Julia's POV

As night time came around, I wasn't sure on what to do at this point. I mean, I know that I'm crazy for this and it clearly shows since I'm doing something that I never thought I would do.

I slept with Dana again, and now she's sleeping over at my house.

Great thinking.

After I ate dinner, I fixed the guest room up for Dana and told her where everything was. I also told her that if she needed anything, to not hesitate to ask me.

I thought that I would be panicking more than I was at this whole situation, but surprisingly, I wasn't. I don't know if it was because I was calming myself down because this wasn't anything to freak out about.

As I was brushing my teeth, I was staring at my reflection in the bathroom mirror and I couldn't stop thinking about this situation and how absolutely crazy this was.

Everything about this was crazy, and now I know that I am crazy.

I have feelings for Dana, who is only seventeen and happens to be one of my students. The thought alone is dangerous as hell, and I can't stop thinking about how dangerous this was.

I mean, we weren't doing anything, but we did sleep together twice already and now that we know we both have feelings towards each other, it makes it a little worse.

If anyone found out, I'm not sure what the outcome would be.

Diane especially cannot find out since she is a cop.

Ironic as it was, I felt like this was a book written out and I couldn't help but feel like something bad was going to happen in the near future.

I shook my thoughts as I got dressed for bed. I decided to go check up on Dana to make sure she found everything she needed and was comfortable.

I walked out of my room and down the hall to the guest room. When I knocked lightly on the door, I didn't hear anything so I opened it to find Dana nowhere in sight. I looked in every corner of the room but she wasn't here.

Why the hell was she?

I walked downstairs and I heard the TV. I knew she must have came down here to watch TV until she fell asleep. As I approached the couch, I saw the TV on and I also saw Dana laying there already asleep.

I watched her for a moment as she was laying on her side with her arm hanging off the couch. I decided to get a blanket for her. I went to the closet and grabbed one before walking back and placing it over her.

I made sure it was covering every part of her body as I knew it got cold in this house during the night, and I don't want her to freeze.

Something about this house that I can't understand, and the electricians can't either, is that during night time, this house gets freezing cold. Even with the air off, it still gets cold.

It's too warm outside to turn the heater on because it will get super hot in here, but I mostly got used to it and the cold never bothered me anyway.

I decided to go back upstairs and get in bed. It was getting a little late anyways, and I usually don't stay up unless I have papers to look over, which I don't tonight.

I pulled the blanket back then slid in where the warmth of the bed quickly took me over. It didn't take long until I was already asleep.

-

I woke up the next morning feeling refreshed. I stretched then sat up on the edge of the bed. I rubbed my eyes from the sleepiness that was still very much there, then got up.

I quickly remember Dana, and decided to see if she was in the guest room.

I walked out of the room and down the hall. When I came to the room and slightly opened the door to peek inside, I didn't see Dana anywhere. I figured she must still be on the couch, probably still sleeping.

I wake up two hours before school starts, and I have to be there a little before. I hate waking up early, but it's my job so I have to do it.

I walked downstairs to the living room, but when I approached the couch, Dana was not there. The blanket was on the couch, but she wasn't laying there.

I decided to go check in the kitchen, but when I did, nobody was in there. In fact, all the lights were turned off.

Why is she?

When I opened the front door, I saw that her truck was gone. I guess she left during the night. I shut the door and decided to go make some coffee.

I'm not a big coffee drinker, but it helps me deal with everything during the day. Somehow it helps to not strangle someone when I'm still very much tired and don't even want to be awake at this hour.

It was six, and school doesn't start until eight thirty and ends at three thirty. It's a long, stressful day filled with the same bullshit over again, and that's why coffee helps me most days.

As I was waiting for the coffee to brew, I decided to go take a shower real quick then just lounge around until it was time to get ready. I don't get ready right after I shower, because then I would have so much time afterwards.

After I stripped out of my pajamas and had the shower pretty hot, I got in and bathed off. As I was washing my hair, I couldn't stop thinking about Dana. Of course she is always on my mind even in the most random places. I couldn't help it though because she was always on my mind.

What I wouldn't give to just forget her.

But I don't think I ever could.

Forgetting Dana was something that was very hard to do, and even though I knew it was for the best to do so, I never really could forget her.

After my shower, I walked back downstairs in my towel to grab a cup of coffee. I poured me a cup and leaned against the counter, before taking in the smell of the coffee before slowly sipping it.

After a moment of standing there, I heard someone knock on the door. I stood there and listened as I thought I was imagining it but soon after, I heard it again.

I didn't know who could possibly be knocking on my door at this early in the morning. I walked to it and unlocked it, before slightly opening it and peeking out without showing much of me since I'm still in a towel.

I saw Dana standing there and I couldn't help but be confused. "Dana?" The glow from the sky was giving off enough light to see her face.

"Yeah, um, can I come in?" She asked.

I quickly looked down at me and was about to say something, but since she already saw me naked before, I decided to ignore my thoughts and open the door to let her inside.

Once she was in, I shut the door and she looked me up and down. "I just got out of the shower." I said before she had any time to say anything.

She nodded and I told her that I will be right back as I walked upstairs to my bedroom to get dressed. After I was dressed, I walked back downstairs to find Dana in the kitchen sitting at the table.

I grabbed my coffee cup then sat down across from her. We sat there in silence for a moment until I spoke. "So, when did you leave during the night?" I asked.

She looked at me for a moment. "I don't remember the time."

"Why did you leave?" I took a sip of my coffee as I waiting for her to answer.

She shrugged. "I don't know. I figured that I needed to leave, but changed my mind as I'm here again." I chuckled as I sat my cup down and she spoke. "What's funny?"

"You." I watched as she gave me a confused look. "I mean, us. We're just complicated and what we're going through is just really funny, right?" I questioned.

She stared at me as if I was crazy. "Uh.." She couldn't say anything as she was just staring at me.

I sighed. "Dana, think about it. We have been going back and forth for two weeks ever since we first met. It was constant back and forth between on what we were doing to each other." I watched as she was still not understanding anything, so I had to make more sense. "We started off basically hating each other from the encounter we had. Then, it just started getting weird because there wasn't any real hatred there to begin with."

"I never hated you." She confessed. "I mean, there was something there but I wouldn't call it hate. I claimed to hate you, but I don't really think I ever did. I was just really confused."

I stared at her. "On what?" I wondered.

"You." She said. "I never met anyone like you."

I smiled. "Is that good or bad?"

"In between." She slightly smiled. "You're confusing as shit all the damn time, but for some reason I'm always coming back for more. I can't stay away no matter how crazy you really are."

I slightly laughed as I watched her. "Same to you." I saw her give me a confused look, so I continued. "You're someone that I have never met and even though you're intimidating, I still can't get you out of my head."

"Is that why you always kept me in your office after school or whenever I got into trouble?" She asked while she smiled.

I sighed but smiled. "I guess you can say that." She raised her eyebrow and I couldn't help but smile more. "Ok, fine. Yes, I wanted to be around you, so I kept you with me."

"And that punishment?"

This girl is torturing me.

"Yes. I wanted you to be around me because I felt something but not at the beginning. Of course it was just a punishment because I knew you couldn't stand being near me. I could see it in your eyes, Dana." I watched her for a moment. "I needed to punish you in a way that would make you realize that you shouldn't get into anymore trouble."

She chuckled. "Ok."

"What's funny?" I asked.

She shrugged. "Nothing."

She looked down and I watched as she smiled for some unknown reason. We sat there for a moment until she looked up and I wanted to finally ask her something that I have been wanting to know the answer to for a while.

"Dana, can I ask you something?" She nods and I decided to continue. "Why are you scared of relationships and commitment?" She stares at me for a moment until she shrugs. "There has to be a reason." I stated.

"Why do you want to know?" She asks.

I shrug as I watch her. "I don't know. I'm curious." I say as she continues to stare at me. "I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't want. I understand." I quickly said.

She chuckles as she ran her hand through her hair. I didn't know I was biting my lip understand I felt pain and I quickly stopped as she looked at me. "I guess that's a long story, Julia." She slightly smiles. "Maybe another day?"

I didn't push her any further as I nod. "Yeah," I smiled. "another day."

She smiled and we both sat there in silence as I could hear the faint ticking of the clock that was in the living room. I stared down at my coffee cup and I could feel Dana staring at me without even looking up.

I glanced up at her and smiled. "What are you thinking?" I asked.

"I don't know." She shrugged. "It seems like every time I'm near you, my brain turns to mush and..." She trailed off as she shook her head.

I smiled as I watched her. "I guess I do have that affect on people." I ran my hand through my hair.

"Yeah, um.." She started but soon stopped.

I stared at her. "What?"

"Nothing." She shook her head. I didn't push any further as I was about to say something, but she spoke. "Can I come over tonight?" She blurted out.

I completely froze as I wasn't sure on if she said that in real life, or if I was just imagining it. I stared at her as she was staring back, and I knew that she really did say that.

"What?" I questioned.

I watched as she sighed. "Ok, I didn't mean for it to come out that way. I was just asking because.." She trailed off as she looked somewhere else. "I have no idea."

I chuckled as I watched her and I couldn't help but think how cute she really did look. "Why" I asked. I wasn't sure if she was or not, because this really wasn't like her. She wasn't acting like herself.

"I don't know." She said as she was watching me. She sighed. "I don't know." She shrugged.

I smiled. "Ok.."

She shrugged like it wasn't a big deal, but I think I was panicking for some reason. "I'll see you at school." She stood up and walked out.

As soon as she was gone, I sat there in a state of confusion as I didn't know that was actually going to happen.

-

As the day just kept dragging ass, I was sitting at my desk with nothing to do. Of course I had papers to look through, but I was getting tired of that shit and I needed a break.

I stood up and walked over to the window to look out. I saw a few kids outside as some teachers let them out early before the last bell rings, and I don't mind that at all.

I went back to my desk and sat down. I looked over at all the papers that were scattered everywhere and sometimes I wish I didn't have so much shit to do here. I guess that's what being the principal calls for.

I didn't want to be a principal when I was younger, but I did want to be a teacher. I wanted to teach because I loved it as a little girl and I still love it. I use to play with my brother when we were younger and I would be the teacher and he would be a student.

I had so much fun that I told my parents that I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. They told me that I could be anything I wanted to be as long as I set my mind to it and not give up no matter how hard it gets.

A few weeks after my twentieth birthday party, I got a call about my parents being in a car accident. They never told me what happened, so I never got closure on my parents death.

It was a sudden thing.

It almost killed Andrew to where he almost committed suicide, but thank God one of his friends stopped him from getting any further. I knew it was going to be hard on him, but I never knew he would try to kill himself.

It broke me to pieces to where I couldn't sleep at night. I stopped eating for a few days, and I had nightmares almost everynight, so I stayed awake for most of them.

But, eventually I had to move on and realize that I may never get closure for their death. I moved on and finally lived my life to where I stopped grieving, but I never really did.

As I was sitting there in my own thoughts, I heard a knock on the door. "Come in." I quickly said then placed the papers in a pile.

Dana walked in and I couldn't help but smile as I watched her shut the door then walk over to me. "Hey." She said as she stuffed her hands in her pockets.

"Just trying to get rid of all these papers." I said as I motioned towards the pile in front of me.

She nods as she stepped forward and grabbed the papers from the desk. I watch as she swung her backpack towards her front and placed the papers inside. When she zipped it up and looked at me, she smiled. "I think you can worry about that another time."

"Dana," I chuckled. "I wish I could but that's my job."

She shrugged. "Well, your job is stressing you out."

"It's not." I lied.

She chuckled. "Bullshit." I raised my eyebrow as she smiled. "Take a break for a while. Plus, it's time to leave." She mentioned.

"What?" I questioned. I didn't realize that the last bell had already rung.

She chuckled. "Ok, you definitely need a break, woman." She came around my desk and held her hand out. I stared at her for a moment until I grabbed her hand and she pulled me up.

Her sweet gestures are very questioning at this moment.

After I locked the door and we walked out of the school and into the parking lot, she told me that she would meet me at my house. We said our goodbyes then went our seperate ways.

After I got into my car, I heard my phone start ringing. I looked at the caller ID and saw Diane's name. I was hesitate to answer, but placed it to my ear. "Hello?"

"Hey, is this a bad time?" She asked.

I started the car, but answered. "No, just leaving work."

"Oh ok. I was wondering if we can meet somewhere."

I sat there as I was confused to why she wants to meet. "Why?" I asked.

"I just thought we could sit and talk. I feel like we should at least do that."

I shook my head and sighed. "We don't need to talk, Diane. What is done is done." I wanted to hang up, but I kept the phone to my ear.

"Please?" She begged.

I sighed as I thought for a moment. "I'm busy tonight, maybe another time."

"Is tomorrow ok?" She questioned.

I didn't know what she was wanting to talk about, but my curious self wanted to know.

"Ok, tomorrow after work." I said.

"Great. Meet me at the Cafe." She said once before saying her goodbye then hanging up.

I kept thinking about Diane as I was driving home and I couldn't help but wonder what she wanted to talk about. It's not like her to beg to meet up somewhere, and she's definitely not the kind to want to talk.

So, there has to be something behind that.

I saw Dana's truck as I pulled up in the driveway. I had this stupid smile on my face as I got out and shut the door. I walked over towards Dana as she was waiting for me, and I couldn't help but ask her something.

"So, what happened to your motorcycle?" I asked as I gestured towards the truck.

She looked over at the truck then back at me. "It's in the shop, but I should be getting in back this week."

I nod as I watch her. "And who's truck is that?"

She chuckled. "Nosey much?"

I smile. "I just want to know. I am an adult." I say as I unlock the door.

"Do all adults have to be nosey?" Dana asks as we walk inside the house.

After she shut the door, I laid my keys on the table and walked into the kitchen. "I guess so. You'll understand when you grow up." I joked.

"Oh wow, are you calling me a child?" She leaned against the other side of the counter, facing me as her elbows were in front of her.

I watched her for a moment until I mimicked her position. "I thought you were?" I said as I tilt my head a little and moved my face closer to hers.

"If I am, then that makes you a phedophile, Mrs. Taylor." She teased as I could see a smile on her face.

I shook my head. "What am I going to do with you?"

"I know what you could do to me." She smirked and I felt my heart start beating fast.

I noticed that we were close to each other and I was staring at her eyes as my eyes would traveled to her lips. I really wanted to kiss her, but I wasn't sure if she was wanting the same thing.

Oh fuck it, she does want the same thing.

I leaned a little until my lips touched hers and I felt her lips part as ours pressed harder against each other. I never wanted this moment to end, but Dana pulled back but pulled my lip with her. When I looked at her, she was smiling.

"What do you want to do?" She asked and I was completely thrown off guard.

I stared at her. "I'm not sure." I whispered as I missed her lips against mine.

She chuckled. "We can figure something out." She smiled.

I watched as she came around and gently pushed me against the counter and pressed her lips against mine again. My hands found their way to her hips as her hands cupped my face.

My body was catching fire as I could feel her body up against mine. I wasn't sure if she could hear my heart beat, but it felt as if it was about to explode out of my chest.

We pulled back and stared at each other for a moment until she spoke. "We wouldn't want to get carried away," She smiled. "again."

This little cocky son of a-

I straightened up and stared at her for a moment. "Right," I cleared my throat. "so, what do you want to do?" I asked but soon realized that she had asked the same thing.

She chuckled. "Whatever you want to do."

I smiled. "We could watch a movie?