Love In The Jungle: 2 by Ann Walker

Author:Ann Walker [Walker, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-12T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“This is a big improvement from your last story,” I told Gabé, a thirteen year old student who was hell-bent on studying in the US once he was able to. He gave me a slightly quizzical expression, his thick eyebrows slowly knitting together, and I rephrased my praise. "You did a good job. Your grammar was almost perfect through the whole thing."

He smiled shyly, his sinfully white teeth catching my eye, and then accepted the small notebook as I handed it back. I'd asked my older students to write a short story as a way to learn metaphors, similes, and symbolism in literature. I'd kept all my examples pretty basic, drawing from the teaching aid so that I knew I was teaching it properly. Most of my students understood the concept immediately, though their work was still a little questionable. Gabé chose to write about a young lion eager to make his own pride, but his clingy lioness mother was making that difficult for him.

Not exactly tough to see the hidden meaning behind that particular tale.

"Thank you," he said softly. I watched him go with a smile, my hands crossed as a gentle gust of wind played with my loose hair. Today was one of the rare cloudy days in the dead of summer, and it was actually pretty tolerable to teach outside.

As I was cleaning up my supplies, ready to lock them away in my hut and grab a quick bite to eat, I heard a familiar voice calling for me.

"Hey," Grant greeted as he approached, dusty and sweaty from a hard day at work. I set my books aside, tilting my head back to accept his quick peck on the cheek. It had only been about a week since we were together in my hut, four rounds of ferocious sex cementing the fact that we did, in fact, seem genuinely interested in one another. Yet in that week, the dynamics had changed for the better. We sometimes held hands when no one was looking. We took morning strolls together, alone, each of us rising before our fellow volunteers to enjoy the cool morning temperatures before starting our day.

We hadn't drifted into any serious conversation yet. Neither of us had brought up the dreaded "talk" about what we were doing—we sort of just went with it. I found he smiled more these days, which in turn made me smile more.

I hadn't come here looking for a man. I wasn't dead-set on landing myself in a relationship. In fact, I'd been happy with all the growth I'd done on my own. However, I wasn't about to flip-off a golden opportunity when it presented itself. Grant was both a manly man and an artistic soul, able to work the earth with his hands and deliver a sensual backrub without provocation on my part. Good with kids, albeit a little quieter than the guys I'd been with in the past, he was definitely the type of guy girls wanted to end up with when daydreaming about their Prince Charming.

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