Re: Teacher's Pet (DA,XO,UC,Mature) AN pg6 1/27
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:55 pm
A.N. I’ve been making some progress, outline wise, on where the next four chapters are going and even wrote out the group’s class schedule for school/after school so everything wasn’t getting messed up. Who else caught the Supernatural ep where Dean was a gym teacher? Love it. Enjoy.
Chapter 20
After lunch the group split up each heading toward their next class of the day. Maria, loud enough for Tess to hear, said that she couldn’t believe she had to have one of her favorite classes with one of her least favorite people. Both blondes had photography and Maria clearly made her displeasure known.
Alex cleared his throat and threw Maria a glare. He didn’t like that his best friend and sister were constantly showing Tess, by look, comment, or action that they didn’t like her. Neither were being fair to her, she didn’t ask to be Max’s bride in a previous life, he was fairly certain she didn’t ask to come to Roswell and shake things up. Essentially being the start of Max’s and Liz’s downward spiral.
Maria not the least bit intimidated stared right back. “I stand by my statement.” She waved to Liz and was off to photography, leaving behind a slightly embarrassed Tess.
Michael, who couldn’t care less about what the problem between the three chicks was, left the group quickly. He and Isabel had their next class together, English with Ms. Rothman, but he figured Isabel would want a few moments with Alex before coming to class.
Max, Liz, and Alex all had the same advance science class that period and while she was waiting on Alex, Max was waiting on her. He hadn’t tried to talk to her all lunch period except for the occasional short sentence. Max had given her space during lunch now he wanted to talk if only for a little bit.
Liz noticed his eagerness to walk with her, which became the main reason why she stayed and waited for Alex. She didn’t want to be alone with him, if only to avoid having essentially the same conversation she’d had with him twice before.
She stayed far enough away from Alex and Isabel to give them some privacy but remained close enough to the couple to give Max a moment or two of hesitation. Since they were headed in the same direction she couldn’t exactly dodge him without him suspecting something.
Tess left the remaining members of their group without saying a word to anyone. Liz barely noticed as she raced down the hall and got lost in a sea of students.
Peeking over at Alex Liz realized that he didn’t plan on leaving Isabel’s side yet. The two were whispering quietly and nuzzling. “See ya in class Alex.” Liz didn’t wave because he wouldn’t see it.
Max fell into step behind her. “Liz wait.”
“Sorry Max, I really have to go to the bathroom.” She pushed open the door to the girl’s bathroom and left Max standing frustrated and confused in the hallway.
Yes, she knew it wasn’t the best way to deal with the Max situation but if she had to tell him the same thing for the third time he wouldn’t enjoy her reaction. One time fine, twice a little irritating but nothing to freak out about, third time she wouldn’t be nice or gentle…although she wasn’t that gentle the first time so maybe she would be nice about it the next time.
~*~*~
After leaving the group Tess hurried into the Eraser Room. She didn’t care if people saw that wasn’t her problem. It wasn’t as if she was meeting someone in there.
Using her powers she melted the lock. With another wave of her hand she made the room soundproof. As soon as she did Tess dropped her books and purse on the floor with her body following close behind. She gripped the door knob and slid down the door sobbing in pain.
Maria’s words hit her hard. She was use to being hated by many girls, the occurrence wasn’t an oddity when they were constantly worried about her intentions toward their boyfriends or crushes. But to hear it from a girl who had the chance to know her and knew her better than most people did hurt.
While Maria didn’t know everything she knew some of what kind man Nasedo was, how she had to of grown up in his care. She knew that Tess was an alien, one of her biggest secrets. While they weren’t close Maria knew things that people walking in the hall didn’t know about her.
It only drove home the reason why she put up a façade that nobody could penetrate. If Maria could hurt her and in the grand scheme of things only knew a small portion of who she was than she could only imagine how hurtful it would be with someone that she let completely in.
She took a few moments to gather her emotions and place them back in the box she kept them in. With a swipe of her hand she erased all the indications that she had been crying. With two more swipes she de-soundproofed the room and undid the damage to the door. With her confident air back in place she left the small room and rushed to Photography.
~*~*~
After making sure Max had left the hallway Liz left the bathroom. She briefly thought about skipping the rest of the day but then she might not get to choose Alex as her science partner. The two of them working together on an assignment cut the time in half. Technically it could be done faster but they didn’t want to raise suspicions.
She jogged to Science and entered a second before the bell rang. Mr. Seligman looked away from the chalkboard and raised an eyebrow at her. “Cutting it close today aren’t we Miss. Parker?”
“Sorry Mr. Seligman.” She hurried over to where Alex saved her a seat. Liz didn’t notice Max’s hopeful face fall when she didn’t sit by him or acknowledge him.
“Where were you?” Alex whispered.
“Bathroom.” She simply told him.
Alex stared down at his blank paper. “Why are you and Maria so mean to her?” He asked suddenly.
Liz felt the coolness in his tone. “I’m not going to pretend to be stupid and not know who you’re talking about.” She told him. “And I didn’t say a word about Tess or to her at lunch.”
“That’s exactly what I’m talking about.” Alex finally turned his eyes on her. “Not once have you made an effort to be her friend and find out what kind of person she is.” He pointed his pen at her. “Whenever Tess makes a move you have a look. When she talks you roll your eyes. She doesn’t deserve it.”
“First of all, I don’t need anymore friends. Second, I just don’t like her. It’s not a requirement for me to like everyone.” She glared.
“You don’t have to be friends but you’re not even polite.”
Liz shook her head. “Never thought you’d be so gullible to fall for a pretty face.”
“Mr. Whitman. Miss Parker. Care to explain why you’re talking through my introduction to Science speech?” Mr. Seligman questioned.
“Sorry.” Alex said. He glared at Liz for a moment before writing a note on the once blank paper. When the teacher returned to the chalkboard he tossed the note in her general direction.
The note almost hit her in the face, yea, she crossed the line with her comment but why did he care what she did or didn’t say to Tess? She opened the note. Scrawled angry words jumped from the page as she read what he wrote.
‘Don’t go there. Besides going after Max when she first got here she hasn’t done shit to you. And if you think I can be easily duped by a pretty girl then you clearly don’t know me as well as you think.’
Liz let out a soft but frustrated breath. She quickly wrote back to him. ‘Dammit Alex, there is something not right about her. How can you not see that? She’s getting close to you for some reason and you’re stupid to think otherwise.’
Once Alex read what she wrote his expression got angrier. Truth hurts brother dear. His biceps flexed and he tried to calm some before writing back to her.
‘Nice to know you think so little of me. It’s one thing with Tess since you don’t know her but with me? That’s low Liz, really fucking low. Heaven forbid another beautiful girl, besides Isabel, wants to spend time with me.’
‘I’m sorry Alex. I didn’t mean it like that but Tess is manipulating you. She knows how nice you are—‘ Alex saw what she was in the middle of writing and snatched the paper from under her pen. “You’re just digging that hole deeper Liz.” He whispered with venom.
“Alex—“
“No, don’t talk to me.” He stared straight ahead and continued to ignore her for the rest of the class period.
TBC
Next chapter: Alex, Alec, and Michael in gym. Liz tries to talk to Alex but he’s ignoring her. Maria is praising God for a certain good fortune.
Chapter 20
After lunch the group split up each heading toward their next class of the day. Maria, loud enough for Tess to hear, said that she couldn’t believe she had to have one of her favorite classes with one of her least favorite people. Both blondes had photography and Maria clearly made her displeasure known.
Alex cleared his throat and threw Maria a glare. He didn’t like that his best friend and sister were constantly showing Tess, by look, comment, or action that they didn’t like her. Neither were being fair to her, she didn’t ask to be Max’s bride in a previous life, he was fairly certain she didn’t ask to come to Roswell and shake things up. Essentially being the start of Max’s and Liz’s downward spiral.
Maria not the least bit intimidated stared right back. “I stand by my statement.” She waved to Liz and was off to photography, leaving behind a slightly embarrassed Tess.
Michael, who couldn’t care less about what the problem between the three chicks was, left the group quickly. He and Isabel had their next class together, English with Ms. Rothman, but he figured Isabel would want a few moments with Alex before coming to class.
Max, Liz, and Alex all had the same advance science class that period and while she was waiting on Alex, Max was waiting on her. He hadn’t tried to talk to her all lunch period except for the occasional short sentence. Max had given her space during lunch now he wanted to talk if only for a little bit.
Liz noticed his eagerness to walk with her, which became the main reason why she stayed and waited for Alex. She didn’t want to be alone with him, if only to avoid having essentially the same conversation she’d had with him twice before.
She stayed far enough away from Alex and Isabel to give them some privacy but remained close enough to the couple to give Max a moment or two of hesitation. Since they were headed in the same direction she couldn’t exactly dodge him without him suspecting something.
Tess left the remaining members of their group without saying a word to anyone. Liz barely noticed as she raced down the hall and got lost in a sea of students.
Peeking over at Alex Liz realized that he didn’t plan on leaving Isabel’s side yet. The two were whispering quietly and nuzzling. “See ya in class Alex.” Liz didn’t wave because he wouldn’t see it.
Max fell into step behind her. “Liz wait.”
“Sorry Max, I really have to go to the bathroom.” She pushed open the door to the girl’s bathroom and left Max standing frustrated and confused in the hallway.
Yes, she knew it wasn’t the best way to deal with the Max situation but if she had to tell him the same thing for the third time he wouldn’t enjoy her reaction. One time fine, twice a little irritating but nothing to freak out about, third time she wouldn’t be nice or gentle…although she wasn’t that gentle the first time so maybe she would be nice about it the next time.
~*~*~
After leaving the group Tess hurried into the Eraser Room. She didn’t care if people saw that wasn’t her problem. It wasn’t as if she was meeting someone in there.
Using her powers she melted the lock. With another wave of her hand she made the room soundproof. As soon as she did Tess dropped her books and purse on the floor with her body following close behind. She gripped the door knob and slid down the door sobbing in pain.
Maria’s words hit her hard. She was use to being hated by many girls, the occurrence wasn’t an oddity when they were constantly worried about her intentions toward their boyfriends or crushes. But to hear it from a girl who had the chance to know her and knew her better than most people did hurt.
While Maria didn’t know everything she knew some of what kind man Nasedo was, how she had to of grown up in his care. She knew that Tess was an alien, one of her biggest secrets. While they weren’t close Maria knew things that people walking in the hall didn’t know about her.
It only drove home the reason why she put up a façade that nobody could penetrate. If Maria could hurt her and in the grand scheme of things only knew a small portion of who she was than she could only imagine how hurtful it would be with someone that she let completely in.
She took a few moments to gather her emotions and place them back in the box she kept them in. With a swipe of her hand she erased all the indications that she had been crying. With two more swipes she de-soundproofed the room and undid the damage to the door. With her confident air back in place she left the small room and rushed to Photography.
~*~*~
After making sure Max had left the hallway Liz left the bathroom. She briefly thought about skipping the rest of the day but then she might not get to choose Alex as her science partner. The two of them working together on an assignment cut the time in half. Technically it could be done faster but they didn’t want to raise suspicions.
She jogged to Science and entered a second before the bell rang. Mr. Seligman looked away from the chalkboard and raised an eyebrow at her. “Cutting it close today aren’t we Miss. Parker?”
“Sorry Mr. Seligman.” She hurried over to where Alex saved her a seat. Liz didn’t notice Max’s hopeful face fall when she didn’t sit by him or acknowledge him.
“Where were you?” Alex whispered.
“Bathroom.” She simply told him.
Alex stared down at his blank paper. “Why are you and Maria so mean to her?” He asked suddenly.
Liz felt the coolness in his tone. “I’m not going to pretend to be stupid and not know who you’re talking about.” She told him. “And I didn’t say a word about Tess or to her at lunch.”
“That’s exactly what I’m talking about.” Alex finally turned his eyes on her. “Not once have you made an effort to be her friend and find out what kind of person she is.” He pointed his pen at her. “Whenever Tess makes a move you have a look. When she talks you roll your eyes. She doesn’t deserve it.”
“First of all, I don’t need anymore friends. Second, I just don’t like her. It’s not a requirement for me to like everyone.” She glared.
“You don’t have to be friends but you’re not even polite.”
Liz shook her head. “Never thought you’d be so gullible to fall for a pretty face.”
“Mr. Whitman. Miss Parker. Care to explain why you’re talking through my introduction to Science speech?” Mr. Seligman questioned.
“Sorry.” Alex said. He glared at Liz for a moment before writing a note on the once blank paper. When the teacher returned to the chalkboard he tossed the note in her general direction.
The note almost hit her in the face, yea, she crossed the line with her comment but why did he care what she did or didn’t say to Tess? She opened the note. Scrawled angry words jumped from the page as she read what he wrote.
‘Don’t go there. Besides going after Max when she first got here she hasn’t done shit to you. And if you think I can be easily duped by a pretty girl then you clearly don’t know me as well as you think.’
Liz let out a soft but frustrated breath. She quickly wrote back to him. ‘Dammit Alex, there is something not right about her. How can you not see that? She’s getting close to you for some reason and you’re stupid to think otherwise.’
Once Alex read what she wrote his expression got angrier. Truth hurts brother dear. His biceps flexed and he tried to calm some before writing back to her.
‘Nice to know you think so little of me. It’s one thing with Tess since you don’t know her but with me? That’s low Liz, really fucking low. Heaven forbid another beautiful girl, besides Isabel, wants to spend time with me.’
‘I’m sorry Alex. I didn’t mean it like that but Tess is manipulating you. She knows how nice you are—‘ Alex saw what she was in the middle of writing and snatched the paper from under her pen. “You’re just digging that hole deeper Liz.” He whispered with venom.
“Alex—“
“No, don’t talk to me.” He stared straight ahead and continued to ignore her for the rest of the class period.
TBC
Next chapter: Alex, Alec, and Michael in gym. Liz tries to talk to Alex but he’s ignoring her. Maria is praising God for a certain good fortune.