“You thought we were what?” I pushed.She tried to smile it off and failed. “You know I was going to say never mind but…no. Siobhan and Andre look good together, don’t they? And you and Aaron really suit each other well.”Her voice was friendly but strangely measured, I found myself watching her closely as we walked toward the assembly hall. Her features were well hidden with her full black hair but what little I could see of her face got my guard up. I wasn’t fooled one bit by her smile. “I thought you didn’t like my friend?”She scoffed. “Well, she’s not exactly bad…uhm…I should get going.”I wanted to hold her back. Something about her wasn’t right but I didn’t get the chance to dwell on what it was. She walked faster from me and I didn't want to cause a scene so I restrained myself from calling her back.Everyone was already filling the hall so Aaron and I took our places at the podium.“Good morning, everyone. Without wasting your time repeating the rules and regulations of our s

I stared dumbfounded at the closed office door hoping Mr. Holden would come out with the cuff keys, unlock them and say it was all a joke and I could go back to class without worrying about my grades but all I had were hopes. That office door never swung open once in the 3 minutes it took me to stare in disbelief.Then I felt the tug on my wrist. I shot Andre a sour look.“Don’t give me that look,” he said putting his other unbound hand up in the air. “I was not the one who suggested this punishment.” He held up our cuffed hands.“You know I’m beginning to think you wanted this to happen!”He had the guts to look innocent. Putting his free hand on his chest he gasped like he was hurt by my words. “Would I ever do something like that?”“Obviously, I know you too well, this is the kind of thing you’ll like.”“You know me too well uhn?” he asked. “What am I thinking right now?” he asked, his eyes dropping to my lips suddenly. I tore my gaze from his.I searched around for a distraction a

RinggggThat was the final bell. I rubbed my wrist and sighed gratefully – partially grateful actually. To say today was the worst day of my life is an understatement of the century. Every teacher who came into the class for the next subjects took one look at the cuffs and thought the same thing.Kinky. Or weird.Even though they didn’t out rightly ask for the story behind the cuff, which I must confess I found curious, they all had that crazy, small smile on their faces. I wanted to die. It was bad enough to be tied up with Andre and be reminded time and again about his body pressed against mine when he pushed me up against his door and kissed me but it’s even worst when my teachers have to assume the worst about it.What’s more, everyone kept making silly jokes about it. They thought it was cool and were talking about experimenting with it when Andre and I are done with our punishment so I’m guessing they plan to become assholes in Mr. Holden’s class tomorrow or next. Even Aaron was

“What?”His suggestion caught me off guard that for a second I didn’t realize that it was in fact a valid suggestion.Andre turned a questioning gaze at me and realized that I misunderstood his suggestion. He snorted.“I am not trying to get you naked for sex, Bianca, so relax. If I wanted to do that I would have set up a romantic dinner date and seduced you like a gentleman.”My laughter bubbled out of me. I laughed so hard that I started to snort.“What’s so funny?” He queried.“You duh! You would set up a romantic dinner date without being crude about it? So what's your pick-up line? Wanna see my lines?”His face turned red with embarrassment and he laughed. “Oh my God, I will never live this one down!”“Never! I can’t believe you said that to me," I started to smile.“Well, what else was I supposed to say? You were mad at me for fixing your bikini and I was enjoying our banter.”It felt good to laugh with him especially before he moved over and our dislike for each other surfaced…

“So no more cuffs on you guys?” was Siobhan’s first question as soon as we made it to class.“Looks like it. We were both on our good behaviors.” I sought out Aaron and found him by the class lockers. He caught my gaze and wagged his brows. It was a flirty gesture but something was lacking. I went to his seat and he came to join me. He sat on the desk. “I was on my best behavior apparently.”He smiled. “I can see that.” That was all he said. There was something off about his response but I didn’t push, I didn’t want to.Andre headed to his seat where he pulled our chairs and desks apart. I watched him work, and Siobhan hung around him talking to him. I could see the anger tension in his back and shoulders but he had the good grace not to let Siobhan notice. I turned in Aaron’s seat to check for Carla. There she was in her seat a huge frown on her face. Good thing, Becca who was talking to her didn’t notice but I could see the rage and some other emotion in her gaze as she watched Andr