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Hot For Teacher Chapter 15: President McIntyre
Someone knocks on the door of Professor Oakley's office. Papers are everywhere on his desk and books are knocked off on the floor. My hair is a mess and his lips are covered in my pink chapstick. The person knocking on the door appears to be a male figure. The door is locked as the person continues knocking."Hey Blake, are you in there?"Professor Oakley adjusts his shirt and fixes his tie. I give him a comb from my purse and he brushes his hair."Be there in a minute I had an accident," Professor Oakley replies as he stares at me. Luckily for Professor Oakley there's a large closet in the back of the room."Why is the door locked? Do you need help in there?"I quickly stuff loads of Professor Oakley's books into my backpack. Next, I take his papers and shove them into a box in the closet. I hide in the closet. He turns the lights off. I hand him a Kleenex to rub my chapstick off his lips.It's almost sexy getting caught. But not sexy enough. The man who enters the room has loud foot
Hot For Teacher Chapter 16: Girl Talk
I get to my dorm room and hide the dress from Evie. If she saw this blue dress it would come with a set of more interrogation questions and I'm not in the mood to deal with it. Evie would flip if she saw this fancy blue dress. She'd have a heart attack if she knew it belonged to Professor Oakley's deceased wife, Stacey, and that I am going to wear it on a date with him.Evie enters the room shortly after the blue dress has been hidden in my guitar case. Sneaking around with a professor and almost getting caught by President McIntyre, is exhausting. Lying to mom about who Blake really is is hard. I didn't ask to bump into Blake and make his papers go flying that day. I didn't expect our lips to touch and my heart to burst at his smile."Cora, how are you? I haven't seen you in ages. Are you avoiding me? Benjamin wanted me to give you a heads up that Dante may or may not ask you to be his girlfriend? Isn't that exciting?"I wish I could tell her the truth that I could careless about Ben
Hot For Teacher Chapter 17: Falling in Love
The cats out of the bag. There's no turning back now. My best friend knows my deepest darkest secret. That could be a good or bad thing. If she lets her tongue slip, then Professor Oakley will have his livelihood taken away. I would get kicked out university but could take classes online at my mom's house. My punishment is far less severe.It's Saturday and Blake and I have our date tonight. I can hardly contain my excitement at the thought of us dancing together. I look at the photo of him I have hidden in my purse. Stacey still looks good in that blue dress. Maybe Blake will be mad if I wear this. As a precaution I sneak another blue dress in my purse that's shaped like a backpack.If Blake gets mad I took this one from his office I can always change at a restaurant and apologize. I just wanted to surprise him but maybe this is not the best course of action.I start getting ready for our date. But then I realize if Dante sees me like this he will want to jump my bones with flowers,
Hot For Teacher Chapter 18: Brotherly Love
Waking up next to Blake is better than I ever imagined. I put my hand on his face as he blinks a few times, next he leans over to kiss my forehead. He easily shows affection and I show it back. How are we supposed to keep this a secret now? How are we supposed to pretend that we aren't madly in love when he lectures next week? I don't want to be half alive during the week. I want to sit and have lunch with Blake Oakley, in the university cafeteria. I want everyone to know that I'm proud to call him mine, because I am. I truly am happy for once."Good morning, Cora. Did you sleep well?" Blake asks as he pulls me in for a hug. His natural scent takes over making me crave him all over again. I dare not indulge in him again it will make returning to the dorms even harder."Yes, I did. Thanks for asking, Blake. It's going to be hard going back to the university and pretend you don't mean something to me. How am I supposed to do that?"I hide my eyes from him. It's hard to give yourself to
Hot For Teacher Chapter 19: The Uber
"Hello, Zac. It's nice to meet you. I'm Cora. If you'll excuse me, I am going to finish getting ready for the day." I take my leave before Isaac can ask how we met. I'm not sure what Blake's game plan is here. Maybe his brother is trustworthy and maybe he isn't. I will leave it up to Blake to decide.I overhear Isaac in the background. His voice is deep and strong. He's strong and bigger than Blake. His arms are hairy and there must be a story there. They hardly looked related at all."Blake, what about Jessica? I thought you and Jessica were getting back together."My stomach drops low into my intestines. I don't know what's going on. An hour ago Blake and I were in love, and I was happy to give my virginity away. Now his brother shows up and whispers about Jessica. If it's the Jessica I think it is, then the hall of my dorm has just gotten harder to walk down. The campus is already hard to walk through and it will be even harder to waltz down once my heart and soul have gone missin
Hot For Teacher Chapter 20: The Midterm
The following week. I'm quiet in class. I do all my assignments and midterms happen. I don't take Blake's midterm. For whatever reason he grants me an extension and let's me pick it up in an office as a take home exam. I didn't ask for special treatment. It just happened this way."Cora you're quiet. You haven't said shit all week. You still didn't tell me how your date with that...umm grad student went. I'm assuming it didn't go well if you've been quiet for a few days."Evie talks in circles around me and I don't know how to respond. It's not her fault I fucked a college professor and expected him to be mine for a time. He was too busy making arrangements elsewhere. And I've been cast as the understudy. Nothing feels worse than that and I don't know if I'll ever come out on top again."Yeah, it sucked and I don't want to talk about it now or ever. I hate men. Let's have a girl's night. Let's watch To All the Boys I've Loved Before."Evie throws a pillow at me and pops a bag of popco
Hot For Teacher Chapter 21: The Big Bear Lodge
Professor Oakley and I won't see each other during break. Instead I'm going to spend the next three nights at a water park to soak my troubles away. My mother got us a ridiculously expensive room and Evie is going to join us. We are also bringing Evie's little five-year-old cousin named Doug. Doug is cute, I'll give him that. His hair is extra curly and tight.The water park is called the Big Bear Lodge. Bear themed photos, posters, and mascots flood the hotel in an obnoxious way. If I remember that this place is for children it makes it easier to be here. A man in a large bear mascot costume greets us. He hands out lollipops and stickers. They give us wristbands so we can enter the water park.As we check in I see another family entering the Big Bear Lodge. There's a man who looks just like Isaac Oakley waltzing in. He's carrying a child who appears to be two with brown hair. Another child is holding his hand who appears to be four. She's a little girl with cute pigtails and matching
Hot For Teacher Chapter 22: Incident at the Water Park
The thing about dating a college professor is that it's hard to keep it a secret. When I was six-years-old, Evie and I had all the secrets in the world to ourselves. But the thing about being six is that at some point you have to grow up. I don't know when I grew up and secrets became harder, but this is a secret I'm so sick of keeping. This secret eats me alive from the inside out. It's hard to love someone so much and know that if I kiss them in public it could damn their career. Maybe it would be better to let Blake go. I wonder if he'll let me go.If he let me go, I think he'd be forced to. It's apparent to me that he cares a great deal for me. His affection for me is fleeting. Like the fall leaves that change with the seasons. The fall leaves are beautiful when they're in full bloom but at some point the leaves come off and the bones of the tree are shown.I don't want to be a boned tree yet. When my leaves fall off, then my relationship will be revealed. Leaves cover a tree and
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Hot For Teacher Chapter 39: Christmas Day (Cora's POV)
Winter is the time of year when the snow falls and the bleakness and dry air force my skin to expand and my pours to crack. Fires bring on the warm and heat that defeats the snow and forces it to melt off my skin. As a child snow and sledding brought out a joy in me. Making snow angels with mom was a great comfort in the grand scheme of the world. We would both wear our infamous snow gear and glide together through the snow on sleds or throw snowballs at each other.When it came to snow forts we weren't the best at designing igloos. My mother's lack of building skills didn't include a roof. Her designs for a snow structure were more like a wall and was more often than not used as a defense mechanism against another snowball fight. At the end of all our snow play, I could always count and rely on mom to make cookies and hot chocolate. She would melt dark chocolate on a stove and add milk and all kinds of spices like a potions master and within five minutes heaven was created. Heaven
Hot For Teacher Chapter 38: Christmas Shopping (Cora's POV)
My appetite comes and goes. I'm craving weird things. It's like I'm a new and different person than I've ever been before. Being pregnant is a weird feeling, it's an out of body experience. Something or someone rather is growing inside of me and I have no say or control over how their development will affect my body. It's Christmas break and all the festivities are starting. I haven't bought my mom or Evie anything for Christmas. Me: Would you like to go Christmas shopping with me? Isaac: Sure. It's a bit unexpected but I'm not doing anything right now. Want me to pick you up? Me: Sure, I really need to talk to you. Isaac: Okay. I will be there in ten minutes. Isaac is true to his word, in less than ten minutes he and his car pull into my driveway. Mom knows why I am going out. It's time to confess to at least one of the Oakley brothers. I don't have the heart to tell Blake without Isaac's support. Isaac gets out of the car and opens the door for me. His car is full of booster
Hot For Teacher Chapter 37: Baby on the Way (Cora's POV)
Mom and Evie accompany me to my baby appointment. The waiting room smells like toddler poop, latex gloves, and baby vomit. Other mothers with varying sizes of belly bumps fill the room. Some are glowing and some look defeated. Two women are crying and one is nursing. Being a mother looks sacrificial and confusing, maybe this is a bad idea. I don't have to be a mom. Someone else could raise it and Blake would never need to know. Perhaps Blake being out of my life is for the best."Cora Wellington." A nurse calls my name and Evie and mom follow behind me."Well, this is it. We are going to find out the gender.""Actually today you will get an ultrasound and hear the heartbeat. As for the gender it's probably to early to tell. We will have to see."The truth is I haven't had a period in two months but I haven't put much thought into it. I just figured stress and being bullied changed my body chemistry. I never considered pregnancy, not once. I suppose most women my age wouldn't consider
Hot For Teacher Chapter 36: I'm Pregnant (Cora's POV)
A week goes by, finals have come and gone. That little place on campus where Professor Oakley once had an office is now empty. The professor he filled in for has agreed to return. Finals week was hard to get through and everyone found out of course.The double date got cancelled. Isaac texts me from time to time to see if I'm alright. Little does he know that we really are going to be family soon. He will be the uncle of the child inside me. He's been like a big brother to me for awhile now, and I'm happy to say it has been most comforting.The two pink lines have been terrifying and I haven't had the courage to tell my mom about it. She'd be happy and disappointed. I know she wouldn't turn me away. I'm her only family. Everyone in my family has left or died. We only have each other for every holiday. A baby would brighten her world and I know she'd be a wonderful grandma.My car is still full of my university boxes and suitcases. I've been too lazy to lift them and too concerned the
Hot For Teacher Chapter 35: Out of Body Experience (Cora's POV)
Packing my belongings is hard. Although, President McIntyre has given me his permission to live on campus through finals week, I prefer to commute regardless of the long drive. I haven't told Evie about Blake and our double date. Isaac sprung that on him, and he truly didn't seem interested in pursuing us. My hopes of having what we once had together has diminished. I'm the reminder of the biggest mistake of his life.He made it known that I'm a reminder of his downfall. His career ending falls on my lips and ends at my feet. His biggest regret is bumping into me that first day, when all his papers went flying. I didn't know it then, but it was the beginning of the end.My stomach aches and churns. I go to the bathroom and throw up. It's not like me to get sick. When I'm ill it's usually colds and migraines. Stomach illnesses are for other people who don't wash their hands prior to eating. Perhaps the emotional roller coaster I'm facing has triggered the vomit response within me. It's
Hot For Teacher Chapter 34: Office Clean Up (Blake's POV)
Walking away from Cora isn't exactly what I wanted. But it's necessary if I am to ever move on from here. Nordstrom University is my low point, following the death of my Stacey."You bastard. You bloody coward. Cora did everything for you and you turned her back on her. You rat bastard. She was going to fuck someone else to save your job. She came clean because I found out about Dante. And you turn her down now. Now after President McIntyre knows. What has gotten into you?" Isaac asks as he helps me clean up my office."I knew you'd say something like that. I don't expect you to understand. You have the perfect life. I'm a mess." I start placing my photos and memories of Stacey that are hidden in my office closet into the boxes that President McIntyre had sent up for me."You don't know what you're talking about," Isaac says."Sure, I do. You have the perfect family and a loyal wife. She's alive. She's breathing."Isaac takes a large cardboard box and slams it down on my desk."No, s
Hot For Teacher Chapter 33: Goodbye Cora (Blake's POV)
The meeting with President McIntyre has ended. He listened intently to Cora's stories about Dante."Is that everything then? Is there any more you both would like to share? It is a lot of information to take in, I can assure you of that. As for both of you, Cora I accept your transfer to another university after this semester. And Blake, as for you I think your resignation is for the best. Please start packing your office immediately, and I will personally teach your remaining classes for the remainder of the year. Give me any and all lesson plans you may have. If you have a final exam written please email it to me, even if it's a rough draft. Never in my forty-two years of teaching have I experienced anything like this. Of all the shenanigans, of all the scandals, this is probably the cherry on top of my academic career. You will never teach again Blake Oakley. I can assure you of that, and as for you Cora. I will see to it personally that this Dante character is dealt with. I can as
Hot For Teacher Chapter 32: Isaac's Support (Cora's POV)
After delaying Dante for as long as I can, my time to decide is upon me. It's not an easy place to be in. Do I try to be with Dante or do I confess and get kicked out of the university? I was never college material to begin with. My mother paid for tutoring all way through high school. She can deny it all she wants but I'm convinced I have a learning disability of some kind. It took me years to learn how to read and I confuse letters sometimes. Mother never got me tested for anything. I can't hold a bad decision against mom, but it didn't make studying any easier.If I were college material perhaps I would be sad at the prospect of possibly being kicked out. But right now I don't care. The pressure to study and memorize is just daunting to me. Writing papers makes my anxiety high. I think I would be better suited to something else, but what that is I'm not sure. I just want to go home and become a barista for a year or two. Having a gap year or two might have been a better choice for
Hot For Teacher Chapter 31: Negotiations with a Bully (Blake's POV)
Dante pulls a chair up to me. His eyes tell a story of jealous, hurt, and anger. I hand him a cup of coffee and prepare to listen to whatever story he wishes to tell. Some stories are important to listen to and if I want to not get fired I had better listen this time. I suspect that no matter what happens I will not be teaching at Nordstrom University for very long. If Dante knows about Cora and I, and what transpired between us before the break up, then my job has already been on egg shells from the beginning. I always knew this would be the case.There was always the possibility of this relationship ruining me. It was always a likelihood. I knew it right from the start, but I kissed her anyway. I could have been fired and yet I loved her anyway. I love her still. I love her as Cora Worthington and not as Stacey Oakley. I always knew she compared herself to Stacey, but I ignored it for the most part. Perhaps I shouldn't have done that to her. Perhaps I shouldn't have let our paths
