The next morning started off as every Monday, except that before she would join the teachers' meeting room, Nefera had stopped in the corridor to pin down the list of her newly recomposed team. She was tensed, somehow… Mostly because of her fight with Jackson. As far as she remembered, they hadn't been able to scream at each other a single sentence without a bad word in it. She felt terrible about this since she hardly liked hearing herself swear when it wasn't in bed.

After she had exchanged a few words with some teachers, caring for not looking at Pr. Jekyll in the eyes, she joined her 'classroom', the gymnasium. Pr. Jekyll was rarely hanging out with the other teachers, which Nefera quite enjoyed since she wasn't very used to talk with a 'mother-in-law', even less working with them.

She had a chill thinking about her but she was distracted by the sound of her heels on the gymnasium waxed floor. She always loved to train before she would welcome her students. This Monday, though, she could not train as she used to, since her name was announced in the high school's speaker.

Jake was sitting in the Headless Mistress's office, and he had a knot in his stomach: His mother was standing right behind him.

"Is it because of my grades?" he tried but neither the Headless Mistress nor his mother replied to him. There was a silence that lasted a minute or so, during which his mom was looking around the office while its owner was typing loudly on a computer. The minute ended when they heard a knock on the door, and Jake turned his head to see who was the intruder.

When Nefera came in, their eyes locked and they both frowned, silently wondering what they were both doing here. "Good morning, Headmistress, you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, my dear, take a seat, will you?" asked the older one pointing at the chair next to Jake's.

He watched as she sat next to him, she wore clothes that were tight to her figure and it made him shift in his seat. "Is it because of the fight we've had the other day? It was noth-"

"No, it's not about that.", cut his mother sharply. He looked at her and he could see that he was in deep shit, for the look on her face was the same she had whenever Holt had done something stupid - anytime, really.

There was another silence that Nefera broke once more. "I'm sorry but my students are waiting for me."

The Headmistress sighed and finally turned to face both of them. "My dear, I'm afraid that they might have to wait. If the rumors are true, you are in deep trouble." Jackson and Nefera both asked "What rumors?" and behind him, Jake heard his mother click her tongue.

"A student came early to tell me about a supposed relationship between the two of you.", said softly the Headmistress. "Which is, of course, forbidden.", spat Jackson's mother from behind him. She was fuming.

Jake looked at Nefera, she seemed relaxed for someone who was threatened to get fired. "Look, not that my love life would be any of the school's business, but if that could reassure you, I am not in a relationship with Mr. Jekyll." Both exes got chills when Pr. Jekyll said "Then what's this?" and slammed a picture of the two of them kissing on the Headmistress's desk, as they both bent upon it to check the evidence.

The picture had been taken at the very beginning of their relationship, that one time she came to surprise him at school, and they went kissing behind the school's outside wall. Not that hidden, though. Jake didn't know which was the more embarrassing, the fact that the picture showed him groping Nefera's ass or the fact that they (or rather, she) had been caught lying.

His ex sat deep into her seat. "As I said, I am not in a relationship with Mr. Jekyll… Anymore. We broke up months before I even came to you to ask for a job."

"Anymore ?!" screamed Pr. Jekyll as she slammed her hand on the desk, causing the other three to jump on their seats. "Nora, that's nonsense! You can't keep this… Pedophile in here!" Nefera turned around and contested the insult.

"Professor Jekyll, I'm going to have to ask you to leave this room. This is an issue that must be taken charge of without Mr. Jekyll's parent.", said the Headmistress as Jackson's mother was left dumbfounded. When she left the room, Jake felt like a weight had fallen out of his shoulder, when another one had taken place on it. What if Nefera was fired?

"So… I'm all ears.", softly said the eldest. "Mrs. Bloodgood, I swear to you we've broken up since May, and nothing had happened between us since then…" The Headless Mistress winced. "Except for your fight, of course..." Jake spoke again after he'd been silent for a few minutes. "This had nothing to do with our relationship, I mean, past relationship. It was a mistake like any teacher can have at the beginning of their career, I swear none of us want this to happen again."

Nefera was on the verge of crying, she really didn't want to lose her job because of this. "Mrs. Bloodgood, I swear it's over!" She raised an eyebrow at the two of them. "Over over?", she asked. And as Nefera nearly hurled "Yes!", Jake chuckled and said "Well…", which earned him a glance from both women.

"Mr. Jekyll, I will have to ask you to leave me alone with my employee, do you have anything to share before leaving?", said the Headmistress while she took her head off her neck to put it on her desk.

"Hum… None of this was premeditated, really. Nef is… I mean Miss DeNile is a great coach and she doesn't deserve to be fired for a relationship she had before working here." He grabbed his bag and stood. "Should I go to class, now?" The eldest woman sighed. "Yes, but don't forget to go to the secretary beforehand."

He nodded and left, leaving his ex alone with the Headless Mistress.

"I'm sorry.", said Nefera as soon as the door closed behind Jackson. The head on the desk let out another sigh. "Enough with this, already… You won't get fired, I saw that the picture was from last year, and as long as there isn't any proof that you are in a current relationship with a student, I won't have to."

"Really?" asked the youngest. "But, I thought that a relationship between a teacher and a student was forbidden."

"Oh, it is true. But you weren't coaching last year, and technically, you're not coaching him. You'd be in real trouble if I ever learned that you were in a relationship with one of your students, though." Nefera laughed nervously. "Oh don't worry about that…" The two exchanged a look. "I'm not supposed to tell you this, but… If anything were to happen again between you and Mr. Jekyll, keep it secret, and off of school."

The princess smiled. "I don't think-" The Headmistress cut her off. "You never know…"

When she joined back the gymnasium, half in tears and half laughing, she walked into an argument between her students and the Werecats. Nefera heard her sister yelling at Toralei before she stopped as she spotted her sister. "Nefera what is Toralei talking about? Are you fired?"

The ginger had her arms crossed against her chest and was staring smugly at the eldest princess. "No, I'm not fired. Everybody, go back to training!" She yelled as she got closer to Toralei.

"So, that old cow's still keeping you in, after all. Seems like her Fearleading team is in a worse state than we thought it was.", said the red-head Werecat as she laughed along with Purrsephone and Meowlody.

Nefera put on a fake, tight smile. "It was you, then. I'm not even surprised." She could see Toralei's tail waving, the bitch was enjoying it. "Look, now, Tori. I am speaking to you as your former friend, not as a coach. If you ever dare try to reach me with one of your pathetic little plans, I will destroy you, and your little friends." The werecat chuckled. "Oh, really? And how, so?"

The princess took a step forward, as she stood inches away from her former friend and current rival. "Let's just say I know a bit about your relationships too. You wouldn't want anyone to know what you did with a member of your own litter, as for the twins, I think Mrs. Rotter will be thrilled to know what her husband has done with two underage kittens once class was over."

The twins hissed at Nefera behind Toralei but their ears went down, as Toralei's did. "Now, if you must excuse me, the access of the gymnasium is only authorized to the members of the team, and if I do recall well, you're not one of them."

The princess turned her back on the three werecats and went back to her students.

It was mid-afternoon when Nefera had started to pack her things to leave since her day was over, but as she turned around to leave she was facing Jake for the second time of the day.

"It's getting old, being in the same room as you.", she spat. She heard him sigh as he plunged his hands in his pockets. "I came in peace." She raised an eyebrow at him. "So, you're still here."

She nodded. "Hm, Mrs. Bloodgood said that it wasn't a problem since I wasn't coaching you." Jackson nodded too. And they stood face to face, looking at each other in silence.

After a while, he took a few steps and closed the distance between them a bit. "You said something, yesterday…" Nefera crossed her arms against her chest, unwillingly showing off her cleavage even more. "I say a lot of things. Especially when I wake up naked, next to my ex. Not that you're the one to blame for that."

He tried not to stare at her breasts. "You implied that I had cheated on you. And, I know it won't change a thing but, just so you know, I never cheated." Jackson put up a smile on his face, a fake one, that is. "Unlike some others." She stared at him, fuming. "I never cheated on you."

He faked a laugh. "Please, yesterday you-"

"I lied.", she cut. "I hadn't slept with anyone else until two days ago. For your record." She took a few steps backward. "Unlike some others. I hope Operetta was good enough that you would throw our relationship away for her ass." She walked past him but he held her arm.

"Operetta? Wh- What are you talking about?" He was frowning and when she stared into his eyes, she started to doubt. "You cheated on me with her. Holt told me he'd caught you two doing it… And… I saw the texts…." She watched as Jake was pinching the bridge of his nose. "Holt? Texts? What the hell are you saying? I never slept with Operetta." The princess didn't know what to say, he didn't seem like he was lying. "Look, I'd tell you if I had, but- Wait, is that why you were acting weird? You actually thought I was cheating on you?"

Nefera looked away. "Holt said-" "Holt wanted to fuck you. That's it. I knew it, that's why I didn't tell you about him. Fuck, and you believed him over me…" She was the one frowning, now. "I saw the texts…"

"What texts? I never text anyone." She snarled. "You said you missed her boobs." He chuckled and she felt offended. "Oh, yeah, 'cause that's my type, to say I miss one's boobs… Jeez, and I thought you knew me…" Jake took his phone out of his pocket and searched for his conversation with Operetta. There was, indeed, the infamous text about how he would miss the rocker's boobs.

"There's the text, you're right, but I never wrote it. Holt did interrupt us, but we were working, not doing anything else. Now I think you should come to your own conclusions. I think your boyfriend will have to explain himself for this one." Jake said before leaving her.

She was left dumbfounded and didn't know what to say, nor think about it.