Chapter-1

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Rose

"I guess we should get going. What if someone sees us? I don't wanna get caught!" I say apprehensively, sitting on Jackson's lap, under a secluded tree which is in our school courtyard.

"Oh Rosie, is this your first time bunking a class?" He asks me while shifting me slightly in his lap. I turn around to straddle him and place my hands on his shoulders.

"Well, yeah. What if daddy finds out? He's going to be so upset." I say, gasping. Jack shakes his head with a smile and pulls me closer by my waist to kiss my forehead.

"You aren't smuggling drugs to school, Rosie. You're just bunking, calm down. I'm there for you." He says, laughing.

"But-" he interrupts me by kissing my lips gently, his hands sneak around my waist and pulls me flush against his chest. I pull away panting softly for breath. He looks at me with a sly smirk.

"Not that guilty about bunking now, are we?" He asks. I can feel the heat in my face, creeping up its way to my neck. I place my head on his shoulder shyly. He breaks into a fit of laughter before taking me into a tight bear hug.

"My Rosie." He whispers to himself after kissing my head.


"Ms Harper, Ben just pulled my pigtail." Betty, one of my students, says with a pout. I chuckle at her cuteness and make my way towards Ben whilst holding Betty's hand.

"Ben? I heard that you pulled this pretty girl's pigtail. Is that true now?" I ask mockingly. Ben looks at me through his lashes and then looks down, shaking his head. I internally coo at his cuteness. This was one of the reasons why I wanted to be an elementary school teacher. No matter how horrible my day is, once I'm around these kids, they naturally make me forget about my problems. They seem to have this power and innocence which does wonders to your stress. I crouch down to his height and place my finger under his chin, to get a better look at the little liar's face.

"Ben, don't you know it's bad to lie?" I ask him whilst rubbing Betty's back who is looking at him with a cute frown. Ben slowly nods his head and looks at me.

"Sorry, Ms Harper." He says lowly.

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to, Ben." He looks at Betty and then looks down.

"Sorry, Betty." He mumbles. Betty's face lights up like a bulb as soon as she gets an apology.

"It's okay Ben." She giggles, scooting closer to him which makes him blush. Oh my God, I'm gonna die from diabetes if I stay here any longer with these sweet children. I get up from my crouched down position and head towards my table, stacking up the papers that have to be graded.

"Alright kids, have you all packed your things? Your parents will be here any minute." I ask my second grade munchkins.

"Yes Ms Harper." They all say in unison, which brings a smile to my face. Gosh, children are so innocent and pure, it aches my heart since I don't have one of my own. It's not that I don't want to, it's just that, I still haven't found 'the one'.........not after Jack.

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I'm sitting on the floor whilst drinking my coffee and grading the papers I have stacked up on the coffee table, which are due tomorrow. It's past 11 PM and my eyelids are growing heavier with every second. I don't normally stay up this late, but today I had a butt load of errands to run because of which I reached home late. My phone goes off and I answer it without looking.

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