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.

to her lips. "What the hell?!" she

already full-on crying. She fell to her knees next to her mannequin, where her adorable pantsuit had been shredded practically down to its fibers. Clutching the torn pieces in her hands, she let out a sob

My mouth hung open

and strewn all about the studio as

were scattered across the floor, feathers floating lazily in the breeze seeping in through the

and even the Mac computer that the school assigned to each

The sound of Tina's voice snapped me out

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 night. Someone must have

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

funding." Tina said. "We'll get funding if we pass

I already spent the entire allowance my parents gave me on this fabric!" Avis said,

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,

afford to make another set

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Chapter 19

office, my heels leaving clipped sounds on the tile floor. Clutching the folder containing my scholarship application, I strode up to the desk

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

everything again. It was a drag, but I still managed to scrape my files together quickly. I needed this scholarship. My team

the face of the professor who had given me that envelope in

out my folder with a

professor took my file

"Audrey Thatcher."

letting out a

I breathed, my eyes widening to twice their original size.