I walked into my last class of the day, Biology, the first one there as usual. I actually ran to the classroom everyday so I would be the first one there and would have more time to... ah... appreciate the teacher.
Dr. Allen wasn't a tall man, but he wasn't short either, being about five inches taller than my five-foot-three self. He had brown, mussed up hair and dark blue eyes, the color of the sky on the edge of night. When he smiled- which was all of the time- he showed a dimple in his right cheek. He had a strong jaw line that angled out so his facial structure was wider than it was narrow, something I preferred. Dr. Allen had rectangular glasses that made him look intelligent (which he was anyways) and, in my opinion, sexy. I even liked the look of his large, strong hands and his nose which was small and nicely shaped (for a nose). The only thing I absolutely hated about him was his ring finger on his left hand. More specifically, I hated the wedding ring he wore there. And his wife. Even though I had never met Mrs. Allen, I hated her with a burning passion.
I didn't just like Dr. Allen for his looks (which caused a lot of the girl's hearts in my school to skip a beat or two), I also loved his personality. He was kind, trusting, honest, funny, intelligent, happy... must I go on? He was everything. And he was hers. I had the biggest crush on him. And honestly, I knew I was crushing hard on a guy I could never have. It's like I wanted to get my heart broken. Because if I was being honest with myself, it was more than just a crushโI think I was in love.
As I sat down in my seat, I watched him as he hurried about the room, putting everything in place for that day's class. He was really skinny, but also athletic looking. There wasn't an ounce of fat on him, but he still had a little muscle, which made him look more intelligent than if he had been extremely muscular and, of course, it made him look sexier. Sometimes, if I was being honest, my eyes would travel downwards, trying to imagine the size of... ah... certain parts of him and also how it would feel to run my hands over his hard, flat stomach. Throughout the lessons I could not take my eyes off of him, except for when he looked at me. Then I would quickly cast my gaze downwards, to my paper, feeling a blush always on my cheeks.
That lesson was like any other... every class I felt as though he were staring at me more than any other person in the classroom, but maybe that was because I was so attracted to him, or maybe because I sat in the front row. Normally I hated the front row and would opt for the furthest seat back possible in any other classroom, but when it came to Biology, I fought for that front seat, right in front of his desk. Right in front of him. Sometimes I wondered if he could tell that I liked him. Everyone else knew because they all thought that it was pretty obvious. Every moment I wasn't in another class, I spent in that classroom, talking to him, asking him questions. And I couldn't stop laughing and smiling whenever I did talk to him. It got so bad that if my friends couldn't find me, they would just go to the Bio classroom. 98% of the time I was there.
"You're staying after, right?" Dr. Allen asked at the end of class.
"Yeahโyou said that you would go over my summary with me." I nodded, my heart racing wildly in my chest. I bit my lip to try to stop from smiling, something I couldn't seem to keep myself from doing whenever he was around. The bell for the end of the school day rang and as the class started filing out of the room, I took out my summary. He came around and sat in the chair next to me. The desks we used sat three to one desk, so there was nothing between us. There he was, not two feet away from me, sitting there with that gorgeous smile on his face, his dimple showing.
We started going over my summary, but I couldn't focus. I was too caught up in trying to breathe normally and not grab his face and kiss him right there. Or rip off his clothes.
"Katrina? Katrina?" Dr. Allen tried to get my attention.
"Oh gosh I am so sorry! I'm just a little... distracted today," I blushed, having apparently zoned out in my efforts to act normally around him.
"It's alright... boy troubles?" He smiled his crooked smile at me, showing off his dimple.
"No..." I said blushing and trying to hold back a smile, making it obvious that it was exactly that.
"You want to talk about it? You don't have to tell me who it is," He offered.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just a guy I really like... who already has someone else," I explained quickly, keeping it extremely vague, not mentioning that the guy was married, or that he happened to be that guy.
"Do you talk to him at all?" Dr. Allen inquired politely, but he did seem genuinely curious.
"Yeah... everyday," I sighed.
"Well, don't worry, he'll notice you soon enough and if this guy's worth anything at all, I think he'll like what he sees," he encouraged, seeming surprisingly passionate about it, though.
"Thanks, but I don't think so," I shook my head slightly.
"Don't be so sure," Dr. Allen told me, leaning in to look over my summary again. My breathing quickened noticeably as he leaned in towards me and he looked up for a moment with a look in his eyes. At that moment I knew that he had figured it out. The look in his eyes was one of surprised and understanding, and one that let me know I was screwed.
We were on the third page of my summary out of the nine when his knee hit mine, sending an electric shock through my body. I froze, but Dr. Allen didn't move his leg at all, continuing to read my summary and explain what needed to be fixed. I didn't move my leg either and became hyper-aware of everything that was going on. On the fifth page, his pen ran out of ink, causing him to get up and get a new one. As he walked past me his hand grazed against my back, making my heart skip a beat or ten. Dr. Allen got his new pen and, instead of sitting down next to me like before, opted to instead stand behind me and make some corrections over my shoulder. I felt his breath on my neck and his arms were so close that if they had moved three inches closer on each side he would have been hugging me. He talked as he wrote, explaining everything, but I wasn't listening to him. I couldn't. He was so close to me, and I had to remember how to breathe. All of a sudden, he decided to get up and close the door to his room.
"I need to talk to you," he told me, turning around to face me again.
"Yeah?" I managed to get out, my lips dry and my breathing slightly off.