Filled with first year students, the lecture hall was buzzing with noise. The sound of a hundred conversations filled the echoing space but for Chloe it was nothing but background noise. As she had done for the entirety of her first term at university Chloe had positioned herself in her usual seat on the front row, directly opposite the dais and was eagerly and somewhat nervously awaiting the start of another psychology lecture. Chloe had big plans today and couldn't help herself staring at the door waiting for the ever-late lecturer to arrive.
Chloe was 19 and undeniably attractive. She was 5 foot 4 with light skin and dark brown hair that fell loosely around her shoulders and framed a pretty face. She kept herself in shape by going running at least twice a week but dressed modestly all the same. Today she wore had opted high-necked navy-blue dress with short sleeves and a collar. It hugged her figure and ended just above her knee. The warm spring day meant she had forgone any tights and was simply wearing her nicest pumps.
As she drummed her fingers on the desk for what seemed like the hundredth time the lecture hall door finally swung open and in strode Dr Smith. He was a man in his late 30s but moved like a man in his 20s. He was tall at over 6 foot 3 and had remained in shape despite years of working at the university in what Chloe assumed was comparative luxury. He wore a tweed jacket over a pale blue shirt and jeans. As he strode across the front of the room he looked up at his waiting audience and smiled, his sometimes stern demeanour fading as he saw an almost full lecture theatre. His gaze swept across the room and seemed to take in every student individually. As is crossed Chloe she tried to hold his gaze and smiled back, but as quickly as it came it was gone.
The next hour seemed to crawl by for Chloe. Dr Smith lectured on the ins and outs of power dynamics in relationships and the reasons some people fetishize older partners. To Chloe every word was as captivating as the last and knowing what was to follow she couldn't help but feel as though every word was directed at her. She smiled to herself as she wrote her notes Dr Smith was in for a shock today. So lost was she in her own thoughts that when the bell rang out signalling the end of the lecture she was startled to find she was no longer even listening to the lecture but chewing the end off of her pen with her legs crossed so tight it was a wonder she could even stand before the blood flowed back into them.
Dr Smith was announcing that his office hours were as always, immediately after the lecture and anyone wishing to discuss the assignment should feel free to form a line outside his office in ten minutes time. As students began to file out of the hall Chloe snapped back to reality and quickly packed her notes away as Dr Smith passed her he spared her a momentary smile. "I suppose I will see you to discuss this assignment as well Miss Harris?" he chuckled and without waiting for an answer began to weave through students towards the doors and was gone from sight. Chloe licked her dry lips, swallowed and without a word finished packing her things and followed the remaining students out into the hallway. He could joke, every week since lectures began Chloe had been outside Dr Smith's door with questions about every lecture and every assignment without fail. To her credit she was on course to get the highest grade in the year but that was not why she had kept going and she suspected he knew that.
Taking a breath she made her way towards his office as she had done so many times. When she arrived some minutes later there was already a line. Dr Smith's course was incredibly popular and seemingly these lecture in particular had struck a chord with what seemed to be half the women on campus. Chloe smirked, let them fawn over him, today is my day. She took a seat at the end of the hall unconsciously crossed her legs and settled in to wait. She waited until the line had almost gone and with only one other person outside of his door, she stood and made her way down the long hall to stand behind them. It was only when the girl in front of her disappeared into the office that she realised she was sweating. Her lips were dry once again and she could feel a bead of sweat running down between her shoulders. Taking a deep breath, she waited. She had practiced what she would say all night, she knew what she wanted and how to get it and she would get it.
It was a shock then that when the door opened and the girl walked out beaming that the only noise to come out of her mouth was a small yelp of surprise. Quickly covering her mouth she tried to calm herself and then a moment later, as Dr Smiths head peered around the door, she almost lost her nerve. "Ah, Miss Harris, I had wondered where you were. Usually you are first through my door." He Chuckled and stepped back ushering her inside. Covering her mouth with her hand to hide another licking of her lips she stepped into his office and stood, heart pounding as she waited for the familiar heavy sound of the office door closing behind her.
Dr Smith's office was small but comfortable and due to his tenure at the university he no longer had to share an office. The walls were lined with shelves, each one filled with a myriad of books and trinkets from travels. The majority of the room itself was taken up with a large dark wood desk which as always was kept immaculately neat. On one side of the desk was Dr Smith's large comfortable chair, which he was currently lowering himself into and opposite were two smaller chairs for guests to occupy.
Chloe, looked nervously around the room, it was the first time she realised just how small the space seemed without any windows. She placed her bag gently on the floor next to the door and took her usual seat on the left of the desk and using every ounce of willpower she could muster she raised her eyes to meet his. Her heart was pounding in her chest and she took a moment to wonder how he couldn't hear it, though he obviously couldn't and a moment later when she didn't speak he opened his mouth. Before he could speak however Chloe blurted out "I know what you did!" It all came out in a rush. She hadn't meant to say it like that, she had planned to say it better, more tactfully, but in that moment she realised she could not wait. "I know what you did..." she repeated and gulping she placed her shaking hands in her lap and tried to look as stern as she could.
Dr Smith was momentarily taken aback by his star student's sudden accusation but quickly recovering he leaned back in his chair and raised an eyebrow. His well-known stern demeanour coming through. "What exactly are you talking about Miss Harris?" His voice was calm, deep and commanding. It wasn't the first time one of his students had cracked under the pressures of University life and it wouldn't be the last. It was, he thought, a shame that it had to be this student who cracked, she had such potential.
"I saw you.....two nights ago in a bar in town, with...." She trailed off but looking into his stern eyes she felt a jolt of thrill and excitement at her plan working and she couldn't turn back now. "With...a woman I know isn't your wife...I saw you holding hands, I saw you kissing and..." She gulped again, sweat beaded on her forehead, she knew what she had seen but saying it now out loud to him was somehow so difficult. "I saw you having sex with her..." She trailed off and looked away his eyes boring into her. She looked down at her lap and then back up to meet his gaze. "I saw it all."
