Colleagues to lovers

Chapter 15

It is now Friday morning. Sarah has the day off and is sleeping in. When she wakes up quietly, her husband is beside her. 

"Good morning beautiful. Slept well?", her husband asks. "Yeah. Actually, no. I have something on my mind that I can only discuss with one person," Sarah said. "Then you should go do that anyway," says her husband. "She's a colleague of mine," Sarah said. "So?", her husband asks. "Then I have to go to school on my day off," Sarah said. "Just go, if it makes you feel better you better go right? I want you to be happy honey. So if you have to go then you have to go," her husband said. "You're right. I'm going to get ready and then I'll go to school this afternoon. Is that okay?", Sarah asks. "Sure. Then you can take it easy now," her husband said. "Right. But I still have things to check on so I'll go ahead and do that," Sarah said. "Nice morning that will be," says her husband. "Quiet you! You work from home so often and I almost never. So you shouldn't whine so much," Sarah said. "I actually have to do something for work too," her husband replies. "Mean," Sarah said. "Quickly out of bed you. You still have things to do," her husband said. "Okay I'm already going," Sarah said. 

Sarah gets out of bed and gets ready. She checks some more exams and when her husband goes to get groceries, she calls Lyanna. She is quite nervous about calling her, but she does it anyway. Because otherwise she's going to regret it. She looks at the clock first. It's break time in five minutes for Lyanna. Should she call now or should she wait a while? Then suddenly her phone rings. It's Lyanna. Why should she call her. Sarah thought it was a very strange situation. But even so, she answers.

"Hey Lyanna, why are you calling me?", Sarah asks. "I had a feeling you would call me otherwise and I want to get something off my chest first," Lyanna said. "Well I was honestly already sitting with my phone in my hand trying to call you, but just tell me what you want to tell me," Sarah said. "Can you come to school for a moment. I want to talk to you and over the phone talking is so unpleasant," Lyanna said. "I was actually planning to come, but I like that you want to, too. So I'll come to school in a minute. What time will you be ready?", Sarah asks. "Officially I have to until 3:30, but my last class will probably be cancelled, so I'll be done at 2:30," Lyanna said. "Then I'll be there at 2:30. See you then," Sarah said. "See you then," Lyanna said.                                                                       

It is currently one o'clock. So she has to wait a while before she has to leave. But then suddenly she doesn't know what to do with that time. She stares ahead a bit and responds to a few emails, but then she just goes to school. She gets in the car but hesitates for a moment before leaving. Is this right? What if their relationship only gets worse? But she gambles that it will be okay and that it will be a normal and calm conversation. When she arrives at school it is a quarter to two. Everything spins through her head once more. She walks in and chats with some colleagues sitting in the teachers' lounge. Sarah chats with Avery and Leah some more. They thought it was a little strange that Sarah was at school at that time, since she was actually free. But they didn't mind very much, because they always enjoy talking to Sarah. They talked about the lessons taught by Avery and Leah, and for the most part Sarah listened and sometimes said something. Avery immediately notices that Sarah is quieter than usual and she finds that very strange, Leah also finds it odd, but doesn't find it very surprising. Sarah sat for a moment not thinking about Lyanna. And she actually really liked that. She finds it very stressful to think about the situation all the time. But she knows that her friends are always willing to cheer her up, even if Leah and Avery don't even know it. So they enjoyed the time with the three of them for a while. After a while, Leah had to teach another lesson. She left and three minutes later she was back.

"The students had already gone home. Apparently almost all the teachers have already left," Leah said. "Strange, I think the students weren't allowed to leave until 2:30," Avery said. "So I thought that too, but apparently more than half the teachers left after the break," Leah said. "Then you're free Leah. Enjoy your vacation," Sarah said. "Speaking of vacation, why are you here? You're on vacation," Avery said. "Lyanna asked me if I could come to school for a little while longer, why I don't know. But we did have a talk last Wednesday. That wasn't really anything really bad, so I don't know what she wants to talk about now," Sarah said. "What time were you going to meet with her?", Leah asks. "About 2:30," Sarah said. "That's in four minutes," Avery said. "Oh yes, I have to go now then," Sarah said. "Good luck, tomorrow I want to know everything," Leah said. "Me too Sarah, so tomorrow afternoon at my house at two o'clock", Avery said. "Will be fine, I will be there", Sarah said. 

Sarah walks out of the teachers' lounge and walks to the main entrance of the school. When Sarah looks to her left, she sees someone she also saw in Lyanna's dream. What was strange this time is that Sarah felt like she has seen this situation before. She doesn't know how, because it has never happened before. But she saw Hailey and a couple of her friends. Hailey looked at Sarah strangely and vice versa. And behind her walked Lyanna. Lyanna waved at her. She walked up to her and they hugged each other. Sarah looked again at Hailey who went downstairs and then she went to walk with Lyanna.