Previous chapter "Busy day?" Jared asks calmly as Jensen throws himself down on the barstool next to him. He grins as Jensen rolls his eyes at him and takes a swig of Jared's beer. "Exams," Jensen mutters. "Jesus fucking Christ, I think my 9th grade class slept throughout the first term. All of them! I don't think a single one got above about 60 percent." Jared chuckles and signals the bartender for another beer; it doesn't look like Jensen's going to give Jared's back anytime soon. "How about you? They still putting you through hell?" Jared shakes his head. "Nah, the lecturers are going a bit easier on us at the moment; especially after last month." "Thank fucking god, you seemed to have six assignments a week for a while there." "Remind me again why I wanted to be a teacher?" Jared says wryly. "Cause you wanted to impress me," Jensen says with a grin, and leans in for a kiss. "I think I impressed you from the first day I saw you," Jared murmurs just as Jensen's mouth touches his. The bartender clears his throat noisily, but Jared just gives him the finger as he closes his eyes and tugs Jensen's head closer. Even after almost four years, kissing Jensen is still as exciting and incredible as it was the very first time, all those years ago in the computer lab at school. "Dude, PDA!" a loud voice screeches, interrupting the moment. Jensen pulls away with a scowl, and Jared blushes when he turns around to see Dr Rosenbaum standing behind him with a huge grin on his face. "Mike, what the hell are you doing here?" Jensen says wearily. "Saw you come in here, Jenny boy, and thought I might finally be able to meet this boyfriend of yours," Dr Rosenbaum says gleefully. "Well, are ya gonna introduce us?" "Uh, Mike? I think you already know him," Jensen says, amused. Jared blushes even more; it's never going to stop being strange seeing his old school teachers around, especially knowing that in half a year or so they'll be colleagues. Dr Rosenbaum looks closely at him, and Jared can see the moment when it clicks. "Jared Padalecki? Jesus Christ, Jen! Didn't you used to teach this guy? Didn't I used to teach him?" "Uh, yeah," Jared says, wiping his hand on his pants and holding it out. "Nice to see you again, sir." Dr Rosenbaum grabs his hand and shakes it firmly. "Mike, please. I stopped being your 'sir' years ago, if I recall correctly. Um. How long have you and Jensen... I mean..." Mike looks between the two of them, curiosity covering his face. "Uh," Jared says. "Um. A few years now." "Wow," Mike says. "I guess you hit it off really well at school, then." His eyes are calculating, and Jensen turns a little pale. "Yeah," he says quickly. "I ran into Jared a couple of months after graduation, we got a coffee together, and it just all kinda happened from there." "I see," Mike nods. "So. Uh. What are you doing now, Jared?" "Teacher training," Jared says proudly. He'd worked his ass off at university to get into the teacher training course, and had been loving every moment of it so far. Mike's face lights up. "Wow. What level?" "Secondary," Jared replies. "Science and IT." He grins at Jensen, who gives him a cheesey smile back and a thumbs up. "Good for you," Mike says, slapping him on the back. "Might see you back at your old school then, huh? Nice catching up with you, Jared. See you Monday, Jensen." With a wave and a grin, he's gone as quickly as he appeared, and Jared heaves a sigh of relief. "Met up after graduation, eh?" he says with a grin. Jensen shrugs. "I'm not about to tell him we met up at school." "Hell no," Jared mutters. "I'll never forget one of my first classes this year - we were told to be friendly to our students, but not be their friend. Kinda made me feel like I'd really put you at risk for most of that year." "You did," Jensen says bluntly. "But you know what?" He strokes Jared's face with a finger before sliding his hand around the back of his neck and tugging him close for a kiss. "It was definitely worth it." Next chapter Back to High School AU page |
