School on Monday sucked more than usual. The only teacher that she ended up liking this year had been ready to pop for months now and she was dreading the day she did, not wanting to end up with some crappy sub who couldn't control a class full of seniors already bouncing on the edges of their seats. As luck would have it, she finally gave birth to a healthy, happy, baby boy on Saturday and wouldn't be returning for the remaining 2 months of the school year. Lexie heard the news before she even made it to the class that day. What she had not heard was that they had already had a long term sub lined up to take over for today and the rest of the year. She also had not heard that he was hot.
"Hello everybody, my name is Kyle Trandor. You can call me Kyle or Mr. Trandor, whatever you're more comfortable with. I know this is going to be an adjustment so close to the end of the year, but hey, we can't say we didn't know this was coming!"
A few kids in the room smiled as he spoke. Most appreciated that he seemed to be a pretty chill, laid back guy judging by his allowance at using his first name. A few girls in the back giggled and fluttered their eyebrows in his direction. She honestly couldn't blame them, even though their obvious attempts were lame as hell. Kyle Trandor was tall, easily 6'4, maybe taller. He filled out his button-down dress shirt and slacks quite nicely with large toned muscles. Hazel eyes twinkled when he flashed a lazy, slightly cocky smile all rounded off with dirty blonde hair neatly brushed off to the side in an attempt to manage what seemed to be normally disheveled hair. She felt a sudden rush of heat between her legs as she studied him standing at the front of the room commanding power and attention by his presence alone.
Having zoned out with her inappropriate thoughts she realized too late that all eyes in the room were on her. Mr. Trandor stared at her, a brow raised waiting on some sort of response.
"I'm so sorry," embarrassed she had to admit, "I must have zoned out. What were we talking about?" her cheeks flushed red.
Something flashed in his eyes that she couldn't figure out but was quickly replaced by a look of annoyance.
"I have asked everyone to tell me your name, age, and your plans after high school so I can get to know you all better."
"Oh okay. Um, my name is Lexi Harvey. I'm 18 and after high school, I am attending culinary school upstate."
The words rushed out of her mouth, eager to move on and get the attention away from her. Her face still burned with heat from the embarrassment as if somebody had known why she had not been paying attention and where her thoughts had drifted.
She fought to pay attention as they finished up with the last few students saying their names and other information for Mr. Trandor. When the last person had finished his gaze returned to her and when he spoke it felt targeted directly at her.
"I am a nice guy and I know most of you are practically adults. I would like to treat you as such and finish off the year having some fun and getting to know each other. That being said, I am not some sub who will let you walk all over me or let you spend the hour per day you are in here goofing off or zoning out. I need you to remain focused as you would have for Mrs. Bailey. If you can do that, we can have a great few months together."
Lexi sunk down in her seat even further. She was a good student, top of her class, and not the type to be inadvertently lectured in front of all her classmates. This day was definitely not going well.
Over the next week, Lexi found herself spending more time than usual getting ready. Instead of her usual yoga pants and sweatshirts, she opted for tight-fitting skinny jeans and tops that clung to her curves in all the right ways. She told herself she wanted to end the year with a bang but she also knew that was a lie.
Lexi took the time each morning to curl her long blonde hair and carefully apply her makeup in a way that highlighted her bright blue eyes and hide the freckles that she hated so much. She didn't care what anybody thought of her appearance until a certain substitute teacher had entered her life.
She also found herself more engaged than ever in his class. History was typically just one of her classes that filled up her day. Not her favorite but not something she hated or struggled with. It wasn't uncommon for her to doodle and keep to herself during that class but after her humiliation on Monday, she felt the need to prove herself. He could easily look up her records and see that she was a model student. She kept a 4.0 average GPA and was involved in more student organization than she had time for and yet she felt the need to prove to this stranger than she wasn't just some brainless bimbo skating by to graduation.
"Nice work Mrs. Harvey."
Lexi smiled at the 100% circled at the top of her test.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. I have to admit I seem to have been wrong about you."
"Excuse me?" Lexi replied astonished.
It was the end of class and nobody else was in the room. Anger flashed through her and boiled beneath the surface of her skin.
"I'm sorry but after our first meeting I had assumed you were..." Kyle weighed his words carefully, "a different type of student."
He was attempting to apologize and start fresh with her but it seemed to be backfiring.
"Don't you think that is an unfair judgment based on one 5 minute period of time. I slipped up once and got distracted by my thoughts. One little daydream and you thought you had me pegged for some slacker who didn't care to be bothered? I hardly think that is fair."
Lexi had no idea was she was reacting this way. She was a very even-tempered person. It took a lot to get her fired up and never over something so futile yet here she was yelling at this stranger who was now her teacher. She took a deep breath realizing her sudden temper could get her in trouble if it wasn't already too late for that.
"What had you so distracted, if you don't mind me asking? Maybe there is something I can do to help?"
Kyle hadn't meant his offer to be so brazen and dripping in innuendo but unfortunately, it had come out that way. He hoped she wouldn't notice. It seemed when it came to this girl he could not help his thoughts from turning to some erotic places and as she stood before him, he couldn't help but drink her in. She had taken more care in her appliance today than on Monday. Her hair then had been piled atop her head in a sexy messy bun where today it fell in soft curls framing her delicate face. He loved how he towered over her small, petite body.
Knowing he could easily pick her up and throw her over his shoulder turned him on like no other but he fought to redirect his thoughts back to the matter at hand. Lexi was standing before him with that growingly familiar blush creeping up her neck. This intrigued him even further. He had assumed she had been distracted by, well he wasn't really sure what but the way she squirmed in front of him at his question made him wonder if she had been thinking something entirely unrelated to school.
"Oh um. It was nothing. I don't even remember now. It won't happen again though sir, uh...Mr. Trandor."
Lexi quickly darted from the room and towards the nearest bathroom. She sent out a silent thank you when she found it empty. Lexi braced herself against the sink and tried to clear her head. Something about that man just made her so uneasy. She couldn't think straight in front of him which ended up making her look like a blubbering fool. When he brought up Monday's incident, her brain had once again been flooded with naughty thoughts of running her hands down his bare chest and through his messy hair with her tongue entangled in his. She had felt so flustered by the rush of thoughts that she ended up racing from the room like a fool. She needed to get a grip on this before she made a total ass of herself.
Several weeks went by rather uneventfully other than Lexi stuttering and stammering and generally making an idiot of herself every time she opened her mouth in Mr. Trandor's presence. Apart from what had become the usual, things remained much as they had been before Mrs. Bailey had left. He continued her lesson plans where she had left off which meant that he would also be staying true to the big end of the year paper she had planned on them writing.
"Remember everybody, papers are due Monday. I expect your best work. If you have not started on it already, I better not be able to tell! This is a huge part of your final grades, take it seriously people."