One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter 19 Audrey

"I can't wait to put the finishing touches on my pantsuit today. It's gonna look so great!"

"Me neither! I just need to make the hat for my top and skirt ensemble, and then I'm all done."

As Tina, Avis and I walked to our studio, the sound of their excited chatter brought a smile to my face. I sipped my coffee, feeling just as excited as they were; after all, we would be finished with our entries for th "We'll have to celebrate when we're all finished, Tina suggested, our shoes clicking on the tiled floorways as we walked in tandem. "I need a drink

after all that work."

"Ugh. Me too." Avis audibly cracked her neck without missing a beat. "These past two weeks have felt like fabric hell. I need a cold beer, some nachos to share, and to dance the night away

Tina giggled. "What about you, Audrey?"

I offered my

friends a smile and nodded as I fished our studio keys out of my pocket. "It's a date."

My smile faded, however, the moment the door creaked open.

There, in the center of the small studio space, were our three mannequins-

or at least, what used to be our mannequins. Not anymore, though. No, our three painstaking outfits that we had tirelessly spent two weeks constructing had been..

Destroyed.

Avis was the first to react. She let out a small squeak of shock, dropping her coffee to the floor. The milky liquid splashed across the tiles, soaking our shoes, but none of us noticed.

her lips. "What the hell?!" she

sobbed, already full-on crying. She fell to her knees next to her mannequin, where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically down to its

was completely frozen in my tracks. My mouth hung open as I took in the

pieces and strewn all about the studio as if a rabid

the floor, feathers floating lazily in the breeze seeping in through the open window, Red paint

and smeared across every piece of fabric, and even the Mac computer that the school assigned to each studio space had been smashed to

Avis and I had spent countless hours laughing, chatting, and listening to music while we worked over the past two weeks had been turned into a warzone. "Audrey, Audrey!" The sound of Tina's voice snapped me out of my daze, and I blinked to

the window to inspect the glass. It hadn't been broken, but I knew for a fact that we had closed it before we left last night. Someone must have opened it and "Time" Avis all but shrieked "Audrey,

a hand through my hair.

get funding if we pass the preliminary round, but until then, we're

said, chucking the shreds of her outfit to the ground. "They can't afford to

what they can do. In the

make another set of outfits for the competition.

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Chapter 19

floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship application, I strode up to the desk with

had received word from the

but I still managed to scrape my files together quickly.

professor who

a terse

Yes. The professor took my file and

"Audrey Thatcher."

clicked around on her computer for a moment before letting out a huff and slid my folder back

bottom out. "I-What?" I breathed, my eyes widening to twice their original size.