notes. Mr. Johnson starts moving around the room and waking a few people up who were sleeping. You would think that people would learn from what he'd done to Nikki yesterday when she slept in his class! *Shakes head* Maia is passing back the note to me now.
Is it just me, or is Mr. Johnson FINE as hell?! How do you put up with him all class period looking all good without doing not a damn thing? I know it has to be hard!
This is hilarious! What is WRONG with this girl? She's reading my mind and she don't even know me like that! I'm laughing out loud now, and then try not stop, but it's too late. Mr. Johnson has stopped talking and is looking up at me, as is everyone else in the class.
"Counselor Crystal, I really don't know what is so funny. Whatever it is, I want to know so I can have a good laugh. I haven't had one all day, and I need one. So why don't you enlighten me?" He asks, turning off the overhead and turning the lights back on.
Maia turns to look at me and gives me this look like "he wants you to ENLIGHTEN him all right!" and I start laughing again. Why does she have to get me in trouble? This ain't right!
"Mr. Johnson, nothing is funny. I'm sorry for interrupting you in the middle of class, and it won't happen again." I say sincerely.
Just as I finish saying that, Maia takes the note back while he's not looking and then writes something down on it. Then she passes it back to me with a grin on her face.
You're gonna make him take his belt off and spank you for interrupting him in the middle of class! Get ready for it, girl!
She is so dumb! Don't you know that just as I finish reading the note, I look down at Mr. Johnson and he's fixing his belt?!!! That has to be pure coincidence, for real. But nevertheless, I start to laugh again out loud.
"Crystal! What the hell is so funny?!!!" Mr. Johnson yells at me.
I put my head down and try not to look at him while I'm laughing. I maintain my composure and bring my head up to look down at him. My face is all red from laughing.
"Mr. Johnson..." I start to say.
"Mr. Johnson, it was my fault. She didn't do anything. I just said something to her that I thought was funny. I'm sorry." Maia said, speaking up.
"Is that how it happened?" Mr. Johnson asked, looking at me and then Maia.
"Yes." We both say, giving a quick look to each other.
"Alright then. Maia, this is your first day here and although I joke around a lot with my students, when we're in the middle of something important you don't do that. However, since it's your first day I'll give you a break. I appreciate your honesty, but Crystal, you know better." Mr. Johnson said, touching his belt.
Now Maia and I burst out laughing. Why is it that every time he looks at me now, he has to touch his belt? I'm starting to think that Maia is like a psychic or something!
"Maia, Crystal come here!" Mr. Johnson booms, pointing to where he's standing.
Maia and I look at each other and the whole class is giggling amongst themselves. I think I done found a new best friend AND partner in crime!
Maia and I walk down to the front of the room and Mr. Johnson looks steadily at the both of us.
"You two join me in my chambers." He says in a serious tone and pointing at us, then walking off.
"Oooh!" The class says, signaling that we're about to GET it!
His "Chamber" is actually a small room in the classroom. I got a peek inside of it the first day, and it actually does look like a judge's chamber. There are law books and encyclopedias galore, plus many books with cases in them.
Maia and I walk to the door of Mr. Johnson's chamber and look at the other nervously. We take one look at the class and they're still giggling. Finally we walk in and shut the door behind us. Looking on, we see Mr. Johnson behind his desk and in his swivel chair looking at us steadily.
"Sit down." He says, pointing to the two chairs that are in front of his cherry-wood finish desk.
Maia and I sit down in our respective chairs, not taking one look at each other. Instead, our eyes are locked on Mr. J's.
"I don't tolerate foolishness in my class. Crystal, you read my syllabus and you know what I expect. Maia, I don't have any extras at the moment, but I'll have to run you off a copy. Until I get to it, you'll have to share with Crystal. Read that and look over it, because it's extremely imperative that you do so." Mr. Johnson started.
"I'll be sure to do that, Mr. Johnson." Maia answered sweetly.
"That's another thing...I have a very open relationship with my students, and I'm not very traditional either. I let my students address me by my first name." Mr. Johnson said.
"Okay, and that would be?" Maia asked.
"Dwayne." Dwayne and I both answered simultaneously.
"Thank you so much for intruding, Crystal. I'm not done with you. I'll be with you in a minute." Dwayne said, looking from me to Maia.
"Anyway, Maia that's pretty much it. You need to understand that I don't like being interrupted when I'm in the middle of something. It's a huge pet peeve of mine." Dwayne said.
"I'm sorry, Dwayne." Maia answered.
"I'm sorry too." I said.
Dwayne looked like he was getting ready to say something to me, but he stopped himself. Instead, he moved on.
"Ordinarily, for that little stint just now that you two did, you would both automatically have a detention. No questions asked. Especially you, Crystal." Dwayne started.
"But, I like you two. That's why I'm going to let you two off easy this time. If it happens again, I may not be so lenient." Dwayne said, looking at both of us hard.
"Thank you, Dwayne." Maia and I said, standing up in front of our chairs and smiling.
"Aight, now gon' out there like you got some sense. I don't wanna have to give ya'll a detention for real this time." Dwayne said, smiling at us and standing up AND...touching his belt!
"Yeah we better, before the spankings begin." Maia whispered, making me laugh out loud as we walked out Mr. Johnson's chambers and back into the class.
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"Girl, you don't know how much I wanted to run out that class laughing! I think your theory about Dwayne and his belt may be true!" I said, as I walked with Maia through the UM Food Court.
"It's about time you saw things my way! Damn, I mean...how many times did he have to grab his belt? He was bout to lay both of us out on his desk and just wail on our assess right there!" Maia said, glancing around at the different concessions to eat at.
"Are you sure, or is that what you WISHED he would've done?" I asked, grinning.
"That was so wrong, Crystal! I can't believe you-ooh, Mr. Fine and Sexy, at 12-o'-clock!" Maia said, stopping me and looking right past my head.
"Where?" I asked, looking around anxiously.
"He's heading towards the Burger King stand!!!" Maia answered with a smile.
"Let's go!" I said, grabbing Maia's arm and heading towards the Burger King on the other side of the food court.
Maia and I make our way over to the BK stand and manage to stand in line right behind him. Out of nowhere, Maia playfully pushes me and sends me into Dwayne.
"You alright?" Dwayne asked, turning around in the middle of paying for his food.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Um...Maia here was just in a real big hurry to eat since she hasn't had a thing all day." I lied, smiling.
"Yeah, I'm starving. Sorry about that." Maia said, peeping around me to look at a smiling Dwayne.
"Well, since we're all here, what do you two want?" Dwayne asked, moving aside.
"Oh, you don't have to do this, Dwayne. We got it." I said.
"What'd I just say?" Dwayne asked, in a serious tone.
I love it when he says that! It is so funny! He knows it makes me laugh, and that's why I think he says it all the time now.
"We'll have whatever you're having." Maia said, smiling.
"Oh, you don't want that." Dwayne said in somewhat of a sexy voice and smiled at us.
Maia was squeezing my arm...she heard it too! Damn, he sounded good as hell when he said that!
"Want what exactly?" Maia said. She just had to ask, didn't she?
"What I'm having to eat for lunch, girl! I have a big appetite..... what did you THINK I was talking about?" Dwayne asked, eyeing Maia suspiciously. I suddenly got the giggles again.
"Crystal, shut up!" Maia said, trying not to laugh.
"Wait a minute, Maia...I don't know if I want you to answer that, judging by your accomplice's laughter." Dwayne said, smiling.
"I don't know what I was thinking about, Dwayne. I'll tell you what, just get us both a whopper and some fries and a coke." Maia said, pinching my back for embarrassing her.
"Did you get that?" Dwayne asked the person at the register.
"Yeah." The guy answered back as he totaled up the additional fee for Dwayne.
Dwayne paid the guy as we waited on our food. I didn't know if I wanted to sit in here and eat. For September, it still felt like June. It's all sunny outside, and is 80 degrees! I think I'm going to sit outside by the water and eat once I get my food. Of course, maybe not...it all depends what they want to do.
Suddenly, my OTHER partner-in-crime Dany, comes walking up to me. We hug and then she smiles.
"What's up, bitch?" Dany asks.
"Nothing much, bitch." I answer. This was our usual greeting.
"That ain't nice to talk to each other like that!" Dwayne said, pretending to be concerned with how me and Dany was talking.
"Who's this guy?" Dany asked annoyingly.
"My Criminology teacher, Mr. Dwayne Johnson." I answered with a smile.
Dany's jaw dropped to the ground in shock. She couldn't believe that THIS was the teacher I had been telling her about the past few days.
"That's the guy you've been telling me about?!!!" Dany asked.
"Dany!!!" I said, slapping her on the arm.
"Sorry, but damn! You was right!" Dany said, winking at Mr. J.
"Right about what, exactly?" Dwayne asked, busting me.
"Busted!" Dany and Maia say, smiling at me and Dwayne.
"Nothing Dwayne, okay? Dany's such a kidder that I swear I don't know what she be talking about sometimes...you always got jokes, don't you bitch?" I ask, gritting my teeth.
"Well bitch, I usually do have jokes to tell, but for the first time, this AIN'T one of 'em!" Dany said, smiling and walking off to her table of friends from her Finance class.
"I'mma fuck her UP!" I said, feeling embarrassed now.
"Here." Dwayne said, handing Maia and I our bags of food.
"Calm down, girl." Maia said, touching my shoulder.
"How can I?" I whispered back.
"Well, there IS a good side to all of this." Maia said.
"What is it then?" I asked, not enthused.
"I didn't get busted by the teacher!!! Ha-ha!" Maia said, cracking up.
"It's all fun and games now, but when the shit hits the fan you AND Dany is gonna get it!" I said. Suddenly, Dwayne touched my shoulder.
"Calm down, Crystal. I'm not mad, if that's what you think." Dwayne said, smiling.
"You're not?" I asked, surprised.
"No. I'm going over the huge possibility of things you could've said to your friends over there about me, though. I would imagine that you're not gonna tell me what you said no matter how much I beg you, so I'm just gonna ask...were they were good or bad things?" Dwayne said.
"They were very good, okay? Nothing bad at all. Now can we get off the subject please?" I asked.
"Yeah, sure..." Dwayne said, still thinking though.
"He knows, Crissy. He knows! Look! He's touching the belt!!!" Maia said, looking past me at Dwayne and laughing.
"Shut up! Oh my God, shut up!" I said, hoping he wouldn't catch us looking at us. We start to walk outside.
"Well, I don't know about ya'll but I'm going back to my place to eat. The school day is over, so I'm heading in. If you guys wanna come, you can." Dwayne said, walking outside to his car with us following him.
Maia and I looked at each other, not being able to believe that he was inviting us back to his place!
"...Unless you two have plans, then it's cool. I'll just see you tomorrow in class. Hey Crystal, those Salsa classes start on Friday, right?" Dwayne said.
"It's Wednsday, so...yeah, you're right. We go on Friday at 7pm. But we'll go with you now, sure." I said, pulling a smiling Maia to his car with me.
"Okay then, let's roll out." Dwayne said, walking to the passenger side of the car and opening up the door. Before I could take a step, Maia almost killed me trying to get to the front seat.
"Bitch!" I yelled at her, as Dwayne opened up the side door on the left for me.
"Don't hate, congratulate...bitch!" Maia replied, with a smile.
"You kids kill me..." Dwayne said, cracking up.
Dwayne's apartment is coincidentally not too far from mine. The building that he's in is directly across from the one I stay in, so it's within walking distance! How excited am I?! I'm looking out the window right now and I can see my apartment from here! This is what I'm TALKIN bout! If I should ever need any "help" I know where I can go and it won't be a problem! :)
"You gonna eat your food?" Dwayne and Maia ask, looking over at me from the dining room table.
"Yeah, I was just looking at my apartment from here." I said, smiling and walking over to sit down.
"Where is it at?" Dwayne asked with interest, getting up out of his seat and walking over to me.
"It's um...right over there." I said with a smile, looking out the window with him and pointing.
"You within walking distance, girl!" Dwayne said, smiling.
"Pretty much." I said, looking at him.
"Pretty much, huh?" Maia asked, grinning at me, pointing at his belt. He wasn't touching it, but it was still funny.
"If you ever need anything, you know you can just walk on over here I guess, right?" Dwayne asked me, sitting back down.
"I wouldn't want to impose on anything..." I said, smiling.
"What'd I just say?" He asked, glaring at me and making Maia and I crack up.
"Why do you do that ALL the time now?" I asked, taking a sip of my Coke.
"Because it's funny, why else?" Dwayne asked, taking a bite of his hamburger.
"Yeah Crissy, why ELSE would he say it?" Maia asked, being smart on purpose.
"So Maia...where do you live?" Dwayne asked, changing his direction of glare to her.
"I live next to this building actually. The apartment building I'm staying in is on the left side of this building though. So...I guess that kinda sorta makes us all neighbors!" Maia said, taking a bite of her hamburger.
"You need any help getting situated, like moving your stuff in? I know how tough the first day can be." I said, offering my help.
"I could help too, you know. The rest of my day is open. I mean, I don't have anything set in stone at the moment, so if you need an extra hand..." Dwayne said, also offering.
"Really? You two would do that?" Maia asked, surprised.
"What'd I just say?" Dwayne and I answered simultaneously, then laughed. That's our favorite thing to say now! LOL!
"Ya'll two are some clowns." Maia said, shaking her head.
"I don't appreciate you taking my words, Counselor." Dwayne said in a serious tone.
"Listen Judge Johnson...nobody didn't take NOTHING from you, okay? You NEED to stop getting so smart with people!" I said, snapping back. Of course ya'll know we're just joking, right?
"I'm gonna put you on the bench if you don't calm the hell down!" Dwayne said, not cracking a smile.
"PUT me on the bench then!" I said, putting my food down and glaring at him.
"Alright then, if that's how you want it." Dwayne said, putting his food down too.
The next thing I know, he's getting up and walking over to me. And...what is he doing? He's picking me up and carrying me over to the couch in the living room!
"Put me down!!!" I yell. Maia is laughing at me because she has her head buried in her hands so that I won't see her...she's trying to be slick!
"On the bench you go." Dwayne says, setting me on the couch.
I go to get up, but Dwayne stands there, sending me back down. How's he gonna keep me on the couch? This ain't right!
"I have to eat, Judge." I said, looking at him.
"Bad counselors that act up don't get food...they have to sit and think about what they've done." Dwayne said, smiling and walking back to the dining room table.
While he has his back turned, Maia sneaks and throws me some french fries. This is so childish, but it's funny. My fellow counselor is trying to help me out...all because Judge Johnson wants to get corruptive and not let nobody eat! Oh no!!! One of the french fries just landed in the middle of the floor!
"What the hell is that?" Dwayne asked as soon as he sits down in his chair.
"Nothing!" Maia and I say quickly. Maia gets up and scrambles to go get the fry.
"Open your hand." Dwayne ordered, grabbing Maia's wrist gently and looking at her.
She can't help herself. I know she's gotta feel some type of way with him touching her like that! LOL! Oh wait! She's opening up her hand! How is she gonna backstab me like that?!
"What the hell is a damn french fry doing in the middle of the damn floor?" Dwayne asked, looking from Maia to me.
"I don't know..." Maia and I say, pretending to play it off.
"You were sneaking Crystal french fries, weren't you?! I thought I saw something going on in the corner of my eye, but I wasn't sure of what the hell it was!" Dwayne said.
"How you gonna deprive her like that, DJ? That's not even cool! You're not THAT cruel are you?" Maia asked.
"I'm cruel enough to put you on the bench!" Dwayne said, getting up and swooping Maia off her feet. Pretty soon she was sitting right next to me on the couch.
"What you in for?" I asked, giggling.
"For sneaking you some damn french fries! What you in for?" Maia asked, giggling.
"For back-talking ignorant ass Judge Johnson!" I said, making sure he could hear me.
"What?!" Dwayne asked, in the middle of sipping his Diet Coke.
"You heard what I said!" I said, getting loud.
"Yeah! You heard what the hell she said!" Maia said, getting loud too.
"You know, I'm bout to lock your ass up in solitary confinement if you keep playing with me." Dwayne said, looking at me.
"I bet I know where THAT is!!!" Maia whispered, poking me in the ribs with her elbow. I had to laugh at that.
"Stop talking to me, Maia! Your honor, the inmate keeps talking to me and starting trouble! Make her stop!" I said, getting loud.
"You want it too?!" Dwayne asked, looking at Maia.
Maia and I start laughing hysterically. He didn't have to say it like that, okay? It's either that or me and Maia just are real sick, cause...this guy's a fool!
"She wants it bad, Judge Johnson. REAL bad." Maia said, pointing at me and cracking up.
"Shut up! Your honor, SHE desperately wants it, I'm telling you." I said, trying to get the spotlight off of me.
"BOTH of you are gonna get it if you say one more word!" Dwayne said, getting irritated.
Maia and I grabbed pillows to hide our faces. We were laughing so hard that we didn't want him seeing us, or else it would cause us to say something and then we'd be in trouble. Tears are running down my face from laughing so hard and my cheeks are starting to hurt. Why, on her first day of school, does the new girl gotta befriend me and get me in trouble? I swear I'll never understand that. Sike nah...Maia's cool, and I can tell that we're gonna be REAL close friends.
Maia and I take the pillows from our faces after having calmed down. Now that the laughter was completely out of our system, we just sat there and didn't say anything.
"Your honor, we're really sorry and we promise never ever to do it again." Maia said as we got close together and started flashing him these cute smiles. He's falling for it too!!!
"Alright then, get on up here. You can leave the bench." Dwayne said, sipping his Diet Coke.
Maia and I got up off the couch, and I don't know why, but immediately started laughing again. We sat down at our seats and looked from Dwayne to ourselves and started laughing even more. I don't know why, but we just did.
"Why the hell do you two got the giggles so damn much today?" Dwayne asked, making us laugh again. The tone of his voice was just hilarious!!! He didn't need to be catching feelings!
"Haaaaaa!" I said, starting to laugh hysterically. I was done. You had to hear him to understand. I set my hands on the table and I got my head down and am laughing extremely hard right now.
"It's just girl talk here and there, Dwayne." Maia said, finally answering him.
"Are you sure that's all it is?" Dwayne asked, looking at me with a weird look on his face.
"Yes, I'm positive." Maia said, smiling. She looks over to see me with my head still down and I'm still laughing.
"Crystal, calm down! It's not that serious!" Maia said, touching my shoulder and chuckling.
"Okay." I say, wiping the tears of laughter from my face.
"Are we done now?" Dwayne asked, glaring at me.
"Yeah. Everything's cool." I said, calming down.
"So Maia, when were you planning on moving your stuff? I know you just weren't gonna let it sit around all day." Dwayne said, finishing up the last of his fries.
"Well I don't know...I guess we can go when we finish eating." Maia said, sipping her Coke.
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"Shit!" Dwayne and I say as we run into one another, sending the boxes we were holding to the ground. We both lean down to pick Maia's boxes up and accidentally kiss.
Just then, Maia comes from in the kitchen and into the living room. Dwayne and I look at each other and quickly turn away, going to sit on the couch.
"O-kay! Why are you guys acting weird? Just a few moments ago you were talking and now you're not." Maia said, standing and looking at us strangely.
"I don't know...I just ran out of things to say. Dwayne, what do you wanna talk about?" I asked nervously.
"I don't care." Dwayne said, answering me nervously.
"Well....thank you guys so much! I owe you, really I do." Maia said, plopping down with us on the sofa.
"Okay, well I'm holding you to that." Dwayne said, smiling.
"Me too, girly. You're not off the hook just yet." I added, throwing a pillow at her.
"Well ladies, it looks like I better be getting back. You know, I got an early day tomorrow." Dwayne said, getting up.
"Don't we all?" I asked, laughing.
"I guess so. Maia, if you need any more help with anything, don't hesitate to give me a call...better yet, shout me a holla. You know where I live. Crystal, can you come outside with me for a minute?" Dwayne said, walking to the front door.
"Sure." I said, getting up and walking with Dwayne to the front door. I looked back at Maia and she was giving me the thumbs up sign. If she only knew...
"What just happened here?" Dwayne asked, after shutting the front door behind me. We walked down the steps and made our way outside. Pretty soon, we were slowly but surely walking back to his apartment.
"I'm just as shocked as you. As far as I'm concerned, we just dropped some boxes, and in going to pick them up at the same time kissed accidentally. That's all that happened." I said, not looking at Dwayne.
"Right. Pure accident, not intentional." Dwayne said, agreeing.
"No intentions whatsoever." I said, smiling and agreeing.
"I'm still curious as to what you told your friend Dany about me." Dwayne said, chuckling.
"Why do you have to bring this up now?" I asked, laughing.
"It seems like the perfect time. Now spill it. Come on, Crystal. I'm your teacher, and whatever you say to me I swear I won't repeat it to anyone. It'll be extremely confidential." Dwayne said, smiling.
The moon was shining bright and leading a path for us as we made our way closer and closer to his apartment. Maybe it was the kiss that fired me up or that fact that we were alone, but this man looked GOOD with the moonlight reflecting off of him like this! Ooh!
"It's personal, and you can't just go meddling into people's business like that." I said somewhat defensively.
"It's personal, it's about me...who said I was meddling? I'm just curious and I think I have the right to know what someone thinks about me, especially one of my students." Dwayne said.
"Well, if you put it like that I guess I have no choice. I might as well tell you." I started.
"Okay, now we're getting somewhere." Dwayne said, smiling.
"It's no secret that a lot of girls on campus think you're cute. You know that, right?" I asked, giggling.
"I didn't know that, but thanks for the info." Dwayne said, smiling at me and then chuckling.
"Yeah well, I'm one of those girls. I think you're cute, and that's all that I told Dany." I said, lying.
I KNOW ya'll didn't think I was going to completely tell him the truth! You better get outta my face with that! I told him a small part of the truth, okay? Lord knows that I told Dany a lot more explicit things than just that. It's just that he don't need to know that! Shh!
"Well, well, well! One of my students has a crush on me! That's so sweet!" Dwayne said, giving a sexy laugh afterward.
"I'm serious!" I said.
We walked up the stairs to his apartment and stood at his door. We didn't say anything at first, but as soon as he turned to face me I knew he was going to start talking.
"I know you're serious. I'm just kidding around, that's all." Dwayne said, smiling and placing his hand on my shoulder.
Up until now, I hadn't gotten a chance to really look him in his eyes, but now that I see them...they're really beautiful. He's got warm, soft brown eyes. And it's almost like you can see in his soul when you really take the time to look into them.
The next thing I know, my face and Dwayne's face are moving closer to each other. This isn't happening...it is!!! We're kissing, people! Oh my gosh!!!
"Maia." I quickly remembered, breaking up the kiss.
"Oh...hey, I'm sorry." Dwayne said, apologizing.
"No, it's fine. I just have to get back to Maia, and...yeah. Well, I'll see you in class tomorrow." I said, giving a shy smile.
"Alright, well you have a good night. Tell Maia the same for me." Dwayne said, unlocking the front door to his apartment.
"Okay...Night." I said, waving and walking off.
While I'm walking back to Maia's place, I might as well talk to you all. Did you not just see what happened? Things weren't supposed to go like that! I was just going to walk him back to his apartment (well, THAT wasn't apart of the plan either...we kept on talking while we were walking, so I kinda ended up doing that) and come back to Maia's. Noone said anything about kissing. It was bad enough we kissed once already, and that was due in part to the thing with the boxes. You all saw that, and so you know it couldn't have been done intentionally.
I don't mean to make this sound like this is his fault (the kiss that happened just now). I know I'm to blame too. We were going to kiss each other at the same time. I don't know what I'm going to do come tomorrow in class. Maybe I just won't go. I don't know yet for sure.
Wait, wait, wait a minute. You know what? Who am I kidding? I'm going back over there to his place. Let me just call Maia up right quick on my phone and let her know what's up....
Okay, that's done. I'm walking back over to Dwayne's right now. I have to be insane or out of my mind to be doing this, but I'm doing it.
*Knock-Knock-Knock!*
"Who is it?" Dwayne asks from inside his apartment.
"It's me, Crystal." I say, only for him to open up the door seconds later.
Dwayne takes a good look at me and I'm out of breath. Yes, I did run over here. It seems silly, but what the hell.
"Come on in." Dwayne said, opening his door wider and letting me in his apartment.
"What did you do? You're out of breath." Dwayne said, chuckling.
"I ran back over here as soon as I realized that it was stupid of me to leave in the first place." I answered, looking at him.
"You know what you're getting yourself into, honey?" Dwayne asked, walking towards me.
"What I do know is that I enjoyed that kiss." I said, eyeing him.
"Which one?" Dwayne asked, laughing.
"Both." I said, laughing too.
I started to get closer to Dwayne and looked him in his eyes. Before I'd even realized I was doing it, I kissed him long and passionately. Dwayne set me on his dining room table and looked me in my eyes. After about 5 seconds, he started kissing ME now. Suddenly, he stopped.
"You know what...this can't happen." Dwayne said, backing up.
"You're right. I'm sorry for coming here...I shouldn't have." I said, feeling somewhat foolish and embarrassed.
"It's not your fault, Crystal. This just isn't right, and I'm sorry. It's my fault." Dwayne said, looking at me as I got off the table.
"How about this...how bout we forget that this ever happened?" I asked, smiling.
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." Dwayne said, smiling.
"So we got a deal?" I asked, putting my hand out.
"Yeah." Dwayne said, shaking my hand.
"We're still friends, right?" I asked.
"Course we are! Come here, girl!" Dwayne said, hugging me.
"I'll see you tomorrow in class, Dwayne." I said as Dwayne walked me to the door.
"I'll see you too." Dwayne said, opening the door.
"Night." I said, smiling.
"Goodnight, honey." Dwayne said, smiling before closing the door.
~TO BE CONTINUED~