The Professor's Interest

Chapter 1

As I walk down the corridor of campus to my first class of my first day at university, I feel excited for poetry and songwriting as it is my passion, I sang since I was about 5 years old, and I was really afraid to even call myself a musician after a tragedy happened in my life years ago, as time went on I put my feelings to pen and paper, and just sang, I sing occasionally at Signs bar-club when I'm needed to fall into someone's place. As my thoughts trail I bumped into someone, my satchel fell on the floor, shocked. 

'SORRY' I said.

Looking up, I see the most gorgeous sea blue eyes in glasses, handsome featured face like a model and brown hair combed a bit to the side. We stare at each other what felt like a lifetime.

"Watch where you're walking" he said, and walked away.

What just happened? Anna my best friend came running up to me.

'Hey, are you okay? I saw what just happened. And what a rude jerk for his handsomeness, he didn't even pick your satchel up for you." She says.

'Yeah, I'm okay, just shocked, its okay'

I bend down to pick my satchel up, I look around and see everyone looking at me laughing and just staring and talking, about the incident that just happened. Anna grabs my arm and just walks with me to our class. Anna is my best friend since I was 5 years old, we basically grew up together, attended every school together and even share the same apartment together. Anna is outgoing, straight forward, bit more curvier than I am. She has green eyes that always sees right through me, she knows me very well. Blonde shoulder length hair. I'm just a petite woman, rosy cheeks, light blue eyes and long hair that falls just at my lower back. 

We take our seats, I sit in the middle row and Anna takes her seat just next to me. As everyone else are still settling in the class and talking, I browse through my poetry book. 

'QUIET DOWN CLASS" I heard and my head went up immediately. I freeze, there he was again, MR Handsome whom I bumped into, Gosh he is so breathtaking, he scans the classroom to look at everyone that has settled down and has gone quiet, I cleared my throat to snap out of my train of thought, and he looks at me intensely, as he stands in front of the podium.

'Yes? anything you would like to say Miss..." he looks down paging through his pages as to search for my name, ' Bridges'

'No sir' I say swallowing

'Then I expect no disturbances during my class when I speak or ask for my class to be quiet, is that understood Miss Bridges? Everyone?" he asks sternly as he turns to the board to write his surname .

'yes" everyone says.

Anna looks at me and mouths 'what the hell?'

I got a huge fright when I heard a loud bang on the podium as he slammed his textbook onto the podium, looking at us coldly.

'Miss Mackenzie, is there a problem? or did you not hear anything I said about disturbing my class?'

'There's no problem Professor" Anna says quickly.

'Any disturbances regardless of what I told you all, then you will be suspended from this course"

Class is quiet, could even hear a needle drop unless a needle falling would cause professor to snap back, who knows.

'I'm professor Emery. This semester we will be doing poetry, and songwriting, if this course isn't for you then feel free to leave. You will start today to write a poem and recite it to me and the class tomorrow. Now turn to page 12 and read through it to get a feel of it before writing your first poem" 

I try to read through my textbook, but my mind wonders to Professor Emery, how could he be so handsome yet be so cold? I feel someone staring at me, I look up to see professor Emery stare at me with intensity, sitting behind his desk, and class ended, I packed my belongings in my satchel nervously and got up following everyone else out the door. 

'Hey, what the hell is his problem?' Anna asks me.

We walk to the cafeteria to get some lunch.

'I got no idea' I say clueless.

'Well, he should get his story straight, imagine staying quiet for ages, geez I need to speak'

We get food, but none of the food looks pleasing to me, so I end up with only having an apple, we take a seat at one of the tables by the windows, we spot Professor Emery walk as on a mission towards the exit door, as he walks passed us, he looks at me intensely sideways. My heart stops and I nearly choked on my apple, as he was passed. 

'You okay? he keeps starring at you, I have noticed that for sure'

'I noticed it too, is something wrong with my hair? what I'm wearing? anything?' I say waving my hands in the air.

'Nope, I think he could be attracted to you, because you're beautiful' she says as she bites on her burger.

'Don't be silly, a professor cannot fall for me, I don't feel beautiful or attractive, I mean look at me" 

'You beautiful definitely' she says with a mouthful of burger, nodding her head. 

We get to our apartment, it's a bit small but just the right space for us both. Two bedrooms, 1 bathroom, small lounge and small kitchen. 

'What a day" says Anna as she jumped onto the sofa.

I put my satchel inside my bedroom on top of my desk. I walk to the kitchen.

'Want anything?'

'Wine would be great right now to get my poetry flowing for tomorrow'

I pour the wine for her and I just had a juice, I hand over the wine to her.

'Any idea what you be writing about?' she asks

'Nope, every time I think to write, I think about that night'

'awww, Leah, maybe this will help you get everything out, maybe if you write about it, then it will make you feel better'

'I will see' I say, getting up from the sofa. 'Good night" I say as I walk to my bedroom

'Night girl'

I enter my bedroom, close the door behind me, and just fall onto my bed, no clue as what to write, I close my eyes and see his eyes in my mind. I fall asleep.