Chapter 3

I'm hot for teacher,

I've got it bad, so bad.

I'm hot for teacher.

~Hot for Teacher- Van Halen

Lightning seared across the sky before a resounding crackle of thunder roared through the classroom. Bella paused in her lesson to glance out the window. With her car still in the shop, she would have to take public transportation to get home and being out in the storm displeased her. Returning to the task at hand, Bella began to scribble on the chalkboard. "Alright class, now that we have finished The Scarlet letter, it's time to get started on our next novel." The class groaned collectively and Bella fought the urge to smile. She vaguely remembered when she was on the other side of the desk. While she personally didn't hate English class, she did remember the annoyance of being forced to read books that didn't interest her. "So I'm going to leave it up to everyone as a class to vote on what book we shall read next." Bella wrote three choices on the board: Of Mice and Men, Speak and Their Eyes were Watching God. After putting it to a vote, the class decided on Speak so she passed out the books to everyone in the class and assigned the first two chapters to be read over the weekend.

After the class had been dismissed, Bella began to clean up her classroom. While in the midst of washing the chalkboard, she heard a knock at the door and quickly turned around. She had expected a student, but was pleasantly surprised to find Alice was leaning in the doorway. "Is your car still on the fritz?"

"Unfortunately." Bella grabbed her bag and walked over to Alice. "Looks like I'll be taking the bus for a while." She flicked off the lights and the pair began walking down the hallway towards the parking lot.

"Don't be silly Bella. I'll gladly take you home." Alice smiled at her friend. "Let's stop by the teachers lounge, I think I left my umbrella in there."

Upon entering the teachers lounge, the two women found the principal of the school conversing with a man they had never seen before. "-and you of course have access to this room as well. So what do you think of the school Mr. Pire?" The man the principal was addressing had hair as dark as night that was slicked back with one could only assume to be gel. He had a chiseled face and olive skin tone. He was tall enough that playing sports would be to his advantage and his physique reminded Bella of a soccer player.

Mr. Pire grinned at the principal, lighting up his model-like face. "This seems like a fine place to be a biology teacher. I look forward to starting here on Monday."

The principal returned the smile and led the way towards the door. "Good. Let's go back to my office so you can fill out the rest of the paperwork." When passing by Bella and Alice, the principal greeted them briefly, then waited in the hall for Mr. Pire to join him.

"Hi ladies." Mr. Pire's eyes roved over both women but lingered on Bella. "I'm Demetri Pire, the new biology teacher." He held out his hand and they both shook it hesitantly. "Who might you be?"

"I'm Alice Brandon, art teacher."

"I'm Bella Black, English teacher."

Demetri nodded at both ladies. "Well I look forward to spending the school year with you both." He winked before exiting the room and disappearing down the hall with the principal.

Once he had left, Alice squealed like a small child. "He is hot! Did you hear his voice? It's like sweet velvet! It's so deep and sexy."

Bella grabbed a bright purple umbrella that was resting near the coffee machine. "Shh, Alice he can probably still hear you." she passed her friend the umbrella and the pair exited the lounge then headed for Alice's car.

"Let him hear me. That man probably knows how hot he is."

The drive back to the apartment was filled with Alice salivating over Demetri Pire and how she wanted to have fun with him. Bella listened politely to the man-crazed woman beside her and couldn't help looking forward to the rest of the school year as Alice tended to become theatrical whenever she liked someone. The pixie haired woman hadn't had a serious boyfriend in years. But the closer she came to 30, the more she seemed to want to settle down and possibly start a family. Most of the men she dated, couldn't hold up to her standards so she dumped them. Others she found had one of the three C's: Childish, conceited or crazy. Alice was hard to please but Bella had hopes that one day she would find her soulmate, so she always encouraged the woman to go out on dates.

After they arrived at the apartment, they parted ways and Bella entered her apartment without incident from Caius. Upon entering her apartment, Bella found a surprise visitor.

"Bells. Long time no see." Charlie rose from the couch and greeted his daughter with a tight hug.

Bella returned it graciously, happy to see her father. "Hey Charlie. What brings you here?"

Charlie clutched his heart dramatically. "Bells, how can you say? I haven't seen or heard from you in weeks." Bella nearly gaped at Charlie, suddenly becoming flustered when he and Jacob burst into laughter. "See, I told you it would work. Pay up Jake." Charlie held out his hand while Jacob slapped a fiver into it. "I know my daughter. It's easy to throw her off." he winked at Bella then threw an arm around her shoulder. "Bella, I'm here because this guy," he pokes Jacob in the chest. "Wants me to watch Renesmee for the weekend. He said something about going on a business trip next week and wanting to-

"It's a surprise!" Jacob interjected. "But I called Charlie since he is free for the weekend and is willing to babysit Nessie."

Bella, while curious about the 'surprise weekend', also became confused about why Jacob called Charlie. "Don't get me wrong, I love you Charlie, honest I do. But you live a half hour away. Jake, why didn't you just ask Alice?"

Jacob made a face at his wife. "The last time we allowed her to babysit Nessie, she came back with a spiked hair and colorful vocabulary."

It took the brunette a moment to locate the memories, but once she found them, she shuddered and nodded in understanding. "I remember. Well thanks Charlie." Bella gave her father a half hug then looked around the room. "Where is Renesmee anyway?"

Jacob paled upon realization and sent his wife a sheepish smile. "I may have forgotten to pick her up from pre-school."

"JACOB!" Bella screamed in exasperation. "Go get her!"

Charlie smacked the back of Jacob's head, but followed him out of the apartment so they could pick up Renesmee.

While Jacob and Charlie left to pick up Renesmee from pre-school, Bella prepared an overnight bag for the young child with all the essentials. A couple outfits and pajamas, toothbrush, toothpaste and the child's favorite stuffed animal; A ruddy, furry wolf. In the midst of her packing, the house phone began to ring. Bella dropped the bag on her child's bed, then made a quick dash to the living room, plopped down on the couch and answered the phone in a breathy tone. "Hello?"

"...I...get…"

There was so much static on the other line that Bella couldn't make out who the caller was, or what they were saying. "Hello? I'm sorry, I can't hear you."

"...watch…for…"

Bella sighed into the phone. "I'm sorry but I can't hear you. Try calling again but from a different location." Bella hung up the phone and finished packing up her daughter's bag. She didn't need to pack a blanket or pillows because Charlie had a spare bedroom he converted into a bedroom for Renesmee.

Bella was so happy that Charlie had moved to Forks a few years ago, become great friends with Billy, Jacob's father, and made a home for himself. Growing up, Bella lived with her mother as her parents were divorced. But now that she was older, and lived closer to her father than her mother, she was happy to have gotten to know him and developed a good relationship with him.

Jacob and Charlie returned home a half hour later with Renesmee who was very excited to see her grandpa. "Mommy mommy! Pawpaw is here!" Renesmee ran to her mother and hugged her legs. "Daddy said I'm goin ta Pawpaw's house!" Bella picked up her daughter and nuzzled her nose.

"I'm sure you're going to have a great time." she told Renesmee happily.

Charlie cleared his throat, capturing both Bella and Jacob's attention. "Actually, Sue is allowing her daughter to sleep over too."

Bella's eyes widened in surprise while Jacob smirked at Charlie. "Oh, are you setting up a play date?"

Charlie punched Jacob's shoulder playfully. "Now you cut out that talk right now Jake. Sue is bringing Leah over and is even allowing her to stay for the weekend so that Ness can have someone to play with. She is even letting me borrow some old Disney movies for them to watch."

"It's really nice of Sue to let Leah stay. How old is she now, five?" Bella asked.

Charlie nodded. "Sure is." He turned to Renesmee who was looking up at him excitedly. "Are you ready to go to my house?"

Renesmee shrieked in excitement. "Yes Pawpaw!"

A sudden banging on their front door had everyone quieting down. "Who on earth could that be?" Charlie asked in annoyance.

Bella had a feeling she knew and motioned to Jacob to open the door. Her suspicions were correct when the door was open and Caius stood on the other side with a scowl plastered on his face. "Could you keep it down?" he griped. "I can hear you all the way across the hall!" He sent a mean face Renesmee's way, and the small child hid behind her mother.

"Hey!" Charlie made his way over to the door. "You need to have some respect for my family." Charlie pointed to the gun attached to his belt loop.

Caius glanced down at the gun and leered at Charlie. "I can call the police and have you arrested for threatening me!"

Everyone except for Renesmee, chuckled at Caius's threat. Charlie whipped out his badge and flashed it to Caius. "Already ahead of you son."

Caius sent Charlie a dirty look, but retreated back to his apartment with what little dignity he had left.

"Alright," Charlie turned back to his family. "C'mon Ness. Let's go home."

The next day, Bella woke to her husband gently nipping at her neck. "Jacob!" she gasped, feeling her body warm to her husband.

When Jacob realized that she was awake, he nuzzled her cheek then leaned over and delicately kissed her lips. "Good morning love."

"Morning Jake." Bella returned the greet lovingly. "Already my morning feels special. I can't wait to see what we're doing with the rest of today." she kissed the tip of his nose then rolled over him theatrically to get out of bed.

Jacob laughed at his wife's antics, but followed her out of bed. While Jacob opened their blinds to let some morning sun into the room, Bella headed over to their closet in search of an outfit for the day. Since she didn't know what they were doing for the day, she wanted to dress for all occasions be it formal or casual. So she threw on a blue, belted tunic dress, some black leggings and comfy, gray flats. She looked at her hair in the mirror then headed to the bathroom to curl it. Meanwhile Jacob slipped on a pressed, white, long sleeved dress shirt with a button down black vest that he left unbuttoned, then pulled on some dark colored jeans.

While Bella was still curling her hair, Jacob headed into the kitchen and prepared breakfast. He'd looked at many videos on how to make pancakes, bacon and eggs and wanted to impress his wife. Since he only knew how to cook a handful of dishes, he was very wary of how the breakfast would turn out. But what was the worst that could happen?

Bella finished curling her hair and shook out her curls so they cascaded over her shoulders as well as down her back. After she unplugged the curling iron and stuck it back in the cabinet, she sniffed the air and frowned. Something was burning. "Oh no." Bella exited the bathroom and sprinted down the short hallway and into the kitchen. Smoke was billowing off of the stove and Bella knew that at any moment the smoke detector would begin screeching. She quickly opened all of the windows in the kitchen and living room.

Jacob was nearly pulling out his hair at the stove. He couldn't figure out what he had done wrong and what had happened to the food. Everything in his sights were either black or bubbling. He cursed quietly and heard a chuckle behind him.

Suddenly he was being pushed aside and his wife was removing the blackened pancakes from the stove. She turned on the faucet and began to soak the skillet. More smoke began to emit from the pan but soon it settled down. Once the skillet was relatively cool, Bella set it to the side, then grabbed the pan with bacon and eggs. "Wow, I didn't know bacon could be in that state." Bella murmured before dumping the food in the garbage. She turned to her husband and smiled meekly. "It's okay honey. It's the thought that counts."

Jacob sighed and looked at the soggy, black pancakes in the sink. "I just wanted to make you breakfast." he told her forlornly. "This was to be the start of a romantic date weekend."

Bella felt touched that Jacob had put so much thought into the whole weekend. "You're very sweet." she kissed his cheek tenderly. "We can always grab breakfast on the way to wherever we're going."

Jacob glanced at the clock hanging in the kitchen. "Well breakfast is over, but I guess we can grab some lunch."

The high trill of the smoke detector began to go off and Bella covered her ears in annoyance. "Take out the batteries, I'll close the windows as the smoke has mostly cleared."

Jacob nodded in understandment then grabbed a chair because even with his height, he couldn't reach the smoke detector that was located on the ceiling. Maybe I should buy a new one. This one has one hell of a delay."

Bella agreed then closed the last window. "Alright love, let's get this date weekend started. I'm intrigued."