I Loved You Before I Met You (New Version)

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    It's Friday morning and I wake up to my alarm going off. After shutting it off, I realize I'm alone in bed. I stretch and remember Lauren had to go in early for a faculty meeting. As I'm heading into the bathroom to shower, my phone goes off with a text message. I check and it's from Lauren 'Good morning baby! ;) Hope you didn't oversleep like I did. Hopefully I can see you at lunch but if not I will see you at home this afternoon. I love you! ;)' I couldn't help but smile while reading her text message and I felt butterflies in my stomach just by her saying she loves me. I was honestly scared she would regret last night and say it was a mistake.

   Turning the shower on and letting the water heat up I text Lauren back 'Good morning beautiful! Yes, I'm up and missed you this morning. Sorry you overslept and I'm definitely coming to see you at lunch. I'm getting in the shower so see ya at school and I love you too baby!' Oh, this woman makes me feel some kind of way. I love her so much it feels like I'm going to explode. I want the world to know how much I love her but I know that is not possible given our situation.

   After I get ready, I make both of us a sandwich with chips for lunch. I feel like I am floating on clouds this morning. After the night I had with Lauren I can't help but smile today. I have never felt so much happiness and joy as I do now. It's all thanks to her and knowing that she feels the same way about me as I do her. I do believe I have a permanent smile on my face.

   When I get to school I head straight to Lauren's office. I know it hasn't been that long since I saw her but I miss her already. Ok, maybe I'm hoping to sneak a kiss in before class too. I walk into the front office and I'm greeted by Mrs. Scott "Lauren is on an important phone call at the moment." I nod and leave the office heading to my locker instead but still have a smile on my face.

   Lila's locker is beside mine and I see her opening hers when I get there. She glances at me and gives me a weird look. "What's wrong with you Kyler?" she asks.

   "What do you mean?" I ask because I'm confused.

   She shuts her locker and turns to me "you were grinning all the way down the hallway and you still got a grin on your face. You seem extremely happy. So what happened to make you this happy and... glowy?"

   I shrug "I'm just in a good mood, it's a great day. Now let's get to our classes so we're not late." Lila just looks at me weirdly, trying to figure out what is going on with me. Nothing will affect my good mood today.

   My first and second period classes were not that bad. I didn't pay much attention because all I could do was replay last night over and over in my mind. I swear I have every inch of Laurens body memorized. I'm ready for the weekend because I get to spend all weekend with her. Well hopefully I do if she doesn't have plans already. I could make love to her all weekend or just lay in bed and cuddle. I want to go to sleep and wake up every day for the rest of my life with her in my arms.

   Since it's lunch time so I head to the front office. I know Lauren will be hungry and I want to get to her office before she might decide to go to the cafeteria for something. I could have text her this morning and told her I was bringing lunch but I wanted to surprise her.

   I walk in the front office and Mrs. Scott is not at her desk so I just walk on through to Lauren's office. I stop outside her door and hear her talking then I hear the phone being hung up. Well at least I know she's in there. I decide not to knock because this is suppose to be a surprise. I grab the door knob turning it and while opening the door I say "hey, I brought us lunch...." I stop talking as my eyes go wide and I freeze in place realizing Lauren is not alone.
An older man in a business suit is sitting across from Lauren and is currently staring at me. Lauren's mouth is open in shock and she darts her eyes between me and the older man in front of her.

   "K-Kyler, can I help you with something?" Lauren manages to get out.

   "Um, I-I thought my... um, Lila was in here. She was supposed to come talk to you and I was meeting her here." I say kind of quietly.

   Before I have a chance to say anything else the older man asks "Your Kyler, as in Kyler Adams?"

   "Yes sir, I am." I answer while wondering who this man is.

   "I'm Superintendent Jones; I think you should come in and have a seat. We need to discuss a situation between you and Ms. James." I swallow and make my way to the other chair in front of Lauren's desk. Ok there goes my extremely happy mood. Lauren's face pales after he calls her Ms. James, which means he knows about her divorce. Does he know I'm living with Lauren? Is that what he meant by the situation between us? I have got to get myself but more importantly Lauren out of this apparent mess. Based on the look on her face, our relationship may be over before it even really starts.

   As I'm sitting down, I text Lila 'come to Principle Adams office in 10 minutes, no questions, don't knock, just open the door and pretend to be my girlfriend, please!'  I look into Lauren's eyes and I hope she will understand what I am going to do. Or more importantly I hope she doesn't actually believe Lila is my girlfriend.

   Superintendent Jones clears his throat "okay, I think it's time to get down to business as to why I am here." He continues "first of all, I know about your divorce Ms. James but that's not the reason for my visit. It was brought to my attention by a concerned parent, about a possible sexual relationship between you, Ms. James and Kyler Adams. It was also speculated that Kyler is living with you."

   Lauren nearly chokes on the water she had just taken a sip of and I drop the lunch I had brought us. As I'm reaching to pick up the lunch, I'm racking my brain for a way to get us out of this. I know if I don't do something Lauren can get into big trouble and lose her job. Plus she will regret ever getting involved with me, if she doesn't already. Hopefully the love we have for each other is enough for her to see we can still make this work. If she is willing to give us a chance because I know I am.

   I glance at Lauren and see her eyes starting to gloss over. I shake my head slightly at her and look into her eyes hoping she will understand everything will be okay. I turn my attention to the superintendent. "Mr. Jones, I'm guessing the supposed concerned parent was Mike. As in Mike Adams, my... so called father."

   Mr. Jones looks at me, "Ms. Adams, I will not discuss with you who the concerned parent was. I need to know if these allegations are true."

   I look at Lauren and see a tear roll down her cheek. I want to rush to her and wipe it away and wrap her in a loving hug but I can't. She swallows hard trying to fight back any more tears. I open my mouth but Lauren cuts me off "Kyler, let's just tell the truth and get this over with. Mr. Jones, I will go ahead and type up my resignation."