Back to usual

You waited for everyone to leave while packing up your books and only got up from your chair once the last person had left. As you walked to the front, Rebecca let out a sigh as she collapsed back into her chair and it felt like you were watching a mask fall from her face.

“You wouldn’t believe how tiring it is standing up there like that sometimes” she admitted, straightening herself out before she rested her arms on her desk and placed her head atop them.

“I can only imagine. Anyway, you wanted to see me Miss Ryan” you joked, seeing her give you a smile even with her tired look while you sat yourself down on the edge of the desk closest to her.

“Even with everything that's been going on between us I still need to act like I usually would in front of everyone else. I might even be stricter towards you just to **** myself not to act so casually” she replied, giving you an apologetic look.

“I can’t say I blame you for being cautious but I still think it sucks. Maybe you can make it up to me tomorrow?” you asked, putting on the best puppy dog look that you could muster.

“Hmm, I’ll see what I can do, why tomorrow and not later today?” Rebecca replied, ignoring your attempt to try and convince her by asking you a question instead.

“Ah well, I’ve got some plans that I don’t think I should cancel on tonight and to be honest I’ve been neglecting my friends recently at lunch which probably isn’t more the best if they ever come looking for me” you answered, not quite ready to reveal that you had a girlfriend to her.

“Well that sounds like you should be the one trying to make up with me” she teased, starting to look a lot less tired as your conversation with her continued.

“How about we both make it up to each other then. I’ll surprise you with something tomorrow and you do the same?” you offered.

“Hmm that sounds like you’re just gonna surprise me with something beneficial to you and not me but fine. Try and make it something we’ll both enjoy at least” she responded, accepting your offer with very little of her trust placed in you.

She spent the rest of the conversation filling her in on your job interview after she brought the subject up and gave her the address to the gym if she ever wanted to sign up in person. You told her your next shift was on Sunday so if she wanted to wait and not sign up online, that was the day you would definitely be there in person.

As seemed to be the theme today, you wanted to spend more time chatting with your teacher but time was working against you and if you didn’t want to be late to your next class as well, you needed to start heading over there as soon as possible. Rebecca had another class in the room so she didn’t have to leave but the growing number of students passing the door made her tense up before she directed you out the door. It seemed that your antics with her would only be limited to her office for the moment but you had dreams of flaunting your relationship with her, far fetched as those dreams may be.

Luckily you knew the teacher for the next class was pretty laid back and after speeding your way towards the classroom, you saw that the rest of the students were still piling into the room. You headed for your usual spot once again and settled down in your seat to get ready for the lesson. You hadn’t really read ahead for any subjects other than Biology but with the added intelligence upgrade, you'd found it easier to get through all your assignments and looking through the textbook in front of you made you realise everything was a little clearer than it was before.

You wouldn’t be able to sleep through the class unlike what you wanted to do right now but the upgrade was definitely appreciated. Almost enough to make you consider buying another but putting your head together with Emma sounded like a good idea before you made any rash decisions.

A few minutes of reading through the class material had passed enough time for the actual lesson to begin and you **** yourself to pay attention while the teacher started talking about the assignment that was due.

Your 2nd and 3rd classes of the day passed without anything interesting happening. You did have the pleasure of being sat next to Emma in the 3rd class but the teacher always seemed to have a stick up her ass and never let anyone talk to each other even if they had finished the work she had set out in front of them. You still managed to get a word in here or there and told her you knew a spot where the two of you could speak in relative privacy without anybody overhearing you.

You’d still need to watch what you said and probably censor a lot of the details that Emma probably wanted you to go more in-depth into but you hoped she could manage waiting a few hours until the both of you were home. With the occasional comment or flirty joke back and forth with Emma, the hour flew by quicker than you would have thought and you were one of the first to leave when the bell rang for lunch, practically dragging Emma along behind you.

It felt a bit strange to be taking Emma to the spot where Sarah had shown you last week but then again, you could say it was fitting considering one of the topics of conversation you wanted to bring up was Sarah herself. You still held Emma’s hand but you slowed your pace as you took her behind the gymnasium and towards the group of tables Sarah had shown you before. A part of you hesitated when you saw them and you continued walking just a little further, finding yourself stood under the shade of a few trees that seemed like a good enough spot for you to sit down.

Emma seemed to be a bit confused as to why you had chosen this place and had ignored the benches but taking Emma to Sarah’s spot made you feel oddly guilty as soon as you saw them. Still, the area under the trees where you now both sat down was a nice spot without anyone around and if you ignored the occasional shouting of people in the gym then you would have considered it a nice place to have a picnic.

You opened your bag to grab some lunch as you leaned back against a tree and Emma did the same, only now realising that you hadn’t grabbed anything to eat on your way out and your bag had nothing but books inside. Emma noticed almost instantly that you were trying to hide your lack of food and offered you one of her sandwiches which you accepted only after she insisted. You both ate in silence as you enjoyed each other's company but even with Emma trying her best to keep up a calm facade, she eventually broke and couldn’t help but ask.

“Oh come on you can’t really expect me to just sit here without telling me what happened right?” she blurted out, no longer able to contain her curiosity.