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“Yep. My girlfriend, head cheerleader, was prom queen.”
“And you became a math teacher?”
“Don’t judge. I had brains and brawn. I was the whole package.”
Teal giggled. “Yeah, you are.”
Jaxson watched her.
Her cheeks deepened in color. “Er, forget about what I just said.”
He didn’t want to. How crazy was this?
She played with her food.
Her mother’s voice seemed to have faded in the background.
“You’re a very beautiful woman, Teal,” he said.
She looked up at him. The blush had traveled down her neck and spread a little over her chest. He wanted so badly to run his tongue down, to see how far he could make her blush.
“Your father is an idiot!”
Teal jumped as her mother slammed her cell phone down on the table. “Now my food is cold. Perfect. He’s ruining everything.” Her mother pushed her food aside.
“Mom,” Teal said, nudging her head toward Jaxson.
“Oh, my. I’m so very rude. I do apologize. As you can see, my husband doesn’t seem to care when it comes to our daughter’s education. What do you think about private lessons?” Bethany asked.
Jaxson looked over a blushing Teal. He had no idea what had just happened, but he didn’t want to reject her. Whatever was going on with her, he wished to help resolve it.
“Yes, I would be more than happy to tutor her.”
“Excellent, then that is settled.” Her mother clapped her hands together. “See, something is going right.”
Teal kept stealing glances his way.
Bethany’s cell phone went off again, and again. She eventually put it to silent.
Jaxson wanted to make his excuses to leave, but it wasn’t particularly polite to do so. He couldn’t help but look at Teal, and she wouldn’t quite meet his eyes.
He had no idea what was happening.
When Bethany pulled out the bottle of wine, Jaxson knew it was the right time to make his escape.
Tomorrow may be Saturday, but he wasn’t interested in listening to the rants he knew were coming.
Bethany made Teal see him to the door as she started to pour.
“You know, you don’t have to tutor me if you don’t want.”
“You said so yourself, something has gone wrong, and you don’t want to have to repeat this final year or drop out. We’ll figure out what went wrong together,” Jaxson said.
“I’m sorry for the way she behaved.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“Tomorrow, ten o’clock, I’ll be waiting for you.”
