-Mr.Jericho's POV-
When I woke up I woke up an hour earlier. I rolled my eyes. 'I'm not going to work an hour early.' I sat up and checked my phone for a few minutes before getting up and taking a shower, getting ready and eating breakfast. I then waited until it was time to leave. Driving to school, I noticed AJ walking, his head was down and I saw someone behind him. It was a man, he had a bottle of Jack Daniels in one hand and a ciggerate in the other. He was yelling at AJ. I rolled down my window.
"AJ? Who is that following you?" I asked as AJ looked up and took his headphones out.
"What?"
"Behind you who is that?" At this point I stopped the car, the street we were on wasn't busy. AJ looked behind him.
"Oh my god it's my brother." AJ rolled his eyes. "Go back home Frankie!" He yelled.
"I will break this bottle over your head!" He yelled back. My eyes widened.
"AJ I'll give you a ride to school, come on." I unlocked my car. AJ looked back and sighed before angrily opening my car door and sitting down, closing the car door.
"He's just an alcoholic, he's usually harmless."
"Usually?" I asked as I drove away, hearing his brother curse and then the sound of a bottle shattering.
"Yea, he would sometimes break things and stuff."

"You know what? I would've never thought of that." I said sarcastically as AJ laughed and looked back.

"Yep he's drunk, he gets mad at me when I talk back to him, or if I don't do what he says..Which is exactly what I did this morning." AJ looked back over at me.
"Oh, well don't your parents do something about it?"
"My dad talks to him, but Frankie still does the same things once he's gone. So I don't complain anymore. My dad will understand once he snaps on him. But for now I've just got to deal with it."
"Well AJ if he does anything extreme I can talk to your father for you." I wanted to help, but I'm just his teacher I can't to much.
"Thanks. If he does I'll let you know." AJ nodded. Looking down at his phone.
The rest of the ride we talked a bit about school and other things we had in common. I had to keep my eyes on the road so I didn't get to look at AJ, but I knew he was staring at me. I didn't mind though, at least he was paying attention to what I had to say.
-AJ POV-
Being in the car with Mr.Jericho gave me an opportunity to see him up close. He had a little stubble going on, yesterday his face was clean, I guess maybe he forgot to shave this morning. His lips were thin, and his eyes were blue. He had big arms, I really don't want to admit this but, seeing his muscles through his button up gave me chills. Right when I saw him, I thought he was drop dead sexy, and I know I know, he's my teacher! But when I looked at him I really didn't see that, I saw a hunk of a man. Once we got to school he helped me get to my home room once again before we split up. I wish he was my teacher for everything, then maybe I would actually listen in class.