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Dedication: I don't know… to the sky.

I ended up loving work. Once I got to know my group, it was a lot easier. Except for Ayla, they all seemed to like me. Ayla continued to push my buttons, and I couldn't yell at her or anything because then I would get fired. All I could do was glare in her direction.

On the second Friday I was at work, Ayla pushed my buttons a little too much.

"PETRIFICUS TOTALAS!" I screamed at her, spinning around after she had proclaimed learning shield spells was "to easy". Ayla's eyes widened as the spell hit her, and I could feel my own widen in horror. I hadn't lost my temper like that in ages.

I flicked my wand quickly, and Ayla slowed before her frozen body hit the ground. All of my students were looking at me in both interest and horror. I walked over to Ayla and propped her up.

"So, if that was to easy, let me see you get out of this one without speaking, and then we will see what is easy and what's not," I snarled at her. She had her wand in her hand, and I knew she could flick it a little bit, because my spell wasn't that strong.

I knew there was no way she would be able to get out of it; I could barely do it. David had told me about it last year, and I had practiced a bit. I know how to do a little bit, but I'm dreading it this year when I have to do it.

Anyway, the whole class and I watched as Ayla's struggled to free herself. She couldn't, that was obvious, having no idea how to and not being able to move. I could see her face flushing with embarrassment, so I undid the spell.

"How did you like that?" I asked her, and she mumbled something.

"What was that?" I said, and she shouted, "I DIDN'T!" I looked at her, and there were tears glistening in her eyes; apparently I hit a soft spot. She didn't like being proven incompetent. She wiped her eyes quickly, looking angry, but wanting to prove herself.

"Okay, if you can all make a successful shield that I can't break with a jelly-legs curse, then I will teach you something new. Otherwise, we continue to do shields." I told my group.

Even though everyone had made a shield by the second day, very few had been able to make one that actually deflected something. Ayla's had been excellent, as much as I hated to admit. I still was trying to figure out why she was here, considering how good she was at things like this.

I went by and tested each of my students. When I was through them, I was pleased to see that they had all done a shield successfully.

"Okay, now that you know how to do shields, we are going to learn how to use the impediment jinx. I know I said you wouldn't be learning many jinxes, but I changed my mind. Today, we are going to be practicing on mice, and if I ever catch you using this spell on another student, I will throw you out of this class. Do you guys understand?" I told them, and all of them nodded with wide eyes. All if them accept one, of course.

"You don't have the power to kick us out." Said Ayla.

"Oh yes, I do, and let me guarantee that if someone goes, it will be you." I snapped at her, and her face flushed again.

"Oh Yeah?" She challenged, and I retorted, "Yeah."

I glared at her, and she seemed to lose some of her confidence. I had no intention of fighting with her or dueling with her or anything, but I could tell that she thought I had every intention of doing one of those things.

Finally, she backed down.

"You and I are going to have a little talk when everyone goes out into the courtyard at two." I informed her, and she just scowled.

"Anyways, back to impediment jinxes." I said as if nothing had happened.

When my class filed out, Ayla remained behind.

"Sit." I told her, and she did, though reluctantly.

I took a long look at her. She was really pretty; she looked a lot like Tyler. She has long black hair and blue eyes. She glared right back up at me.

"Why are you so keen to challenge my judgment?" I asked her, and she scowled, not wanting to answer.

I raised my eyebrows, and her scowl lessened.

"Because you are blind." She said, and I had no idea what she was talking about.

My confusion must have shown on my face because she continued, "You chase after something because you think that's what you want, making you blind to what is right in front of you." She said, sounding much older then twelve.

I pondered what she said for a second, having truly no idea what she was talking about.

"Why are you in this class, Ayla?" I asked her, using a much gentler voice.

Ayla seemed more interested in talking normally now that she had told me why she hated me.

"Because I have nothing to do over the summer." She said.

"But you're so good! I mean, what I put you in today I can barely do." I said, and Ayla appeared very pleased by my compliment.

"My brother teaches me a lot." She said, and I smiled. Ayla was really not that bad of a kid; just she seemed to like holding grudges.

"Would you like to be my assistant then? You have to stop challenging everything I tell you to do, but you could help me teach some stuff." I asked her, and her whole face lit up.

"Yes!" She exclaimed, and I smiled.

"Come on, let's go out and watch the end of the show." I told her, and we left the room.

I was walking out towards the courtyard when I saw Tyler coming towards me.

"Hey Ty." I called, and he waved in greeting. We met up, and he asked, "Why aren't you at the show?"

I told him how I was talking with a student, and I went to point at her, but she disappeared. I shrugged and he smiled.

"Why are you here?" I asked, and he smiled, "I came to see you." He said, and I smiled back.

He walked me over to a bench and we sat down. I told him about my summer so far, and he told me about his.

"You know what the girl I was talking to said? She said I'm blind to what is right in front of me. She says I'm chasing after something that isn't important." I said. Ayla hadn't said that what I was chasing after wasn't important, but I knew she meant it.

"Did she?" Tyler said, surprising gleaming on his face.

"What do you think I am chasing after?" I asked him, and he thought about it for a second.

"I think she meant not chasing after, but holding onto and not wanting to see the truth is what she meant." He said. I stared at him.

"How do you know that?" I asked him, and he blushed.

"I like to analyze things." He told me, and I nodded.

We talked for a while longer before it was time to go. I said goodbye to Tyler and headed to the office to claim my paycheck. Several of my students greeted me, and I was really happy that I was teaching here. Plus I had noticed that Tyler's eyes were hazel blue-green, not just blue.

On Saturday night, David came over and he took me to dinner. We seemed more distant then usual, but I think that was because we hadn't seen each other in a long time.

"Guess what?" David said, and I looked up at him

"I made head boy." He said, and I frowned.

"Why are you just telling me this now? Why didn't you tell me last weekend?" I asked him.

He shrugged. I frowned again, and I went back to my food. It irritated me that David hadn't told me that he was head boy. That would mean that we would share the same common room, and that he would have much less free time.

When David took me home that night, he pulled me into the shadows by my house, and we continued to make out a bit. It felt like old times, like we were back to normal.

"I think about you every second I'm not around you." He whispered into my ear, and he continued to kiss me.

After awhile, I knew it was time for me to go in, especially when he had his hand in my shirt.

"David, I have to go." I whispered into his ear, and he took his hand away, and kissed me one more time.

"Love you." He said, and I told him I loved him too. Then I went into the house, wondering why we were so distant at dinner.

The following morning, Tess, Tyler, Tucker, Matt and Kelsey came over. David couldn't come because he had "stuff to do". Matt told me later that he was getting all his homework done early.

Matt and Tyler both were of age, so they could do magic. We amused ourselves by bewitching bugs to follow my sister around, but eventually that got boring, and Matt conjured up a bottle.

"Want to play spin the bottle?" he said, grinning at us. Tess laughed, and so did Tucker, but Me, Tyler and Kelsey all stared at him blankly.

"It's a muggle game. You spin the bottle, and whomever it lands on you have to kiss. If you get somebody of the same sex, you go again. Who ever had to be the one kissed gets to spin next." He told us, still grinning.

I shrugged, and nodded; so did everybody else. We sat in a circle, boy-girl, and each took our turn at the bottle. It was really funny. Tess had to kiss Matt and Matt had to kiss Kelsey. Then Kelsey had to kiss Tucker and Tucker kissed me. I spun it, and it landed on Tyler.

I grinned at him, and leaned forward and kissed him on the lips. He kissed me back. We actually kissed for a second before we realized that we were still in a room full of people. We pulled apart, and I felt a little guilty. Everybody was staring at me.

"What?" I said, and they all went back to spinning the bottle.

I didn't feel guilty because I had kissed Tyler. I didn't think that playing a stupid game like that was cheating on David at all, since it was just a game. I felt guilty because I had liked kissing Tyler.

When everybody left, Tyler stuck around for a while. We were in the living room alone for a while, when he brought up the kiss.

"I know that you liked it." He told me seriously, and I nodded. I also knew that I didn't really like Tyler, I just liked his kissing.

Looking unsure of himself, he said, "Do you want to try it again, just to see if it was a one-time kiss or if we actually like kissing each other?" he asked. I noticed he left out the possibility of actually liking each other, because I didn't want to disappoint him.

I nodded, and he leaned forward and kissed me. I, of course, kissed him back. We didn't stop after a few seconds, but we continued to make out. I couldn't help noticing that he was a much better kisser then David. After several minutes, I forced myself to pull away.

"I think we definitely like kissing each other." I said, my voice higher pitched and shaky. Tyler nodded.

"You don't consider this cheating on David, do you?" he asked me.

"No, of course not." I said, not believing myself, because this is cheating on David, since it's not a game anymore.

"Good, I don't either." Tyler responded. I didn't believe him and he didn't believe me, and we didn't believe ourselves. Just as long as we were not believing together, nobody would find out about this.

A/N: Hmmm…Ten reviews, and a chapter next Wednesday again.