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.

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

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

my tracks. My mouth hung open as I took in the scene in front of

pieces and strewn all about the studio as if

across the floor, feathers floating lazily in the breeze seeping

smeared across every piece of fabric, and even the Mac computer that the school

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

time," I 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

two weeks," I said, running a hand through my hair. "If we hurry, then we can still submit something in

funding if we pass

Avis said, chucking the

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 c Tina nodded and

going to afford to make another set of outfits for the competition. And we needed

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Chapter 19

my heels leaving clipped sounds on the tile floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship application,

I had received word from the scholarship office that something was wrong

drag, but I still managed to scrape my files together quickly. I

face of the professor who

with a terse smile. "I called earlier

my file and flipped through it. "And

"Audrey Thatcher."

her computer for a moment before letting out a huff and slid my folder back to me. "Your

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