The English Teacher

Chapter 3. I Will Give You A Ride.

Chapter 3.

"Jacob, Jacob, Jacob!" Screamed Mel as if on cue, Jake then instantly came out of his self induced trance soon looking into her eyes while giving her a questioning look only to be met with a concerned expression.

"Is something wrong?" He asked her only to hear a sigh escape her lips.

"Well, for one thing Jake, you've been staring off into space for the past 10 minutes since after we left English Class, plus of course, I didn't know that ketchup could be used as a new moisturizer either." She smirked seeing his orbs widened quickly grabbing some napkins to wipe off his messy hands; she then started to giggle while shaking her head in the process. He then gave her a deadpanned glare.

"Are you just about finished?" He asked as she gathered up her senses and nodded as it was his turn to sigh. "I'm sorry about that, I didn't mean for it to happen. I guess I just got too distracted first of all."

"Hey don't sweat it, I understand. Besides, it's not everyday that we get a smoking hot teacher am I right?" She smirked as well as giving out a wink causing her friend to blush a deep dark scarlet as he looked around the Cafeteria hoping that no one would be listening in on their conversation while giving Mel a stern look as she looked rather innocent.

"Do you want the whole world to hear? oh my God...it's already bad enough that I'm gay but I didn't think that I would be gay for the new English Teacher which was not one of my things to do on my Back to School list. Mel tried to hold in her laugh careful not to attract any attention while placing a warm hand on top of Jacob's slightly clammy one.

"Jake, we are living in a new era now where you don't have to hide who you are. But man, I didn't think that being here on the first day back, you would really have the hots for him and this is just his first day here too. I guess your gaydar is still in working condition like I thought it would be."

The long haired teen soon laughed this time as he got what she was saying. "Thanks for trying to make me feel better, but you gotta face the facts, he is like in his 30's for God's sake and I'm only 16. That to me is actually taboo; do you honestly think I would ever have a chance with him? He probably already has a girlfriend. I'm no match for him nor would he ever look at me in a way apart from a teacher is to their student-and that is strictly on school grounds."

Mel bit her bottom lip gently feeling sorry for her companion. She was the only one besides his Aunt and Uncle to know about his homosexuality and here he was lamenting about why he would never take the chance on Mr. Calloway; but he did have a point, no matter how much he was starting to like him, a relationship with a teacher was simply out of the question and of course there would be a lot of questions asked about a 34 year old man going out with a 16 year old teenaged boy that would definitely raise suspicions that nobody needed at the moment. For now, he would just sit at his desk daydreaming about the way how his muscles flexed under his white tailor shirt whenever he would write on the blackboard, or how the way his eyes would light up like a Christmas tree whenever a student would get an answer right after the red haired male would ask them a question.

It would be the only way to not want to go too far and screw anything up.

Pretty soon, the bell rang signaling lunch was now over as everyone got up to put their trays up and leave for their remaining classes. Finally, the end of the school day had come to a close. The teens soon ran out through the doubled doors saying goodbye to one another to leave in different directions.

"So, you want to go to Sassy Sprinkles and get a cupcake or two?" Mel asked as Jake soon shook his head.

"Wish I could, but can't Uncle Roger and Aunt Hilda are going to be working late tonight, so I promised them I would watch Harry. As a matter of fact, I also promised him that I would pick him up from Kindergarten today and I better hurry." Nodding her head in understanding, she soon waved goodbye telling him that she would see him again tomorrow.

Jacob ran as fast as he could hoping that his little brother would be good enough to wait on him once his class would be over after all, their parents did tell him about the dangers of strangers and even taught him about what to do in case one would ask him if he would like to go anywhere or get picked up to go home. Despite only being 5 years old, Harry was pretty smart for someone his age to the point at times, he acted like a little adult around in the house which their father had soon given him the nickname Little Man and it stuck with him ever since to where now Roger was even calling him that as well. As he got to the intersection waiting for the light to turn green, a blue Chevrolet Impala soon made his way towards him as he stood his ground waiting to see who it was in there as they rolled down the window along with his self defense like stance going slack revealing to be none other than Mr. Calloway himself.

"Hey there, I couldn't help but see you running like your going on an after school jog only to see you panting while waiting for the other cars to stop. Are you going somewhere?" He asked politely only to see the boy hold up his index finger to catch his breath; his cheeks were slightly flushed from the intense brisk walking as he finally gained control of himself.

"I have to go pick up my little brother from Kindergarten. It's only another 2 miles but don't worry, I'll make it."

"Why don't you ride with me? I'll be able to get you there a lot faster." That only surprised Jake never before was he offered a ride from anyone besides his relatives and Mel and her mother but this was his teacher! His incredibly hot and sexy teacher of all people who was allowing him into his car to go pick up his sibling. He wanted to say no, but feeling how his knees were turning into jelly just from doing all of that jogging made him take the chance while he had it. Luckily, Mr. Calloway looked very patient enough to let him buckle his seatbelt and soon enough, they were off.