Shit! I looked down at my rolled skirt and my high heels. My dad really was going to murder me.

“God, I said I wanted to suck Uncle James’ penis,” Sophie whispered at me. “Gross. Vom.” She was literally choking on air as she tried not to throw up at the thought. “I said he could do unspeakable things to me.” She coughed. “Right on that desk. Or against the chalkboard. I’m so gross. I’m going to be sick.”

“Sophie, are you alright?” My dad asked as he walked over to us. He tried to put his hand on her back but she moved away from him. “I’m fine. I didn’t say anything weird at all. If you heard anything I was just kidding.” Sophie put her hand over her mouth, probably more scared of word vomit than real vomit.

He just stared at her.

Sophie collapsed into the closest desk and gagged again.

My dad turned back to me. “Is she okay?”

“She’s fine.” She just accidentally talked about having sex with you. And so many other things involving something she shouldn’t have ever been talking about. God, I was going to throw up too. “But I should probably sit down with her to make sure…”

“Not so fast.” He grabbed my elbow so I couldn’t retreat. “What are you wearing?”

“My uniform.”

His eyebrows lowered. “This wasn’t how you looked this morning.”

“What are you even doing here?”

“Besides catching you in a lie? I’m your new teacher.” He pointed to his name on the board.

Mr. Hunter was scrawled along the board. I laughed. “No you’re not.”

“Yes, I am. This was my surprise.”

I just stared at him.

“This morning…I told you and Liam I had a surprise for you guys. This is it. I’m the new computer science teacher.”

“Whh…why?”

“I could ask you the same thing. Why is your skirt rolled up? Why are you wearing heels? And who the hell’s jacket is that?”

“It’s Axel’s.” I hadn’t been able to take it off. Even though I was confused…I wasn’t confused about how good Axel’s jacket smelled. Or about the fact that I felt amazing wearing it. And this jacket was my way out. I pulled it around me, trying to hide my rolled-up skirt. But my dad still looked like he wanted to kill me.

“Axel Stevens?”

“Of course Axel Stevens. What other Axel’s do we know?”

Axel and Jacob walked in right at that moment. Axel took one look at the board and then back at my dad. He laughed. “Hey, Uncle James. So you’re the new teacher everyone’s talking about?” He looked over at Sophie who was still gagging at her desk.