Elizabeth yawned. Biology could not get any more boring. She looked at the screen in front of her and glared at the annoying words. 'The S phase is the second phase of...' whatever, it's not like she'd need any of that in real life.
She squinted her eyes and struggled to see her teacher, Mr. Hemming, he was fifty and obviously so. His hair was gray and slowly becoming scarce. Although, she didn't mind, he was a kind old man - a mentor perhaps.
The lesson passed very slowly, and by the time she got out, Elizabeth had forgotten everything.
"Lizzy! Wait up," a familiar voice behind her called out.
She turned around to see her best friend, Sylvia, and she smiled. Sylvia's blonde hair flew behind herself as she ran and her flip flops clapped against the cement floor.
"Lizzy, you would not believe the day I've had. I was just minding my own business, as I always do, and Rowan from second period came up and grabbed my arse!" She squeaked the last few words which made it very hard for Elizabeth to refrain from laughing.
"What did you do?" Elizabeth asked.
"Well, I pushed his hand away and kicked him in the shin. He was gonna yell at me for that so I pushed my palm into his nose, IDK how to say it, but I kinda shoved his nose bone-thing into his brain. It was an accident, and only self defense." Elizabeth's eyes had widened so much, she thought they might pop out.
"Well, he sure learned his lesson, then, didn't he?" Elizabeth said, trying to make a joke, but failing.
Sylvia glared at her. "Whatever, I need to stay after school to deal with the counselor. Will you stay with me?"
"Sure, lead the way."
"Oh, no. Sorry, but you can't come. Can you just get us a ride and wait around the school until I'm done?"
"Sure thing. I have to talk to my Algebra teacher anyway."
The girls hugged and Elizabeth turned away to go to class. Her heart began to beat faster and she could feel it in her chest. She tried to calm down, but failed. This was Mr. Charleston after all, and all the girls, gays, and gosh-I-don't-even-know's loved him.
The trip upstairs couldn't have been more stressful. Her hands shook, and her palms began to sweat. She turned a corner and faced his door. Reaching out a shaky hand, she tapped on the door thrice and held her breath.
The door was quickly opened by a tall, beautiful, brunette man. He smiled down at Elizabeth and she felt her face flush. She tried to smile back, but only got something that desperately needed an apology. He pulled her inside and closed the door behind her. The click made her jump.
"What's up, Liz?" Mr. Charleston's deep voice echoed around the room.
"I was just wondering if I could ask for some extra time to study for the quiz. I don't completely understand the last chapter," Elizabeth said in a frail voice as she pulled off her backpack and dropped it on some nearby desk.
Mr. Charleston picked up the nearest textbook and flipped a few pages. "Alright, let's see. Was it chapter seven point three? Ah, yes, here we are." He held the book with one arm and grabbed a dry erase marker. Looking at the book, he wrote down some equations. "What, specifically, are you confused with? Will you come here?"
Elizabeth gasped and inched closer to him. From this angle she could see every flex of his arm as he wrote and maybe, yep, she could see his abs. God bless see-through dress shirts. His shirt was barely tight, but enough that she could see every muscle perfectly. He wore black pants that were creased in the front and back. Even in these, he had a very nice butt. He was also tall, maybe 6'4 or 6'5. She let her eyes wander over his body, silently objectifying his every feature. A smile stole itself across her face as she looked him up and down. Her eyes wandered up to his chiseled face, and she saw him looking at her with a disapproving expression in his face.
"Ms. Elizabeth Doles, what do you need help with?" His voice was stern and unfriendly, not like before.
"I'm sorry," she whimpered, "I don't quite understand this." She blindly pointed at the first equation he wrote down: the Pythagorean Theorem.
His eyes lit up as he put his book down, erased the other equations, and began a long description of everything there was to know whether it be squared or added, glancing back at her several times to make sure she was listening. Elizabeth was happy he let her creepiness slide. As she could tell, he was perfectly fine as long as he was teaching. He told her that sixteen was a perfect square and thereforeβ
"Uh, Mr. Charleston, I'm actually confused about this part exactly." She walked up to him and he turned around swiftly, accidentally bumping into her and pushing her to the ground.
But, he was too fast, and he grabbed her wrist and pulled her up. Yet, he was way too fast, and she ended up bumping into him and pushing him against the whiteboard. He grabbed her shoulders and looked down at her with a concerned expression in his face. Elizabeth tried to brace herself against the wall, but ended up pressing her hand against his chest and she quickly recoiled and fell against his chest instead. Then she gave up, and planted both hands against his chest. She cursed at herself. This was not going as planned.
Mr. Charleston merely laughed at the little scene that was unfolding before him. His students were an entertaining bunch of people. Elizabeth scorned herself for being so bold, but his effing, sexy laugh was the last straw; she stood up tall on the tips of her toes and firmly planting her lips against his.