The Professor's Interest

chapter 4

As I walk out of Sign bar-club, crying, I look for a place to hide away, I see a dustbin and its dark outside some people standing outside and talking, a girl puking, I decide to walk back home. Very hard to walk in these heels, gosh. I sob, it's like I don't want to live anymore. How sure am I that Professor Emery won't treat me the same again? I do not want anything to do with him right now because he brings out the bad in my life. As I walk a black Jaguar pulls up beside me, I stop to look who it is, the window is being rolled down and its Professor Emery. 

'Please Leah, get in the car, I will take you home, its not safe out here to walk alone at night" he calls out to me with concern.

'Sir, I have been fine walking from Sign bar-club almost every third night, and never have I been put in some sort of danger' I say

'Please get in, I promised Anna that I would look for you, she is worried about you'

I sigh and I get inside the car, I'm doing this just for Anna. The car smells like his cologne, we drive.

'Where do you live?'

'Down Morris street, Blue Lily heights"

'Are you okay? I didn't mean to scare you off"

'I'm fine sir, just you bring out the worst in my life'

'Trust me that I wont anymore' He says as I see him look over to me out the corner of my eye. 'What were you doing at Sign bar-club?'

'I work there for 2 years now sir' I look over at him, I see him clenching his jaw. 

'Are you some sort  of stripper?"

I gasp in shock to the question 'I am not sir' I am so annoyed right now 'And why kiss me?' I ask

He pulls up by my apartment 'I shouldn't have' he says with no expression.

I get out of the car 'so you just go around kissing students when you feel like it' I say angrily  and I slammed the care door shut and run up the steps, I enter the building crying. I throw my bag on my bed stupid stupid stupid. I need to get my songs out, it's how I cope, I remember that Ryan is a producer so I text him to hang out with tomorrow so that he can help produce my songs and today at work, my manager has offered me a position to sing and dance on stage full time. Ryan texts me back.

'Hey Leah, no problem, I will pick you up tomorrow at 1 noon, I have my own studio at my house so we can work on your songs for the whole day.'

I am so happy that I can work on things I love. I get into bed with my dress, not thinking to get changed. I hear a ping on my phone as I try to sleep, I check my phone to see that its Professor Emery, I am going to kill Anna for giving him my number.

'I am sorry for my question, See you in class on Monday'.

I sigh and managed to fall asleep. I hear Anna get into the apartment.

                                                                  - The next morning-

Ryan fetched me, and now we pulled up a huge driveway entrance, trees everywhere, a huge house too, slightly Victorian style, this people must be rich. As the remote control gates close behind us, Ryan pulls up in front of the door way. I am in complete awe of this place. We get out of the Porsche. We enter the house, fully furnished, his parents weren't home, he didn't give me a tour of the house obviously, why do I need a tour? so we went straight to the back yard, through the patio sliding door, there is a huge pool, sun lounges, grass are green and a lake in the far back, I love this setting, we walked to the side of the house where we enter an old garage that was revamped inside for Ryan's studio. Everything looks as if we are indeed in a real recording studio, we sit down.

'So no one is home, its just us, so relax and be yourself when you sing and take your time too. So a little background story, well my dad owns his own Record label, called Lexi, my mom owns a few schools and I help out here and there at the label with producing. My Brother Connor is a songwriter, but just sells his songs, and he teaches.'

'That's amazing' I say

As the the day went by, We got some songs recorded which I love, we chat some more about the music, and the door opens and I freeze when I look ahead to see who it was, Professor Emery himself. We stare at each other for some time, his sea blue eyes piercing into my soul until Ryan interrupts.

"Anything I can help you with? You staying over?" Ryan asks. 

Professor breaks his stare to look at Ryan 'No I was just popping in to pick up something, I'm on my way again'

'okay see ya around'

'Miss Bridges' professor says looking at me and he closes the door behind him, what was he doing here at Ryan's? Maybe he picked up something from Ryan's father.

"Sorry about that, He can be an ass, He was worse of an ass when he was younger, hanging out with girls, strip clubs, things happened, so that's what made him who he is"

'so he works with your dad too?"

'No he is my older brother, just us two siblings who are still very close, he doesn't live here anymore, he decided to get a place of his own. Very cool place though, Its just him alone that lives there,'

What?! Professor Emery and Ryan are brothers???? I cannot believe this, Ryan didn't say anything earlier, nor did Professor say anything about Ryan yet he has been accusing me of dancing with "other" guys, he must be jealous that Ryan gets to hang out with me. I cannot believe this.