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.

hell?!" she

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

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

been utterly destroyed, shredded to pieces and strewn all about the studio as if

the floor, feathers floating lazily in

piece of fabric, and even the Mac computer that

had been turned into a warzone. "Audrey, Audrey!" The sound of Tina's voice snapped me out of my

It hadn't been broken, but I knew for a

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

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

me on this fabric!" Avis said, chucking the shreds of her outfit to the

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 c Tina nodded and quickly pulled out her phone, scurrying over to the corner

we were going to afford to make another set of outfits

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Chapter 19

leaving clipped sounds on the tile floor. Clutching the folder containing

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

a drag, but I still managed to scrape my

I was met with the face of the professor who had given me that envelope in front of

a terse smile. "I called earlier about

took my file

"Audrey Thatcher."

letting out a

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