Chapter 5 Writing Professor

Tessa’s POV In an instant, it felt like my entire world had crumbled down around me and I could no longer breathe. It was Joseph. The same Joseph from last night. “I heard he’s super famous and very rich!” “I saw him in the hallway. I couldn’t believe he was so handsome!” “I hear he looks so young for being 40!” I remained frozen in my seat as I stared at Joseph. All the whispers from the students were not exaggerating. Joseph was rich, handsome, and young. That was why I had no idea he was Joseph Evergreen. I was on pins and needles. I slept with my Professor? My favorite writer? And thought he was a callboy? As he scanned the room, his gaze met mine. But as quickly as he looked at me, he looked away. Maybe he didn’t recognize me. I was sitting kind of far away and I was wearing different clothing. “I am Professor Joseph Evergreen, a fantasy novelist. I’m sure you are eager to get started. Firstly, I’d like to start off by explaining that I only accept the best writers and those who work the hardest to participate in this course.” He scanned the room briefly before continuing. “With that being said, I’m only allowing 15 students in this course, so only about half of you will make it. By the end of today’s class, you’ll have everything you need to construct a 1000-word sample due in two days, which is Wednesday. From there, I will choose 15 of you to be my students.” A knot formed in my stomach. Despite last night’s venture, and knowing that Joseph was the professor, I still really wanted to take this course. But I worried that I had already screwed things up. “Before we discuss that further, I’m going to speak about a few different fantasy authors whose works we will discuss in class. Kenneth Regan, I will talk about first. He was born in the early 1900s and wrote some of my favorite books. He was largely known for blending complicated historical issues in Fantasy novels, but he himself was quite funny and light-hearted.” The way Joseph spoke about Kenneth Regan was like he was talking about a friend. His knowledge of not only his professional life but also his personal life was astonishing. “Another author born in the early 1800s was none other than Christopher Moore. If you are anything like me, Chris was probably the reason you took an interest in writing,” Joseph continued. “Chris grew up as a poor boy. His family abandoned him when he was a child and he found himself orphaned. His only escape in life was writing. He wrote everything you could imagine but his main passion was, of course, Fantasy writing. Chris didn’t go to college like Ken did. Chris felt as if he already had all the knowledge he needed. He spent his entire childhood into his adolescence writing. Even when everyone doubted him, he never gave up….” Joseph’s voice trailed off as he got lost in thought. “I always admired that about him,” he said fondly. “He went on to write a number of books that are still number-one sellers to this day. Unfortunately, his life was cut short, and he isn’t able to see the difference his writing made in this world. The hearts he had touched and the inspiration he had created.” I could tell from Joseph Evergreen’s writing that he loved Christopher Moore just like me and was influenced by him, but I didn’t expect the way he talked about Christopher was full of…nostalgia? He shook his head at the very thought and then proceeded to talk about a couple more authors before changing the subject. Later, he discussed the assignment in more detail and handed us worksheets to go along with the samples to write. As he reached my desk, I kept my eyes from looking up at him, but he stood beside me for only a moment, keeping his hand on my desk with the paper underneath it. I thought he was going to say something, but he didn’t. He continued to pass out the papers before standing at the front of the class. “We have time for a Q&A. If you have questions now is your time to ask.” Every single person in the room had their hands raised, including Ruby, who looked as if she was about to burst with excitement. Joseph chose a girl from the front row. “Professor Evergreen, I’m a huge fan. Your books are an inspiration to me. Which brings me to ask you, who’s your main inspiration?” “The main source of my inspiration came from my personal life experiences,” he spoke without hesitation. Everybody seemed perplexed by his answer. He was a fantasy writer. How many personal real-life experiences could have happened? “How is that possible?” The same girl asked, mimicking my thoughts. “You’re a fantasy author, so your writing is fiction.” “It depends on your definition of fiction. I have a broader sense of the word. What makes something fiction? Just because you can’t see something with your eyes, doesn’t make it not real.” “Like air…” I found myself talking softly from the back of the room, getting Joseph’s attention. His eyes found mine and held them for a moment. “Like air,” he agreed. “We can’t see air, but we know it exists.” “But there’s research that proves air…” that girl said, turning his attention back to her. “Scientists have—” “In literature, you must have an open mind about everything. If you think too logically while writing, you might not make it as a fantasy novelist. Learn to think outside of the box and have faith in things you can’t see or have no proof of being real.” More hands rose and he chose a boy that sat nearby me. “Not a question, just an observation. I’ve noticed your writing is very much like Christopher Moore.” Joseph nodded his head once. “That author greatly influenced me,” he explained. “He’s an incredible writer,” I found myself saying in agreement, causing Joseph to look at me once again. “What is your name?” He asked me. I felt blood rushing to my face as everyone turned to look at me. “Tessa,” I answered, trying to compose myself. “Tessa…” he repeated my name out loud, and it sounded so incredibly sexy coming out of his mouth. “Do you mind waiting here for a while after class?” I was shocked by the proposal, but I managed a head nod before he turned to the rest of the class. “That’s all the time we have. Make sure to have your samples sent to my email by 10 am on Wednesday. I look forward to reading them,” Joseph turned around and announced to the class. “If you don’t have anywhere to be this evening feel free to stick around and I’ll answer any extra questions you might have.” Quite many students, including Ruby and myself, stayed behind. Who didn’t want to have a face-to-face conversation with the mysterious writer Joseph Evergreen? “Wait until we leave before you throw up,” she whispered teasingly. “I’m just worried this is going to affect my chances of getting into his class,” I told her honestly. “Just do the best you can,” she said. “If he’s professional, he won’t let your relationship affect his true evaluation of your writing.” “Why did he specifically ask me to stay then?” “To warn you not to tell anyone about last night? But I already knew it…” I looked back in his direction and noticed he had left the room. Everyone who stayed after class stared at the closed door, wondering where the mysterious author had gone off to after promising he’d answer further questions. Joseph returned moments later, only this time when he walked into the room, he ignored everybody and walked directly over to me. I stared up at him with an alarmed expression when I noticed he was holding a bag. “You forgot something.” Joseph handed me the bag. “You are free to go now.” “What—” I began to ask, but he was already walking away once I had taken the bag from him. The other students in the room were staring at me questionably, wondering what Joseph had just handed me. “What’s in the bag?” Ruby asked, raising her brows. I glanced inside the bag and instantly shut it, feeling the blood draining from my body. Inside the bag was the bra and money I had left at his place.
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Chapter 1 Brian's Birthday Party Chapter 2 The Man At The Bar Chapter 3 Misunderstanding Chapter 4 First Day Of School Chapter 5 Writing Professor Chapter 6 In All Fairness Chapter 7 Moving On Chapter 8 Had He Done That? appChapter 9 Working On The Sample appChapter 10 Street Gang appChapter 11 My Imagination appChapter 12 Third Place appChapter 13 Looking For Answers appChapter 14 Dead appChapter 15 Vampire appChapter 16 Intruder appChapter 17 Manuscripts appChapter 18 Pen Pals appChapter 19 Who Are You? appChapter 20 I Am Indeed A Vampire appChapter 21 Impulsive Decision appChapter 22 Questions appChapter 23 Tessa's Blood appChapter 24 Death Of A Student appChapter 25 Special Headquarters appChapter 26 Examination appChapter 27 A Human At Headquarters appChapter 28 Toxic Blood appChapter 29 Luring The New Vampires appChapter 30 Hiding My Scent appChapter 31 Moving Out Of Ruby's Apartment appChapter 32 Moving In With Joseph appChapter 33 Joseph's Fault appChapter 34 Morgan's Assembly appChapter 35 Pizza Night appChapter 36 Draining The Animals appChapter 37 Brian's Excuses appChapter 38 Blogging appChapter 39 Cooking A Stew appChapter 40 Dinner With Joseph appChapter 41 Washing Dishes appChapter 42 Poetry appChapter 43 Intruder appChapter 44 Going To The City With A Bodyguard appChapter 45 Shopping Spree appChapter 46 Excuses appChapter 47 Gardener appChapter 48 Journal Entry To Blog appChapter 49 More Followers appChapter 50 Confessions appChapter 51 Tessa's In Trouble appChapter 52 A New Female Teacher appChapter 53 Jealousy appChapter 54 Making Joseph Lunch appChapter 55 Lunch Date appChapter 56 Intruding On The Class appChapter 57 The Note appChapter 58 Emily's Crush appChapter 59 Tessa's Depression appChapter 60 A Good Talk appChapter 61 A Living Victim appChapter 62 Library Session appChapter 63 Encounter In The Library appChapter 64 Eat-in Dining appChapter 65 Curiosity appChapter 66 They Are Getting Sloppy appChapter 67 What Did You Do? appChapter 68 The New Plan appChapter 69 Joseph's Friend appChapter 70 A Convincing Argument appChapter 71 Joseph's Friend appChapter 72 The Letter appChapter 73 Apartment appChapter 74 Lurking Vampire appChapter 75 Attack appChapter 76 Vampire Academy appChapter 77 Unknown Feelings appChapter 78 Apartment Hunting appChapter 79 Fable Magazine appChapter 80 Contract Change appChapter 81 Moving appChapter 82 Lunchtime appChapter 83 Lunch With Joseph appChapter 84 Exam Day appChapter 85 Dinner And A Movie appChapter 86 What Did That Kiss Mean To You? appChapter 87 Movie Night appChapter 88 What Does Love Mean? appChapter 89 Falling In Love appChapter 90 Researching A Mystery appChapter 91 Do You Regret It? appChapter 92 Dating Trial appChapter 93 Mysterious Phone Call appChapter 94 What Are You Doing For Spring Break? appChapter 95 Spring Break appChapter 96 Road Trip appChapter 97 The Beautiful Mountains appChapter 98 A Village In The Mountains appChapter 99 Hostility appChapter 100 A Human? appChapter 101 Breakfast In The Evening appChapter 102 Joseph's Friends appChapter 103 Humans Among Us appChapter 104 Upstairs Apartment appChapter 105 Bernard's Concern appChapter 106 Absolutely Incredible appChapter 107 Barbeque appChapter 108 Questions Answered appChapter 109 Previous Village appChapter 110 Bernard's Wife appChapter 111 Bernard Is Going To Die appChapter 112 A New Vampire Awoken appChapter 113 Battlegrounds appChapter 114 Blood Slaves appChapter 115 Myles Trinity appChapter 116 Panic Attack appChapter 117 Learning The Hard Way appChapter 118 The Truth About Blood Slaves appChapter 119 Retail Therapy appChapter 120 Drink From Me appChapter 121 Working In The Gardens appChapter 122 Fae Is Dying appChapter 123 Ryan Is To Blame! appChapter 124 She's In Serious Trouble appChapter 125 The Search For Tessa appChapter 126 Ryan's Underground Hideout appChapter 127 Beating The New Vampire appChapter 128 She's Not Dead appChapter 129 The Never-ending Wait appChapter 130 Blood Transfusion appChapter 131 Waking Up appChapter 132 Finally Awake appChapter 133 Ryan Returns appChapter 134 Who's Blood Was That? appChapter 135 Ruby Needs To Forget appChapter 136 War Is Coming appChapter 137 I Love You appChapter 138 Catcalled appChapter 139 Those Words appChapter 140 It's Over appChapter 141 Heartbroken appChapter 142 Clubbing appChapter 143 Drunk appChapter 144 Teaching A Lesson appChapter 145 Emily's Advances appChapter 146 Resolution appChapter 147 Shattered appChapter 148 Let's Get Out Of Here appChapter 149 Emily Flirting appChapter 150 Skipping School appChapter 151 Ruby's Lecture appChapter 152 Brian's Suggestion appChapter 153 Extra Credit appChapter 154 Last Chance appChapter 155 I Can't Do This appChapter 156 We Were Right appChapter 157 Sex In His Classroom appChapter 158 Game Day appChapter 159 Hiding Spot appChapter 160 The Fight appChapter 161 Brian's Announcement appChapter 162 You're Leaving? appChapter 163 Returning To Headquarters appChapter 164 Bait appChapter 165 Rouge Vampires appChapter 166 Getting To Fae appChapter 167 Fae's Ability appChapter 168 Killing Ryan appChapter 169 The Morning After appChapter 170 Ending Things appChapter 171 Unexpected Phone Call appChapter 172 Train Ride appChapter 173 I Was An Idiot appChapter 174 Arriving At The Farm appChapter 175 Welcome Home appChapter 176 Horse Riding appChapter 177 Daily Chores appChapter 178 Mom's Grave appChapter 179 I'm Sorry appChapter 180 I Love You appChapter 181 His Kind Isn't Welcome Here appChapter 182 I Know What He Is appChapter 183 Saying Goodbye appChapter 184 Date Night Part 1 appChapter 185 Date Night Part 2 appChapter 186 Tessa's Mother appChapter 187 Interruption appChapter 188 Family Lineage appChapter 189 Getting The Truth appChapter 190 Secrets appChapter 191 Dinner With My Father appChapter 192 Nothing But Lies appChapter 193 Plagiarism appChapter 194 A Meeting With The Dean appChapter 195 A Little Downtime Fun appChapter 196 Jeremy Is A Cheat appChapter 197 Aging appChapter 198 Proving My Innocence appChapter 199 Blooming Flower appChapter 200 Back To The Mountains appChapter 201 Your Magic Will Control You appChapter 202 The Spell appChapter 203 The Ring Of Fire appChapter 204 Final Grades appChapter 205 Antidote appChapter 206 Bonfire appChapter 207 Talking It Out appChapter 208 Clubbing appChapter 209 Run! appChapter 210 Imagine That appChapter 211 Scandal appChapter 212 Movie Night appChapter 213 Visitors appChapter 214 Cleanup Duty appChapter 215 Family Day appChapter 216 Joseph's Return appChapter 217 Touring The School appChapter 218 A Father's Protection appChapter 219 Our Future appChapter 220 Broken Hand appChapter 221 Confrontation appChapter 222 More Lies appChapter 223 Graduation Ceremony appChapter 224 Degree appChapter 225 Reporting To The School Board appChapter 226 After-party appChapter 227 Proposal appChapter 228 Celebration appChapter 229 Taking Chances appChapter 230 I'm So Sorry, Tess appChapter 231 Bad Feeling appChapter 232 Joseph Is Dead appChapter 233 Coven appChapter 234 Unstable Spell Work appChapter 235 The Other Realm appChapter 236 Healing appChapter 237 The Gift appChapter 238 The Visitor appChapter 239 The Plan appChapter 240 Rescue Mission appChapter 241 Big Escape appChapter 242 Getting Out appChapter 243 The Truth appChapter 244 Permission Revoked appChapter 245 The Prophet appChapter 246 Memories appChapter 247 My Mother's Spell appChapter 248 Exhaustion appChapter 249 Protect Her appChapter 250 Getting Back To Normal appChapter 251 A Witch Mentor appChapter 252 Esme's Plan appChapter 253 Make Her Mine appChapter 254 Ruby's Pain appChapter 255 Second Chances appChapter 256 Forgiveness appChapter 257 Where's Ruby? appChapter 258 The Accident appChapter 259 Brain Dead appChapter 260 Turning Ruby appChapter 261 Tempting appChapter 262 Ruby's Awakening appChapter 263 Deep Conversation appChapter 264 Turn Me appChapter 265 Dropping Off Ruby appChapter 266 Plane Trip appChapter 267 Lust On A Plane appChapter 268 Thirst appChapter 269 Arrival appChapter 270 Council Headquarters appChapter 271 Amayah's Truth appChapter 272 Traveling Home appChapter 273 Questionable Eyes appChapter 274 Uncertain Trust appChapter 275 New York City appChapter 276 Buying A House appChapter 277 Interview appChapter 278 A New Job appChapter 279 Apologies appChapter 280 Feeling Good appChapter 281 Moving Day appChapter 282 Our Future Begins appChapter 283 First Day At Work appChapter 284 Returning To Work appChapter 285 Work Bestie appChapter 286 The Vision appChapter 287 Ruby's Abilities appChapter 288 Unwanted Help appChapter 289 Tessa's In Danger appChapter 290 Car Wreck appChapter 291 Witch Doctor appChapter 292 Recalling On Tessa's History appChapter 293 Results appChapter 294 Memory Loss appChapter 295 Coven Introduction appChapter 296 Packing Up The Coven appChapter 297 She Was There appChapter 298 Warning Dad appChapter 299 A Steamy Shower appChapter 300 A Horrifying Realization appChapter 301 Three Prophets appChapter 302 Disappointment appChapter 303 The Interview appChapter 304 The Prophet Of Saving Grace appChapter 305 Ruby's New Friend appChapter 306 Catching Up With The Best Friend appChapter 307 The Argument appChapter 308 Heartbreaking Truth appChapter 309 Austin's Memories appChapter 310 Girl Talk And Movie Night appChapter 311 Potential Coven Leader appChapter 312 Shopping Together appChapter 313 Pregnancy Test appChapter 314 Are We Ready For This Step? appChapter 315 A New Vision appChapter 316 Bittersweet Reunion appChapter 317 Warning My Father appChapter 318 Eevee's Backstory appChapter 319 He Doesn't Believe Us! appChapter 320 The Spell appChapter 321 Crushing Hard appChapter 322 Lunch With Coworkers appChapter 323 You Owe Me One appChapter 324 Magenta's Ink appChapter 325 Relationship Talk appChapter 326 Help Me Forget appChapter 327 Eevee's Plan appChapter 328 The Purple Crystal appChapter 329 Ruby's Mom appChapter 330 What Does Ruby Know? appChapter 331 We Need A Plan appChapter 332 Confession Time appChapter 333 Girl Fight appChapter 334 Anything Is Possible appChapter 335 Charity Banquet appChapter 336 She Was Taken appChapter 337 Inside Job appChapter 338 Sacrifice appChapter 339 The Glob appChapter 340 The Spell Being Broken appChapter 341 Werewolves appChapter 342 The Final Battle appChapter 343 Death Is Hard appChapter 344 The Circle appChapter 345 Ruby's Sacrifice appChapter 346 It's Over Now appChapter 347 A Big Surprise appChapter 348 The Wedding appChapter 349 Twins appChapter 350 Epilogue app
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