Jealous, Thy Name is Ethan

As Ethan watched Theresa hurry down the corridor, he stood against a wall, and sighed.

This is unbelievable! How could Theresa move on so quickly? It's like she's forgotten all about our summer. Feeling rejected, Ethan begins to walk back to his office. Pulling a seat to his desk, Ethan pulls out a picture of Theresa and himself taken over the summer.

How can you forget the fun times, Theresa? How can you just put me behind you? I should have told you the truth from the start, but we never went into further discussion about ourselves.

My dream came true when I found you again; I just wished it would have been under different circumstances. Sighing, Ethan begins to plan lessons for the rest of the week, and grade essays his students left for him outside his office, including Theresa. Remembering the feel of Theresa's hand brush against his this morning made Ethan question how she could move on so quickly to another guy.

He tried to grasp her hand for a moment, but she refused, and left the room before he got a chance to say anything

While grading papers, Ethan stops when he comes across Theresa's essay. Reading some parts of it, Ethan smiles slightly as a plan forms in his head to talk to Theresa. Reading her paper twice, Ethan finalizes his idea deep in his mind, and writes a simple "see me" in red ink next to her name.

Putting Theresa's essay aside, Ethan sighs again. I'm sorry to do this, Theresa, but it's the only way I can get you to understand where I'm coming from, and to find out what I can do to salvage the relationship we created over the summer. It's the only way…

Thinking back on Theresa's phone call, Ethan feels a pang of jealousy rip through his body again. "I know you, Theresa. You still have feelings for me. So, why is it that you're playing with my heart right now? You move on, and I'm left here jealous of another guy being with you. God, this is so unfair. What did I ever do in my life to deserve this?"

Picking up the phone, Ethan calls Fox. "Hey, I'm in trouble."

"Financial?"

"No. Romantic."

"Oh boy, what happened now?"

"Well, I told you about Theresa, right?"

"Yes, that she's in your class. What's the latest update?"

"Well, I tried to talk to her, and she refuses to listen to me."

"Can you blame her?"

"Hey, are you going to listen to me, or are you going to lecture?"

"Sorry, continue."

"Anyway. Now she has me on a jealous streak. She's already moved on, Fox! I saw her on her cell walking down the hall saying 'hi honey' and all this other lovey dovey crap. I was so mad, I had to quickly walk to my office before I punched a wall or something."

"You need to calm down, Ethan. Don't you see that you can't do anything with Theresa because of your job!"

"I realize that. But, I found a way to get her to talk to me."

"This ought to be good. What did you do?"

"I didn't grade her essay, I wrote a 'see me' note."

"And if she refuses? You can't jeopardize her grade for some fling, Ethan."

"It's not a fling!" Ethan says a little too loudly.

Exhaling a breath, Fox says, "You're in deep, bro, real deep."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

Coming Up

Ethan and Theresa talk

Theresa remembers her summer vacation

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