Daisy's Detention
I waved bye to my friends and headed back into the school building. Just my luck I thought, Half-day and I'm stuck with detention. Granted detention with the hot young English teacher who just came to the school last year, but still detention was detention, and for what? Being 10 minutes late to clarse a couple of times in one week? 'You are supposed to be a responsible student...you are a 6
th
year, 18 years old, and should be setting an example to younger students. It's time you learned to get to clarse on time. 30 minutes of detention for every full 5 minutes you've been late I make that to be 2 hours' I stopped mimicking under my breath as I reached the classroom door and sighed. At least a couple of the others had stayed for lunch before going home. For a brief second I considered playing hookey and just leaving. But that would just get me in more trouble. And the school would probably phone my parents. I did not want them knowing I had 2 hours of detention.
I opened the door and the teacher was sitting behind the desk marking some papers. 'Your late' I'm told 'that's another half hour.'
'But Mr....'
'I'm not interested. Sit' he pointed to a chair at a single table directly in front of the desk without looking up. As I sat he continued marking the papers in front of him. It felt like a long time parseed, but in reality it was probably 5 minutes or so. He began to speak without looking up. 'You will not speak while you are in this room unless I give you permission, if you have something to say you will put your hand up and wait for me to acknowledge you. Otherwise you will be here much longer than two and a half hours.
In addition while we are here you will call me 'Sir'' Finally he looks up 'Is that understood?' I glare sullenly at the table in front of me.
'Yes
Sir
' I muttered to the desk.
'You will look at me when you address me, and you will speak clearly. What did you say?'
I look up at his face 'Yes Sir' I said loudly.
'Good. I'm glad we have an understanding.' He stood up and came around to the front of the desk.
'Now about your occupation. I think I've made it clear that while you're here I expect complete obedience from you.' There was a glint in his eye like he was enjoying himself, and I felt a tightening inside me. Despite being late for his clarsees I'd been attracted to him since he came to the school, and fantasized about him more than a few times.
He leaned casually against the desk with his arms folded and looked at me as if I were some sort of anomaly 'I think that you are a special case, in need of special treatment. I don't think simple detention will be enough to keep you focused on your punctuality and obedience.' I opened my mouth to reply, but closed it again; I didn't want to be here for any longer than I had to.
'Good you can keep control of yourself when you have sufficient motivation. Now why are you constantly late for clarse?'
I folded my arms mutinously and refused to answer. He smiled, 'Very well. I intend that you will obey me. When I ask a question you will answer. When I demand silence, you will be silent. And when I expect you to do something you will do it.' He moved around behind me but I refused to let myself follow him and kept my pose staring straight ahead. He asked the question again 'Why are you constantly late for clarse?' I stayed silent and suddenly he pulled on my hair hard enough to jerk my head back so I had to look up at him. I gasped in shock, and little butterflies moved in my stomach. 'What are you doing?' I managed to say, 'You're a teacher, you can't do this!'
He kept the pressure on my hair with one hand, my own hands had automatically moved to my head when he pulled and I had a hold of his wrist with both of them. He lowered his head next to my ear and whispered 'I've seen the way you look at me, ever since I came to this school, I know what you want Daisy, I know what you need. And I intend to give it to you.' I felt my eyes widening at his words and the tightening in my stomach grew. Abruptly he let go of my hair and grabbed both of my wrists pulling them behind me. 'I told you not to speak unless I gave permission, and you didn't answer my question Daisy.' I heard a metallic clinking noise as he pulled something out of his pocket and the next second felt handcuffs on my wrists. He calmly moved around to stand in front of me and smiled confidently. 'Now Daisy, if you don't want to do this we can go back to a normal detention. You will sit and write 'I will not be late for clarse' as many times as possible in' he glanced at his watch '2 hours and 45 minutes. Or I can teach you to obey me using my own...unconventional methods. I'll give you a few minutes to make your decision.' I watched as he moved towards the door and left. I heard the lock click behind him.