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Jennifer's POV

Arielle still hasn't spoken to me and it's the day before Valentine's Day, February 13th. I had gotten her a gift but I don't even know if she would accept it at this point. I was now waiting for the 4th period bell to ring. I was going to try to talk to Arielle today, like I have been for the past weeks. My wishes were answered when I heard the bell ring. I stood up and went outside of my classroom to greet my students, but it was really only to talk to Arielle.

I greeted my students, but didn't see the one I was looking for. Then I saw her walking down the hallway in all her glory, with Paige holding her hand.

Bitch. I thought to myself.

She was wearing the regular grey skirt that was of course, too short for regulation. She had on the white button-down shirt with the top 2 buttons open and had on the black senior blazer on backwards. They both passed by me, Arielle not even sparing me a glance. Before she fully stepped into the classroom I stopped her.

"Excuse me Ms. Agostinell, can you please stay after class?" I said. She didn't even look at me. All she did was nod and continue walking into the room.

I taught the class but was barely focusing. I kept slipping up and zoning out. I just couldn't focus while in Arielle's presence.

Finally, the class ended and the students left the classroom but Arielle stayed in her seat. Once the last student left the classroom I closed the door behind them. I walked over to Arielle's desk and stood in front of it.

"Arielle." I said to her.

She stood up from her desk, grabbed her purse and stood in the front of the classroom and said "Ms. Murphy if you don't have anything to say to me about my grades I'll be leaving now." She turned and headed towards to door.

"Your grades are slipping." I called out to her. This caused her to stop in her tracks. Her body was still facing the door but she turned her head slightly so she could look at me sideways and said "I'll work on that."

I walked over to her and stopped when I was standing in back if her. I put my hand on her shoulder and left it there for a few minutes, realizing that she wasn't taking it off of her. I then turned her around and saw that there were tears falling from her eyes.

Even when she's crying she's beautiful. I thought to myself. Shit, this is not the time to be thinking about how beautiful she is.

I took my hand off of her shoulder and reached my hand up to her face wiping away the tears.
"Arielle, why are you crying?" I asked her.
"You don't know how hard this is." She said softly. I grew angry at hearing this.

"I don't know hard this is. You're the one that's not talking to me. You're the one that could go from being with me to being flirty with Jacob even though you said you were mine. Trust me this is easy for you." I spat at her.

"You think I don't want to talk to you?" She asked hurt. "I have to stop talking to you," she paused. "I have to stop whatever is going on between us." She said motioning her hands between us.

"Why?" I asked her.

"Because it's best for both of us." I was about to interrupt her but she continued "It's best for us to go out and date different people. I'll date Jacob and you can date Adrianna, or you can continue dating Emily if you want, or whoever, that way...everyone wins." She said the last part quietly.

I couldn't help but let my anger take over me when I heard that. I grabbed her waist with one arm possessively and pulled her towards me.
"Look at me." I said to her.
She didn't listen to me and keep looking down towards the floor. I grabbed her chin a little roughly and forced her to look up at me.

"I am not dating Adrianna, I'm gonna break up with Emily, and you're not gonna date Jacob because you're mine." I told her sternly.
She didn't say anything and just looked at me.
"You're mine. Right...?" I asked unsure.

Doesn't she like me? I mean she told me she did so she must like me. Unless if she was lying? But why would she lie about liking me? In this moment I wasn't worried that I could get in serious trouble for dating a student. I was only worried about if she was telling the truth about how she felt about me.

"I am." Arielle said interrupting me from my thoughts. I looked at her confusedly.
"I am yours." She said and continued "But I can't fully be yours if you won't fully be mine." She got out of my grip and opened the door leaving the classroom.

It wasn't until I heard the door slamming shut that everything hit me. I couldn't help but cry. So I just stood there crying in the middle of my classroom, thankful that my 5th period class had a free period and didn't see me today. After 6th period and I was somewhat back in order, I called a substitute to take over my last 2 period classes.

I headed home and while I was driving I made up a decision.

It's what I have to do. For Arielle. For us. I thought to myself.

When I got home I headed over to the living room, hoping Emily was in there, and lucky for me she was.
She looked up from the book she was reading and said "Hey babe you're here early, what happened?" She asked. I went over to sit a good enough distance from her on the couch.

"Jennifer?" She said moving closer to me on the couch. I put my hand out to stop her.
"Don't. It's better if you stay over there."
"Jennifer, what are you doing?" She asked.
"Emily," I said and then took a deep breath and continued "I'm breaking up with you." She was silent. I looked at her and saw her registering what I had said.
Why?" She asked tears threatening to spill out from her eyes. "I thought you loved me." She said.
"I did. At least I thought I did."
"What did I do wrong Jennifer? I can change." She said almost begging.

"Emily it has nothing to do with you. You're fine, great actually." I said to her.
"So then what is it?" She asked the tears now helplessly falling from her eyes.
"It's me. I just don't feel the same way about us." I said to her, knowing I was lying. I couldn't tell her that there was someone else because I knew that would just destroy her.

"There's someone else isn't there?" She asked angrily. She stood up from the couch and said "You've been cheating on me and you found someone else." I was gonna interrupt her but she kept on going "I knew I shouldn't have dated you, my friends warned me. But I still decided to do it because I thought maybe, just maybe I could change you. But it's clear you don't change."

I was gonna say something but then I thought to myself that it was better this way. Having her assume is better than telling her that what she thinks is the truth. She headed towards to door and opened it. "It's better if you go, you can get your stuff some time later." I left the house without a second thought.

I hopped in my car with a destination in my mind. I drove near the house and parked. I walked over to the door and knocked. Soon I heard the chains being unlocked and the door opened revealing her.

"What do you want?" Arielle asked her eyes a little red.
"I need to talk to you. Now. It's important." I told her quickly. She stepped aside and let me in.
"Is Adrianna home?" I asked her.
"No one's home." She said walking up the stairs. I guessed we were headed to her room and I followed after her.

When we got to her room she opened the door and let me in the closed it behind her. I passed her and sat down on a chair she had in her room. She stood there looking at me.

"So what did you need to tell me?" She asked impatiently.
"I like you Arielle." I said simply.
"I'm aware." She said flatly.
"No Arielle, I like you a lot, more than I've ever liked anyone. I hate that I feel this way with you because you're my student and this isn't right, but I'm also glad that I feel this way with you, because I wouldn't want it with anyone other than you."

"Jennifer..." Arielle said trailing off.
I walked over to her and took down the box that was in my coat pocket going down on one knee.
"Arielle, will you please be my girlfriend?" I said pulling the ring out of the book and taking her left hand and putting the ring on her ring finger.

"What about Emily?" Arielle asked.
"I broke up with her as soon as I saw you after class." I said.
"Are you sure? You know you could go to jail if we get caught right?" She asked.
"Then we just have to not get caught." I said looking at her expectantly for her answer.
"Okay then, but let's not label this as a girlfriend-girlfriend relationship. I won't be able to see other people and you won't be able to see other people. That's it. Got it?"
"Totally." I said grinning.

That smile. The one I haven't seen in months. The one I fell in love with.

Love? I asked myself.

I rid my head of those thoughts and just focused on right now. I leaned towards her and pressed my lips on hers. I was starting to like the way her lips tasted. We just stood there, kissing, and it felt perfect.

We sat there on her couch while I told her everything about Emily.
"So she actually kicked you out?" Arielle asked. I nodded my head.
"So where are you staying now?" She asked concerned.
"I'm leaning towards just staying at Jaylin's because then I could see you more often." I said kissing her cheek.
"But what about when we need privacy." She asked.

Wait was she talking about sex? I thought to myself and couldn't help but let my mind go into the gutter.

"Jennifer." Arielle said somewhat loudly.
"Huh what?" I asked.
"I asked you what about when we need privacy." She said again.
"Oh don't worry I have an apartment somewhere uptown. I have it just in case something like this happens with Emily." I said to her.
"Okay then." Arielle said.

"So where is everyone?" I asked her.
"I have no idea, about Adrianna and Amanda I mean. But my mom and dad are still at work." She said. I nodded my head.
"Hey why did you have that ring?" Arielle asked out of nowhere, fiddling with the ring.
"Oh um, I bought it back in December, you know the day after everyone left us alone. I was planning to give it to you tomorrow, but it came in handy now I guess." I said looking down at the ring.

"Where's the ring Paige got you? I asked her. She pointed towards her desk and said "It's over there. Speaking of that ring why did you get so angry at us during class when she gave it to me?" Arielle asked.

Well there's no point hiding the reason now.

"I got jealous." I said to her.
She looked at me shocked. "Jealous? Why would you?" She asked.
"Because she was basically proposing to you." I said getting angry all over again just talking about it. Arielle put her hand over mine.
"Jennifer calm down, it's okay. Neither I or Paige thought of it as 'some sort of a proposal'. I'm yours now, not her's, okay?" She said.

I smiled at her and said. "I know Arielle, it's just...it felt like she was taking you away from me."

Arielle put her hand over my cheek and made me look down at her. She leaned in slowly and connecting our lips. She parted my lips with her tongue and hers met mine, swirling around each others. She took my bottom lip between her teeth and pulled, then let it go, looking at me saying, "Now I wouldn't do that to Paige, would I?" She asked seductively.

I couldn't help but get turned on by this, I could feel the wetness in my pants.
"Hey let's watch some TV." I said trying to distract her and turned on the TV.

We sat there talking on her couch talking about everything.

And it was the best thing ever.