A/N: I haven't covered her age but Regina is 27 in this story however I describe her looks and personality based off how she is now/was (still a little sore from that). Hope that makes sense!
I paced in Killian's spot early Wednesday morning almost tripping over my duffel bag and backpack, yes I had to get a duffel to hold all my fucking volleyball shit. I tapped my foot impatiently waiting for him. Yesterday after mom dropped me off, I found Jefferson and he said he saw Killian come in but seemed to disappear after that. So here I am being the bigger person stalking his daily parking spot.
I heard some kids shout and 3 rows up 2 spots to left were a group of girls laughing and giggling. That was where Ms. Mills or Regina and I were the other night. She never texted me that night like she said she would and I couldn't talk to her about it before school started yesterday because I slept in, lunch I was looking for Killian's dumb ass, and in physics students were flooding to her desk to ask questions about their biography, after that I had practice.
Which is where I was informed that supposedly I have to participate at the pep rally on Friday. Tanya's exact words were:
"We are always in the pep rally. Both boys and girls varsity volleyball. They do it for lacrosse and water polo. Where have you been? Living under a rock? This year we are trying to top the 'Who Ya Rootin for' theme we did last season."
It had something to do with root beers.
Killian's black GMC Sierra screamed down the lot then he started to pull into his spot before he saw me and slammed on the brakes. He rolled down the window and stuck his head out.
"Move Emma." his voice was so monotone.
"We need to talk."
He shook his head and sighed.
"I don't want to do this at school."
"Well if you wouldn't have been ignoring my calls or disappearing on me we wouldn't be doing this here."
"Fine. Move and we'll talk."
I eyed him cautiously, noticing my skepticism he put his hands up in a surrender.
"I promise."
Believing him I stepped to the side, using my foot to slide all my stuff over and let him pull in. He unlocked the door and I opened it for him, with ease he jumped out and landed smoothly on his feet. His sad blue eyes looked at me only for a second then he glanced away.
"Do you want to sit in the bed?"
"Sure."
After I threw my things over the side of his truck we walked around to the back and he dropped down the tail gate. First Killian got in then he helped me up. With slow steps we reached the cab and hopped on the roof of the truck. Every now and then a guy or girl would see Killian and wave at him, he would politely wave back then it was back to silence.
He took a deep breath then placed his gaze on me while I kept my head down watching as I rocked my foot back and forth.
"I'm sorry Emma."
Definitely wasn't expecting him to apologize first. I met his eyes but stayed silent.
"I'm sorry about everything. I know how you feel about me it's just apart of me hoped maybe if I showed you my romantic side that you would see me differently. Love me. More than a brother. I was going to take it slow but then Queen came on, we started dancing and laughing. I just got caught up in the moment. And what I said about you was just...it was so...crass and rude, I'm just so sorry."
Taking in the information I nodded my head slowly and saw the water fill up in his eyes as he blinked a few times holding back the tears.
"It's partially my fault. I've noticed the way you've been acting and I was going to talk about it but I too got caught up in the Queen moment. It just felt like-"
"Old times."
"Yea, old times." I finished
I saw him shake his head.
"You always do that." Killian stated.
"Do what?"
"You always try and take on the blame for another person's actions. You didn't make me kiss you, it was all me. I know I fucked up."
Killian turned his head to the field keeping his eyes away from me.
"Can things ever go back to normal? Over time? I don't expect our friendship to be like it was right away, but some day."
I would like it to.
Boy would I.
Reaching out I placed my hand on top of his and gently squeezed. His head turned to mine with a smile on his face.
"I think so. As long as you understand where I'm coming from."
"I do, but you also have to understand where I'm coming from. I can't just make myself not be in love with you. It's not some switch I can turn on and off. What I can do is not crowd you, I can be your best friend. I can be your brother."
A little bit of remorse sunk into my body. I didn't really think about it like that.
I removed my hand from his then laid my head down on his shoulder. Killian's shoulders rose then fell and I felt his body melt and he wrapped his arm around my back and placed the side of his head on top of mine.
"Do the rest know?" he asked quietly.
"I told Jefferson and Belle. I'm sure Ruby beat it out of them."
We shared a soft laugh from my comment.
"Thanks Emma."
"For what?"
I felt his jaw clench together.
"For giving me a second chance. I don't deserve it."
I wrapped my arms around his waist and pulled him against me.
"You do. I can't just kick you out like that. You mean too much to me."
"You mean a lot to me too."
This was nice. The way it was suppose to be.
"Ms. Mills." a girl shouted.
Lifting my head and turning it I saw the same group of girls who were at the spot Ms. Mills and were at walk over to her, Regina looked fucking amazing as always with her red see through blouse, leather pants and black boots. As the sun shown down I could see a hint of her black bra. Her hair was straight but Ms. Mills had just ran a hand through it so it was tossed to one side.
Yup, she's definitely sex on legs.
Killian looked at me, then drifted his eyes to where my mine were. I could a see a tiny grin forming on his face out of my peripheral vision.
"She is hot isn't she."
"Mmmhm."
Ms. Mills walked across the lot greeting the girls with smiles as they attempted and failed to try and flirt with her. They either gently touched her arm or would laugh super hard at something she was saying. I shouldn't be surprised that I wasn't the only who was attracted to her. She probably let other people call her Regina too.
I sighed and resumed my previous position on Killian's shoulder. Softly he placed his around my back again, soon after the butterflies swarmed in my stomach and the hair on my neck stood. Yes, she's looking at me. I could feel her hazel eyes burning into my low back where his arm was wrapped around, she traveled slowly up my spine until she landed on the back of my head.
I shivered at the possibility of what her face looked like right now.
"You cold?" Killian asked.
"No, just-" think dummy think. "Just remembered I had to be in the pep rally this Friday."
His deep laugh echoed throughout his body. The fact that I was getting better at lying to my friends was a perplexing thought. Like I'm happy they can't read my every thought but on the same coin why was I lying to them.
"That's right. The volleyball teams are really into that. Good luck."
"Thanks for those words of encouragement." sarcasm was laced in my voice.
We pushed each other around before Ms. Mills's husky laugh reached my ears causing my heart to race and stopping me from joking with Killian.
He looked at me curiously.
"You ready to get out of here?"
Yes yes yes yes. Please let's go.
"Yea, sure."
I picked up my backpack and hoisted it on my shoulder then dropped my duffel to the ground. I hopped over the side of his truck with Killian following.
"Let me grab my things."
Killian jogged to the other side and I leaned against the cool metal of his GMC. I looked to Ms. Mills and stared at her for a moment. Her eyes glanced to me and a hint of a smile graced her lips. I smiled back stuck up my hand and waved once at her. She sucked in her lip between her teeth then brought her focus back to the young girl speaking to her.
Killian came up beside me and nudged me with his shoulder. I brought my eyes to him and felt the blush creep on my neck. He glanced at me, then Ms. Mills, back to me, Ms. Mills again, then back to me.
His eyebrows rose and a crooked grin formed on his face.
"What?" I asked innocently.
Shaking his head he pulled his mouth in a full smile.
"Nothing. Come on, I'm ready for cheese zombies."
He pulled me along and I wrapped my hand under his tricep and he guided me away from the path we usually walk and directly to Regina. My grip tightened on his arm pulling back creating some resistance.
Stopping abruptly Killian turned his body to face me.
"Relax. Just be Emma."
I scrunched my eyebrows up at his statement not sure what to say. Where did that come from? What does he mean just be Emma?
His scoff reached my ears.
"You mean you don't know how you feel about-you know what, no. Never mind, you're going to have to figure this out yourself. I'm hungry, you?"
His random switch in subjects gave me whiplash. Not waiting for my answer he pulled me along towards Ms. Mills.
"Emma. Are. You. Hungry?" he teased.
Yes I heard you.
"Yea I could eat."
"Good, I heard they also have some cinnamon rolls and-"
I tuned him out, only hearing the patter of my footsteps reaching Regina. She looked up once at me then quickly looked away when she saw I was walking to her.
Why is Killian doing this?
Some laughter from the group of girls surrounding her filled my ears before we passed by and Killian gently pushed me into her with my shoulder brushing up against hers, then Killian softly tugged me back over to him and we kept walking.
What the hell man?
The smell of her perfume wafted under my nose and I took a deep breath savoring it in case I wouldn't get much time with her today.
Maybe I'll text her tonight asking about the debt.
That seems like an okay thing to text her about right?
I know she said in case I needed help with school work, but this is school work. Sort of. Not really.
"Emma!"
Huh?
I turned my head to Killian who was jokingly pouting.
"Did you even hear me?"
"Yea cinnamon rolls."
My phone shrilled in my pocket and I stopped us to pull it out with the warning bell ringing following.
Excitement flooded my body as my hands trembled looking at the name.
Regina Mills.
I double tapped the screen to open the text.
Can you meet me in my class?
Fucking of course.
Sure.
I looked up at Killian and smiled.
"I gotta go. See you at lunch?"
"Definitely."
He smiled back at me and pulled me into a hug. I clung on to him tightly letting him know that we were okay.
"See ya." and he took off.
Where were was I anyway? I spun around and saw the letter A painted on the wall. Fuck. She's in C, on the other side of the school. I made my way through the bodies rushing to their classrooms. I was halfway there before the final bell went off, the silence making the sound of my incoming text message much more obnoxious then normal.
Never mind. I'll just talk to you tomorrow. My day is swamped so meet me here 15 minutes before the bell rings in the morning.
Now I had a choice. I can go to a class that I was already late for, or I could surprise Regina and show up anyway. My brain said head to English but other parts of my body took control and I continued walking to her. When I got to her room I placed my ear against the door and heard her muffled voice talking to the class. I took a deep breath and opened it softy.
I poked my head in and gazed around the class nonchalantly. Eyes were all on me including Regina's.
The look on her face right now is well worth the tardy mark.
"Excuse me class while I step out for a moment. Open your books to chapter 3.3." she said politely then floated to me.
Dragging my body away from the door I felt her pull on the handle from the other side and she opened it sliding out of the door and looked at with an expression of bewilderment.
"Miss. Swan I texted you not to come." she whispered right against my ear.
Her warm, welcoming, minty fresh breath has me dying right now.
"Sorry Ms. Mills I didn't get it." I fibbed then bit my lip. Also hoping the way I said her name just now wouldn't irritate her.
She gazed upon me intently then folding herself back into her casual manor Regina leaned her shoulder against the door. I noticed the muscles in her legs flex under her leather causing me to bite down harder on my lip.
"Well since you're here, I wanted to tell you the number is 6."
"The number is 6?" I questioned.
"Lunches."
Ugh, her voice.
Why can't I be all confident and shit like her.
"That's how many I owe you?"
"Yup. We can talk some more after school. Right now you need to be in English."
I smirked at her making the electricity between us intensify. She's so nice caring about my tardiness and all.
"I can't keep writing you notes. Mrs. Oaks and I are on good terms and I don't need you messing it up." Regina teased.
"Hey this time it's my fault. You didn't know I was going to show up anyway."
We shared a laugh that came to an end too soon.
"Be that as it may you should still get going."
"Yea I know but-"
"Bye Emma." she sang before twirling on her boots and slipping back into the classroom.
"Look who's finally kissed and made up." Jefferson teased setting down a large Calculus book.
Killian glared at him.
"I mean just made up, you guys know what the fuck I'm trying to say."
Belle and Ruby sat down for lunch at the same time, Ruby with a little more force.
"God my Econ teacher is being a fucking douche." she sneered.
"What's wrong?" I asked
She took out her lunch and spun the spork around idly in her mac and cheese.
"He's saying I can't make up any of my work. I'm this close to failing."
"I can help you." stated Jefferson popping a grape in his mouth. "I'm getting it pretty well."
I was happy the girls didn't say anything awkward about Killian and I sitting together like Jefferson did. Everything just went back to how it was.
"Do you guys have room for more?"
Turning around T was smiling wide at me with the team behind her.
"Oh we have all sorts of room. Emma scoot over." Killian replied pushing me away from him on the bench.
Rolling my eyes I picked up my things and moved to sit over with Belle on the other side.
Fucking boys.
One minute he's in love with me the next he's pushing me out the way. Their more fickle than girls.
"I wasn't trying to move you." T said sitting down.
The girls began to take their seats. Rachel sat next to me on the other side sat Sadie then Belle, Dorothy, Ruby. Kelsey sat next to Jefferson, then it was Tanya, Killian, Aliey, and Denise.
"How come you guys never wanted to sit over here when it was just me." Ruby teased.
"Because we've known for fucking ever. Emma though is new blood so here we are." Denise chimed.
"So..." Aliey started. "I was thinking of a Grease themed pep rally."
How about no.
I looked and saw everyone else with the same contorted expression I'm sure I had. Except Killian who was giving her googly eyes after T decided to politely ignore his advances.
"I think it's a great idea." he said.
"Girl, no it's not." remarked Jefferson.
Always the blunt one.
"What do you guys think then? We only have 3 days left to come up with something." Aliey said sounding frustrated.
"Well Grease is a big no no. I doubt any of these kids know how to do the hand jive. Not everyone has the same amazing movie catalog knowledge we do. Now your root beer thing from last year was legit." Jefferson said.
I chuckled at him. That's his polite way of saying 'girl no'.
They all started throwing ideas around. Denise suggested we do a hell theme and get a double of Acalanes mascot and set it on fire. I'm not going to lie, the idea was intriguing, not sure they'd let us get away with that in the gym though. Ruby wanted to have our mascot ride in on a Harley Davidson her reasoning was because it will look cool. Kelsey wanted to do a 'Beat the Team' theme where we have 4 pinatas set up and the president of each class comes to hit it.
Belle mentioned a 'Creme the other Team' route. We get a double of the other teams mascot and our mascot will throw a crème pie in their face.
"Emma, what do you think? You've been quiet."
My head turned to Rachel and I grinned shyly at her.
"Well..." I cleared my throat and sat up on the bench. "How about we combine Belle's theme with a 'Go Bananas' theme."
They all frowned at me.
"Wait hear me out. We start off the rally with the crème pie in the face. Then we transition into the banana thing. We could have 8 people come down, the president of each class plus a partner of their choosing. One team member lies down on the ground holding a bowl, and the other team member stands on a chair and drops the contents of a banana split into the bowl. The first team who makes one wins."
Eyebrows furrowed in contemplation.
"What does the winner get?" asked Sadie.
I thought for a moment.
"If we can get 4 teachers to agree, I'm thinking we can hold a vote between the classes. What ever teachers agree we can have their names on a can and put it in the office. The 2 teachers with the most votes gets a banana crème pie thrown in their face by the winners."
The table got quiet.
"I fucking love that idea!" cheered Aliey.
"Yes girl that will completely top what we did last year." added T with a smile.
"Oh my God I'm so excited." squealed Kelsey
"What a way to start our last year of volleyball. Nobody else will be able to come close to that." Ruby said smiling at me.
"It might go down in history. Years from now kids will be like 'my mom said her class got to throw pies in teachers faces.' and then the other kid will be like 'what! No way!'"Jefferson said standing up and impersonating both voices.
We laughed hard, some of them almost falling off the bench.
"Props to duckling!"
"PROPS TO DUCKLING!"
My old and now new friends cheered.
"We have to start thinking of names. Even though it's split into two assemblies I think they'll be fine to get a pie in the face twice." T said once she had caught her breath.
"I vote Coach Robin." Jefferson slipped in without shame.
I saw Ruby raise an eyebrow.
"What? C'mon guys this might be my last chance to see that man without wearing his stupid volleyball sweater in real life. Tell him to take one for the team."
"In real life?" Aliey asked.
"Jefferson stalks his Instagram." Belle replied.
The team chuckled around the table.
"Okay, I think we can do that." Rachel added.
"Thank you."
"Who else? Um-"
"How about Ms. Mills." Killian said.
I shot my head to him, my eyes reading 'what the fuck dude'.
"Do you think she would go for it Em?" Belle asked.
"I don't know. I mean she is classy and very well kept."
"Ask her anyway." Ruby said. "You never know, you guys have her for 6th right?"
I shook my head weakly and heard Belle say of course. They rumbled names off, Ruby had no problem volunteering her Econ teacher Mr. O'Leary.
The dreaded warning bell rang and we all groaned.
"This information stay at this table only. I want them to be surprised." Ruby stated before she cleaned up.
"What do we tell the teachers?" commented Denise.
Oh yea.
"Well I want them to be surprised too. How about we just ask if they are willing to participate in the rally and if they are, then we can ask if they don't mind getting messy. If they say yes then we tell them to keep it on the hush hush."
Agreeing we all started to pack up our lunches and head back to class. I eyed Killian before he left and he knew that meant I wanted to talk.
"Hey." Belle said grabbing my attention. "Do you mind asking Ms. Mills about the assembly? I gotta run home straight after class. Mom wants to have a daughter night."
Even though she sounded annoyed I knew she secretly enjoyed the time spent between the two.
"Yea, no problem."
"Thanks. See you later."
When the table cleared I stood next to Killian who was grinning.
"What the fuck was that back there?" I demanded.
"What was what?"
"Stop it. You know what I mean, 'how about Ms. Mills'." done in my best guy voice.
"Oh relax. I was trying to give you an opening to talk to her, and thanks to me, you have one now."
What is he babbling about?
"I don't need an opening to talk to her." I wasn't so sure. "Nor do I need to talk to her." That may be a lie.
He rolled his eyes and scoffed.
"Emma are you really trying to convince me you don't have at least a little crush on her?"
"A crush? On her? I don't even know her."
Killian took a step to me and gave me a look that said 'yea right'.
"Emma..."
No don't Emma me.
"Killian you don't know what you're talking about. I don't like her. There are no feelings there. The only relationship we have is a teacher student one."
"Okay fine if you believe that then I'll stand behind you, but if you do like her know I'll stand by that as well. I got to go."
He leaned in and hugged me then sprinted off, catching up with Aliey.
"Man I can't wait for Friday." Jefferson said as we walked hand in hand to my physics class. "I got to go shopping for some clothes that are our school colors. You wanna come?"
"Yea, can we go tomorrow, we get Thursdays off from practice."
"Down. I can come by here after school and be your ride."
"Sounds good."
We chatted some more before reaching the classroom.
"Alright here's your stop." he exclaimed with a grin. "Now don't forget to ask Ms. Mills."
"Ask me what?"
My eyes widened and my step faltered. When I turn around please don't let that be…
Slowly we both spun around on our feet and Regina was standing, her eyes searching ours.
"That is Ms. Mills?" Jefferson asking pointing a finger at her but looking at me.
"In the flesh and blood." she said with her arms wide.
Jefferson looked at her then back at me.
Why does this keep happening? Pick one! Either look at me or look at her.
He straightened up his posture and stuck out his hand.
"I'm Jefferson, Emma and Belle's best friend. Will you be at the game on Friday? I would love to talk about where you go shopping, your sense of fashion is everything."
Ms. Mills smiled with gratitude and I could see a hint of red fade onto her cheeks as she accepted his hand.
"Why thank you Jefferson. As far as the game goes, Miss. Swan's coach has been guilt tripping me about not attending the games last year so I'm pretty sure I have to." she replied winking at the end to me.
She needs to stop before I drop dead from my heart exploding.
Not to mention, SHE'S COMING TO THE GAME!
At least I have a heads up instead of just being surprised and embarrassing myself. Who's to say that won't happen anyway...so there's that.
"Awesome, if you don't mind sitting with us mortals I could save you a seat."
Why did I sound so stupid saying that meanwhile Jefferson can let it roll off his tongue.
Say no.
For the love of God please say no.
"Sure. Would it be any trouble to save two?"
Two?
Who in the fuck is she bringing?
"I can do that. I should get going." he replied backing up.
Jefferson pointed both his hands at me.
"Emma. Me and You. Tomorrow. Shopping." then walked off.
I smiled weakly in attempt to hide the feeling of dejection coursing through my body.
Regina is bringing someone.
Slowly it shifted to annoyance. Annoyed that I was stupid enough to think she wasn't dating anyone. I mean it's Regina. A beautiful woman with a wise soul, an incandescent personality, and a body that makes all the heads turn.
Maybe she's just flirty with everyone.
Not like it matters. I don't have a chance anyway so why am I entertaining these thoughts.
She took a minor step towards me and brought her hand to my shoulder.
"What did you want to ask me?"
I glanced up at her eyes quick before looking away and casually dipped my shoulder from under her grasp letting her arm fall back down. A doleful expression crossed her face before her mask appeared.
"Maybe we can talk later."
Then I turned away and I walked into class. No comments from the peanut gallery as I took my seat.
Thank God.
I began changing my demeanor so I didn't take my frustrations out on Belle. Plus, she can generally tell when I'm pissed and I don't feel like talking about it. We talked about the pep rally in whispers careful not to let anyone hear us but I couldn't help and think about the possible person coming with Regina to the game. If she did have someone was I imagining all the little things she did towards me? Was she teasing me because I made my attraction for her so obvious like the tow truck guy that she couldn't help but have a little fun?
My nostrils flared as the thoughts filtered through my brain. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to talk to her later, clearly I was only going to spend my time dwelling on her comment. It was a couple minutes before the door opened and Richie walked in with Ms. Mills behind him. Her eyes met mine before a coy smile crossed her lips and then she looked away.
Nope, not even going to respond to that.
She placed her stuff on her desk and called for our attention before diving into the lesson plan. For the most part I was able to keep my eyes away and my head down but every now and then I would feel Regina's stare burning into me. I refused to look her way pretending I was interested in what the student was explaining from the chapter or I was taking notes.
"Okay class, put away your books I have some exciting news." her smile was glowing.
Belle and I eyed each other with confusion shining in our faces as we put our text books away.
"So, I've been able to pull some strings and convince the school board that going to the library whenever we have projects is a waste of valuable educational time. They agreed and with a budget I've been able to get you all something."
Walking into a closet that was by the whiteboard she wheeled out a box. Regina opened it swiftly then pulled the object out.
"Holy fuck." cursed Richie.
Before Regina could say anything I saw him hunch is head and mumble an apology.
"As you can see, we've got laptops." she stated.
Scattered gasps and some high fives could be heard around the room.
"Now this is for classroom use only. Meaning you will not be able to take it home, also everything we use this for will be monitored by the school so please be the responsible mature young adults I know you are."
Regina began to pass out the laptop notebooks and when she reached my desk she casually handed me mine while holding a conversation with Ethan. I waited for her to look at me just so I could turn my head away, I may be a little spiteful, but she didn't instead Regina slid through the space between mine and Ethan's desk and handed Belle hers.
Mind you her leather clad ass was facing me causing me to bite my lip as I inwardly groaned.
She's got to know what she's doing right?
"Once you receive your laptop you may get to work on your biography."
Without hesitation I opened it up hoping the quicker I could get to work on my project the less time that leaves me to fantasize about my teacher's ass. I began to get to work tuning out the sound of her boots hitting the floor. When she was done, Regina began to walk back around checking up on our work or answering any questions.
Surprisingly I maintained my focus on my project. Paul Dirac is the physicists I chose off the list she gave us. I didn't want to choose someone like Einstein or Newton. Everybody knows about them.
All of a sudden the back of my chair dipped and a shadow hovered above me. The smell of cinnamon and sex filled my nose and I didn't need to look back to know who it was. Regina had placed one hand on top of my chair and the other resting on my desk. I kept my eyes on the words staring blankly into the screen waiting for her to speak.
"Can I at least get a hint." she whispered in my ear.
She's trying to fucking kill me.
Softly I shook my head no. To anyone else it probably looked like she was just asking me about my project but I knew this was her way of getting my attention.
"Come on. Don't make me beg."
Oh Jesus.
My stomach coiled into a knot while I felt the twitch in my pants.
That bell can ring anytime now.
My grip tightened around my pencil and I took a couple of hushed breaths to steady myself.
"I'll tell you after class." the words coming out my mouth choked and broken.
The cutest huff fell from her lips and she pulled back and walked away from me but not before gently rubbing her fingers across my back.
Yup, I shivered big time.
She does not play nice.
It was hard to concentrate after that encounter. She's fucking confusing with her stares and random touches and her hot authority with her sexy clothes. I can't be the only one who turns into a fucking disaster when she's around.
Sighing I spent the last few minutes mindlessly scanning different articles and like music to my ears the bell rang.
"Everyone read 3.5 to 3.8 tonight."
After saying yes the students except, as usual, me began to pack and leave.
"Thanks again." Belle kindly said and she gave me hug and left.
Grabbing my backpack, because I was able to leave my duffel in the locker room after gym, I walked over to the door where Ms. Mills was standing and leaned against the frame opposite from her. She said goodbye to Lily who was slow to leave, as she walked by Lily glared at me then left.
Her moves are becoming repetitive. She's going to have to come up with some new material.
Regina said bye to her then brought her gaze to me.
Okay I can do this. I'm going to be 18 next year, I can put my feelings aside and act like an adult.
With ease she leaned her shoulder against the door frame as well crossing one ankle over the other and slipped the tip of her fingers in the pocket of her pants.
"Alright the suspense is killing me. What's up?" Regina asked, her eyes twinkling with anticipation.
"I had a question about the pep rally." I started.
"Okay..."
I ran a hand through my hair tossing it over to one side and placed a hand in my back pocket. When I looked at her again Regina's iris's had darkened considerably and her lips were slightly pulled apart, her tongue snaked out wetting them, then it was gone.
Back to teacher Regina.
Instead of whatever version of her that was.
"What about the pep rally?" she said clearing her throat after.
"Uh, well I was wondering if you wouldn't mind participating in it. The volleyball I guess does something every year and we are trying to get help from our teachers."
She laughed lightly.
"What would I have to do?"
"I can't tell you. All I can say is you will possibly get messy."
Regina raised an eyebrow, bit her lip, then nodded her head.
"Well I don't mind getting messy."
It should not sound so sexual. I'm such a pervert.
"I'm in." her smile was full as she looked at me.
"Great. I'll let them know and one of us will keep you posted."
I was about to walk out the door before her arm reached in front of me blocking the way.
"Are you okay?"
I'm not okay. Everything you do is a fucking puzzle. You make no sense.
"Yup. I'm good, just trying to get to practice. Working hard for our game ya know?"
I glanced over to her blank face.
Zero emotion.
Did she believe me?
Slowly her arm retracted as she stared at me.
I don't think she does.
How do I make her believe me.
"Really I'm just in a rush, I know you said you wanted to talk about our debt but I got to go. I can stay a little after class tomorrow and we can figure out the lunch thing. I can tell Jefferson to give me at least 15 minutes."
Narrowing her eyes she studied me and I did my best to stay as relaxed as possible, finally she nodded her head.
"Off you go then."
Awesome. I smirked at her then quickly walked out the room. As soon as I was in the hall I bent over to grab my knees breathing in the much needed air I didn't realize I wasn't getting.
I don't get it.
Why am I feeling this way? Why do I care about what happens in her personal life? Why did I get not only mad but jealous when she mentioned bringing someone to the game.
I'm not a jealous person usually.
I thought back to my conversation with Killian at lunch and gasped.
Was he right?
Was I so far in denial that I didn't see it?
Did I have a crush on Ms. Mills?