Chapter One:

"I finished grading the quizzes you all took the other day," He began to pass back our quizzes and all I could think to do was just stare at him. Which is also what ninety-eight percent of the other girls in my English class are doing at the moment. Usually, I don't get jealous when I find out that another girl has a crush on him. I know for a fact that he isn't thinking of any of them in the same way he thinks of me. He has proven that to me time and time again. Sometimes it's funny to listen to them talk about how they think he is flirting back to them.

He handed me back my quiz with a post-it note attached to it- Ms.Montgomery,canyoupleasestayafterclass?Iwouldliketotalktoyouaboutyourgrade.As soon as I finished reading this, the bell rang signaling the end of the period. My three best friends walked towards me and I told them I would see them at lunch because I had to talk to Mr. Fitz.

"What do you need to discuss with me about my grade, Mr. Fitz?" I playfully asked in my most innocent-sounding voice. I walked over to a chair beside his desk and put my purse and jacket down on it.

"Well Ms. Montgomery, I just wanted to tell you that you are doing very, very well in my class." He walked over to the door and closed the blind to make sure no one could see into the room. Ezra then walked back over to me and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me in towards him.

"I'm glad to hear that." I said as I ran one of my hands through his hair and my other hand remained still on his chest. He leaned down and kissed me lightly on the lips. I had a free period right now and usually I spent them in Ezra's classroom because it was also conveniently his lunch break. Ezra pulled away from the kiss and looked at me lovingly.

"Are you still coming over tonight?" he already knew the answer, so I decided to play around with him a little bit. "I'm actually not sure if I can," I began. Ezra looked a little surprised and I continued. "I already made plans to go over to my good-looking math teacher's apartment, sorry." I looked up at him with pretend guilt. I stepped out of his embrace and walked over to my bag to make it look like I was about to leave. Once I picked up my things and started to slowly walk towards the door, I felt two strong hands on my waist which stopped me from continuing forward.

"I'm not so sure I want to be sharing you with anyone else," he whispered playfully in my ear. We stood where we were with his hands still by my sides. "Well then, I hope you have a plan to show me that I don't need to be shared by anyone else," I replied teasingly. He turned me around and now I was facing him. "I think I know where to start with my wonderful means on persuasion." He said with a playful glint in his eye. Ezra took my hands and walked over to his desk. He picked me up and set me down on top of it.

"And where would that be?" I asked mischievously. He laughed and leaned down to begin peppering kisses along my neck, he would suck on spots that he knew were sensitive. I begin to giggle quietly because he knew exactly where I was ticklish. After pulling away from my neck, Ezra looked deeply into my eyes. The sudden sincerity in his gaze took me by surprise since we were playing around just seconds ago. He then hooked one arm around my waist and put one hand on the back of my neck and leaned in to kiss me passionately. I responded immediately but pulling him closer by his thick curls.

After deeply kissing like that for almost fifteen minutes we both pulled away, with flushed cheeks and swollen lips.

"You are very good at persuading others, Mr. Fitz," I said breathlessly. I looked at the clock, time always went by too quick whenever we were together and I realized I was late for lunch. His eyes followed mine to the clock.

"Ms. Montgomery, you should get going so you're friends don't start looking for you." Although he said those words he pulled me back in to him and kissed me sweetly for a few more minutes.

"I really should get going," I said sadly. I walked back towards the chair where my things were and begin to pick them up. He walked right behind me with his arms around me. Before I reached for the door, I turned around to face him.

"What time should I come over, later?" I asked excitedly. "Oh so you don't have to go to your 'good-looking math teacher's apartment', after all?" He questioned playfully.

"I told you already, you are very good with persuasion when you want to be," He laughed and then continued. "Do you want to just come by after school? I just have to make a stack of papers to bring home, so if you get there before me you can just use your key."

"Good thinking, Mr. Fitz. No wonder you're such a great teacher." I joked. "Well thank you, Ms. Montgomery. That means a lot coming from you since you are my best student, and not just because you are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." He said meaningfully. "You're not too bad yourself, Fitz, But I really do need to go now. I'll see you tonight. Love you," I said and kissed him one last time.

"I love you, too" he replied when we pulled away. I walked out of the room with the biggest smile on my face. I walked over to where my friends were sitting in the cafeteria and sat down with them.

"Where have you been? Lunch is almost over," Hanna complained. "Oh, I just had to go over some extra-credit work with Mr. Fitz," I answered back.

Thathugesmilestayedonmyfacefortherestoftheday.