NOELLE'S POV:
I should have known he was a player. Ryan was a hot and dangerous man. He probably had his choice of women whenever he wanted and now, I just fell into his bed. Actually.... he gave me no choice in beds.
He knew he would get me into bed. He knew that I would be a big easy lay. I felt like shouting and not letting him take me to his house. I was already embarrassed enough from everyone knowing what we did in his office, what we probably did last night, and now that Lucien... one of the parents of my students.... oh god.
I felt like I was going to be sick. I took deep breaths before going to get my flats on. My ankle was a little sore, but I would be able to walk and stand today. I made sure everything was in place and went down to see what the fire alarm went off for.
I walked around the bend and into the kitchen to see Avery and Tara sitting down while Ryan made something in a pan. I walked closer and saw that it was simple eggs. I sat down beside Avery and gave him a small smile before waiting for this to be done.
Ryan made the eggs, and I saw him look at something black on a plate before shaking his head and tossing it down the sink and then getting a new plate. "What was the black stuff?" I asked leaning closer to Avery.
"The first batch someone made and set off the fire alarm." He laughed lightly and looked over to Tara and she huffed and set her arms on the table and waited.
"Now we have to go." Ryan set the pan beside the sink and moving to set the plate in front of his sister.
"None for me?" Avery asked and I saw Ryan's glare and I just thought about my brother as Ryan focused on his sister right after, leaning over and kissing her head before nodding to me. I stood up slowly and followed him out.
I walked with him to his truck and he opened and closed my door just like he did yesterday. I sat there, my bag beside me, thankful I didn't have to take too many papers today. I buckled up as he got in and he drove silently.
I watched the way the houses changed, how some were basically the same but different colors and different fences around them. Watching the houses, it was almost a surprise when he pulled in behind the café. I didn't realize we were already here, but I was glad to go in and get my coffee. I took the twenty out knowing that this wasn't going to be paying for my coffee, but it was going right into the tip jar.
I walked in and saw Lucien holding Jackie in the air and she was tucked into his neck as Cami was cheering. The bell made both Lucien and Jackie look up and Cami squealed and shouted about how they were getting married and I smiled and offered my congratulations without looking Lucien in the eye.
I bit my lip and decided not to look at him at all as Cami came out and told me that Jackie was going to be her new mommy and that she was going to be the flower girl and that they were going to get married and I just laughed and listened to all the way that she could word it.
I got my coffee without even asking for it and I reached past the tip jar that hadn't been put out yet and slipped the 20 in and took my first sip as Cami asked me what we were doing in class today and she seemed even more excited that we were going to do some activities to learn new counties.
Once I realized that Ryan was waiting on me to leave, I walked to him and told him that I needed to set up my classroom for the day and Cami stayed with her dad and Jackie. He let me get back in the truck by myself since I got to my door first and opened it up. I got to the school without talking to him more than needed and I went right for the gates, opening it up and hearing his car take off like he was trying to make people watch him go.
I made sure the gate was closed tight and saw him take off down the street after stopping at the corner. I shook my head and tried to tell myself that I can at least have my own room at his house tonight. I would not just fall back into his bed and spread my legs for him. He couldn't even try to talk to me this morning after he didn't get his own orgasm.
I slammed the door to my room down, knowing I was getting mad rather than sad. I sat there making the plan on a blank paper, filling out the extra paper the kids would do today and then I went to the side of the board to make the schedule so the kids would know what we were doing.
I opened my door and started my day. As they read a chapter out loud about Spain, a new country for them to learn about, I put the last bit of grades into my little book before putting them in a stack so I could pass them back after the first recess.
I got through the day, and I started to go through the small paperwork the kids turned in before leaving. I made notes in what I would need to go over again tomorrow before making a bit of a new schedule and I sat down, five minutes before a meeting and just sat there.
Ryan was a player, but he was protecting me, and I did need it. He was a good big brother, he made Tara breakfast like she was a kid and all I could think about after realizing how good of a brother he is... was my brother.
He was older by 5 years, always taking care of me because my parents didn't ever seem to care about how well we did in school or if we needed help or when we needed to start doing essays and needed a computer.
I remember being kicked out of the library because we were both there so late trying to get our projects done. He dropped out of school, worked 7 days a week, put all the funds he got paid into getting a car. A month after he got it.... he got into an accident.
I was in his hospital room every day after school, telling him about my day when he was still in the coma, and then just keeping him entertained when he woke up. I was there when he tried to start walking again, and when he learned how to use the braces that ended up just making him feel worse about his entire being. He couldn't feel anything from his hips down.
He might have been 21, but he was told he would never have kids, he would never walk again, and that he probably wouldn't be able to walk again. And then my parents used all of that against the company they decided to sue while he was in the coma. He got the biggest settlement of the decade, well, last decade, and out parents assumed he would give it to them.
Then he turned around, helped me emancipated myself and move in with him. He bought the house I still live in, all wheelchair assessable, he had his room downstairs, he stayed home most of the time, not wanting to leave if it wasn't for something important.
He paid for my college and my car... everything. He took care of me like a parent and he left me in a blink of an eye.
I remember being at the funeral and my parents asking if he left anything to them in the will. I haven't seen or heard from them since I told them that he would never give them a dime.
I looked up when I heard a knock on the door, and I blinked away the tears and stood up. I walked to the meeting with one of the other teachers and we sat through the attendance meeting, the timing of the next parent teacher conferences that would be in a couple weeks, and how we would like to end the school year in a month.
I walked out and past the front of the school where Ryan had picked me up and dropped me off and didn't see his truck. I had nothing else to do so I went back to my room and thought about what I should do. I didn't find his number in my phone... just another thing to add to the reasons why I should hate myself.
Slept with a man I didn't even give my number to. I hit my head on the desk a couple times before deciding that if he wasn't going to meet me here, I would meet him at the café. Hopefully, Jackie was still there despite being engaged this morning. Maybe she could call him.
I gathered my things, locking up my things before leaving the school yard. I walked and when I heard the motorcycle I turned and saw Avery riding up slowly. "Where are you going?" He asked and I looked around.
"I don't see Ryan, so I am going to wait at the café, I don't have anything to do." I told him and he nodded slowly. "Are you going to follow me like a creep?" I asked knowing that was how it felt when he rode up.
"No... but I can give you a ride. Ryan said something about how you hurt your ankle the other day." He told me and I looked down and nodded. My ankle was a little swollen since I spent more time standing today.
"Just make sure I don't fall." I stepped up, remembering how my feet went the first time I was ever on the back of a motorcycle and he held my hand as I balanced getting my skirt up and easy for me to sit behind him.
He took off as soon as my hands were on his sides and he thankfully he didn't go too fast and when he pulled onto the sidewalk to park and let me off, the first thing I heard was the door being shoved open.
I looked up and saw Ryan stalking towards us. I was not in the mood to hear him yell at me for leaving before he could show up. "What are you doing wearing that on the back of a bike!" He seethed, pointing to my skirt that I had bunched up to sit and widen my legs on the bike.
"I was taking a ride. Wasn't the first on the back of a bike... and it sure wasn't the first when I had to roll my skirt up." I told him and he looked to be grinding his teeth hard. "Excuse me." I walked around him and into the café. I heard him start asking Avery harsh questions.
I got a muffin and a decaf iced coffee, paying for it since they didn't know who I was. I didn't see Jackie anywhere but as I walked back outside to sit down and enjoy my snack Ryan was making Avery leave and he turned back to me.
"Go get in my truck." He ordered and I just looked up at him, wondering who he was talking to like that as I bit into my muffin. Ryan was about to get a rude awakening if he thought all I was, was a gentle blushing schoolteacher about to lay at his feet and do as he tells me.
Especially if he wasn't being nice.