Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

IAN's POV 

"The PSAT is useless.It's not even the real SATs.Remind me why do I have to take it again?"

Emma sighed dramatically as she slumped down on the couch.

"Because it'll help you get a feel of the actual SATs,"

I said and I took the spot next to her.

She immediately curled herself into my arm, a habit I now came to love.

"It's stupid though.And hard,"she looked up at me and asked, "Did you take your PSATs?"

"No.They're stupid,"I scoffed.

"Exactly —"

"But I was also stupid in high school.You're not.So you're gonna have to do better than me,"I added quickly and she piped down.

"You got into Emory, you can't be that bad,"

"I got into Emory as a transfer.I took two years of community college before I figured out what I wanted and applied there,"

She let out another dramatic sigh and said, "So you're saying I have to come to school on a Saturday and take this stupid test,"

"Yes,"I said firmly, "And I'll be there too,"

"You're going to take the PSAT?"she gaped at me.

"No,"I chuckled, "I’m gonna be at school tomorrow because I have a meeting with Principal Finn,"

"Oh,"she mouthed.

"What about?"

"Faculty stuff.Nothing important,"

"What time will you be done?"

"Probably around 12,"

"Me too.Maybe I'll see you tomorrow, then?"

"Yeah.

And you can tell me all about how you aced the stupid PSAT,"I said as I kissed her cute little nose, causing her to squirm and giggle.

This thing with Emma, it was getting out of control.

I didn't think I could ever feel this way before, let alone with a high school girl who was my student.

Every time I see her, I see my future in her eyes.

But that future was always clouded by the looming doom that stood before us—the school.

As long as I was her teacher, none of this would be acceptable.

As long as she was my student, we could never do this the right way.

And I wanted to do it the right way.

I wanted to be able to take her out on dates, meet her parents and her friends neot on school grounds or at parent teacher conferences.  The school was doing its annual parent teacher conference next week, along with a college fair for the junior class.

There was a high chance that I might run into her parents there and that would be... terrible.

Just imagine, I would introduce myself as her art teacher.

And then Emma and I would continue dating in secret.

And then years later, when I wanted to be serious or marry her, her parents would find out that I was dating their daughter all this time while she was at school.

Would they ever give this pervert their blessings? Fuck to the no.  I didn't tell Emma I was thinking about all these things.

She was busy dealing with her exams and I didn’t wanna make her worry.

She shouldn't be worried about stuff like this.

She was only a high school student for god’s sake.

I brought this upon her.

to find

I could come up with was this meeting the principal on a Saturday, a week before the parent teacher’s conference, and I would tell him that I was resigning from my post as a teacher.  To be honest,

I liked my job.

more and I'd do anything

an emergency and you must have this meeting with me today.So please, how can I

for me

you for seeing me on a

said as I

you is because I'd like to see if I

and asked, "You want to terminate

"Yes,"I nodded firmly.

were adjusting just fine into

am, but—l, um, there’s just some personal reasons that

I think that this is the

turns out I was more nervous

I must say I am

before continuing, "And you will be

about you, both from the

very kind of you to

Thank you,"

do this, then I’d suggest you send in your resignation letter to the HR department and as soon as the school year is over,

Finn, sir, with all due respect, I

"What do you mean?"

to resign before this week

is too sudden,

just resign without giving us proper reasoning

and I’m sorry.But there’s an

"Mr.Hayes, this is unacceptable.

teacher conferences

I’ve graded and finished all my responsibilities for my class.The last class is on

too,

He definitely looked angry.

Not good.

apologize

searching for the right words to say, "But there's a personal matter that I must

have to be away next

will not be able to make the parent teacher

breath and let out a long

a moment before saying, "If you can’t make the parent teacher

have meetings with the

that’s not a bad idea,"I agreed

for

he continued.

a contract is for two years with the department of education.If you don’t give us a plausible reason to terminate the contract, it's not going to look

"l understand, but —"

career we're talking

let out a sigh and

Finn didn’t say anything

and studied my face, and I

most awkward

there, being

when he realized that he couldn't get me to change my

you'll have to give us some

Where

soon as I stepped inside the

looked

painting equipment, but

had submitted their AP art portfolio and

an end, I

with

took

sure no one was around before I planted a quick kiss

be

have to kiss

"Is everything okay?"

her eyes at me, perhaps she noticed the heavy things

"It will be,"

I smiled reassuringly.

"What?"

terminate my contract with

won't be

She was so shocked.

open and her jaw fell as she said, "Why did you do that? Do you have another