DISCREET

Drama

People begin chanting our names as we lock eye contact from across the room - this was nothing new for our thursday afternoon drama class. We often caught each other gaze, the occasional smirk and it's been know for me to playfully wink here and there - i love watching her get all flustered and look away, breaking the eye contact.
I heard my friend's words of encouragement as we were both selected to improvise a scene, i could sense her nerves with just a glance as she reluctantly rises from her seat. She was wearing a short  skirt, a short skirt that constantly teased me, it was almost as if she new what she was doing to me. Occasionally, i have to remind myself that after all she is straight. Just a straight girl looking for attention, and nothing more, and this was just a scene, nothing more. She adjusts her tie and wonders into the circle created by our peers, they surrounded us like caged animals but i secretly liked them all watching and how shy she looked, at the very thought of all these eyes on her. I shot her a reassuring glance as my teacher asked "does anyone have any stimulus ideas?" to the rest of the class. Immediately, my best friend's hand shot up and he was selected, "yes?" my teacher pried. "hmmmmm" my best friend pondered, but i could see in his eyes that he had it all figured out, "a gang leader chasing an overdue payment", i could do that i thought, i was waiting for something crazy but that works. Until he slyly added "but for some reason, there's mad sexual tension", i could have punched him. If i wasn't so committed to acting i would have backed out but i thought i'd give them the show these horny teenagers were all begging for.
I shot my friend a middle finger and a sarcastic smile and returned my attention to her, asking if she was ready, she nodded but still looked unsure, "just follow my lead" i muttered and she nodded again, this time with a small spark of new-found confidence.
My teacher counted us in as i pondered now i would start this stupid little performance, the countdown reached zero and i switched into character and held my fingers up to form a gun, i could see that the sudden move startled her but she hid it well. "Hands in the air" i demanded, and she obeyed but as reserved as she acted, i could see in her eyes a glimpse of challenge, almost as if she was daring me to take on the objective. I began pacing towards her, finding a gap in the circle as she started stepping backwards in response, yet she didn't look behind her; she trusted me. The classroom was silent and i could feel the eager stare of my classmates burning into my back, out of pure anticipation. I continued pacing towards the girl but now with more desperation, oh i'll give them a show alright. I kept taking single steps until her back met the door of a filing cabinet as she rested helplessly against it, looking into my eyes, i smirked and put away my "gun". I saw her body begin to relax and her arms fall a little, "did i say you could move?" i stammered as her hands returned to their original height. I then grab her wrists, forcing her to the cabinet and towering over her. I enjoyed the fear in her eyes and i think she did too. "Now don't make me ask you again, where is my money" i demanded, keeping up the act she responded, " i- i don't have it".
"What do you mean, you don't have it" i insisted
"Please just give me a bit more time, i will get it all back to you, i promise", her voice naive yet confident.
I move closer to her face, to the point where we were nearly brushing cheeks and i could feel her warm breath on mine. "You think you're in charge do you, pathetic. You think you get to make the decisions do you?" i patronise. She looks up at me, and i can feel her body pressed against mine, her heart pounding as she begs. At this point i move one of my hands to her chin and angle her face to maintain the eye contact, whilst my other hand keeps her firmly pinned to the wall.

"You have 2 days to get it all back to me and after that... i'll have to find a punishment for you, because i will get what i want in the end" i smirk as i feel her heart rate pick up and her cheeks blush a little. "Is that clear" i ask, she nods. "Use you're words",
"Yes", she mutters.
"Yes...", i remind her of her honourifics.
"Yes ma'am", I then drag my finger down her lower lip as she continues to gaze up at me, she's enjoying this. "Good" i say with a smirk and then walk away.
Stunned, she doesn't move from the cabinet as the class erupts into applause and my teacher shoots me sly smile as if she too, felt it all. We return to our seats, as my best friends jaw is wide open, "oh close your mouth, that's what you wanted wasn't it?" i tease, but as i sit silently in my seat, satisfied with my performance; i remind myself that it was just a scene, nothing more.