Prologue - Hi, Mr. Teacher
I got out of bed feeling miserable there’s no way I survived last night. I slowly rub the sleep out of my eyes and stare at the clock to my right.
08:30! What?! I jump out of bed and quickly make my way over to the bathroom. I do my usual morning routine and give myself one final check in the mirror that hung in the bathroom before leaving.
Gosh, how could I have overslept? Today was going to be the first school day of the year, and I already managed to get late. Not to mention I was going to have a new teacher for the whole semester. I can already see my points slipping away right in front of me. Damn it. I screwed up. I make my way downstairs and see my friends, who don’t go to school anymore passed out on the couch. I grab a sticky note from the counter and a pen before writing that I won’t be here for the whole day and that they need to clean up after them and lock the place. I grab my car keys and quickly shut the door behind me.
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“Yes Ms. Lian, no we will discuss that next time.” I can hear the teacher talking. His voice is so loud. Even though the doors are closed I can still hear him and it makes my heart beat faster and faster within my chest, not knowing why.
I wouldn’t say I like this. I hate being late and I hate being the only person coming late. I know that I am the only one who is late. There’s no one else, I’m sure of it. This class is something else, always being on time. And I am the only one who keeps getting late; for whatever reason. I take a deep breath and make my way over to the classroom. The door has no window, thankfully, making me take another deep breath before slowly knocking on the door. I hear nothing and it makes me anxious but I slowly open it.
The moment I am in the room, everyone automatically falls silent, making me wonder what the problem is. My eyes fall to my right and when I see who is standing right in front of me. I feel everything and everyone slowly disappearing from around me. This really can’t be happening right? There’s no way in hell, that he is going to be my teacher for the whole semester. It seems that even he is having the same troubling thoughts as I am.
What the fuck.
My one-night stand happens to be with my teacher?!
The man who not so long ago, introduced himself as.
Jonas Peña.
