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Ignorance, that's the best option right now. I don't want to get Tanya in trouble for dating me. I know she said she doesn't care; but I do. I can't get her in trouble, that's not fair to her. So I should just pretend that I don't know what they're talking about. At least until I come up with a better plan.
"What are you talking?" I asked.
That's a good start, I didn't stutter and I actually sounded calm and confused… at least I hope I did cause that was what I was going for.
"We heard about your date with Ms. Denali." Lindsay said with an arrogant tone.
Couldn't I just find a group to hang out with that didn't have snobbish brats? If I thought I could have gotten away with it, I would have just not befriended anyone here; but I did for Charlie. So because I made friends with these people because of Charlie, does that mean I can be mad at him for the shit storm I'm sure is about to happen? I bet I could if I wouldn't feel so guilty about blaming an innocent Charlie.
"I haven't been on any dates sine I moved here; actually even months before I moved here." I answered.
Does it count as lying if when I said I haven't gone on dates I meant I haven't gone on dates with Edward? Lying by omission isn't lying if they don't know anything is being omitted right?
"That's not what Grace and Zach said; right guys?" Sarah said while looking at the two aforementioned people for confirmation.
Both Zach and Grace continued to avoid making any eye contact with anyone in the group. I can see the guild practically rolling off of them in waves. Good they should feel guilty since if they had kept their mouths shut I wouldn't be in this position.
"Whatever, don't talk. Either way we know it's true. What do you think the school board is going to say about this?" Sarah asked in a tone I'm sure she thought was threatening.
I know exactly what the school board will do. They will put Ms. Denali on probation or give her a leave of absence while they investigate the claim. From there Charlie will hear about it and I'm sure I'll hear never ending lectures about all the bad stuff about dating or getting to close to my teacher and someone so much older than me. If that happens I don't think telling Charlie that Tanya is really only several hundred years old, not twenty something like he thinks she is. Though I must admit, she looks extremely well for age… thinking about Tanya is getting me off topic here. I need to focus on how to not get Tanya in trouble, not on how amazing she looks.
"They're not going to do anything because I haven't done anything with her." I said after a moment's pause.
"That's not what they're going think." Lindsay said.
"Look, why tell me all of this if you're still going to tell them? Are you trying to make me worry? Because there's nothing to worry about." I said.
Are they going to blackmail me? If they do, do I accept or decline. If I accept that means I did do something I shouldn't have done. If I decline they go to the school board and Tanya gets in trouble.
Sarah looked like she was going to say something, but the bell cut her off. I breathed a heavy sight of relief and bid them all goodbye to go to my next class. Practically running away from them probably didn't help with the whole 'I'm innocent' act, but I didn't want to stay there any longer. It probably also didn't help that I avoided everyone the whole day… at least all the way through lunch. After that time when I had tried to avoid Tanya, I was a pro and avoiding other people; but again, I probably shouldn't have done that.
When I got to math class, just barely on time I might add, I say Sarah giving me a mischievous look. This is going to either be a bad class or a good class. I slowly made my way to my seat, just barely being able to not look at Tanya. I didn't want to give Sarah more ammunition. When I sat down, only tripping once and not by Sarah I might add, I looked up to see Tanya looked hurt, but she quickly covered it up. I just hope Sarah didn't see; though I bet if she did she wouldn't be smart enough to recognize the emotion.
The first thing Tanya did was ask for our homework. Just like she told me, I didn't have it. I even made a show of going through my backpack, not really a show but Sarah saw my 'distressed' face about 'forgetting' my homework, so that's all that really matters at the moment. Naturally when I didn't have my homework, Tanya gave me a detention. When she did that I chose to refuse to look at Sarah, I really don't want to know what she thought about that.
The rest of the class went on like normal. Tanya went over the homework, went over the new lesson and handed out the homework assignment. When the bell rang, Sarah abruptly turned to face me.
"Listen, since you're so cozy with our math teacher; you should be able to get the assignments done easily right? Let me copy them off of you for the rest of the year and I promise I won't turn in Ms. Denali. Let me know tomorrow." Sarah said then stalked off.
By the furious look on Tanya's face, that Sarah somehow did not see, I could tell she figured out what had happened. Tanya kept glaring at the closed door where Sarah had just left, leaving me and Tanya alone in the classroom.
"Tanya?" I said as I approached her desk before leaving for my next class.
"She threatened you." Tanya growled, her eyes slowing turning black.
If it wasn't for the fact that I don't want Tanya to hurt the girl… well maybe just a little but I won't admit it, I would have thought Tanya looked really sexy right now. Not that she I don't think she does, but I may have said something about it. Okay I wouldn't have said anything about because I bet it would get back to Kate and Irina and I'm sure they would use that against me somehow.
"She didn't threaten me, she indirectly threatened you Tanya." I said calmly.
Sarah blackmailed me, not threatened, there's a difference.
"No one threatens," Tanya threw a quick glance at me for the next two words, "or blackmails," She then moved her eyes back to glare at the door, "my mate." Tanya declared.
Did I mention Tanya is really sexy right now? Because she is; but I can't think about that right now. I have to get her to calm down and at least get her eyes back to a believable human color instead of black.
I moved from in front of the desk to in front of Tanya and gave a quick kiss on her lips. I would have given her a longer and more meaningful kiss, but I don't want to get caught and guarantee Tanya getting in trouble.
"That was effective." I said when I pulled back and notice her eyes had lightened a little and she didn't look like she was about to murder the door.
"Your touch does amazing things." Tanya said with smile.
"I guess." I muttered.
"You should touch me in other places and see what other reactions you can get from me." Tanya said with a teasing smirk.
If I wasn't so sure this was really Tanya, I would have thought Kate just snuck in here. I can't believe Tanya went from being insanely pissed to teasing me, making me blush, in almost five seconds flat.
"I, um, think I'll pass on that." I said, my voice getting quieter and quieter as I talked.
"Hm, I guess you should since you need to get to class; but detention I'm all yours." Tanya said with a seductive purr in her voice. She leaned in closer to my ear so that I could feel her lips just barely brush against it. "We'll talk about Sarah then. Now get to class." Tanya said then pulled away.
I opened my mouth to say something, but the door opened to allow a couple students in. So I decided to just turn around and leave for class. Before I even took one step away from Tanya's desk, I felt her hand literally grab my ass before quickly letting go. I first looked at the class and it seemed they didn't see anything, I then turned to look over my shoulder at Tanya and she gave me a look that practically screamed 'if you stay any longer I'll do it again', so I left.
If I said that I spend the rest of my time in classes that day paying attention and not at all thinking about Tanya's hand on my butt, would anyone believe me? I wish it was true, because by the final bell I had homework assignments that I don't remember being assigned much less learning about.
I believe this is the first time that I actually hurried to Tanya's classroom. I know that the classroom would be emptied almost immediately since no one wanted to stay in the class with her, for some weird reason they were all afraid of her. So when I got there it was no shock that she was sitting at her desk, grading papers and with no one else in the room with her.
"Close the door behind you, I'd rather not worry about people seeing or hearing about what we're about to do." Tanya said as she looked up and gave me a smirk.
I loudly gulped at what I know she was insinuating I'm glad I know she means talking about Sarah, though what she plans to do… well I don't know. But I closed the door just like she asked. I don't want anyone to hear about what Sarah is going to do to Tanya.
Without Tanya saying anything I automatically took the seat she had already pulled up right next to hers. I also didn't so much as flinch or tense up when Tanya immediately placed an arm around my shoulders and forced me to lean against her. Or at least it would have been forced if I had any intentions to fight her against pulling me against her, which I didn't.
"So, can you please tell me why I shouldn't do anything to Sarah for blackmailing you?" Tanya asked in an innocent tone; like her reaction to Sarah was normal and the fact that I didn't want her to do anything was absurd.
"Because I don't want you to get in trouble; I just want to finish this year without any drama." I said with a sigh. Dating a vampire seems to go hand in hand with drama.
"She's blackmailing you; I can't let her do that." Tanya said with a growl, getting slightly more upset.
"Honestly I don't mind letting her copy my homework; most kids do it anyways." I said.
I know I shouldn't just give in to Sarah, but this will probably be the only opportunity I get to 'protect' Tanya. I know what I'm 'protecting' her from is getting fired from a job that she doesn't care, earning a reputation that she doesn't care about and really the whole thing can just easily go away with Tanya just hiding in her house and not coming out until these people have all died from old age. But that's not the point, the point is, is that I have an opportunity to protect Tanya, I can't let that pass. Plus, how often is it that a human gets to protect a vampire, it's usually the other way around.
"You shouldn't have to. No one threatens my mate and gets away with it." Tanya growled out, not budging from her stance.
"She's not threatening me, she's blackmailing, it's different." I said, not bother to point out that I've already told her this.
"It's the same in my book." Tanya huffed; reminding me a little of a child.
"It's really not that big of a deal. It's just blackmail for homework that I'm sure she would have copied from someone else. I bet anything she probably just said that because she wants to come back later to ask for something more." I said, the last more speculative than anything.
I really should have kept that last thought to myself though. I had briefly wondered why Sarah would ask to copy my homework when I'm almost positive she copies Grace since we all the same class. During my last hour I came up with the thought that maybe Sarah only asked to copy my homework to see if I'll do it and if I do she'll then ask for something else, something bigger I bet.
"If she even thinks about it I'll kill her." Tanya growled out, her tone making me think she's not kidding.
Since I was still leaning against her, I felt her whole body shake with rage. I can't understand why Tanya is getting so mad over this; I really think this is an over-reaction, a big over-reaction.
"Tanya, calm down, I swear it's not bad enough to kill over." I said; getting slightly nervous that Tanya might follow through on her threat to Sarah.
"Yes. It. Is." Tanya said, each word said pointedly to seemingly get me to believe her words more.
"Explain to me how it is, because I'm not seeing it." I said.
I pulled away from Tanya, though her arm kept attached to me, and I stared Tanya in her eyes. Her eyes were now completely black from her anger. She closed them and took several deep breaths. About a minute later, she slowly opened them and her eyes where once again a more human color.
"Carmen warned me, but I didn't believe her. I thought my age, just like with the thirst, would curve it more." Tanya said, adding to my confusion.
"What?" I asked, giving her a look that I'm sure said I thought she was losing it right now.
"Unfortunately I don't have time to explain because I have several staff meetings to attend; something about stupid lesson plans and end of the year stuff that I couldn't care less about. Needless to say, I have to leave soon to go to them to keep up this stupid waste of time appearance. So, I called Carmen before you got here. Go to the store and Carmen will be there, talk with her." Tanya said while her arm pulled me back into her body.
Okay, that didn't explain anything. Nothing at all.
"Again, what?" I asked as I rested my head against her shoulder and she laid her head on my head.
"My reaction, you asked for an explanation that I can't give, I don't have enough time. Carmen can tell you." Tanya said.
"She can tell me why you're willing to kill someone over wanting to copy my homework?" I asked to clarify.
"She's blackmailing you, not simply copying your homework." Tanya growled out like she was offended I downgraded the situation. Though I didn't really downgrade it, since that's exactly what Sarah is doing. "But yes, she will." Tanya said.
"Okay, I'll go talk with her." I said.
"Good, now, I'm afraid I have to kick you out so that I can go." Tanya said.
I made to leave, but before I could leave my chair, Tanya used her other hand to guide my face to hers. Our lips met as if the attraction was magnetic. It was a slightly longer kiss than earlier, but when Tanya slightly bit my bottom lip as she pulled away, a moan slipped past my lips.
"I can't wait till I make you make that noise all day." Tanya said with a smirk.
I blushed at what insinuated. Before I could remark, or stutter a remark about her claiming to eventually have sex all day with me, the door opened to reveal another teacher. I didn't even notice that Tanya already moved an appropriate amount of space away from me. At least she recognizes that I don't want to get her in trouble.
I left the class with a quick goodbye and left the building. I drove straight to Kate's bookshop to have this 'talk' with Carmen that I'm still not really sure what she's going to talk to me about. I just have this feeling that I should be wishing right now that Kate isn't there.
A/N: Okay, so I wanted to get a chapter, or part of a chapter or what evs, up that explains the whole mating between human/vampire thing. If I remember correctly, which I don't think I do since it's been a while since I've read the books or seen the movies, no one really explained the whole mating thing to Bella. So I wanted the Denali Coven to, since they fully accept Bella as Tanya's mate, I figure they would want to let Bella know what she's getting into.
So the next chapter, Carmen is going to have 'the talk' with Bella. I'm still deciding if I want Kate to be there or not. I can see Kate making sure she's there to embarrass Bella and I can also see Carmen making sure Kate isn't there to try and not embarrass the poor girl any more than necessary; what do you guys think? Should Kate be there?