Thread:Homiestars/@comment-29542250-20190407150545

''Firstly, I'm so freaking sorry this has taken me so long. Life, Writer's Block and other crap kept me. This ended up being a little shorter than I liked, but hope you liked it.''

It was a normal afternoon within Ever After High. It was summer break so not many were in the school. A few teachers here and there getting ready for the Fall Spellmester and getting ready for their next classes.

Teacher assistant Hayden Ferum was working on papers and planning for the Spellmester with the radio playing. However, he paused when he heard an amazing voice. He took the time to listen to music and was amazed by it. The words and the voice of the singer, he couldn’t put his finger on it, but it was amazing. “Wow, that is something,” he whispered.

He was enthralled by the voice that it took him a while to return back to his work. He was still shocked that the voice of this girl was able to pull his attention. Not many singers could. But this one, could? Why? How?

He listened to the radio a lot, but how could this one voice catch his attention? He continued listening, and just as he was about to shut the radio off to get back to work, the station started to talk about the artist. Harper Golden.

The was the final day of summer break. The following days, students would be returning to Ever After High for their next school year. To celebrate the final day of summer, the staff arranged to have a concert. A few singers were coming and much to Hayden’s surprise so was Harper Golden... who he also found out would be attending the school.

Harper Golden. Daughter of the Golden Harp from the tale Jack and Beanstalk. And she would be in his class. He did not expect her, a singer, a famous singer to be attending school, to be honest.

This was going to be an interesting school year.

First Day of Classes had begun. And already Hayden was having trouble. Harper was in the first of his class and trying to keep his attention on everyone and staying professional was harder than he thought.

Harper Golden was stunning. That’s a fact Hayden himself admits. He couldn’t lose focus on teaching. Otherwise, it would look bad and he could possibly be out of a job. And that would be bad...

Time went on, and, unfortunately for Hayden, the two did end up getting closer. Close than a student and teacher probably should have. Hayden and Harper knew it. The more Harper spent with Hayden, the ore she liked it and felt something going between them.

They - well more so Hayden - tried to keep it professional between them. But, it eventually got too much...

Despite wanting to stay professional with her, Hayden did attend Harper’s concert. He felt it was really time to tell her that it just couldn’t work, at least right now with her in school and him as her teacher.

“Harper, please,” Hayden pleaded. “I want what is best for you,”

“But, I want to be with you,” she said quietly.

Hayden said nothing, he didn’t want to hurt Harper’s feelings, but he also didn’t want to get in trouble. A teacher with a student... He shook his head. It also would not look good on her career.

"...I'm sorry..." with that, Hayden cast one final look at Harper and then exited her room.

I very hope I did alright with this! These characters were a bit hard for me, but I think I managed it! Again, sorry for the lateness and thank you for putting up my lateness. ❤️ 