LITTLE SECRET

CHAPTER 6

Mr. Castelo didn't actually get my phone during History class, so I was happy about that. He would have kept it the rest of the day, and I don't know what I would have done during all of my boring classes that aren't semi interesting. I was just walking to the cafeteria with my lunch to meet up with Natalia, Johannah and Johnathon when my phone vibrated in my pocket. Curious I took it out to see it was from Jaxson.

Meet me in Landon's classroom? I'm in there right now ;) Let's get it started LOL -Jaxson

I laughed out loud, literally. Who says, 'let's get it started' anymore?

I'll be right there, LOL. BTW no one says that anymore... ;) -Dakota

I turned around and sent a quick message to my friends saying that I was going to be spending my lunch with another close friend that doesn't go here, but came to see me unexpectedly. It wasn't a totally lie, I totally forgot that he was coming here today, and Mr. C seemed like he was already in a piss-y mood, so maybe today isn't the best day for this...

I had already arrived at the door before I could turn back around and I could hear Mr. Castelo yelling at Jaxson, but in a hushed tone.

"I told you not to date her!" he whisper yelled venomously.

"Why not, it's not like you're trying to get her..." Jaxson trailed off, it was clear that he had a smirk on his face just by the tone he was using.

"I can't really go after her when she's my student! And I especially can't if you're dating her!" Whoa, hold up, did he just say something along the lines of him liking me? My heart beat increased a vast amount, and a smile appeared on my face that nothing could wipe off.

"Too late bud, she already likes me," Jaxson stated, still playing along with our original plan.

"But I told you not to," Mr. Castelo said, sounding defeated, "I told you not to even talk to her, because I knew you would fall for her."

I snickered to myself, little does he know, is that it's all fake to figure out his feelings for me. And I guess I have that, but that doesn't mean it's going to stop me from still going on with the plan for a little while. I gave him the chance to tell me in his office earlier and he decided not to, whether he found it appropriate or not.

"You should have acted on your feelings faster. And you might want to be careful; she's bound to show up any minute." My eyes widened at this and I backed up quietly but quickly, so I could pretend I was running down the hallway so I would seem like I was in a rush to get here. So I did just that and knocked on the door before opening it.

"Hey babe," Jaxson exclaimed before coming towards me to wrap me in a strong embrace and a passionate kiss.

"Hey," I said, slightly out of breath. I could see Mr. Castelo looking at Jaxson and I with sad eyes, and looking regretful. But it's not like he could have acted too much faster on his feelings, we only met yesterday, and that's when I started 'dating' Jaxson.

"How's your day so far?" he asked, putting his hands on my hips and pulling me into him so I was right against him and his face was into my neckline. "Giggle or something, add onto his shitty mood so he will admit it to you, did you hear what he was saying earlier?"

"Yes I heard him," I whispered, but then in a normal tone I said, "Everything's great." I felt Jaxson kiss my neck, causing a giggle to escape and me to shudder.

"Can you not do that to one of my students in front of me?" Mr. Castelo snapped.

I stifled a giggle, not wanting to piss him off even more. I can't believe he likes me! All this time I doubted myself and his feelings towards me, and he actually liked me the whole time. Now he just has to admit it to my face, not to Jaxson...hmm, how could we possibly make him do that?

Then the perfect thought hit me, it just has to wait a week or two before we can do it. I wonder if Mr. Castelo will be mad if he found out we were faking the whole thing?

*

It's been two weeks since Jaxson and I started 'dating', Mr. Castelo seems to be getting madder and madder each time we would show any type of affection towards one another. But other than that life is normal. I've been to the movies a few times with my best friends, and to the mall to get a little shopping done.The 'Grade Nine Crazy Olympics' went great as well! They were all enthusiastic, and it seemed to loosen them up since it is only their first year in high school. It's kind of like you build your way to the top from Junior Kindergarten, and then you get to grade eight, and then you get sent right back to the bottom starting at grade nine. Life is tough, but sometimes you've just got to live with it.

Jaxson and I have planned this whole thing out, whether it was via text message or in person, we knew exactly what we were going to do, and I have to get my friends involved in it. I know, it's kind of risky, but I didn't fully tell them what everything was about. I was planning on doing it just before we went into action so they couldn't back out.

"So, why do you need us again?" Natalia asked, looking at me questionably. Jaxson was with us right now just so we could explain everything, and to see who they would be dealing with. I trusted my friends one hundred and ten percent and knew they wouldn't go against me. The only thing I had to think about was how Mr. Castelo would take it, and how I was going to react if the plan worked out perfectly.

"Well, you know how I have a crush on Mr. C right?" I questioned, my cheeks burning up, kind of like when fire meets tall grass. They nodded in understanding, confusion clear on their faces. "Well, apparently he likes me too, and Jaxson and I, this is Jaxson," I said pointing to him, "Have been 'dating' to see what kind of reaction we could get out of Mr. C, and I got the one I wanted, even if I wasn't sure I was going to get that reaction at the beginning."

"Whoa, so you're saying you want to get involved with a teacher?" Johnathon asked, his eyes wide in shock, as were the other two. "Do you know how risky that is? And how do you know he's not just going to hurt you or something? Have you totally thought about this?"

There goes Johnathon playing the role of 'big brother'. Yes, I have a big brother, but he's not here right now, so Johnathon thinks he needs to step in.

"Yes I have thought about this. I haven't been surer about something in my life, and I'm truly falling for him. Jaxson and I have been spending a lot of time with him because he doesn't trust Jaxson to be alone with me. Do you remember when Mr. C pulled me into his office like two weeks ago when he tried to take my phone?" They nodded in understanding and I continued. "Well, he pulled me in there because he thinks that Jaxson is going to hurt me, and use me or something like that, so I had to tell him that I like Jaxson and he likes me, so there is nothing to worry about..."

"Okay, but what are you trying to say?" Johannah questioned. "That doesn't explain why we are needed. I mean I'll support you in this as long as you're sure this is what you want, but I swear to God, if he hurts you physically or emotionally, I will chop off his b-"

"Whoa! We will talk about this when that comes, if it ever does!" I yelled quickly, trying to cut her off before she said the whole statement. "Anyways, I need one of you, obviously Johanna or Natalia, to..." I started telling them the plan, and they grinned with satisfaction, but of course, Johnathon had to get in the way and say that it wasn't appropriate for his sister to be doing, so Natalia got stuck with it. Now all we had to do was wait it out.

I knew Mr. Castelo was in the teacher's staffroom filling up his coffee, which Jaxson told me was French Vanilla, like you get from Tim Horton's, so he could mark some papers before going home. That was about ten minutes ago, and if my plan turns out correctly he should be coming to look for me any second.

"Do you think this is going to work?" Johannah whispered. I could hear quick footsteps coming down the hallway, and I knew exactly who it was.

I nodded my head and said slightly louder than normal conversation, "I wonder where Jaxson and Natalia went, they left about ten minutes ago..."

"I know where they are!" Mr. Castelo's voice rang out. I turned around trying to act confused as to why he was talking to me. "They are in my room, kissing!"

"Surely you're mistaken," I scoffed. Hell yes, he's falling right into the trap!

"I'm not kidding," he stated, shaking his head vigorously. "I just came back from getting some coffee, and they're too busy making out in my classroom to hear me coming!" He looked almost happy when he is saying this, and that is exactly what I wanted to happen.

"Why do you seem so happy? You would think you would feel some sort of sympathy for me," I said thoughtfully. I seen Mr. C take in a deep breath and say 's**t' quietly under his breath, clearly thinking I hadn't heard it, but I did, loud and clear. "Do you have feelings for me Mr. Castelo?"

I looked to the side to see Johannah and Johnathon were gone just like I told them to be when Mr. C came.

He took a large gulp before trying to answer, "I-I ugh, I ugh, that's an inappropriate question to ask Dakota." He seemed so nervous, but I didn't know why. All he had to do was admit that he actually liked me, and that was it. He could have me; it wasn't that hard to do!

"Please Mr. Castelo, I heard you talking to Jaxson a couple of weeks ago about your feelings towards me, so tell me how you feel, and maybe we could work something out?" I questioned.

He gulped again. "I do like you Dakota. The minute I saw you I thought an angel fell from Heaven, and the attitude you were giving me only increased the strange feeling I had for you. I had never felt like that in my twenty-four years of existence and I was scared. I didn't know what to do. I had been with many girls before and none of them had made me feel like you made me feel in the few seconds that it took to meet you," he confessed, while looking like he was in some dream world."That's great, so we can be-"

"But the thing I realized is we can't even really be together. I can't provide you with a good romantic relationship. We would have to hide from everyone; we wouldn't be able to even go out on dates like you deserve to be taken out at least once a week. The most I could do was setup a little diner in my living room, and send you flowers, but that's basically it. You deserve so much more than this."