Bound To you

Chapter 12

After a while observing the brunette, ELI asked, “Won’t you admit it?”

“You said you couldn't be here for too long,” the teacher said, without turning to face the blonde.

ELI drank a big gulp of her cinnamon hot chocolate and smiled, seeing the brunette still facing the other side instead of her eyes. “Okay Rika, if you don't want to admit that you were interested in me, I'm not going to talk about my plans for my birthday.” She drank the rest of the hot chocolate and almost hissed at the burning liquid on her tongue.

ELI smirked when Rika turned angrily to face her. “Don’t be a child, Miss Swan.”

“Hmmm, this hot chocolate is so delicious!” ELI said wryly, finishing her drink, at last, and standing up. She approached her teacher sneakily. “Hope to see you tomorrow!” She planted a kiss on Rika’s cheek and left the kitchen, waving goodbye.

 xXx

The next afternoon at school, it was lunchtime. ELI wasn’t hungry and she hadn’t thought about any other idea to surprise Rika. She wanted to firmly pursue her plan, but nothing plausible was coming to her mind. She even pondered to ask Ruby for help, but the latter was angry with her since last Sunday in the park when Rika’s sister had interrupted their walk and escorted her away.

ELI clearly noticed that Ruby hated Zelena for that intrusive interruption now. Plus, she was also immensely angry with ELI for letting the meddlesome redhead ruin their time together.

ELI, at the contrary of her friend, couldn't complain about the events of that Sunday: Rika had spoken of ELI to her own sister; the delicious slurpee tasting kiss and Rika Mills herself —  the blonde had had an unforgettable afternoon at the park.

She was about to return to the cafeteria to apologize to Ruby when she saw Rika in the hallway with a blonde boy.

ELI didn't know him and his attitude naturally seemed to be Killian’s style… Uh, great. She hated those kinds of boys. They hit on teachers just to get attention… or even worse! Get them into bed.

Without blinking, ELI walked with conviction to where Rika and the blonde boy were talking. ELI cleared her throat when she approached them and Rika looked at her immediately, biting her lip, while ELI glared at the boy from top to bottom.

“Sorry to interrupt, but…” She stopped talking to think of an excuse. Damn, she clearly had acted impulsively. Trying to think of something, she quickly blurted the first thing that came to her mind, “There’s someone looking for you in the teacher’s lounge, Miss Mills.” 

ELI saw the boy arch his eyebrows and she held back a laugh at her own lie. The teacher nodded, biting once again those tempting lips and looking ELI deeply in the eyes. 

The boy found himself lost in the middle of the two. Rika hadn't even noticed him after ELI arrived. And the way the teacher looked at the blonde in front of him was strange... different... too intense.

“Uh, all right. Thank you for letting me know, Miss Swan. And I'm sorry Mr. Hood, but I won't be able to tutor you privately. I am very busy lately with the tests and assignments. My apologies.” She gave a political smile to the boy and turned her back to him, receiving a small smile from ELI while walking away with the blonde next to her.

Hood watched that scene closely. He couldn't let it pass that his body was on fire. Not out of lust for the teacher, if that's what everyone is thinking, but out of hatred for ELI Swan. The petulant girl who was considered the best history student in school.

Robin swore to himself that he was almost persuading Miss Mills to give him private lessons. But that damn ELI Swan had hindered him!

However, that was not the end of the moment that upset Mr. Hood. The scene that followed of Miss Mills and ELI Swan leaving the hall was, at the very least, stranger than the previous one of exchanging intense looks. The two had walked side by side, letting their hands touch lightly, as well as their shoulders. They talked as if nothing was happening, and Mr. Hood cursed himself for not having the courage to go to them and stop it.

 xXx

Day 2: Tuesday, 3:40 p.m

After school, ELI had one silly idea to save her plan. To buy coffee at Starbucks and take it to Rika at school in the evening, as the teacher was always bored when she was there.

However, her plan and behaviour frightened her all the time. ELI wasn't sure if this plan was working because she didn't know what Rika was thinking of it. She could be hating to be disturbed, or she could be loving all this nonsense. The blonde had no way of knowing because the teacher was slightly unpredictable. The blonde had realized that when Rika started asking those questions to her on Saturday.

Holding tightly onto the two Starbucks cups in her hands, she stood ready to enter Rika’s private office, stopping to do her usual: look out at the window of the door and see if there were no surprises in there.

The teacher was sitting up straight, concentrating on the computer. ELI took a while to absorb the scene in front of her: her teacher was wearing black-framed glasses, a tight skirt, and a red buttoned dress shirt. ELI daydreamed whilst watching Rika, and at that moment, she wished to look at her forever.

“I'm glad you're not sleeping today,” she said smiling as she entered the room.

“I'm not going to sleep on my last day. It would show a lack of respect,” ELI’s heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened.

Would Rika no longer teach at her school? What the hell?

“Rika,” ELI said, her voice low. She tried not to shake although she knew her face must be white as a ghost. “You’re leaving school?”

The brunette just blinked, her face unreadable as she looked at ELI. The blonde just tried to understand what the f**k was happening and why Rika was looking at her that way. Was she really leaving school?

After a few torturing seconds, the teacher burst into laughter. “Of course not, dear. I’m joking.”

ELI let out a sigh of relief. “Thank God,” ELI breathed out while putting one of the cups of coffee on Rika’s desk. “You really got me. That joke was not funny, Miss Mills. You scared the hell out of me.”

Rika laughed one more time. “That was my intention. The expression on your face was priceless!”

ELI rolled her eyes, trying to hold back a smile. “Ha-ha, very funny, Miss Mills. Don’t complain later when I make a joke and you don’t find it funny.”

Rika grinned. “I won’t say sorry because I loved seeing your expression. Now, tell me. Why are you here today? Is there a special reason?”

“Well, yes. I actually brought you something very special.” She pointed to the extra-large cup of coffee on the teacher’s table.

“Coffee?” Rika arched her perfect eyebrows.

“It’s not just coffee. It’s E.S.S.”

“The what?” The brunette asked, not understanding.

“ELI Swan’s Special. You’ve never heard of it?” The brunette denied amid laughter. “I'm glad you haven’t. Otherwise, I would sue that damn Starbucks. My Special is mine only.”

“Then why are you offering me a cup of your famous special?”

“Because you're a special person. Isn't it obvious?”

“Well… It’s obvious now.” She chuckled as ELI retributed with a huge grin. “Thank you for deciding I’m a special person and allowing me to drink your E.S.S,” Rika used the abbreviations and ELI smiled even more.

“Are you ready to taste the best coffee in your life?”

The brunette rolled her eyes and opened her cup. It smelled different. It had a contrasting ingredient. “Hmmm, that’s… it smells like…” The teacher gazed at ELI and found her smiling ear to ear. “I think it smells like you.”

“Oh,” the blonde murmured. “Really? It’s just cinnamon with whipped cream, milk and coffee. Do I smell like that?”

“No, dear. You smell like cinnamon,” Rika said as she sniffed the warm fragrance of the coffee.

“Oh,” she murmured again, feeling surprised. “I didn’t know that.”

“Well, I like it.”

“Great! We’re the perfect match, then. You smell like apples and I smell like cinnamon.”

Rika narrowed her eyes at ELI, causing the latter to shift her weight awkwardly. Well, yeah, she was feeling nervous. Saying that they were the perfect match could mean a lot. She didn’t know what her teacher was thinking right now, but the look in her eyes was unreadable. ELI was surprised that she didn’t start sweating.

“Maybe we are.”

And she died internally.

 xXx

Day 3: Wednesday, 3:30.p.m

Rika’s Point of View

Rika went to the lobby when she heard the bell ring. She wasn't waiting for anyone right now. She looked through the peephole, but there was no one there. With curiosity dominating her instincts, she opened the door and a strange noise was heard. A flashnoise. Rika was startled knowing that she was being photographed… by ELI Swan.

In a fast movement, she put her hand over her face and muttered the blonde’s name. When she heard ELI’s laughter, the clicks stopped. When the brunette looked forward, she noticed what her student was wearing a red and black flannel shirt, tight black jeans, white sneakers and a black stylish hat. In her right hand, was an old Polaroid camera and on the left, there were the photos taken minutes ago.

Rika couldn't deny that she was very surprised with everything. She never imagined that ELI would come today — or most of the days when she had appeared at her house or the school — and she certainly didn't know the reason why ELI was at her house today as well. She discarded mentioning the extremely different clothes that her student was wearing due to the pressing matter of ELI’s behaviour. Why did she look like a professional photographer?

“Good afternoon, Miss Mills! I'm from the school’s newspaper and they sent me here to capture moments of the Best History teacher of all time!”

Rika couldn't resist laughing, and she only stopped when several other captured photos were aimed at her direction; she instinctively used her hand to block her face from the flash. “Okay, ELI, what are you up to?” Rika stepped out of the way so ELI could enter her house.

“I am the new photographer of the school’s newspaper,” ELI replied and returned to taking pictures of the teacher.

“I didn't know you were a photographer.” Rika didn’t block her face this time. Her silly smile wouldn’t leave her face as she watched her beautiful student in front of her.

“Neither did I.” More clicks were heard, and the blonde moved like a real photographer around the room, directing the camera towards Rika.

The brunette put her hand over her face and laughed. Soon, she felt ELI's hand on her waist and their bodies slightly pressing against each other.

“Tell me the truth, Miss Swan.”

The blonde lowered her head and pouted. “I'm sorry to disappoint you, Miss Mills, but I'm not really working for the school’s newspaper. I came here today to take pictures of you and keep your beauty forever with me.”

Rika looked at her amazed and speechless. She didn't expect to hear something like that.

“Why are you pulling that face?” ELI asked in a soft tone, but at the same, she seemed nervous.

“Nothing… you're just… different today. And I wasn’t expecting you to show up.”

“I couldn't waste my time.”

ELI held Rika by the hand and whirled her around, taking pictures while the brunette burst into laughter. All of a sudden, the girl pulled Rika’s body against hers with an excessive force, causing the brunette to gasp at the thud of their bodies.

“Did you like my surprise?”

“Well,” Rika sighed, trying to hide a smile. “I’m always surprised by your actions, Miss Swan.”

The blonde smiled widely and leaned in. Their lips were mere inches from touching when ELI took another picture, startling the brunette as she gazed at the photo printing out of the Polaroid camera.

“Why are you taking pictures of us like this?” Rika couldn’t help asking. Pictures were too dangerous. They were evidence, after all. This could be ELI’s plan — to show the photos to the whole school proving her fling with the history teacher.

“Because I want to be able to look at this moment again someday.”

Trying to forget about all of those negative thoughts, Rika put her hands on each side of ELI’s face whilst her mind couldn’t decide where to look: the pink lips or the emerald eyes.

The teacher heard another click but didn’t move at all. She waited for her student, patiently forgetting about those thoughts.

“You're not going to tell me to stop taking pictures of us like this?”

“Why should I?” Rika smiled weakly, desperately wanting ELI to say what she needed to hear.

“Because I could be a delinquent teenager and expose our photos to the entire school,” the blonde quickly looked away and Rika melted completely. Well, this could be some very good acting by the blonde, but Rika didn’t want to believe that. She wanted to trust her student. She wanted to try harder.

Gently turning ELI’s face towards hers by her chin, she gazed intently into emerald eyes. “I trust you.” The teacher could see the wide grin of her student and she couldn’t help grinning as well. “And take more pictures because I want to remember this moment, too.”

Not wasting any second, Rika kissed ELI softly. She heard more clicks and smiled into the kiss. The teacher pushed the blonde's hat to the floor and was finally free to grab the blond curls with her hands as the kiss deepened. Rika brushed her lips away from ELI's, then moved to lick them. The blonde did not hesitate to take a picture at this very moment when her lower lip was filled with Rika's sweet tongue. They smiled at the same time, and ELI reluctantly pulled away.

Rika could feel her body heat up due to the amazing kiss. She gazed intently at the blonde’s, now swollen, pink lips, wanting to kiss her all the time, almost not being able to hold herself back due to the desire. “Why did you stop?” She asked, as her voice came out huskier than she expected.

ELI smiled, biting her lower lip. “Unfortunately, I have to go.” The blonde moved away, leaving Rika without the warmth of her body.

“Seriously? But you just arrived!” Now her voice sounded sadder than she expected. She wished ELI didn’t have to leave now.

“I'm sorry,” the blonde muttered and leaned in to place a quick peck on her lips. Soon after, she bent down and began to pick up some photos off of the floor.

Those included photos of Rika alone and some of them together. She left some on the floor and just looked at Rika expectantly. “Thank you for trusting me,” she said with a sincere smile as she walked towards the door. Rika followed her reluctantly. “See you tomorrow, Rika,” the blonde murmured and winked at the teacher, who bit her lower lip and closed the door after her student left.

She walked back to the living room and saw the photos on the floor. She didn’t hesitate before picking up all of them and looking carefully at each one. Those negative thoughts didn’t even bother her mind anymore. All she could think of was how surprisingly incredible her student was.

Pressing the photos strongly against her chest, she smiled happily.

xXx

Day 4: Thursday, 5:10 p.m

ELI’s Point of View

ELI rang the bell and felt her hands sweat. This time she had no reason to be here. She just wanted to see Rika and continue with her plan to not let her teacher forget that ELI was always there for her. Even though it was without an interesting idea to surprise the woman.

The door was soon opened, and when she saw Rika in front of her, a shiver ran through her spine. The teacher was wearing a short satin silk grey robe and her short black hair was wet, signalling she had just come out of the shower. The blonde bit her lips realizing, once again, how incredibly hot and sexy her teacher was. At that moment, she had to fight against the urge to move forward and attack those plump lips like she did last Saturday.

“Oh, good afternoon, Miss Swan,” Rika greeted, her voice husky. “Please, come in. It’s cold outside.”

ELI quickly walked into the warmth of that beautiful house, already taking her jacket off, still unable to take her eyes off of that gorgeous woman in front of her.

“Did you tell your grandmother where you were going?” Rika asked after crossing her arms over her chest.

“She works late today at the diner,” she comments casually, approaching the brunette who is barefoot on the wood floor.

“Mmhm. Well, is there a specific reason for your visit today, Miss Swan?”

ELI smiled, her insides melting just by being here with her teacher, knowing she could finally stay a little bit longer. “I just miss you.”

The brunette smiled, but said, “You saw me today in class.”

“You know that’s not the same thing.”

“I know.” She placed a peck on pouty lips, then turned to the stairs. “Come on up. I need to dry my hair.”

ELI frowned as they started climbing the stairs. “Why just not let it dry naturally?”

“Because I’m going out tonight.”

Something deep in her chest hurt, and she knew instantly that it was jealousy. “You are? With whom?” Her tone sounded harsher than she intended.

“With Zelena, my sister. Remember that obnoxious woman?”

Relief flooded ELI’s chest and she smiled. “Yes, I do remember your enchanting sister.”

They reached the teacher’s bedroom and ELI could already smell the great scent of Rika everywhere. She had missed it.

“So, yes, I’m going to have dinner with her and my mother tonight. I’m not thrilled about it, but I have to go.”

“Hmm, I hope you have fun.”

“So do I, Miss Swan.”

Rika walked towards the bathroom, and ELI followed her dutifully. She was still waiting for another kiss. The quick moments they shared this week was not nearly enough of what she needed to compare to last Saturday when everything got so heated  and they only stopped because Granny called.

“All right, uh,” ELI started, leaning closer to Rika from behind, her hands finding solace on the brunette’s waist covered by satin fabric. “You just came out of the shower, right?”

“My hair is wet, so I obviously did, dear.”

ELI cleared her throat and looked right into Rika’s eyes through the mirror reflection. “That means you’re naked underneath all this silk?”

The teacher chuckled throatily, then nodded in response. “Yes, I didn’t have time to put some proper clothes on because you were already at the door.”

“If someone else had been waiting there, would you have opened the door dressed like this?” The blonde asked quietly, still holding gently to the teacher’s waist.

Rika rolled her eyes. “Of course not, dear. I’m not vulgar.”

“Well, you certainly like to tease me.”

The teacher smirked, looking at ELI through the mirror as she grabbed the dryer that was laying on the sink. 

“You may have a point.”

ELI laughed while she pulled Rika’s body tighter, causing that marvellous ass to fit perfectly against her pelvis. The blonde placed a wet kiss on Rika’s neck, feeling the latter tremble against her.

“Miss Swan, please go wait in the bedroom. I have to dry my hair.”

ELI huffed. “And here I thought I’d be lucky enough to kiss you more today.”

She left the brunette against her will, laying on the bed as she waited for Rika to grace her with her attention. The blonde focused on the TV, realizing a Cold War documentary was on. At least it piked her interest, and she wasn’t left to boredom.

Ten minutes later, Rika walked into the bedroom, smiling as she realized ELI was focused on the documentary she had been watching earlier. 

“Still upset you didn’t get any more kisses, dear?”

“You could say that,” ELI muttered, watching as Rika climbed on the bed to then straddle her hips and stay put. Her heart started racing rather quickly as she looked at that stunning woman on top of her. 

“Let me make it up to you, then.” 

Her lips were captured all of a sudden, but ELI wasn’t complaining — not at all. This was all she had wanted since the moment she saw Rika today. The kiss intensified as the brunette thrust her skilled tongue into ELI’s mouth and eager hands began to wander over her body without any shame. It slid from her shoulders to her breasts, where Rika squeezed them lightly, to then continue its descent towards the waistband of her jeans. She pulled ELI’s see-through red shirt from under her pants to tease the soft skin of ELI’s stomach with her warm hands and nails. 

The blonde had to fight a moan and was unable to contain her own hands as she felt the weight of Rika on top of her. She caressed the toned thighs exposed to the warm air of the bedroom, sliding them up to her ass, remembering a second later that Rika was still naked under all that silk and just a movement of her hand would give her the opportunity to touch new areas ELI had yet to discover.

All of a sudden, her hands were pulled away from that amazing flesh by Rika’s own hands, which pinned the blonde’s on each side of the mattress, so she couldn't move. Those plump lips worked their way to ELI’s neck, a hot tongue darting out to lick and tease the skin, starting to nibble and suck deliciously on it. ELI squirmed and moaned, loving the way Rika was treating her. ELI couldn't move and she couldn’t breathe properly. In fact, she thought she had died and gone to heaven when Rika started kissing her neck. She loved those lips so much; she honestly had an idea of what they would do between her legs… f**k.

Those warm hands finally released hers, to then break the delicious assault on her neck and slide them towards the hem of ELI’s blouse. Rika pushed it out of the way, exposing ELI’s breasts encased in her best black bra to the teacher’s hungry eyes. Open-mouthed kisses followed the path to her boobs, causing her to bite her lips to prevent a louder moan.

Holy f**k, ELI didn't know what was going on with Rika, but she was damn loving it and didn’t want to stop at all. The brunette’s eager hands grabbed her bra-clad breasts, squeezing them slightly, causing another moan to leave her mouth. The brunette started kissing her neck again, placing feather kisses in that area while continuing to caress her breasts. Then, she started nibbling on her earlobe, tangling her hands in blonde locks, driving ELI completely crazy with arousal.

Fuck, feeling this horny should be a crime!

ELI totally belonged to that woman right now; she would let her teacher do whatever she wanted with her. ELI was no longer caring about her grandmother’s rules; she just wanted to stay where she was, with Rika on top of her, giving her everything she had ever wanted.

However, when she least expected, Rika pulled her mouth away, sitting straight, but still straddling the blonde’s lap. 

“Is that enough kisses for you today, ELI?” The teacher asked, her chest heaving as she tried to regain her breath. 

ELI could see Rika’s n*****s through the satin fabric, and that sight alone made her mouth water in expectation to taste them, to feel for the first time a breast of a woman on her tongue. 

Without further thoughts, ELI sat straight in front of Rika and slid the robe off of one shoulder, quickly revealing the swell of Rika’s breasts to the blonde’s gaze. The teacher gasped at the sudden movement, but a different sound escaped her enticing mouth when ELI wrapped her own lips around a stiff n****e.

“ELI!” Rika exclaimed, nails digging into ELI's scalp as the blonde continues sucking on her n****e, licking and biting. “Oh, my God…”

Holy f**k, ELI was loving this! It’s so sexy to hold a n****e in your mouth, to tease it and make it harder. The way Rika is pulling on ELI’s hair and the sexy moans escaping her throat was driving the blonde insane with arousal.

However, as usual, good things don’t last too long. Her mouth was drastically pulled away from that amazing breast as Rika pushed her to lay on the mattress again, but leaned in as well, their mouths staying only a few inches from one another.

“ELI,” the brunette huskily said, then grabbed the blonde’s cheeks with certain aggressiveness and placed a wet peck on her lips. Her tongue slid by soft pink, swollen lips and kept with the pressure of her fingers on her cheeks.

ELI thought her teacher was going to continue with the kisses and caresses, but she stopped for a moment and stared into the emerald eyes intently. The blonde was able to notice that the chocolate eyes were filled with lust and desire, and instinctively knew her own were too. However, Rika’s look changed from desire to indecision very quickly.

The teacher fixed her robe before getting off of ELI’s lap and stood up, starting to pace the room like she did when she was nervous or struggling with her thoughts. “We can't do this,” she muttered low.

“We can’t do what?” ELI stood up and stopped in front of Rika, causing the brunette to stop pacing the room to look at her.

“ELI, you know what I’m talking about.” The brunette looked away and put her hands on her waist.

“Why can't we do that?” ELI asked curiously.

“Because you're underage!” Rika said matter of factly and started pacing the room again.

“Underage? Rika, I’m eighteen!” She said exasperatedly, realizing only after that she had not turned eighteen yet. She was, unfortunately, still underage.

The teacher stopped pacing to look at ELI and pointed her finger at the blonde. “You’re not, and that's exactly why we should not do what we were doing here.”

“Well, you started it, and you know how… how horny you make me,” she explained, feeling her cheeks get warm, but still raised her hands to innocent herself from what she did.

Rika licked her lips nervously and said, “I know that that and I apologize for my impulse.” 

“You… you don’t have to apologize, Rika. You know how much I want this with you.”

“Well, I want it too, but we can’t have it yet.”

“But… but no one will know if we-”

Rika glared at her, causing the blonde to stop talking immediately. “I will know, ELI. And I can’t have s*x with an underage girl. It goes against my own rules. I shouldn’t have s*x with a student at all, but I worked that out already,” the brunette rambled, sighing loudly as ELI stared at her with amusement.

“I’m so glad you worked that out,” she said with a smile, and Rika, once again, sighed loudly.

“You drive me crazy, Miss Swan, and I don’t like it.”

“Well, if it makes you feel any better, you drive me crazy too.”

ELI cautiously approached the brunette, opening her arms as an invite for the teacher to embrace her. And that’s what she did with no second thoughts. That caused a huge grin to appear on the blonde’s face as Rika embraced her tightly.

“It does make me feel better.”

“Good,” she said, burying her face in Rika’s good-scented hair.