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Kendall POV:
"Should I call it or should I wait a few days? I mean we haven't started any papers or anything but he did talk about some things that I wasn't so sure about." I groaned, "Logan! Help me!"
He laughed, "Dude, you need to relax. Like seriously." He looked up at me from his smart people homework that he had been working on for hours. "When was your last class with him?"
"Uh…Wednesday. So three days ago."
He shrugged, "So what's the matter with you calling him? He obviously doesn't mind helping you out. It's been three days. I'm sure he would understand if you had some questions about something."
I sighed, "I know. I just don't want him to think I'm really that stupid. I mean I am pretty stupid but I shouldn't need help already. Right?"
"Kendall, do you want me to help you?" I nodded. "Then give me that stupid little piece of paper that you've been staring at for hours."
I hesitantly jumped off of my bed and handed him the piece of paper. "Please don't throw it away. Just like take it from me for a little while so I can stop freaking out about this."
He grabbed the paper and got up off of his desk chair. I raised my brow, confused as to where he was going with my future husband's phone number. He walked over to my bed and looked down. I tried to see around him when I realized that he had my phone in his hand and he had dialed the number.
My eyes grew wide and I screamed, "Logan! What are you doing?! Don't do that!"
Before I could take my phone away from him I heard a voice on the other end.
"Hello? Is anyone there?"
I looked at Logan and he mouthed to me, "Answer it!" He handed me the phone and I started shaking a little bit.
I gulped and put the phone up to my ear. "Umm, hi."
"Can I help you?"
"It's uh, it's Kendall."
He exclaimed, "Oh, Kendall! How are you? Did you need some help on something?"
"Actually I was just wondering if you were at your office. I started to write part of my persuasive essay that you said we would be doing and I don't want to continue until I know that it's not completely terrible."
He chuckled, "Oh I'm sure it's not that bad. I'm here so you can come in if you would like."
"Are you sure you're not too busy? I don't want to interrupt or anything."
"It's fine. I'm actually just making a lesson plan for next week. Maybe you can tell me what you think of it. I don't want to bore all of you."
I heard him laugh once more and I swear that laugh would be the death of me.
I smiled, "Alright, I'll be there in a little bit then!"
"Ok. I'll see you soon. Do you need the address?"
I shook my head, "Nope. The directions are on the syllabus."
"Alrightie! I'll see you soon!"
"Ok. Bye Professor Diamond."
"Bye Kendall."
The line went dead and I turned to see Logan holding in a laugh. "What?"
He finally let it out and said, "Kendall, you haven't even started writing that paper! I'm sure you didn't have to lie to the poor man."
"I just didn't know what to say. You caught me off guard. I was going to practice what I was going to say to him and then you just ruined it."
He patted my back, "I don't think you have anything to worry about. Just write up a quick brainstorming page."
"Good idea."
I started writing random points about animal abuse in my notebook and after a few minutes of feeling like I was being watched I looked up. Logan was intently staring at me with a weird look on his face. "Can I help you?"
He shook his head, "No. I was just thinking about how he was talking to you."
"What do you mean?"
He shrugged, "He was talking to you more like a friend would. It didn't sound like the typical student/teacher talk."
"He's friendly. What's the big deal?"
He smiled, "I think he has a thing for you."
I punched him, "He does not! He's just very nice!"
"I'm just saying that what happened the other day between you two was not normal. Most teachers wouldn't buy you coffee and a muffin and then walk you to class. That whole thing was like something boyfriends would do. Kendall, you have a boyfriend."
"I do not! Stop it!"
He laughed, "Why are you getting so mad? Isn't that what you wanted from him?"
I blushed and he continued, "That's what I thought. If he shows signs of wanting to date you then I say you should just go for it. Don't hold back because in four months he won't be your teacher anymore and if you don't say anything to him then you probably won't ever see him after your class is over."
I sighed, "I just don't want to mess anything up. Ok? You know I'm not really good at finding someone. It took me two years to ask Jo out."
"Well you don't have two years with him. You have four months and that's it. So make your move. And if he makes a move don't reject him. Just go with it. But if he tries to rape you or something you better kick him in the genitals."
I chuckled, "Genitals? Logan, must you always say that?"
"What? There's nothing wrong with saying that."
"A normal boy would say balls or something less mature."
He laughed, "Yea whatever. We've talked about this before. Don't you have somewhere to be? I don't think that he's going to wait forever."
"Right. I'm going now."
I packed up my laptop, notebook, and other supplies that I thought would come in handy. I grabbed my song writing book and placed it in the side pocket of my backpack before taking my key off of the hook and waving bye to Logan. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for our first tutoring session.
James POV:
"56, 57, 58, 59, 60…" I counted each time that I threw my bouncy ball at the wall. I had been waiting for Kendall to be in my office for over 30 minutes and I had decided that he probably wasn't going to show. He was probably started to catch on to the stupid little crush that I had developed since meeting him. It wasn't even a week later and here I was sulking over the fact that a student didn't want to come in for some tutoring. I was extremely pathetic. I couldn't take my mind off of him though. From the first time that I saw him sitting in my class I was just completely memorized by him. Something about him was just so appealing to me. I didn't really know what it was yet. Of course he was extremely attractive but I had dated a lot of attractive men in my day. Why would one cute guy drive me this crazy? Having him in my class was so distracting. It was hard to focus on everything else when he was right there in front of me. Every time I turned around to write something on the white board I could feel him staring at me.
On the first day I wanted to know if he actually thought I was sexy or if he just stared at me because he thought I was weird. I confirmed that he had a thing for me when I made the little drool comment and he turned the shade of a tomato. He looked so fucking adorable that I just wanted to hug him forever. I looked at the clock 6:18. It had now been 50 minutes since he called. There was no way that he was showing up.
I laid my head down on my desk and sighed. This just absolutely sucked. I pulled out my phone to call my best friend when I heard a knock at my door. I quickly straightened out my hair and my tie before yelling, "Come in!"
The door slowly opened and Kendall peeked inside. "Hey. Sorry it took so long. I sort of got lost a little bit."
I chuckled, "It's alright. Take a seat." I motioned to the leather chair on the other side of my desk and he took he backpack off before sitting down. He took out his notebook and a pencil and set them in front of him.
"So this is all I have so far but I didn't know what to write about. I figured you might have a better idea for me since this is such a common topic."
I looked down at the paper and scrawled across the top it in pencil it read 'Animal Abuse'. I smiled, "You're right. That is common."
He laughed, "I figured that you would say that."
I nodded, "Are you really interested in this?"
He slowly shook his head, "No. Not really. I mean animal abuse is a terrible thing but I honestly don't find myself to be very interested in it."
"I didn't think so."
He sighed, "I suck at this."
I laughed, "Don't put yourself down. You just started and you really just have to stop and think about it for a minute."
"That's the problem. I did stop and think about it. For a long time. I got nothing."
"Look at it this way. When you write a song do you write it about something that you don't care about?"
"No."
"Exactly. You write it about something that means a lot to you. Like life and love. That's what you have to do with this paper. Write about something that makes you emotional. I used to write my papers on things like child abuse or self-harm."
He nodded, "So your saying that I should write about something that makes me sad or angry?"
"Kind of, yes. It'll help you get your point across."
He smiled, "Thanks Professor Diamond."
"You can call me James."
Kendall POV:
I was not expecting him to say that.
"Ok. Thanks James."
And there he goes again being all fucking beautiful. He was wearing a bluish green pastel colored button up dress shirt with a white tie. The sleeves were pushed up past his elbows and I found it very hard not to stare at his bulging muscles. Usually he was wearing a suit so I couldn't really make out all of the sexiness that he was. He took off his glasses and stretched. I wiped at my face to make sure that I wasn't drooling again. I really didn't want to look like an idiot again. He looked so cute without his glasses. He had piercing hazel eyes and his eyelashes were so long and gorgeous.
Why isn't he a model? Does he know how god damn sexy he is?
"So do you feel a little bit better about writing this paper?"
I nodded, "Yea. I feel much better."
"Good. Now I need you to help me out a little bit." He slid a piece of paper over to me and I looked down at it. "I was thinking for next week on Monday we could maybe have a group discussion about what some good topics are for the essay. I could maybe have you guys get into groups and talk about what they think would be good." I cringed when he said 'groups' and he chuckled, "Groups don't make you happy?"
I shook my head, "Well you have to learn to work with people eventually. Even if you don't like someone you're going to have to learn to deal with it. I've had students that I can't stand and I have to work with some terrible teachers."
I laughed, "I wouldn't be able to do your job. I just don't have the patience."
"Well it's definitely not a job for everyone. It took me a long time to decide that I was going to be a teacher. And I can tell you have no idea what your career path is. Don't worry, no freshman really knows for sure what they're going to do in life. It'll come to you eventually."
He smiled at me and I mumbled a quick 'Thank you' before he continued talking about the lesson plan. "So groups it is then. And I'm thinking I can cut class short because I want everyone to start working on their papers. On Wednesday I'm going to see what everyone has come up with. If they don't have much done then that's ok but I want to make sure everyone stays on track. How does that sound?"
"I think it sounds good. My other professors don't give a damn about me or any of the students."
He flipped his hair, "Well not all of the professors can be as fabulous as me."
We both busted up laughing. He just looked so feminine doing that and it made me feel good that he didn't feel like he had to pretend to be something he wasn't.
I gave him a confused look as he got up from his chair and walked over to the closet on the other side of the room. When he closed the doors I saw that he had a beautiful acoustic guitar.
"So now it's time for the fun part of this meeting. This is my baby." He patted the side of it and pulled his chair over next to mine. "Wanna hold him?"
"Hell yes!" He handed me the guitar and I strummed a few chords before he interrupted.
"Why don't you play one of your songs?"
I blushed, "Uh, I don't know. I normally don't just play those for people."
"Oh come on. I'll sing it with you."
"Umm…alright. I guess."
I grabbed my song book out of my back pack and handed it to him to pick a song. He pointed at the first song that I had written and I blushed even harder.
"Are you sure you want to hear that one? I mean there are better songs in there."
He chuckled, "I'm positive. Just relax. I'm not going to judge you or anything. And besides, I know for a fact that your song writing is amazing."
"Ok." I took a deep breath and before I could even play the first note I heard 'In my head, I see you all over me. In my head…'. James pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and he looked at the caller ID. I tried my hardest not to laugh at the ringtone that he had. I could just imagine him jamming out to that song.
He groaned before answering it and said, "Carlos. I'm working." He paused for a few seconds and said, "Really? Right now? Is that really necessary?" He blushed after a little while and then sighed, "O-ok. I'll be there as soon as I can." He hung up his phone and put it back in his pocket. "Kendall, I have to go."
I tried my best not to show how sad I was. "It's alright. My roommate probably wants to be getting to dinner anyways." I handed him his guitar and he gently took it from me.
"We should continue this later."
I smiled, "Yea. Definitely."
"Do you want a ride back to the dorms? It's still a little chilly out there. I wouldn't want you to catch a cold."
"Umm, yea. Sure. I would like that."
He grabbed his suit jacket off of the back of his chair and locked his office. We walked down the hallway until we reached the elevator.
"You're still going to sing that song for me."
I laughed, "Damn. I really wanted to get out of that."
"Well, that's most certainly not going to happen."
"Then you have to sing for me too. I'm not going to be the only one to orally entertain."
What the hell did you just say? Did you just say 'orally entertain'? Why?
He busted up laughing before I could even take it back. "So you want to be orally entertained huh? I'm pretty good at that."
I blushed, "That's not what I meant."
He took a few more breaths before responding, "Oh my god. That was funny. You are by far the most interesting student that I have ever had."
"You make it seem like you've been teaching for decades."
He shrugged, "This is my third year. It's not that long but still. That was funny."
I chuckled, "I suppose. You must be like ancient then."
"Excuse me, I am only 26."
"Aww. Did I offend you? I'm sorry."
He laughed, "You're making fun of me too? You're pushing it. You really better orally entertain me now."
We walked out of the elevator and I punched him in the arm. "Watch it Diamond."
He laughed again and once we got in his car he said, "I had fun watching you get all frazzled."
I shook my head, "How are you even a teacher?"
"I'm sexy. Or at least that's what I hear from my students."
He looked at me and smiled. "What?! Me?! I did not say sexy! I said attractive!"
"Oh please. We both know you stare at my butt when I'm writing on the board."
Damn. He's got you there Kendall. Way to make it completely obvious.
"I, you, well what do you want me to look at?"
He chuckled, "I didn't say you couldn't look at it. I'm just saying that you enjoy doing so."
I blushed, "Ok. Fine. You have a nice butt. It's not like that's a big secret or anything."
He put his hand on my knee. "I'm sorry. It's just so hard not to make you blush. It's way too cute to not look at."
And there was the blush again. I really needed to figure out how to make it less obvious. Stupid cheeks.
He put the car in park in front of the dorms and said, "Well here we are."
"Yea. Thanks for giving me a ride and helping me and stuff."
He laughed, "No problem. It was my pleasure."
I got out and right before I shut the door he said, "Kendall!" I looked at him. "Just so you know, you're really attractive too."
He smiled and I shut the door. I stood on the sidewalk and watched him drive off until I couldn't see his car anymore. I smiled and let out a happy sigh. "He thinks I'm attractive."
Kendall POV:
The mall just had to be crowded on the one weekend that I wanted to go. Some stupid kid celebrity was there signing autographs and every obsessed fan was lined up waiting to give him a present and a hug.
"Settle down Kendall. You're walking too fast."
"Logan, you know how I feel about this many people being in one place. It's insane. I don't understand why on the one weekend that I want to go shopping people are all over the damn mall!"
He rested his hand on my back and said, "If it was James I bet you would be lined up too."
I blushed and lightly punched him. "I would not."
"The only reason that you're here is to get new clothes to look sexy for James during class. Which is extremely messed up, just so you know."
"If I want to look sexy then I can look sexy. And besides, there isn't a crime against us dating or anything. I'm legal and that's all that's important."
He sighed, "You don't know anything about this guy Kendall. He could be mentally insane. What if he tries to hurt you or something?"
"He's a teacher Logan. He's not going to just bring out an axe one day and chop my head off."
I looked through one of the windows and saw a bunch of plaid and skinny jeans. "This store looks perfect!"
"This is like the same stuff that you have now!"
"No. This stuff is tighter and newer."
He groaned, "Ok. Let's get this over with."
As we were looking around the store I found a bunch of clothes that I thought would make me look way more attractive than I did at the moment. I found four new pairs of skinny jeans: two black, one gray, and one blue. Logan picked out a green plaid shirt, a long sleeved gray shirt, three beanies, and a new pair of vans.
I tried on my jeans and walked out of the dressing room to show Logan. When I opened the door I saw James sitting across from me waiting for someone to try something on. Immediately a blush spread across my face and I pulled Logan into the room.
"Dude! What are you doing?!"
"Did you see that guy sitting next to you? The one that was on his cell phone?"
"Yea. So what?"
I whispered, "That's James. That's my teacher."
His eyes grew wide, "That's Professor Sexy?" I nodded. "Damn. You weren't lying."
I smiled, "Told you. Don't let him see me."
"Why?"
"Because then he'll know that I bought new clothes to impress him."
He sighed, "Kendall I don't think that James is going to assume that you came here to buy new clothes just so you can impress him."
"You don't know him like I do Logan. He knows everything."
"You don't know him at all! Come on! Just say hi!"
"No!" He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me as hard as he could. While he was pulling he let go of me and we both went flying out of the dressing room. "Logan! Ow!"
Then I heard a familiar laugh, "Well hey there Kendall."
I pushed Logan off of me and waved awkwardly. "Hey James."
"Who's your friend?"
"Uh, this is my best friend Logan. He's also my roommate."
James held out his hand and Logan shook it. "Nice to meet you Logan."
"Nice to meet you too."
"So Kendall, what brings you to the mall on this very crowded weekend? You don't seem like the shopping kind of guy."
I stuttered, "I, umm, I just came to get some new clothes."
"Looks like you need some new stuff. You came here without a shirt."
I blushed remembering that I hadn't put a shirt on before Logan violently threw me out of the dressing room. "Oh, yea." Awkward laugh. "Well you know, I'm a nudist."
I nudist? Really? Logan, please just shoot me. Like right now.
He laughed, "A nudist huh? Well then maybe you should show us your ways during class."
"Yea. Totally."
"I have to go meet up with my friend in a few minutes. I'll see you soon though. Have a good day!"
"Wait James!" He turned around and I ran up to him. "Can we just forget that this whole thing happened?"
"I can forget the nudist thing. But I can tell you right now that I will not be forgetting this for a long time." He pointed at my bare chest and I blushed. "See you around."
He winked and then walked out of the store. I swear I could have just fainted right there. Maybe I should become a nudist.
Logan ran up to me and said, "Kendall, that was so embarrassing."
"It's all your fault."
"My fault? How?"
"If you wouldn't have tried to make me talk to him then I wouldn't have come tumbling out of the dressing room like a big shirtless fool."
He rolled his eyes, "Yea, ok. It's my fault. I'm sorry. But hey, at least you know that he has a thing for you."
"How?"
"He was like drooling over you the whole time that you were talking to him. Or did you not notice because you were too busy drooling over him?"
He laughed and I said, "I'm going to get payback for this."
"Yea, yea. Let's just pay for your clothes and get out of here."
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