And You Are?

Aubrey's POV

“Aubrey?” Xander called out but his eyes were fixated on Mr. Knight's hands which were still on me, I coughed slightly before politely taking my hands away from him.

“Hello, you must be the new professor making waves around the school,” he said to Mr. Knight who had his brows corked at who had just interrupted us.

“And you are?”

“This is Xander, my boyfriend,” I said, finding my voice. 

“Well I believe all the girls here have fallen to your charm excluding my girlfriend,” he joked before taking my hands in his.

“What are you doing here?” I whispered. 

“We were waiting for quite a while, Alexis did say I might find you here,” he said smiling at me as he pulled me away from Mr. Knight and closer to him. 

“You could say I missed you above all” he whispered caring less that we stood in front of a processor, without a care in the world…he leaned in and kissed me deeply 

The mood in the room became tense as our emotions danced for dominance.

I could feel Mr. Knight's eyes burning into us, but for once I didn't care. Xander might be doing this because of his jealous nature but then I loved that Mr. Knight watched the scene unfold in front of him. 

My eyes traced downwards to see his fists clenched tightly at his sides. His eyes were filled with surges of anger but he couldn’t lose that temper of his. 

I wanted him to feel the undeniable hurt and betrayal I had felt, watching a woman…my sister in the arms of the man I told her I loved. 

Xander's kiss was quite unnecessary as it was definitely to make it clear to him that I belonged to him and I didn’t mind the claim of ownership. 

“We’d get going,” I said to Mr. Knight with a pleased smile on my face as I could see the atom of jealousy on his face and this was exactly what I had wanted all along. We eventually left his office as the tension between both of them grew making me uncomfortable. 

I spent the day doing the best I could to avoid Mr. Knight. My heart just wasn’t ready for the shock and surprise.

During lunch break, I was forced and left with no choice but to spend lunch with both Alexis and Xander alongside our other friends, I wasn’t going to tell them that I was avoiding Mr. Knight because the person who had shattered my heart to a million pieces was my new professor.

“Kylie and Roman are approaching” Alexis whispered and before I could think of a defensive mechanism, I sighted Kylie strutting over with hanging off Ramon’s arm.

I heard her dreadful whisper, “'Hey, Audrey ” she purred.

“Nice to see you again” 

The pleasure was all hers because there was something nice about seeing both Kylie and Roman together.

“I must say, you've been looking a bit... different lately. Has something changed?” She asked as looked at me up and down, her eyes filled with malice. 

“Kylie…” I stopped Alexis like always, ignoring them was always better than trying to shoo them off. 

Despite the strong face I had put on, my heart pounded in her chest, and I could feel my face growing hot.  

“If I didn’t know any better I’d say you are ignoring me right but I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t” Roman dared and as I looked up at him, he pushed Xander away and sat down beside me, "Hey, baby! You're looking more beautiful today”

I tried looking away but he held my face, “Come on, sweetheart, don't be shy. I'm just complimenting you and we all know that indeed you look great."  

At this point, Xander, my supposed boyfriend, finally spoke sounding as scared as I was, "Back off, Ramon. We just want to eat our lunch in peace ” 

Ramon responded with a mocking laugh and said, "Oh, I think she might be interested. She seems like the kind of girl who likes a bad boy and not some wimp that has no idea of how to take care of a woman."

From the moment I had rejected Ramon's advances, the only thing he knew was the best ways to bully me.

“Bring her with me, I’m sick and tired of doing this almost every day” he commanded and his boys immediately grabbed me.

“What do you mean!” I argued, fighting against their tight hold.

“Xander!” I yelled out as I knew I couldn’t fight against Ramon's boys, but they were bigger and stronger than her and if I was being truthful I knew that they were far much bigger than Xander too.

Seeing he wasn’t going to make a move to try, I felt helpless as they dragged me toward the door. 

Suddenly, I heard a voice yelling from down the hall. "Let her go!" I turned and saw Mr. Knight walking toward us, his face set in a determined scowl. 

The boys looked at each other, then at Ramon before releasing me. and I stumbled towards him, who caught me in his arms.

"Are you okay?" he asks, his eyes full of concern.

I was already trembling with relief.

He stared at me waiting for my reply to which I smiled softly while still trying to calm my nerves down. With my eyes still wide with fear and gratitude, I whispered “Thank you," my voice shaking. 

He gave me a reassuring smile that made my body calm down and turning to Ramon he said, "Young man you went out of line. Go back to your class and see me once you are done with your classes." Ramon glared at both of us, but then turned and stalked off, grumbling under his breath. 

My heart was still pounding, and I couldn't help but think that Mr. Knight was just doing this to impress me, and as much as he had saved me…that still didn’t make me feel any better.

I quickly rushed over to meet Xander and he immaculately wrapped me in his hands. My eyes met Mr. Knight's and I could see the hurt in them and for some reason, I liked it.  

“I’ll just go thank him'' cowardly Xander left me and walked over to meet with Mr. Knight before saying inaudible words probably thanks to which I could see him get pissed.

I stormed over and grabbed Xander's hands, pulling him out of the cafeteria. 

“We need a break from each other as Ramon said it, I don’t need a whim as a boyfriend” I yelled at him before adding a lot of words with tears dropping down.

He tried to apologize, but I wasn’t ready to hear it. "You were there but did not attempt or help me. Who knows what they would have done if….," I said before my voice broke.  

"I need space”, Xander held the floor's gaze looking ashamed. "I'm so sorry," he apologized, unable to meet my eyes before I heard him break down too. 

“I promise I'll never let you down again,” he said before bursting into tears. I let him cry for a while before finally leaving him unable to face him. 

Mr. Knight had a way of bringing confusion to my life, I mean everything was fine as of yesterday.

My phone rang out cutting me away from my thoughts, My eyes lay fixated on my phone as I let it ring out loud again. I stared at it until it went off, the blank screen taunting me with its silence. 

I knew I couldn't ignore this forever. Sooner than I thought I would have to choose between Xander and Mr. Knight.

 But what if I chose wrong? Mr. Knight wanted me all of a sudden and I knew that I still cared but Xander was there when he wasn’t. 

He had given me that shoulder to lean on. I was still scared as my thoughts flew to so many scenarios.  

My mind was spinning with questions, and I felt completely overwhelmed. I dropped my phone on the bed and buried my face in my hands, trying to shut out the chaos.