2 months had passed and it was coming up to the Christmas break. She had settled in well despite her parents trying to get her to leave, and Earl Kelly still trying it on with her. She was excelling in her subjects had become quite popular. Her and Chlo had become fast friends and she seemed to spend most of her time when not at school, at Chlo's. She slept round practically every Friday and normally Chlo stayed at Anna's on Saturdays. During the week Chlo split her time between Donte and Anna much to Tom's dismay, he was more in lust with her than he had been to begin with, seeing her at his house was sometimes too much to bear he just wanted to throw her against whichever surface she happened to be near and devour her body, but he couldn't. He loved everything about her, her aptitude at English and love of reading was something new to him. Chlo and Mikka hadn't been interested in picking up some reading material unless it had celebrities on the cover, but Anna loved all the classics, and some of the more modern novels as well. It was a Saturday morning and Tom was sitting at the kitchen table a large black coffee in his reach and the newspaper in his hands. He never slept well when Anna was staying over, he can never get over the fact that Anna was only a wall away from him, he got out his paper work and began marking papers, maybe this would pass the time till she leaves and then they can get on as normal. It was 8:00 in the morning and Anna had just woken up, her head started to throb and she recalled the night before, she swallowed and tasted the foul taste of last nights alcohol. She wasn't expecting to stay at Chlo's but the party had gone on so late and she'd drunk too much and Chlo's house was in walking distance. They fell through the door at about 4 and then gone straight to bed, Chlo had the sense to throw Anna one of Tom's shirts to sleep in and then they both collapsed onto her bed.

"Chlo… Chlo" She said into her ear

"mm.. Asleep." She answered, Anna shrugged and creaked open the door and went downstairs, the shirt she was wearing slipped off one shoulder and came about half way down her thighs, she slowly crept downstairs, not wanting to wake Mr Clarkson and went into the kitchen to make some Tea. She came round the corner and jumped at his presence, he hadn't been able to take his eyes off her since he heard the stairs creak and saw her come down. His shirt looked amazing on her, he could see her long neck and wanted nothing more than to push her against the wall and kiss the spot where her neck joined her shoulder, he wanted to slide his hand up the length of her thigh and under the shirt. He wanted to make her moan, make her beg him to take her. He snapped out of these thought when he felt his body responding to the fantasy playing out in his head.

"God Mr Clarkson, you scared me. Sorry, I didn't know you'd be up" He shook his head to signal it was ok and got up to turn the kettle on, she was there so much he knew the morning routine off by heart, come downstairs, have some tea, milk two sugars. Get changed then have breakfast mid morning. She returned from the fridge with the milk and stood by the counter waiting for the kettle. He took a second look at her

"Your wearing my shirt?" He asked bemused

"O" She said looking down and going a bit red "Yeah, I wasn't meant to be staying here so I didn't bring anything, last night it was the first thing Chlo found. I'm sorry, I'll go change" She said rushed, as she went to leave the room.

"No, no. It's fine I was just wondering" He said with a smile

"Thanks Mr Clarkson" She said

"Tom. Call me Tom" She sat down with her tea and looked over at what he was doing, grading essays. She got up to put her cup away and on the way back peeked over his shoulder, she saw her name poking out of the "marked" pile and leaned over to see.

"What are you doing" He asked her, not even having to look up, she was so close he could feel her body heat

"Nothing" she told him, telling a blind lie as her hand crept round to steal the paper.

"No you don't" He said with a laugh as he stole it back from her, you'll get it on Monday like everyone else, she snatched it out of his hand and went to run upstairs with a cheeky grin on her face, nearly out of the kitchen he grabbed her wrist and spun her round her back collided with the wall, and she was in the exact position that Tom was imagining just a few minutes ago, his hand stayed on her wrist and the other was on the other side of her, bracing himself from not falling on her as she suddenly stopped. The sexual tension could be cut with knife, her other hand, the one not clutching the essay, moved from her side to the hem of his T-Shirt, he couldn't help but stare at her lips, he leaned in slightly dropping his hand to rest on her exposed thigh she looked up at him slipping out her tongue to lick her lips. He gritted his teeth and punched the wall before grabbing his keys and running out the house and slamming the door. Chlo was standing at the top of he stairs and came running down them

"What happened?" She asked looking really confused

"I… wanted to see my grade" she said lying. Chlo burst out laughing and shook her head

"What?" Asked Anna

"Nothing, I just think it's really funny that he gets so stressed about the stupidest things" The two girls went upstairs and started on their homework. A couple of hours later they heard the door again and Anna got her stuff together

"Sorry Chlo, I really have to be off, my mum will be wondering where I am, your coming over tonight right?" she asked at her bedroom door

"Yeah sure" She said goodbye and went downstairs, she saw Tom sitting with his head in his hands resting on the table.

"Tom… are you okay?" She asked him, standing hesitantly at the door

"I'm…"He looked up at her and swallowed hard "Fine" He said after a quick pause.

"Well, I'm off now. Thanks for letting me stay Tom" She opened the door when he called after her

"Wait, Anna. Do you want a lift?"

"No, I'm fine thanks. I'll get the bus"

"Don't be silly" he told her grabbing his keys "I'll drive you" He called up to Chlo and went to the car. The drive was awkward and they stayed silent for the most part. He parked round the corner to her house, it was a bit far out compared to where most of the students lived. Her house was big, he knew her parents had quite respectable jobs and earned quite a bit, they wanted to keep her sheltered. He got out the car with her and walked her to her house, jus before they got there she suddenly stopped.

"Thanks Tom, for the drive"

"O.." he swallowed "No, problem" She moved her hand slightly so it was on the other side of his and entwined their fingers together. He stood still and stared down then up at her, they knew the attraction was mutual. She let go soon after but the Tom could still feel the warmth of her hand in his.

After dropping her home he jus sat in the car for a while, thinking. He couldn't afford to be around her, he knew he couldn't it was too risky. He loved his job, and she was his daughters best friend, but he couldn't control himself around her, close proximity with Anna and he reverted back into a teenage boy.