Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

Chapter 37: Suspicious Activity 

IAN's POV :

"Hayes!"

I heard a voice called out as I stepped out of the art room with my things.School was over for the day and I was about to head home.

"Hey, you joining us tonight?"Sean Hawthorn, the school’s music teacher, jogged over to me.

"Uh…?"I gave him a puzzled.

"First week of school.Some of us are doing guys’ night out.The new guy, Coach Pullman is getting everyone's first round,"

Right.Whenever the teachers at school did social gatherings, I never paid much attention to it.

But, I did read something about this in my email.

"I don’t know,"I shrugged,

"To be honest, I don’t really know him,"

I was just saying whatever to get Sean off my case.

I wasn't feeling like hanging out with the other teachers at school, because every time I hung out with them, I felt this guilt inside.

I felt like I was betraying my job because I was dating this girl that everyone else called their student. "He doesn't know that many people.He just started working here.He’s inviting all the guys to come, he wants to make friends,"

Sean was being persistent, he paused for a beat before saying, "And hey, you're single, right? You should come.It's at this bar that just opened downtown.A lot of pretty girls there, I heard,"

Single...all the teachers thought so, of course.That's a good thing I guess.

"Right..."I muttered and sighed,

"Guess I can stop by for a bit,"So here I was, sitting around a table with five other guy teachers from school.

They were around my age and slightly older, late twenties and early thirties.

Still, I couldn't feel so removed.Three of them were already married with kids and one was engaged.

Only the new guy, John Pullman and I were single.

"I need everyone to take a shot.No one’s getting out of this!"

John shouted over the music as he raised a glass.

"Cheers to that!" the other guys chimed in and I played along.

We all downed the shot of whiskey at once.

It was a decent whiskey.

I had my reservations about coming out tonight, but this was changing my mind.I must admit, it felt kind of nice to have some guy friends around.I loved spending time with Emma, let's get that straight.

And though I enjoyed being cooped up with her inside my apartment, but sometimes going out to a bar like this, chilling with some whiskey and friends weren't bad too.

"So, you just moved here, huh?"I said to John.

"Yeah.I used to teach in Atlanta for two years,"he replied.

"Hey, I used to study at Emory.Lived in Atlanta for a couple of years too,"

"Oh, cool, man.Atlanta's awesome!" he beamed and gave me a high five, "But yeah, I needed a fresh start,"

"We could all use some of that," I said and raised another glass.

"Amen to that,"he nodded and drank his drink.

"So, how you like the town?"Sean joined in.

"It's kinda small, but looks alright.The girls are fine though,"

John nudged me to the direction of a group of girls passing by.

"Yeah," I said flatly.

"What, you got a girlfriend?"

"Uh —"

"Nah, this guy's single,"

Sean was quick to answer for me.

"I heard you went out with Erica Diaz last year?" another teacher, James Watson, joined in.

Suddenly I was being grilled for no reason.

But all the guy teachers had a thing for Erica, that was certain.

I was getting dirty looks from a bunch of them when they found out Erica and I went out for a date last year.

"The Spanish teacher?"

John gaped and shoved me playfully, "Dude, she’s hot,"

"Yeah, it just didn’t work out," I shrugged.

"Hey, you'll find someone, don't worry,"

James said and patted my shoulders before heading to the men’s room.

Like I needed to be comforted for that, thanks for nothing, bro.

"How about that girl? She’s been checking you out ever since we got here,"

Sean nodded to the bar where this blonde chick was standing with a drink in her hand.

She was eyeing me from head to toe.

When I caught her eyes, she let out a seductive smile.

"Nah man,"I shook it off.

"Yeah, man.You should totally go for it.What’s stopping you?" John was getting hyped up.

"Don't be a pussy.Come on," Sean added.

"And her friend is hot.Dude, we have to get over there.You have to be my wingman," John stood up suddenly, getting all excited.

"I don’t know " I sighed and raked my hair, looking for an excuse to get out of this.

"Come on man, help a guy out," John insisted.

He was new in town and he really wanted some company.He bought us all drinks, and now I felt bad.

"Fine,"I sighed finally.

Guess it wouldn't hurt just to help him out.

I'll get out of there as soon as he’s in.I downed my drink before standing up, and John and I made our way to the bar.

The blonde girl and her friend noticed that we were walking towards them.

She locked her eyes with mine and bit her lip, sending me this signal that she was into me.

"Hi ladies, can we get you a drink?" I said when we stood an arm's length away from them.

"Sure," they both said in unison.

John gladly stepped up to the bar and ordered some drinks from the bartender.

As we were waiting for our drinks to be made, John was looking a bit awkward around the girls.I knew I had to step in.

"So, what are your names?" I said to both girls.

"I'm Macy," the blonde said.

"I'm Anna," her friend said

"Nice to meet you both.This is my friend, John.He’s new to town," I gestured to my boy and he was smiling brightly at Anna.

"Hi,"he said.

"Hi,"she replied.

"Here you go,"I got their drinks from the bartender and handed it to them.

"Hey, maybe you can help him out, tell him about some cool places around?"

"Sure,"Anna was quick to answer.

Before long, Anna and John were deep into a conversation.

My job as the wingman was done, so I was about to go back to my table when the blonde girl stopped me.

"You never told me your name,"she said.

"lan,"I gave her a quick, uninterested smile.

She wasn't getting the hint though.

She put a hand on my chest and leaned in, whispering, "You're not a man of many words, are you?"

"No,"I breathed, pulling away slightly.

"That’s alright.You don’t have to talk,"she closed the distance between us again.

Her body was pressed up against mine and I wasn't enjoying it, not in the slightest.

Letting out a sigh, I held her by her shoulders and pushed her off of me.

"Excuse me, but I have to go,"was all I said to her before quickly walking away.

I really didn’t wanna be there.I looked at our table and the guys were chatting away happily.

They were probably gonna grill me about this girl and I wasn’t having it.

My eyes scanned around the room and I spotted the exit.Guess I could use some fresh air.

I made my way out of there and let out a relieved sigh when I breathed in the fresh air.I looked up to the open sky and I saw the full moon shining bright.

It was a great night, but I just wished I had a better company.

I took out my phone and my fingers had dialed her number before I could stop myself.

Emma was probably busy.She had a community service thing going on tonight.I wasn't expecting her to pick up the call, but she did after the third ring.

"Hello?"her sweet voice spoke.

It was smooth like honey.My favorite voice in the world as of right now.

"Hey, you,"I felt my body calmed instinctively as soon as I heard her voice.

"I hear loud music.Where are you?"she asked.

"In this bar downtown.Some of the guy teachers dragged me out,"

"Oh, okay,"she paused for a moment before saying, "Well, you must be having fun,"

"Why do you think I’m calling you then?"I stifled a dry laugh.

"So, you're not having fun? Well, I should be sad, but actually I’m glad,"she giggled.

I pictured her smile and I wished I could see it in person.

"I wish you're here with me, baby girl.I miss you,"

"I miss you too,"

It would still be a while before the two of us can be seen out in public.I didn’t wanna think about that, though.It was depressing to me.

Letting out a sigh, I then asked,

"How was your community thing?"

"It was good.I picked up some trash and I made a friend,"

"Oh yeah?"

"His name's Tyler.He goes to West Lake too.We have some classes together,"

"And this Tyler is a guy?"I wasn't trying to be a controlling boyfriend, trust me.

But I saw her around school and the way the other guys looked at her, they could not be trusted.

"Obviously.What, are you jealous that I made a friend while picking up trash?"she laughed.

"No,"I lied.

"Tyler's a sweetheart.You'll like him,"Doubt it.

"So, what are you up to now?"I asked.

"I'm trying to work on my essay since you know, I didn’t get anything done yesterday,"

"My bad,"I chuckled.

"Yeah,"

"Or should I say, your bad?"

Last night was a lot of fun.

I was getting hard all over again just at the thought of it.Her soft ass was raw pink and she was walking funny all day. That was mean of me, but hey, she loved it.She came hard like never before.

Four times that night.

"lan, stop,"I couldn't see her, but I imagined she must be blushing red.

She always did at times like these.

"Alright, I’m gonna let you get back on your essay,"

"Okay, I love you lan," she said sweetly.

"Love you too, Emma," I was smiling to myself as I turned off the call.

Turning my face around, I stopped my tracks when I saw that John was standing right next to me.

Damm it.How long has he been standing there for?

"Hey, we were looking for you,"he said.

"Sorry, I had to make a call," I said cautiously.

"So, Emma, huh?" his lips twitched to a grin,

"Is that your girlfriend?"

"Uh, yeah..."

I paused, looking for the right words to say , ‘She lives in another state,"

"Ah, long distance? Man, that sucks," he was slurring a little.

I hoped to god he was drunk enough to forget about all of this by tomorrow.

"Yeah," I nodded along.

"Why didn’t you say anything before? I wouldn't have you pushed you to ask that girl out if I knew,"

"Meh, it's just a little...complicated,"I shrugged.

"Long distance, complicated girl trouble, I don’t know man...from what you're telling me, it's not looking good,"

"Hey, what are you guys doing out here?"Sean joined us.

He had a cigarette in his hand, probably out for a smoke break.

"We're talking about this guy's girl trouble,"John was quick to answer.

"You got a girl?"Sean turned to me.

"You never said nothing?"

"Yeah, some chick called Emma,"

John replied again. Shit, he needs to stop talking.

"That's a good name for a chick,"

Sean answered.

"Guys, enough, let’s go back inside,"I said quickly, but they weren't done with me.

"It's long distance too, so it’s complicated,"John said to Sean.

"Fu-ck long distance, man!" Sean said to me.

"That thing's a death trap,"

"Guys, whatever, let’s drop it,"

"You must really like her, huh?"Sean pressed on.

"More than like.He loves her.Oh, Emma, I love you,"John said mockingly, mimicking my words from the call.

"Y'all are acting worse than the fourteen year olds we teach at school,"I shoved them away jokingly. "We spend all day every day with those kids, some of it rubs off,"Sean answered.

"Come on lover boy, it's cold out here.Let's get you back inside,"

John grabbed my shoulder and shoved me back.I could only sigh at my fate as I walked back in there.