All Chapters of My Teacher Is Mine: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Derek's POVThe office was relatively quiet and the air conditioner blew overhead. My fingers tapped out a rhythm on the desk, but my mind was elsewhere. Elsewhere with her.Three days. Three endless difficult days since the motel. Since my fingers were caressing her skin, since she was beneath me, calling out my name in the darkness. I had asked to see her on Friday but I needed more. Something tangible. Somewhere I didn't have to fake that I wasn't going crazy about her.I grabbed my phone and composed a message quickly."Come to my house after school. I'll pick you up." I added, not willing to leave room for interpretation.My stomach twisted as I hit send. It was a dumb and crazy thing to do. But as I imagine her looking down at her phone, then up at me, nodding almost immediately, the doubt vanished.The bell rang and the kids rushed towards the door. She was unhurried and she reached slowly for her bag, speaking softly with Jess, and then ducking out. I saw her walk away, feelin

Lydia's POVI sat on my bed, cupping my phone in my palms. Other than the soft whir of my ceiling fan and the soft tick of my little clock on the desk, my room was silent. I stared at the screen again reading Derek's text over and over again."Tomorrow."Just that one word.No emoji. No explanation. Only that short reply he had sent last night after he dropped me home. And now, the more I read it, the more I felt hurt. What did he mean? What was happening tomorrow and why didn't he say anything else?I exhaled deeply and threw the phone across the bed like it offended me. Slowly, I grabbed the book next to my bed. Make Me Yours Tonight. I used to love it and I have already read it three times. But when I opened the book and tried to read the first page, the words just hung there blank. They did not engage me as they usually did.I closed the book.My phone rang again. I grabbed it quickly, my heart skipping a beat and for a while, I hoped that it was him.It wasn't. It was Jess.Jess:

I didn't want to be seen. That was the only thought running through my mind as I dragged my feet along the school corridor. I kept my eyes on the floor tiles as if they held the answers to my problem. My throat still hurt like hell, like I swallowed a fireball and Derek's words last night kept swirling in my head like a bad lullaby.It's not love. Not for us.I bit my lip so hard that it almost bled. Maybe if I hurt outside, my insides would be calmed. But somehow, I felt nothing. I felt nothing other than the pain Derek's words cause me. I kept walking down the hallway, trying my best stay a ghost, to become invisible and fit into the crowd of noisy students rushing out of the classrooms like bees bursting out from a hive. Yet even amidst the chaos, I felt something was wrong. Like someone was following me.I looked up for a second and saw no one. Chloe and Alexa stood beside their lockers, whispering to each other and shooting me side glances. Emily was not with them, and that made

Emily's POVIf I had to sit through one more boring class, I was going to lose my mind.I glanced at the clock in chemistry class and rolled my eyes. An hour more to go. Phew! I've never been the class lover type and today's class won't make a difference.The chemistry teacher up front was rambling on and on about chemical bonds and oxidation. Who the hell cares?I raised my hand, just so I could leave."Bathroom" I said bluntly.The teacher tried to protest. I didn't even hear what he said. I was already up, flicking my hair and storming out like I was a queen. And I was. This school belonged to me. Every hallway. Every locker. Every whisper. I did not ask my dad to make donations to the school for nothing.I passed by the lockers, my heels clicking on the floor. The hallway was empty, just the way I love it. I took the turn around the old music room, about to sneak to my favorite place to smoke when something made me stop.Voices. A girl's shaky voice. Lydia. She sounds nervous.I l

The days went by slowly after thatEvery morning, I will wake up with a knot in my stomach, trying to dodge school. I dread what Emily would have me do next. I soon learned that resisting only made things worse. If I'm absent in school, my workload will be doubled by the time I show up in school. Following her commands, no matter how painful it is made life easier for me.Most days started the same."Pet!" Emily would shout on the top of her voice the moment she saw me standing across the hall. Her voice was always bubbly and loud like we were best friends playing some ridiculous game that only she liked.I forced my legs to move, kicking them reluctantly forward against the tile until I could stand before her and her group. "Carry this" Chloe would command, throwing her jacket over my shoulder."Carry my books" Alexa would interrupt, offloading all her books into my arms before I could even say a word.By the time the first bell rang, I will be buried under their stuff with my own b