"You've got the job.” The principal said as he handed me my classroom keys. "Thank you so much." I said with glee as I took them out of his hands. "You are very welcome, but there is one thing you must know."

"Yes?" I said with slight confusion in my voice. "I know we have many good looking teachers at our school, and you may have trouble holding yourself back, but coworkers are not allowed to date, for the sake of maintaining professionalism." "Yes sir, I understand."

"I have set you up with a mentor teacher for the week, his name is Mr. Smith." As the words of his name traveled out of the principal's mouth I felt my heart skip a beat. I made my way to Mr. Smith's classroom and introduced myself. "Hi, you must be Mr. Smith. I am Ms. Honey, the new speech language pathologist.” Mr. Smith had bright brown eyes and had a gaze that made my legs feel like jelly. "Well Ms. Honey, it is very nice to meet you. I look forward to seeing you around.”

"I look forward to it." I said shyly with a smile. The next day, Mr. Smith walked into my office while I was on my lunch break." "I did not think you would come see me while I was on my lunch break." I said not taking my eyes off of him. "Well, I just did not want you to be alone ya know?" He said gently. "Do you want to go get lunch with me while we are still on break?"

"I am not really sure, are you sure our boss will not think anything of this?" I said hesitantly.

"Look, if we get in trouble for this, I will take the blame. Okay?" He could not get any sweeter in my mind. We were out for burgers during our break, and Mr. Smith continued to try and get to know me. "So, do you always look this pretty on a Monday afternoon?"

"What are you talking about?" I said acting oblivious. "Honey, I know you heard me. You know exactly what I am talking about. "Maybe I do, maybe I do not. I said blushing. "Oh yeah, because I clearly can not tell." He said with clear sarcasm in his voice. "Will you stop that? It is time for us to get back to work anyway."

"Yes mom." Mr. Smith said teasingly. I rolled my eyes as he opened my door.

"Hey Honey, can I borrow a pen?" Mr. Smith said as he walked into my office on Tuesday morning. "Are we really doing this again?" I said with slight annoyance in my voice. "Doing what? I am just calling you by your last name. What is wrong with that?" He said with a wink.

"Absolutely nothing." I said trying not to blush. "Here." I said as I handed him a pink highlighter. "This is not a pen." He said with confusion. "Yes it is." I said with the urgency of wanting him to get out of my office. "This is a highlighter honey."

"It is still a pen!" I say as I push him out the door. "You could have given me one that is not pink." After a few days of thinking, I decided that maybe I will play along with Mr. Smith and his silly mind games.

I walk over to Mr. Smith's classroom to let him know how I feel after school. "Hi lovey!" I say excitingly. "Well someone's gotten bold huh." he said as he walked over to me and wrapped his hands around my waist. "Well I decided I would rather have the time of my life with you and risk my job as opposed to denying these feelings altogether.”

"C'mere." he said gently as he pulled me on his lap. "You are an amazing speech teacher, and you just graduated, am I really worth the risk?"

"Maybe." I said hesitantly. "No beautiful, I am not."

"But I really like you, please." I said with tears rolling down my face. "Honey I do not want you to cry, just know that I will forever treasure what we had." He said as he kissed my hand and placed a peck on my lips. "Ms. Honey, you will never leave my heart or my mind."

"I will never forget you." I said hugging him.

"And I hope you never do." He said as he pulled me closer to him.