hot for teacher.

"Yeah, but I'm no genius," Jimmy said. "I'm barely passing."

"Morrison wasn't much for grades and school and neither was Einstein," Tennessee stated. "But look at what they did as adults."

Jimmy shrugged. "I guess so," he said.

"Read the poems on page twenty," Tennessee stated. "You won't regret it."

"I will," Jimmy said.

Tennessee smiled. "Thank you."

Jimmy nodded. "Can you write me a late note to my next class?" he asked. "Last thing I need is another tardy."

Tennessee nodded, pulling out a tardy pass and filled it out.

"Thanks," Jimmy said. He left her classroom, slipping the book into his backpack.

Tennessee bit down on her bottom lip, hoping Jimmy would start applying himself a little more now.

When lunch rolled around, Zacky sat at the table with Jimmy and the rest of their friends, watching as Jimmy flipped through the book Ms. Banks gave him. He rolled his eyes when Johnny laughed at Jimmy and called him a teacher's pet. "More like Zack," Jimmy said. "He's the one majorly crushing on her."

"I am not," Zacky hissed.

Tennessee walked into the cafeteria, grabbing something to eat since she had forgotten to make herself a lunch. She grabbed some fruit, frowning when she heard Jimmy teasing Zack.

"Yes you do," Jimmy said with a scoff. "I've never seen you pay attention in class before. But when there's a hot new teacher, suddenly you want to do well. You're into her. Too bad she'll never want you back."

Zacky narrowed his eyes at Jimmy as Brian and Johnny laughed at him. Matt seemed to be invested in his phone, thank god. He didn't need all his friends laughing at him. He stood up and threw the rest of his lunch away before he went to leave the cafeteria.

Tennessee was pissed at how Jimmy was acting. She slammed her tray down loudly on the table and glared at the boy. "I'm not some teenage piece of ass James," she snapped. "So next time you want to drag someone into your shitty taunting it better not be me or any other teacher in this fucking school." She left the cafeteria, extremely pissed at how the boy was acting.

Jimmy sat there with wide eyes, just as shocked as the rest of the guys.

Zacky went to his locker and switched out his books for the rest of his classes, sighing as he went to the commons and sat down at a table, waiting for lunch period to end.

Tennessee ended up sitting in her classroom until lunch ended and continued teaching her classes until the day ended and she could head home.

After school was over, Zacky took his books back to his locker and then went out to his car, sitting in it and trying to start it. He frowned when it wouldn't start, banging on the dashboard. "Come on, baby," he grumbled, turning the key again and cursing when it refused to start.

Tennessee was heading to her car in the parking lot, noticing someone was struggling with their car. "Do you need help?"

Zacky looked up. "Oh, hey Ms. Banks," he mumbled. "My car won't start."

"Try turning over the engine again," she stated. "I wanna hear what's going on."