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“Thanks, Sir,” I said, cruelly reminding him he was my teacher as a form of punishment for the fact he’d kept me beyond arms-length for the whole of the lesson. I knew it was forbidden, the relationship between teacher and student, but right now I resented that if he felt for me the way I felt for him, he didn’t have the classroom door slammed and me pinned up against it.
His eyes widened as he realized I knew how he felt. That he’d given me a clue.
“Candy, I-”
I knew I was about to get some rejection speech, so I quickly looked at my watch. “Shoot, is that the time? I’ve gotta run.” I said, in almost identical words to my conversation with Julian at lunch.
The door closed behind me, and although I felt like running, I walked to the car lot where our driver was waiting for me.
I slept terribly that night, tossing and turning and dreaming of a fight at my party between Parker and Julian. I was determined to keep up my new appearance, so I made sure my concealer did its job and masked the dark rings under my eyes. I was at my locker in the afternoon when Julian came over.
“Hey, Candy.”
This time I had to talk to him. He was right there at the side of me, and I didn’t have the energy to rush off. I stuffed my belongings back in my locker while I turned to him.
“Julian, hey.”
I looked him over. He was good looking, no doubt about it and he wore shorts that highlighted the definition in his calves. Baseball did good things to his body. His skin glowed with its healthy golden tan, and his blonde hair shone with highlights that his friends got from chemicals at salons, and he got from fresh air and the sunshine.
He smiled at me, revealing his perfect white teeth. He’d definitely not been born with those, but then neither had most of our school.
“I wondered if you’d like to catch a movie sometime?” He asked.
I was about to turn him down when Parker appeared at the other end of the hall. He froze in place watching me talk to Julian.
“Sure,” I told Julian. “That sounds fun. Maybe we could double date with Larissa and Jeff and go to the Surf Shack afterwards?”
“Sounds great,” Julian replied. “Tomorrow night? If that’s okay with the others?”
By this time Parker had walked down the hall towards us, and he strolled on by, right past where we were standing.
“I’m sure tomorrow night will be fine. It’s a date.” I told him, and I watched Parker flinch at my words. Then he picked up his pace and walked off down the hall.
Julian grinned at me as he walked away. “I’ll wait to hear from you.”
“Okay.”
I stood with my head against the locker as my mind whirled with what just happened. Did Parker come down the hall deliberately to hear what we were talking about? I headed off to my lesson. I was so confused about everything.
On Wednesday, Larissa and Jeff had said they were fine with our double date, and we were all set for after school when Julian came rushing over in the cafeteria.
“Candy. I’m so sorry. I can’t do tonight.” He looked pissed and frustrated. “I got after school detention.”
“Seriously?” I asked him. Julian had never in all the time I’d known him caused any trouble in class.
“Yeah, that new teacher, Newell. He’s a dick.”
I felt like my heart dropped into my stomach at his name.
“I only reached for a spare pen from Tate’s desk, and he accused me of cheating on the test we were doing. It was only a mock. The guy’s a total dick. I’m so sorry, Candy. Can we reschedule for tomorrow?”
I shook my head. “I have extra class tomorrow from school. Friday?”
“Sure.” He leaned over and kissed my cheek. “Sorry about that. Oh, and I got the invite to your party. I didn’t realize you were eighteen next week. Not a lot of notice for one of the parties of the year.”
“That’s my mother for you. Does everything last minute to create drama and chaos.”
“Well, I’ll be there. Maybe, as your date?” He said.
