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 cried out, surging forward and turning in a slow

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 scene in front of

all about the studio as if a

the floor, feathers floating lazily in the

and even the Mac computer that the school assigned to each studio space had been smashed to

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

have 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 opened it

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

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

I already spent the entire allowance my parents gave me on this fabric!" Avis said, chucking the shreds of her outfit to the ground. "They can't

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 to make the call. Meanwhile, I tapped out an email

it we were going to afford to make another set of

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Chapter 19

leaving clipped sounds on the tile floor. Clutching the folder

the scholarship office

It was a drag, but I still managed to scrape my

professor who had given me that envelope in front of

folder with a terse smile.

Yes. The professor took my file and flipped

"Audrey Thatcher."

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

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