Mr. D: Black Mountain Academy by Alta Hensley

Author:Alta Hensley [Hensley, Alta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-19T23:00:00+00:00

10

Corrine

I always wondered what normal felt like. I always had assumed that the definition of normal was different for everyone, but I most certainly knew I had never experienced it.

Not like now.

A normal night sitting on the couch with someone watching a movie. I never did things like this growing up or even now. My mother would never waste an evening doing such a thing, and anytime I would want to watch TV, it was alone. I didn’t date guys… not in the normal way. So, sitting on a couch side by side with a man was a completely new and foreign experience.

Normal.

Now I could define it for myself.

Mr. D was wearing gray sweats, a black t-shirt, and was barefoot. He leaned back on the couch with a beer in his hand, his feet resting on the coffee table, and he appeared so different than the principal at Black Mountain Academy.

And I was out of that damn uniform and in my own sweats. My mother would have been appalled that I sat with a man in attire anything less than put together. Sweats were a dirty word in our house. But again, my life was not normal.

Not like right now.

“Do you need another beer?” Mr. D asked as he stood up to get another one for himself.

“I’m good, thanks,” I said, raising my half-full beer bottle. I sipped on it, not really liking the taste but wanting to do something as simple as sit on the couch watching a movie while drinking a beer.

And that’s what we did. Sat, drank beer, and watched a movie.

Two normal people.

Doing a normal activity.

And I couldn’t be happier.

“I don’t know the last time I sat on a couch and binged movies,” he said. He turned to face me and smiled. We were close enough that our legs touched, and I found myself focusing on that rather than the plot of the movie. “It’s nice. I know this isn’t exactly how you planned to spend your night, but I’m happy you’re here.”

“I haven’t had a night like this before either,” I admitted. “It’s the best Friday night I can remember having.” And it was.

Cozy, warm, in excellent company, and relaxed.

When the movie was over, Mr. D stood up and went to get the blankets from the spare room. When he walked out with them, I stopped him from speaking because I knew he’d offer to sleep on the couch again.

“I slept perfectly last night,” I said. “I like your couch. It was the best sleep I’ve had in a long time.”

He shook his head with a smirk. “My mother is rolling over in her grave right now.” But he put the blankets and pillow on the couch and walked to the kitchen, turned the water on and got me a glass of water like he had last night.

Mr. D was going to tuck me in again.

I liked it.

“Are you tired, or do you need me to sit with you for bit?” he asked.

“I’m fine. I know you’re tired.

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