Son Of A Don (ManxBoy)

6-Is It That Obvious?

I sat here eating lunch in Mr. Vail's classroom every day for the past week. He didn’t mind. In fact he seemed to enjoy my company. He'd usually sit in the classroom all alone waiting for the bell to ring and for his students to file in. Now he had to had me to talk to.

I had "forgotten" to bring my lunch in today again. It was an excuse i used to get to take some of Vail's Chinese food.

Mr. Vail sat in his chair looking up at me as i sat on the desk looking down at him. He leaned against his desk. His face was looking up at me, but his head was right by my thigh. I felt tension growing as i thought about that. I wore black rolled up jeans with combat boots and a blue shirt. Yeah i know, blue was colorful, but Key said blue made me look more vibrant, and for some reason i wanted to look better when i came to school.

"Hey John." I said.

"Yes Mikey?"

"Have you ever watched the movie Dear John?"

He smiled at me. "No, i haven’t. Have you ever watched Mickey mouse?"

"My name is Mikey, not Mickey."

"Ah, yes, but you seem to have his brain capacity."

I glared at him and crossed my arms making him feel as if he actually hurt my feelings, but he caught that i was lying. He could always seem to see through me. "You're an amazing teacher undermining kids like that."

He shrugged at me. "It's what i do best."

"What have you got planned for class today?" I asked.

He shook his head. "It's a surprise."

I rolled my eyes. "You always say that and it's always paperwork."

He clapped his hand in applause. "You've found the pattern."

I shoved him back into his seat and he smiled up at me. "That's assault." He said. "You're lucky i didn’t take that as offensive or i would've used my defenses."

"Yeah, i would love to see an old man fight."

He stood from his seat showing off how much taller he was than me. It made me self conscious. Why had i gotten my mom's genes instead of my dad's, then i could easily compare to the man in front of me.

"I'm twenty seven, not a hundred."

I looked down to his collar. A button had unbuttoned and a part of his chest was showing. I wanted to pull my eyes away, but they wouldn’t move from where they were.

Vail reached over his desk getting some papers. His lips brushed my ear as he did. I shuddered and felt a tingling sensation go through my body, everywhere. His lips seemed to make me feel so weak, yet i wasn’t. He frowned at my reaction and i bit my lip. He then leaned closer to me.

"Are you alright? You seem a bit sick." His eyes were so close to my face. He scanned every bit of it. My cheeks, forehead, lips, chin. It made me want to jump.

"Yeah, just a bit hot."

"There you are!" A voice said.

I jerked me head left, as did Vail, and found that Key was in the doorway of the classroom holding a bag in his hand. He walked over to me and stood next to the desk. Vail moved away. He seemed a bit disappointed. He sat back down at his desk and observed.

"Where have you been Mikey? Why are you here?" he asked me.

Instead of giving me time to answer Vail answered for me. "He's eating lunch with me. He forgot his own."

Key arched his eyebrow. "Forgot? No, Mikey never forgets his lunch. His father always gets it to him." I widened my eyes as Key unknowingly confessed my lying to Mr. Vail. I blushed so hard i could feel my cheeks burning holes. My face was probably crimson red now.

I couldn’t meet Mr. Vail's eyes. He just found out that i had been pretending to have lost my lunch just so i could eat lunch with him. What would he think? Would he think I’m some weird kid who was obsessed with him? Was I?

"Oh, is that so?" Vail said. I looked over to him. He had a frown on his face and seemed to be a bit uncomfortable. Yep. He was definitely freaked out. Gosh I’m such an idiot. I shouldn’t have let my teenage hormones take over me.

"I have to go." I said to Mr. Vail.

I hopped off of the table and found my back pack somewhere on the floor and swung it around my shoulder. I then proceeded to walk out of the classroom. I took slow breaths trying to forget the whole ordeal. Soon Key followed me out with a smile on his face. He closed Mr. Vail's door and gave me this look.

I glared at him. "What?" I asked.

He play punched me. "Don't you what me you player." He said.

I froze. "What are you talking about?"

"You totally have the hots for Mr. Vail!" He said silently.

"No, i do not." I said harshly. "I just like his Chinese food."

"You really want his noodle don't you?"

I looked at him with a horrified expression. "No. Even if i did, he's a teacher this could never work out. Not to mention he'd straighter than a stripper pole, and I’m not even gay."

Key gave me a sympathetic smile. "Maybe he likes to suck off boys sometimes, and you're not very straight yourself."

"Just because i don’t make out with girls doesn’t mean i like men."

He shook off the subject. We stood there for a while in silence. "Do you really date Traci then?"

I sucked my teeth. "It's some rumor. Did you just hear it today?"

He nodded. "Right when i was in the boy's bathroom. I got to say, it was kind of disturbing."

I wiped my hands with my face and found that i was getting a bit tired. I wouldn’t be very awake for the next class i had with Mr. Vail. It didn’t matter. I didn’t even want to think about the series of pink shades i was going to turn replaying this memory in my head.

"I think i need a cig." I said.

"No. You said you would quit."

"When did i say that?"

"Well, you didn’t, but you need to. Do it for the sexy teacher who you could have in your arms."

I raised my eyebrows at him. "You're an idiot."

"Are you feeling better?" I looked up at him and gave him a slow nod admitting defeat. "Then I’m doing my job as a friend." That was the first time i actually smiled at him with admiration. Never thought I’d be smiling because he was being such an idiot.

The bell rung shortly after. Key patted me on the back. "Come on, let's go and face this class together."

"I'm the one who's going to be embarrassed."

He shrugged. "I'm trying to ease of your stress."

"Then shoot me in the head."

"Mikey, you know i hate it when you say things like that." He said. "Now come on!"

 I took a deep breath. He wrapped his arm around me as we walked into the classroom together.