Teach Me by R.A. Nelson

That’s what Nine thought. Nine, short for Carolina, is 18 and she’s starting her last semester as a senior in high school. She loves science but has decided to shake up her semester by taking a poetry class. Little does she know how much change this decision will bring to her boring life! Mr. Mann is the new teacher assigned to teach the poetry class. He’s different from most teachers. He’s young, handsome, fun, and really wants to make his students understand and get personally involved in the class. Nine, however, doesn’t realize how personal this class, this semester, will become. She develops a typical high school crush on Mr. Mann and like most of us, although we’d never admit it, she becomes obsessed, driving by his house and calling his answering machine. However, unlike most innocent crushes, Mr. Mann begins to reciprocate Nine’s feelings and flirtations by showing up at her fast food job and eating dinner there every night that she works. This crush escalates to a new level when one night, Mr. Mann is waiting by Nine’s car after closing. They talk and Nine ends up following him to a dark parking lot. Nine’s nervous because if she leaves the safety of her car and goes to his car, things will never be the same. There is no telling what could happen. Will Nine and Mr. Mann cross the line? If they do, how will it affect their professional relationship and what lessons will they TEACH each other?