Yasmine (Harem Path 2)

Tom turned the car into the parking lot for the school and glanced at the bus that was sitting off to the side, a few other adults were standing around with their respective daughters. Off to the side, with a checklist and some papers, was Ms. Norman. It looked like every other type of field trip that he had remembered from his own time in school and he had muttered as such to Sarah, sitting next to him. "This ought to be fun."

Sarah just rolled her eyes and looked at him. "Come on, enjoy it. You're going to be staying at a hotel for the trip, think of it as a well-deserved holiday. I mean, you're going to be chaperoning a bunch of barely legal co-eds, how hard can it be?" She winked at him and then adjusted the strap to her bag. "It's going to be interesting, that's for sure."

Tom looked at her for a moment and took her hand, giving it a squeeze. "You okay? I know this is a big change."

She looked down at his hand and gave it a squeeze back. "I'll be okay. I think Amorina really enjoys the time she spends with her friends, she's looking forward to it." Sarah looked up as some of the girls spotted them pulling up and waved at her. "Besides, not many can say they got to go back to high school and become the top of the social ladder."

He laughed a little, leave it to his wife to be the optimist yet get a dark view of things, before he parked the car and looked at her. "Did you want....?"

"Let's."

"Sarah, good night." He looked as Amorina hopped out of the SUV and after grabbing her bag, scampered over to the group of girls who were waiting for her. He just shook his head and was about to pick out his own bag when Ms. Norman came over. "Oh, morning!"

"Morning! I'm so sorry that we had to ask you to help with this, I don't know what happened to the arrangements made by the school district." She motioned to the bus. "With the girls' equipment and the rest, we don't have enough room for everyone."

Tom looked at the tiny bus, or more like an oversized moving van if he had to be honest, and nodded. "I see. Who else needs a ride?"

"Just you and another one of our Chaperones for the event." She looked at her checklist and then looked up as she saw one of the adults running towards them. "Oops, there she is." The coach leaned over to him. "You don't mind, right?"

Tom looked at her, their faces only inches away from each other. "Why? Should i? Having someone to ride with on the way would be fun."

Ms. Norman looked a bit out of sorts with that response before she fixed herself. "Oh, I suppose so." She waved over the woman who looked at the hand, at the coach, and then paused as she took in the sight of the man standing next to her, her eyes opening a bit more. He thought he was imagining the smile widening on her face, or the blush that flushed her cheeks. The running must have caused that. The fact she ran a hand through her hair to primp a little? Yes, running. That was it.

"Yasmine, thank you for coming! The bus is smaller than last year's so Tom's offered to take you. With him to the hotel." Ms. Norman snuck a glance at his direction and Tom just rolled his eyes before he reached out his hand to shake hers.

"If you don't mind shotgun and some 80s?"

Yasmine laughed and shook his hand. "You, me, REO? I wouldn't miss it for the world."