Chapter 8

Over the Christmas vacation, Kelsey spent most of her time sitting in her room. She was tired of the constant hounding by her parents and actually wished she was back at school. She spent most of her time researching the colleges she had applied to, seeing what facilities they had and what was in the area. It was something to do and easy to explain when either of her parents asked.

She had narrowed down her choices to a couple of colleges in different states. Kelsey was looking for schools that weren’t in major cities and had more of a college town atmosphere. She didn’t like the idea of being crushed by the weight of New York or Los Angeles. Even Pittsburgh or Detroit seemed too big for her. Of the two schools she liked, one was north, in Michigan, and the other was to the west, in Washington. They both had nice campuses, good programs, and most importantly, they were far away from her parents.

Kelsey actually longed for the days of her parents yelling at each other. Since she became the target of their scorn, she had mostly disengaged with anything to do with them. It was a challenging two weeks being accused of seeing someone. Of course she was, but that wasn’t any of their business. On New Year’s Eve, she wished she could have spent it with Gordon. She tried to find a way to escape for the night, but her parents dragged her to a party where they drank till after midnight. She ended up having to drive them home since she was unable to even have a glass of champagne at midnight.

Thankfully, it was only a few more days until she’d be back at school, and a new semester was around the corner. This was one thing she was looking forward to; her final semester as a high school student. Plus, she had music. She would at least get to see him every day without having to sneak around, although it was in a classroom setting.

Kelsey hadn’t been able to see or talk with Gordon all through the break. Her parents made her scrub her social media accounts and checked her phone regularly. It was a total invasion of her privacy, so she couldn’t secretly message him like she used to. She couldn’t sleep at night without touching herself, thinking about the next time they’d get to be alone together. She’d only really been introduced to sex a few months ago, but now she craved it and yearned for more. She’d have to find a way to sneak out soon, or she’d go crazy.

Gordon was pretty happy to be back at school on Monday, having done very little over the two-week break. He found himself watching movies and wishing he could see Kelsey. He could just picture her sexy body riding his cock, the soft smell of her soap, and softness of her skin. He was totally in love with her now and he knew the next few months would be the most difficult they had faced.

Sure, they would see each other every day in class, but that would make things worse. Their want and desire would build. Being found out by someone was enough to keep them in line. At some point, they would likely crack and take a risk, and that might prove costly. It was a game of Russian roulette, and each day was a potential bullet. They just needed to survive long enough to get out together.

The bell rang for first period, which was music. He waited in the classroom as students piled in, looks of tiredness on their faces from the post-Christmas blues. The one cheery face in the bunch sported her normal bright red hair, waved hello, and took her seat in her section. Since this was primarily a class of experienced musical students, Gordon didn’t take too long to get everyone set up and ready to go. The one thing he had to go over was that seniors had to complete a major research assignment on a music-based topic. This would be a major part of their grade and would require a presentation in front of the whole class. He asked that each senior discuss their topics with him by March 1^st.

There were six seniors in the class, and he wondered what topics they might come up with. It was one of the most interesting projects he got to assign and looked forward to the reports each year. Generally, it was the most dedicated students who stayed in the program all the way through high school, so he knew they had a strong base of knowledge to pull from.

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, the bell sounded, and students made their way out of the classroom. Gordon’s next class was across the school in the science wing, so he needed to head out soon, but Kelsey had stayed behind to ask a question.

“Mr. O.,” she said with her usual brilliant smile, “what would be some good topics for the assignment?”

“Now Kelsey, you know you have to come up with the topic on your own. Give it some thought, and you’ll come up with something,” he replied, as the last student left the classroom. Kelsey quickly ran to check the back while Gordon looked near his office. They reconvened out of sight of the front door.

“I’ve missed you so much,” Kelsey said, giving him a quick kiss.

“I’ve missed you too, but we can’t be doing this here,” he replied with his hand on her ass.

“I know, but I just needed a quick one. Just so I know you haven’t forgotten about me.”

“Never!” he said with a laugh, “but we’ve got to get going, we both have classes to get to.”

“Yeah, you’re right. Can I see you at lunch?”

“I think this one time, you’ll just have to pretend to practice or something,” Gordon replied, as he picked up his bag and ushered her out of the room.

“Alright, it’s a date,” Kelsey said before passing the outer door and heading into the hall. Gordon stayed for a few seconds, before heading out himself. These were the risks he was worried about, but he just couldn’t say no to her. He took a deep breath, focused, and rushed to his next class.

Kelsey met Gordon for lunch that day and they sat in the music room together chatting about life. Gordon did warn her that they wouldn’t be able to do this very often and it would be best if they ate separately sometimes. She understood but was unhappy about it, knowing she’d have to eat in the cafeteria with the rest of the students, but likely sitting alone. Gordon reminded her that he would be sitting alone in his office too, wishing she was with him.

After that day, Kelsey did her best to keep a low profile going to and from the music room. If she did go in at lunch or after school, it was for practice reasons or for legitimate school questions. As January turned into February, she still didn’t have a topic for her music assignment. Despite her best efforts, Gordon refused to help her come up with an idea. He ‘didn’t want to show favoritism’, as he’d put it, but why not slip a suggestion to his secret lover, she thought to herself.

In truth, she understood his reasoning. She believed he actually was looking forward to seeing what she might come up with and didn’t want to ruin the surprise for himself. She still had the rest of the month to come up with a topic, but she wanted to get started soon. Her workload was starting to pile up and between school, band, and her parents still harassing her, she was feeling quite worn out. She found herself going to bed earlier and not wanting to get up in the morning, but she always had schoolwork to do.

She hadn’t heard back yet from any of the schools she had applied to. The first wave of acceptance letters had gone out and not one for her yet. It didn’t mean anything right now, there was plenty of time to get an acceptance letter from at least one of the two schools she really wanted to go to. It was just a matter of time before she got one of the big packets in the mail with the good news.

Kelsey was excited when Valentine’s Day rolled around. She knew this year she couldn’t buy Gordon a candygram, but she wanted to do something special for him. She thought about picking up something from the store, but her mom wouldn’t give her the chance to go alone, always coming with her. Even if she was able to buy something, like a small box of chocolates, her mom might find it in her backpack. She’d caught her mom snooping in her things a couple of times now. Luckily, she didn’t have anything incriminating around, having thrown out or deleted any evidence.

Going to class that day, she wore a cute little black skirt that rose up to her thighs when she sat down and a pink, collared dress shirt. She looked in the mirror before heading to school, thinking she looked pretty sexy to herself. Her mother was less than pleased but didn’t make her change into something else.

Throughout the day, she got more than a few looks from the male students, and she thought a couple of the teachers as well. There was a bit of whispering as she passed, which hadn’t been common in a while. A few of the guys talked about how hot she looked, one wondered if she was a new student. Some of the girls on the other hand talked about her being a prude, her time with Austin, and the rumors about her and Mr. Osgood. She pretended not to hear them, walking around with her usual headphones in, though this time, there was no music on.

When it was finally time for music class, she walked in and could see Gordon do a double take. She got the reaction she was looking for and sat down in her seat. The class itself was a normal instrumental class, with the group of them playing an easier arrangement than what she was playing in the band. At one point, she caught Gordon looking at her and made a noticeable move to switch her crossed legs, letting him see the red panties she was wearing underneath. He furrowed his brow while stopping the group from playing. He pretended to make a suggestion to a couple of the sections, but Kelsey knew it was because of her.

Shortly afterward, a student came in with the candy grams. It was a little bag of chocolate hearts and those chalky tasting candy hearts. Various students got some, Gordon even got a couple, and then Kelsey received one, which surprised her. She checked the tag, and it just said “Kelsey Moore – Teacher’s Pet”. She figured it wasn’t from Gordon, so it was probably sent to her as a mean-spirited joke, but it didn’t bother her too much. After everything she’d endured the past year, this was nothing to her.

Once everyone settled down after the candy grams were delivered, there wasn’t much time left in class, so it seemed Gordon just let everyone pack up early for the day. A few minutes later, the final bell rang, and everyone got up to go home. The only one who stayed was Kelsey, since it was a Thursday, and she had a practice scheduled. She was the only one on the calendar that day, which wasn’t that surprising. People had dates or plans and didn’t want to sit around after school playing an instrument, unless you were in love with the music teacher like Kelsey was.

Kelsey took her instrument and bag and put them in the practice room, but headed to Gordon’s office to chat.

“Happy Valentine’s Day, Mr. O.,” she said in a low sultry voice.

“Happy Valentine’s Day to you too, Kelsey,” he replied, looking around the room.

“Everyone’s gone, I’ve already checked. Did you like the treat I gave you?” she asked, with a grin.

“Of course, how could I not. But you could get caught doing that.”

“It was quick, and I could say it was just my legs getting sore. Who did you get candy from?” she asked, with a playfully jealous tone.

“A couple of the new students, nothing to worry about,” he said with a warm smile.

“I know. I did get a mean one. Called me a teacher’s pet, but the teacher can pet me all he wants.”

“Kelsey, don’t get us started.”

“It’s tough not to, it is Valentine’s Day after all. I want to spend it with you. I would have gotten you something, but I thought it might be too dangerous with my mom snooping around,” she replied, slightly frustrated.

“I know, I wanted to get you something too, but the same thing popped into my mind. We knew it would be difficult. This is just the road we have to walk down for now. Just know that I’m here and my feelings haven’t changed.”

“And neither have mine. If I had the chance, I’d...”

Buzz, buzz ... buzz buzz...

“You’ve got to be kidding me!” Kelsey said, looking at her phone.

“Parents?”

“Of fucking course, hold on ... hello mother, what now?” Kelsey asked, exasperated.

“Kelsey, where are you and who are you with?” her mom demanded.

“Nice to talk to you too, mother. I’m at school, it’s Thursday so I have practice, as usual.”

“If you’re at practice then I want to hear from that teacher of yours, put him on.”

“I’ll put you on speaker, he’s right here. We were talking about my music assignment anyway,” Kelsey said before pressing the button.

“Hello, Mrs. Moore, what seems to be the problem?” Gordon asked, trying to be polite.

“I’m just checking if my daughter is lying to me about her whereabouts. It is Valentine’s Day after all. I thought she might be out cavorting with whoever it is she’s seeing and lying to us about,” her mom said, in an accusatory tone.

“Well, I can report that she’s safely here with me. She rarely misses practice unless she’s sick from school. Since I have her this semester, I’ll know if she misses one and not the other.”

“Good, let me know if that happens. Thank you,” she replied before hanging up the phone.

“God, what a bitch,” Gordon said, making Kelsey burst out in laughter. “Seriously, like what does she expect you to be doing? Sucking cock behind the bleachers and then snorting cocaine? What warrants this level of paranoia?”

“I’ve been racking my brain for months trying to figure that out. I do my schoolwork, my grades are good, and I don’t get in trouble. This is what I get for that. They didn’t care when I used to go out partying with Vicki and Stephanie or stayed out late when I was going out with Austin. They didn’t care at all about that. Now I’m a criminal who needs to check in with my parole officer,” she said, putting her head on Gordon’s arm.