A Teacher

Claire starts her first day teaching at a new school and meets her students, including Eric, a senior in her AP English class.

Eric gets caught for underage drinking, and a new friend helps bail him out; Claire takes Eric on a field trip to a nearby college.

Tensions arise as Claire and Matt explore pregnancy options; Claire chaperones the homecoming dance, and Eric comes clean about his true feelings.

Claire outlines a set of specific rules Eric must follow as their relationship takes a dramatic turn.

For Eric's eighteenth birthday, Claire takes him away in secret for the weekend. Away from his friends and family when he should be with them, Eric is blissfully unaware of just how far down a path of destruction he's been taken. Later, Claire makes a decision that will finally bring her crashing into reality.

With their secret out, Eric has to contend with the whole school knowing, and Claire is forced reluctantly to confront the reality of what she's done. It seems like things can't get any worse, but with neither of them thinking straight, they can.