Restless

He was annoyed, irate even. How dare she?

Although, for Steph, it was on the lower end of offensive things she had said. That was about as much credit as he could give her. Surely, she knew... She did know. Steph was always aware of what she was saying- what she insinuated. And this time was no different.

With that ever-present smirk, a cup of coffee in her hand that she sipped on, quite nonchalantly, she had said: "Of course you agree with Madame Mason; you follow her around like a poor little puppy."

Luckily for her, his bark was worse than his bite and he had left, ruffled by the argument. As for her, she had taken a rather hefty bite of her sandwich as he yelled, no less perturbed than before. In fact, his anger had only encouraged her. He knew that and yet, he still couldn't help himself.

Eddie didn't follow her around everywhere, not Rachel. Why would he do that? He was a grown man. It was natural, of course, to spend so much time with her; he was her deputy. That was a natural working relationship.

Naturally, there were times that he felt he had to see her. That he would physically burst if he did not walk to her office and tell her about who had upset him now. There were times that he felt himself automatically walking in any direction, trusting his instinct, only to find her in the exact place he was going. And there had been times where he walked around his empty classroom, trying to keep busy, before conceding defeat and asking her if she wanted to go for a drink at the end of the day- God knows they needed it.

But that wasn't following her around. This wasn't some school-boy crush.

He went to his classroom, slamming the door behind him. Sitting down, he remained there for a mere thirty seconds, his leg jittering up and down, before he got back up and headed for her office. He had to tell Rachel how much he disliked Steph, today of all days. With certain particulars left out, of course.


I feel Steph gets a lot of slack in these prompts and I just want everyone to know that I really love her. But I think we all know that her relationship wasn't the best with Rachel or Eddie :') and I enjoy how much she winds them up.