Teaching High School Girls Part 3

Jeff Ayers was at home one Saturday, when his doorbell rang. He looked through the glass, and saw Hollie and Katie standing on the other side. He sighed, and stepped back. It had been a month since their scheme to blackmail him, and they had almost no contact with him outside of his class. He hoped this wasn’t some other half cooked idea of theirs, but he knew he had the upper hand. He braced himself, and opened the door and said, “Hello girls, come in.” They did, keeping their hands clasped in front of them and their faces down.

He closed the door and said, “What can I do for you?” Hollie said in a meek voice, “We came to apologize.” He looked at her, obviously not trusting her, and said, “Where’s your pack leader April? Is she waiting somewhere to ambush me?” Katie said, “No sir, she doesn’t know we’re here.” He was surprised to hear her call him sir, but still thought it was a ruse.

He leaned in close to the girls and said, “I don’t believe that for a second. You two never do anything she doesn’t instruct you to do.” Hollie said, “We know, but we’re tired of it. We’re here to let you lead us from now on.” He was genuinely taken aback by that and said, “Why would I do that? After what you did to me? And what I did to you in return? Why?”

“We don’t want you to hate us or be mad at us, we want you to love us. Neither of us ever had a father figure, we only had our mothers who pampered and spoiled us, and you showed us the power of discipline, and we want that. We never wanted to hurt you, we just got caught up in April’s bad decisions.” He said, “How can I know this isn’t another of your tricks? How do I know you’re telling the truth?”

Katie said, “We’ll do anything to prove it to you, just ask.” Hollie said, “No, don’t ask us, tell us. We’ll obey, no questions asked.” Katie nodded vigorously in agreement. He stood there for a moment, contemplating what they were telling him, and said, “Hollie the last time I invited you into my house, you and your friends tried to ruin my life, all for some fun and games. Do you think I forgot that?” Her eyes were welling with tears, and she said, “No, I just hope that you can forgive us, and be a strong dominant influence in our lives.”

He watched them hard for a minute, but they never lifted their eyes from the ground. They seemed completely submissive, but they were good actors he had to remember. Then he had an idea. He had seen it in a movie, but he thought it might work. He said, “No, I don’t think so. You two need to leave.” He said it in the stern voice he had learned during twenty years as a teacher.

They nearly flinched at the sound, but they obeyed, even though they obviously didn’t want to. They stepped outside, and turned to the door, and Katie said, “Please Mr. Ayers, if you just give us a ch—“ But he slammed the door in their faces.

He walked away until he was around the corner, then sprinted upstairs, where he could see the front door from the side. He wanted to make sure they left, and hopefully figure out their game.

But as he peered through the curtains, to his surprise, they were both standing in front of the door, as if they were hoping it would open again. They didn’t try to knock or ring the bell again, they just stood there, patiently. They talked quietly to each other, but didn’t seem to be discussing whether they should leave, they seemed determined to stay. He continued to watch them, as they stood there for almost 20 minutes.

Then, they started to move. He thought they were finally going to leave, but they only knelt down and sat on their knees, with their hands folded in their laps. Hollie was wearing some low cut jeans, so her knees were fine, but Katie was wearing a skirt and white stockings, so her knees were even more uncomfortable. But they both stayed there for over 20 more minutes. They weren’t completely exposed to the street, but anyone walking by who was curious could see them. He didn’t want to explain to his neighbors why he had two teenage girls kneeling at his door, so he went back downstairs.

He walked by the front door, pretending he just noticed them. He went and opened the door and stood there and said, “What are you two still doing here? I told you to leave!” Hollie said, “Please sir, we don’t want to leave. We want you to take us in and make us yours.” At that moment he wanted nothing more, but he couldn’t trust them. He stayed silent for a few moments, as if considering, then said, “No, go home.”

As he turned and was closing the door behind him, Katie blurted out, “April’s pregnant!” He froze, stunned by the news, his mind suddenly flooded with the implications of that. He turned and looked, and Hollie was glaring at Katie, who said sheepishly to her friend, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know what else to say.”

He said, “Is that true?” Katie said, “Yes sir.” Both of them had their eyes locked even harder on the ground, and he said, “Hollie, is that true?” She said, “Yes sir.” He said, “Why didn’t you want Katie to tell me that?” She said, “We weren’t sure it was time yet.” He could tell they were keeping something from him, and he didn’t want secrets.