Teacher's Pet

Back off of my Girl

Drew's P.O.V

I woke up, did my hygiene things and came downstairs for breakfast. Dressed in a grey and plaid shirt with Trues and a pair of black Converse, I grabbed a bowl, gently pouring Apple Jacks and milk into the bowl.

I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I looked up to see Jack. He looked back at me and then, kept walking. He came over to the cabinet and grabbed a bowl, pouring cereal into it. I stood there waiting for an acknowledgment and never got one.

"So, are you going to be mad at me forever? I didn't force that girl to leave. Whatever her name is," I said. He looked at me, his face unbothered and went to the kitchen table. I followed behind him with my bowl of cereal.

We both sat down. "Talk to me, Jack." He rolled his eyes. I decided to leave him alone. Once we were finished, he got up, grabbed his back pack and started towards the door. "I'm guessing you're so mad you're going to walk to school?" I asked, almost guessing he'd give up and just get in the car. Silence. He opened the door and stomped out. I stood there dumbfounded.

I didn't want to be alone. I decided to text Ray.
Me: Need a ride? :)

I sat on the couch and checked my twitter. About five minutes later, he responded.

Ray Ray: How'd you know? ;)

I smiled at my phone as I received another text from him with the address. I jumped in my car and started to Ray's house.

When I pulled up, he came straight out of the house and got in the car. He buckled his seat belt and turned to look at me. He smiled, "Hello, Drew."

"Sup, Ray," I reply, mirroring his smile. I back out of this drive way, heading towards the school. Halfway to the school, Ray broke the silence. "You haven't said anything. Are you okay?"

I look up, not realizing that it had been so silent. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"I never see you at lunch," he tells me. "Oh, I eat lunch at my brother's school. I don't really have any friends here. Well, 'really' isn't appropriate, I don't have any friends," I laugh, though it isn't funny.

"How about you eat lunch with my friends and I. I like you, they will too," he says. I smile at what he said. He likes me. He laughed. I look over. "What?"

"You aren't going to say it back?" He asks. I look over to him, "I like you too, you dork."

For the rest of the ride, we laugh and talk. When we get to school, we say our goodbyes and I head to my locker. Once I grab my books, I walk to my first class. I stop at the door, looking at Christopher.

Why'd I think I was ready for this? Maybe I should just skip class. He looks over at me and smiles. My heart drops to my stomach at that.

"Hey, Drew, are you going to come in?" He says, with a broken smile. I tighten the grip on my books and walk in. There are a couple of kids in the class already. I take a seat in the back of the classroom, away from everyone as always. I was waiting for Christopher to walk back there, say something, anything. He didn't.

When the bell rang, I jumped up, ready to leave. "Drew?" I was halfway out the door. Chills infested my body. I turned around to face Chris, "yes?"

"Can we-" I cut him off, "I've got to go."

When I walk out, Ray is standing outside of the door. "What was that about?" He asks. "Nothing. Why'd you wait for me?" I ask, trying to change the subject.

"Well, we do have our next class together. I thought I could walk you," he smiles, playing with his braids. "Cool. Come on." We walk to Chem together. "Who's your lab partner?" He asks.

"Some weirdo named Randy," I tell him. "You wanna see if we can switch? Then, we can be partners?" I thought about it. Ray likes me but, he's being kind of weird about it. I like him too but, my feelings for Chris go deep. I don't wanna lead him on, when I'm not sure.

"I'm sorry. You don't want to be parters, do you? It was just a suggestion, forget it," he says. "Oh, no. It's not that. That's cool, we can be lab partners."

Lunch couldn't have came any slower. When I got to the cafeteria, Ray was waiting for me. "Hey," I tell him as I walk up. "Hey," He says back, grabbing my hand and intertwining our fingers. I gulp nervously. What does he think he is doing?

We walk into the cafeteria and over to a table with four people. We sit down and they all stop talking, turning their attention to us. "Hey, yall. This is Drew," Ray introduces me as we sit down at the table with the others. "Damn, Ray. This your girl? She sure is fine," a caramel tone boy with a poofy ponytail says. He sorta reminds me of a little Christopher, without the sexy green eyes, of course. I think God saved those just for Chris. I bite my lip, thinking of Christopher. I really miss him.

"Not yet," Ray says. I think about what they were talking about. Oh yeah, the boy had asked if Ray and I were together. Oh goodness. I need to talk to Ray before he gets the wrong idea. To let Ray get close to me would only hurt him in the long run.

"Oh, yeah. Drew, this is Chres," Ray tells me pointing to the boy who had asked if Ray and I were together. He holds out his hand and I shake it. "It's Chresanto but everybody calls me Chres or Roc," he tells me. I nod and smile, like always: not sure what to say. "This is Bahja and Arianna," Ray continues, pointing to two girls, one of which I met already. "Lastly, this is E.J."

They all smile at me politely and say "hello." The girl Bahja, doesn't seem happy that I'm here. Maybe, she likes Ray.

Christopher's P.O.V

It's crazy. I haven't talked to Drew in only a couple of days but to me, it feels like forever. It feels like we were married for forty years and are now separated, awaiting divorce. I saw her hanging with that Ray kid all day. I think he likes her. I hope he doesn't, because soon, she'll come to her senses. She'll realize that loving me comes with nothing but problems. She'll realize I'm not worth it. She'll realize she's attracted to someone her own age.

Everyone's at lunch now. I stare around my empty classroom. How'd I get into this situation?

Asia and Sage come back tomorrow. I probably don't have anything to tell her anymore. Drew and I are over. Why can't I accept that? We barely ever "started." We weren't officially seeing each other and I can't get over what we had.

It was something so perfect. It was something that before, I could have only dreamed about. I thought I was in love with Asia but, the truth is, I didn't think I knew what love was until I met Drew. Maybe, I do have something to still tell Asia. I don't think Asia's right for me and it took Drew to help me realize it.