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Jennifer's POV:

It had been a while since Arielle last talked to me, matter of fact looked at me. It's been a week. Ever since when I went to her house she has been acting strange. She's been all flirty with Jacob. She would hug him, kiss him, laugh at all his jokes.

And I hate to admit it, but it hurt.

I had just told this girl that I had feelings for her and she tells me she feels the same, but then goes off and gets all flirty with another guy.

Right now I was teaching my 4th period class. Arielle wasn't paying attention, as usual. She was looking out the window absentmindedly. The class period was almost over so I decided to give them a head-start on their homework.

"All right class you guys can start doing the study guide for 'The Tenth Man' now." I said to them.

A few minutes passed by and I looked up at Arielle and saw that she wasn't even doing the study guide, she was still staring out the window. She hadn't been handing homework in either. Her grade had dropped down significantly because of it. It used to be a 96 but now I think it's about an 81.

The bell rang and I called out to her "Arielle can you please stay behind. I need to speak to you about your grades."
She just looked at me for a few seconds then looked back out the window. Once all the students left the classroom I closed the door and went to my desk.
"Arielle please come over here." I said to her.

She quietly stood up out of her desk, grabbed her purse and put it over her shoulder, and walked to the front of my desk.
"Your grade has dropped down in this class." I told her.
"I know." She replied.
"If you continue like this you're going to finish the school year with a very low grade in English."
"I know." She replied again.

I got angry at her two word responses. I got up and stood in front of her and said "What has been up with you lately?"
"Nothing." She said.
"Then how come you've been flirting with Jacob?" I asked her anger laced in my tone.

"Because I feel like it." She said simply.

What? Because she "feels like it"? Are you kidding me?

"That's not a proper answer."
"Yes it is. I'm flirting with Jacob because I feel like it. Just like the same way you kissed my sister, because you felt like it." She said angrily.

So that must've been her that dropped my bag. I thought. Well no duh  who else could it have been.

"Arielle I didn't kiss her. She kissed me." I said trying to explain.
"You didn't look like you were going to push her off." Arielle claimed.
"I...I was just shocked by the whole thing. Arielle I don't like her,
I like you." I said trying to reassure her.

She scoffed "Oh really? If you like me as much as you say you must've broken up with Emily already right?"

Oh great, Emily.

"I can't. At least not right now. It's hard breaking up with someone. I can't just drop it all on her like a bomb." I said trying to justify myself.
"No you can." Arielle said matter-of-factly. "You just choose not to do it because you still love her."

Did I still love Emily? I didn't think I did. I mean not anymore. Or maybe there was a small amount of love for Emily still in my heart.

"Arielle..." I said softly not knowing what else to say. She caught me. This girl knew me better than I knew myself.

"I'm not gonna be second to Emily. She deserves all of you or none of you, not part of you. Same goes for myself. So either stay with her, be with my sister or be with me. It's that simply really." Arielle said tears welling up in her eyes and soon enough they fell. I wanted nothing more than to wipe them away, but this situation wasn't the best to be doing so.

" Come to me when you know who you truly want Jennifer." And with that said Arielle left my classroom, slamming the door behind her.

Well shit.

My period 5 AP English class had a free period today so they weren't gonna come in. So I sat at my desk not doing much of anything waiting for the bell for 6th period to ring so I can talk to Annabelle.

Halfway through the period my phone rang. I looked at who it was and saw it was Olivia.

What could she want? I thought to myself.

I answered the phone, "Hey Olivia, did you need anything?"
"No, but my bestfriend signals were tingling telling me you were in need of a friend." She said.
I sighed.

This is why I love Olivia. I thought to myself.

So I told Olivia everything about Arielle. From when we first met in the bar up to this point and she didn't interrupt me at all.
"So what should I do?" I asked Olivia.
"Can I just say that that was the hottest thing I heard in like ages. A student and teacher affair ooh-la-la." Olivia said.
"Liv this is not the time." I said to her impatiently.

"Well, it sounds to me like you need to decide on who you want to be with."
"Who I want to be with?" I asked her.
"Yea," she said "Alright basically just answer this question. Who do you see yourself wanting to spend your life with?"
"Arielle." I said without missing a beat.
"And who do you want to grow old with and maybe have kids with." Olivia asked.
"Arielle." I answered easily again.

"So then what's the problem here?" Olivia said. "You clearly like Arielle way more than Emily so why are you having a tough time breaking up with Emily?"

"I don't know. Arielle said it was because I still loved Emily." I said to her.
"Well. She was wrong and right." She said.

Huh?

"What?" I asked Olivia confused.
"Okay well she was right about you loving Emily, but she was talking about a different type of love."
"There are different types of love?" I asked Olivia.
"Well of course there is. Do you love your mom?" Olivia asked.
"Of course" I answered.
"Do you love me?" She then asked.
"Yea." I answered again.

"Now, do you love me the same way you love your mom?" Olivia questioned.
"Ew no. Of course not." I said to her.
"See that's what I'm talking about. You love Emily but you love her like a friend, not like a girlfriend sort of thing."

Olivia's right. I can't see myself having a family with Emily but I still want her in my life. As my friend. I thought to myself.

"Thank you so much Olivia , you're the best." I said to her.
"Don't worry I know you love me. I need to go. Now go out there and go and fuck your student." Olivia said.
"Shut up Liv. Bye." I said smiling.
"Bye." She said and then hung up.

I sighed. I felt so much better now knowing that I absolutely had no feelings for Emily besides platonic ones.

Soon the bell rang for 6th period. I headed over to Annabelle's room. We talked and ate. We talked about nothing in particular until Annabelle said "Hey Jen, can I tell you something?" She asked. I looked at her and saw that she looked a little nervous.

"Sure." I said to her.
"Okay please don't judge me but... I think I'm in love with one of my students." She said quickly and then closed her eyes, probably preparing herself for some sort of scolding. But I couldn't scold her because that would be hypocritical.

"Really? Who?" I asked curiously.
She opened her eyes slowly and looked at me weirdly. "What?" I asked her.
"You aren't gonna yell at me about how I'm a pedophile or something?" Anna asked.
I shook my head.
"You aren't?" She asked again sounded shocked.
"No Anna, I am not gonna scold you. Sometimes you just can't help it." I said thinking about Arielle.
"Thank God. I thought I was gonna lose you as a friend." Anna said.
"So who's the student?" I asked. I was very curious on who caught the cold hearted woman's eye.

"Well she's in my 5th period class."

It's a she? I thought to myself. Not really caring who it was because I knew it wouldn't be her.

Then she dropped a bomb.

She looked me in the eyes and said "Jennifer, I'm in love with Arielle."

Well that's just great.