Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

IAN's POV : 

"Hayes!"

I heard a voice called out as I stepped out of the art room with my things.School was over for the day and I was about to head home.

"Hey, you joining us tonight?"Sean Hawthorn, the school’s music teacher, jogged over to me.

"Uh…?"I gave him a puzzled.

"First week of school.Some of us are doing guys’ night out.The new guy, Coach Pullman is getting everyone's first round,"

Right.Whenever the teachers at school did social gatherings, I never paid much attention to it.

But, I did read something about this in my email.

"I don’t know,"I shrugged, 

"To be honest, I don’t really know him,"

I was just saying whatever to get Sean off my case.

I wasn't feeling like hanging out with the other teachers at school, because every time I hung out with them, I felt this guilt inside.

I felt like I was betraying my job because I was dating this girl that everyone else called their student.  "He doesn't know that many people.He just started working here.He’s inviting all the guys to come, he wants to make friends,"

Sean was being persistent, he paused for a beat before saying, "And hey, you're single, right? You should come.It's at this bar that just opened downtown.A lot of pretty girls there, I heard,"

Single...all the teachers thought so, of course.That's a good thing I guess.

"Right..."I muttered and sighed,

"Guess I can stop by for a bit,"So here I was, sitting around a table with five other guy teachers from school.

They were around my age and slightly older, late twenties and early thirties.

Still, I couldn't feel so removed.Three of them were already married with kids and one was engaged.

Only the new guy, John Pullman and I were single.

"I need everyone to take a shot.No one’s getting out of this!"

John shouted over the music as he raised a glass.

"Cheers to that!" the other guys chimed in and I played along.

We all downed the shot of whiskey at once.

It was a decent whiskey.

I had my reservations about coming out tonight, but this was changing my mind.I must admit, it felt kind of nice to have some guy friends around.I loved spending time with Emma, let's get that straight.

And though I enjoyed being cooped up with her inside my apartment, but sometimes going out to a bar like this, chilling with some whiskey and friends weren't bad too.

"So, you just moved here, huh?"I said to John.

"Yeah.I used to teach in Atlanta for two years,"he replied.

"Hey, I used to study at Emory.Lived in Atlanta for a couple of years too,"

"Oh, cool, man.Atlanta's awesome!" he beamed and gave me a high five, "But yeah, I needed a fresh start,"

"We could all use some of that," I said and raised another glass.

"Amen to that,"he nodded and drank his drink.

"So, how you like the town?"Sean joined in.

"It's kinda small, but looks alright.The girls are fine though,"

John nudged me to the direction of a group of girls passing by.

"Yeah," I said flatly.

"What, you got a girlfriend?"

"Uh —"

"Nah, this guy's single,"

Sean was quick to answer for me.

"I heard you went out with Erica Diaz last year?" another teacher, James Watson, joined in.

being grilled

had a thing for

a bunch of them when they found out Erica and I went out for a date

"The Spanish teacher?"

shoved me

it just didn’t work out," I

you'll find someone, don't

said and patted my shoulders before heading to the

to be comforted

checking you out ever since

nodded to the bar where this blonde chick was standing

was eyeing me

I caught her eyes, she let out a

shook it

should totally go for it.What’s stopping you?" John was getting hyped

pussy.Come on," Sean

there.You have to be

" I sighed and raked my hair, looking for an excuse to get

a

and he really wanted some company.He bought us all drinks, and now I

"Fine,"I sighed finally.

just to help

he’s in.I downed my drink before standing up,

noticed

eyes with mine and bit her lip, sending

you a drink?" I said when we

both said

up to the bar

we were waiting for our drinks to be made, John was looking a bit awkward around the girls.I knew

names?" I said to both

Macy," the

her friend said

to meet you both.This is my friend, John.He’s new to town," I gestured to my boy and he was

"Hi,"he said.

"Hi,"she replied.

you go,"I got their drinks from the bartender and

can help him out, tell him about some cool

quick to

Anna and John were

I was about to go

me

her a quick, uninterested

wasn't getting the

hand on my chest and leaned in, whispering, "You're not a man of many words, are

breathed, pulling

have to talk,"she

pressed up against mine and I wasn't

sigh, I held her by her shoulders and

to go,"was all I said to her

there.I looked at our table and the guys were chatting away

probably gonna grill me about this girl

room and I spotted the exit.Guess I

and let out a relieved sigh when I breathed in the fresh

night, but I just wished I

my fingers had dialed her

expecting her to pick

"Hello?"her sweet voice spoke.

like honey.My favorite voice in

felt my body calmed instinctively as soon as I heard

music.Where are

this bar downtown.Some of the guy teachers

for a moment before saying, "Well,

do you think I’m calling

Well, I should be sad, but actually I’m glad,"she

pictured her smile and I wished I

you're here with me,

"I miss you too,"

can be seen out in public.I didn’t wanna think about that,

sigh, I then asked,

was your

some trash

"Oh yeah?"

to West Lake too.We have some classes

this Tyler is a guy?"I wasn't trying to be a

the other guys looked at her, they could