One Night With My Alpha Professor by Eve Above Story

Chapter

59

The next few days were a blur of classes and assignments.. and of missing Tina. I hardly saw her, and when I did, our interactions were brief-if we even had an interaction at all and didn't just turn and run away from each other.

To cope with our argument, I threw myself into my work. It was the only thing I could do to distract myself from the ache in my chest every time I saw Tina. She was still giving me the cold shoulder by the middle of the week, refusing to sit next to me in class or even acknowledge my presence.

By Wednesday, I felt like I was going to explode. Tina was my closest friend-the only person who wanted to speak to me, the only human at Grayspring Academy, when I had first attended. And now...

All throughout class, I could hardly focus. It didn't help any that Edwin was the professor, either-a real double whammy when it came to awkward tension

By the time class ended, I had had enough. I grabbed my things in a haphazard pile, not even bothering to put them in my satchel, then ran over to where she was sitting across the room before she could leave.

As I approached, she pretended not to see me. But just as she turned to leave, I blocked her way. "Tina. Please talk to me," 1 pleaded, grabbing her arm.

Tina froze for a moment, her eyes flickering down to my hand around her arm. But then her lips pursed and she just shook her head, shrugging off my grip. "I'm late for my next class," she muttered, brushing past me without another word.

I watched her go. feeling helpless. This wasn't like us. We had never fought like this before.

As I was packing up my things, 1 heard Edwin's voice call out to me. "Audrey, could I see you in my office for a moment?"

I tensed, remembering our kiss from the other night. Great, the last thing I wanted was to see him today, but I couldn't exactly refuse. "Um, sure," I said, following him out of the classroom

Once we were in his office, Edwin closed the door and turned to me. "Is everything alright? You seem... distracted lately"

I blinked for a moment, surprised by his candor. But then I shrugged, avoiding his gaze. "I'm fine. Just busy with assignments.

Edwin raised an eyebrow. "And it has nothing to do with the fact that you and Tina haven't spoken all week?"

My eyes widened of their own accord. "You noticed that?"

zon

He nodded. "You two are literally inseparable in class. It's a little infuriating sometimes. But this week, you've been sitting on opposite sides of the room; not to mention that little interaction I saw just now." Da**it. It was that obvious, wasn't it? I bit my lip and looked away, not finding it in me to meet his eyes. "Well, it's nothing. Really,"

is going on is affecting your work-bosh as my student and my teaching assistant. You should tell

what it was; my performance, not him simply caring about me. In a strange way, that was a bit of a

with the strap of my bag. How could I explain this to him when he was part of the

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me down, and I knew there was no leaving here without

I lially admitted, "Because I didn't tell her about... About

expression softened ever so slightly. "Ah, I see. And she feels betrayed that you kept that from

should have at least told her. And she's right. I just... I wasn't

for a moment before he sharply inhaled through his teeth.

advice. In life, it's important to be open with your close friends. If someone isn't trustworthy enough for these sorts of things, then you can't really consider

give you

hit me hard. Tina was trustworthy. She had always been there for me, through everything. And I had gotten so caught up in everything that I didn't even think about how my lies might affect her. "You're right." I said, straightening up. "I need to talk to her. Really talk to

nodded and turned, shuffling papers around on his desk, Good. I think that's for

feave, but then hesitated at the door. "Speaking of talking," I muttered, my face reddening,

When he finally spoke, he

we? It was a mistake, one we

ignoring the twinge in my chest at that word: mistake. "Right.

I caught sight of something red poking out of

after everything. I couldn't help the small smile that crept onto my face as I left his

me.

spent the rest of the day looking for Tina, but she seemed to have vanished. It wasn't until late that evening that I finally spotted her in the library, hunched over a

cautiously, my heart pounding "Tina? Can

I thought she might refuse, but then she nodded, gesturing to the

sat down, taking a deep breath. "I'm so sorry, Tina. You were right. I should have told you

face softened slightly.

selfishly, on autopilot. All I cared about was winning the fashion show. I didn't stop to consider how my lies might affect you. Tina's eyebrows shot