Chapter 1

I whined to myself as my blaring alarm clock wakes me out of my deep sleep. I slammed my hand down on the snooze button to silence the static music. I finally forced myself out of bed and make my way over to my closet. I brushed my hair as I looked through my clothes. It’s my last year of high school. Thank god. I found a pair of jean shorts and a plain black top. I matched it to black sandals. I got dressed and made my way to the bathroom to brush my teeth and apply some make-up. Might as well put it an effort to look somewhat decent this year.

I ran downstairs grabbing my purse and my keys. My parents bought me a white Jetta over the summer as an early birthday present. They were getting sick of driving me around and I had my license for almost a year now. I hurried over to my best friend, Tori’s house. I honked loudly just to piss her off. She came running out of her house and hopped into the passengers seat. “Please, can we get Starbucks?”

“We’ll be late.”

“Since when do you care? Please” she whined. I laughed. She was right. I never cared if I was late, so why start now? I pulled into the Starbucks parking lot. I ordered my iced latte and walked over to get a straw. I was looking down at my phone when I bumped into someone.

“Crap” the deep, unknown voice said. I was a little afraid of looking up at his face as I saw his coffee now all over his white shirt. He was wearing black mesh shorts, Nike sneakers. I finally had the courage to look up and meet beautiful piercing blue eyes and blonde hair that was poking out from under his hat.

“I am so sorry.” “It’s okay. I have a spare shirt in my car.” “At least let me buy you another coffee. I feel like such an idiot.” “Don’t worry about it.” He smiled and turned my cup around. “Kellie.” He turned around and walked out to his car. Not caring if anyone saw, he took his shirt off. He’s even more perfect under that white tee. From where I was standing it looked like he had an eight-pack. A perfect v-line, toned biceps, tanned skin. He resembled a god. I saw him look over at me and quickly diverted my attention to putting my straw in my cup.

“Jesus Kellie do you see that?” Tori startled me and I almost dropped my latte. Today was not my day.

“He’s not that hot.”

“Someone needs new contacts” she joked. I shoved her and drove us to school. The bell already rang by the time I made it to my homeroom.

“You’re late Miss Chambers.” “I’m sorry Mr. Jones. It won’t happen again” I said but everyone knew I was lying. “Detention, Friday.” Ugh. I stomped my feet like a child and found a desk at the back on the classroom. A few announcements were made over the loud speaker. I only cared for one and that was soccer try-outs. I was captain this year and needed to have the best team possible if we wanted to make it to states this year. The bell finally rang.

I barely made if through the day without falling asleep. These classes were so boring and the teachers were even worse. I say they change the retirement age to forty. I was waiting at Tori’s locker for her so we could go to lunch. She slowly strolls over hand in hand with her boyfriend, Zayn. They were a cute couple, almost too cute. She gave him a kiss before walking with me out to the parking lot.

“I have detention Friday” I admitted. She giggled and said that she does too. Apparently her and Zayn were caught making out on the quad.

“I think it’s time for you to start dating again. You need to get over Louis.”

I scoffed. “I am over him. I just don’t want to date anyone.” I stayed silent the rest of the drive. I hate anytime she brought up Louis. We dated since freshman year and over the summer he decided I wasn’t good enough for him anymore. He started dating one of the cheerleaders. Eventually he would get bored of her too.

I pulled into the diner where we were getting lunch. “Look it’s the guy you spilled coffee all over this morning.” My face turned red when I noticed him sitting in a booth two away from us.

“Don’t remind me.”

“Well he’s coming over so…” She got up and made her way over to the bathroom.

“Hey Kellie, right?” He didn’t even ask he just took a seat.

“Yup” I said looking down at the menu trying to avoid eye contact. I got the same thing every time so there was no need to even look at it. I just kept my eyes focused on the desserts reading them over and over hoping he would just get up and leave. I never felt so awkward. He was beautiful and way out of my league.

“My name’s Niall. I just moved here.”

“Well welcome to the neighborhood” I smiled finally looking up from the menu.

“Maybe you’ll show me around?” he proposed.

“I don’t go out with strangers.”

“I believe you still owe me a coffee.” And with that he got up and went back to his booth. I cradled my face in my hands as the waitress brought us over our food. Seeing the coast was clear Tori came back to the table. I kicked her underneath it.

“What the hell was that for?” she groaned.

“You know what that was for.” She just smiled and went on eating her lunch. After we finished eating I sped back to class. I really didn’t want to get two dentitions on the first day. I only had three periods before the end of the day. The last class I had was gym than soccer practice. I was happy I didn’t have to change back into my school clothes after gym. I always hated that.

It was practically impossible to get across the school in such a short period of time. I had to go from the third floor on one side of the building to the first on the other side. I was running and ran straight into a hard body. I fell back and almost lost my balance. Hands gripped my arm tight so I wouldn’t fall. “We really need to stop running into each other like this” a familiar voice says.

“I’m sorry Niall.” What was he doing here? Maybe he was a new student. Thank god, this school could use some better-looking boys.

“It’s Mr. Horan” he said sternly. Mr. What?! I yelled to myself. He was a teacher?! He barely looked over nineteen.

“Teacher huh?” I raised my eyebrows. I always fantasized doing it with a teacher. Being bent over a desk as he drills into me hard, spanking me a ruler. I ran my finger down his torso while licking my lips. I knew I was getting to him. He adjusted his shirt and brushed past me. I turned my head to watch him as he walked off. The bell rang and I was late once again. Luckily my teacher was my soccer coach and she would most likely understand.

“Kellie, welcome” Coach Martin said. “Clearly you’re not in as good of shape if you can’t hustle to make it on time.” “I’m sorry. It’s just history is 301.” “No excuses.” I nodded and sat down next to Tori.

“Okay kids.” I hated when she addressed us like that because I was almost eighteen. “We have a new teacher this year since Coach Daniels retired. I’d like everyone to meet Mr. Horan.” My stomach flipped when he walked over towards us. Tori nudged my side and slapped her hand away. “He’ll be assisting me with this class since it’s quite large.” No. No. No. I thought to myself. He smirked at me as everyone got up and headed out to the field.

Since it was the first day we didn’t do much. We ran a few laps around the field before Coach Martin gathered everyone around to pick teams for kickball. “Now Mr. Horan will captain of one team and I’ll be the captain of the other. Mr. Horan your pick first.” He didn’t know names so he just pointed at a random boy to join his team. “I’ll take Kellie.” I jogged and stood over by her side. Nick, the kid Niall, excuse me, Mr. Horan picked chose the next person for his team. I chose Tori and this continued until everyone was on a team.

Mr. Horan was the pitcher for his team. Tori was up first and she made it to first base. By the time it was my turn, bases were loaded and there were two outs. He smiled at me before gently rolling the ball my way. I guess by my appearance he probably thought I was one of the girls who were afraid of breaking a nail. I kicked the ball with as much force as I could and it flew over everyone’s heads. After rounding third base I leisurely strolled until I reached home plate. Everyone cheered for me.

We only had enough time to play one more inning. I was the pitcher for our team. They only scored one run. Mr. Horan was up next. I rolled the ball towards him just as gently as he did for me. He kicked it and it flew over my head. He made it to second base. Last up was Nikki, Louis’ new girlfriend. She hated me and I hated her even more. I rolled the ball to her and she kicked the ball straight into my face. It was like she was doing it on purpose. My reaction time wasn’t too good and I fell to the ground, moaning out in pain. Couch Martin and Niall were quick to my side. I felt the burning sensation in my face. There was definitely a mark from where the ridges on the ball made contact with my cheek.

“Bring her to the nurses office please” Coach Martin told Niall. He lifted me up with ease and guided me back to the building.

“I’ll be fine. You can let go of me now.” He released his grip and my arm fell to my side.

“That doesn’t look too good.” He examined my face, running his hand over the red mark.

“I’ve had worse.” We reached the nurses office but she must have left early.  He went to the freezer and grabbed a bag of ice. I sat on the table. Niall stood between my legs and held it to my cheek. His touch was so soft. Part of me just wanted to throw him down on the desk and take him right here and now. But he was my teacher and I couldn’t allow that to happen.

“Such an ugly mark on such a beautiful face.” I blushed and looked away.

“So you think I’m beautiful?” I tried my best to flirt with him.

“You know that you are.” He lowered the bag of ice from my face and rested his hand on my thigh. His touch was electric. My hands wondered over his shirt before running my fingers over the waistband of his shorts. I could see him hardening through the mesh material. He grabbed my wrist and removed my hand.

“You’re my student Kellie. This can’t happen.” He shook his head and backed away. I pulled him back towards me.

“But I’m hurt.” I pouted my lip and put on this whole helpless act. He rubbed his thumb over my cheek and I quietly moaned.

“You’ll be fine.” “But will you?” I asked looking down at the bulge in his shorts. He chuckled and adjusted himself so it was no longer evident. I hopped off the table and rubbed my hand over his shorts before leaving the nurses office. “Have a good day Mr. Horan” I winked and swayed my hips as I walked out of the office.