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.

hand to her lips. "What the hell?!" she cried out, surging forward and turning in a

where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically down to its fibers. Clutching the torn pieces in her hands, she let out a sob that wracked her

mouth hung open as I

outfits had been utterly destroyed, shredded to pieces and strewn all about the studio as if a rabid cat had

fur and scraps of leather were scattered across the floor, feathers floating lazily in the breeze seeping in through the open window, Red paint

the Mac computer that the school

sound of Tina's voice snapped me out of my daze, and I blinked to see her and Avis standing in the middle of the room Tina's face was bright

breathed, striding over 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

I said, running a hand through my hair. "If we hurry, then

Tina said. "We'll get funding if we pass the preliminary round, but until

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

to figure this out, guys," I insisted, already pulling out my phone. "I have a scholarship that hasn't been disbursed yet. I'll email the scholarship office and see what they can do. In the meantime, let's

reded this funding it we were going to afford to make

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Chapter 19

on the tile floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship application, I strode up

ago, I had received word from the scholarship office that something was

still managed to scrape my files together

face of the professor who had given me that envelope in

holding out my folder with a terse

took my file and flipped through

"Audrey Thatcher."

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

"I-What?" I breathed, my eyes widening to twice their original size. "That can't