Olivia sees another side to her College Professor
Olivia sat on the couch in her professor's home, a glass of wine in her hand, wondering just how this had happened. The night started out innocently enough, at an art gallery opening, which he had invited all of his drawing students to. She had never looked at him as anything other than a teacher, one that she admired and respected. But over the course of the night, he had noticed her and paid extra attention to her, and she of course, was flattered.
No one else seemed to notice anything improper, but he was there to get her more wine as soon as her glass was empty. He barely made eye contact at times, but put his hand on her shoulder for just a split second each time he walked by. She would not even know he was nearby and then she would feel the touch of his hand on her back as he passed behind her. And finally, when most of the other guests had started to leave, she caught him watching her when she had been lost in introspection admiring a painting.
He smiled at her knowingly, warmly, and something about it made her body react in a way that completely surprised her. Maybe it was the wine, maybe it was because he was an older man, and a professor, or maybe it was because he was truly a talented artist himself. Whatever the reason, she was seeing him in a whole new light.
She had turned her attention back to the painting when she heard his voice behind her.
"I knew you would like that one," he said and she turned to look at him suspiciously, narrowing her eyes, but smiling to let him know she was teasing. Inwardly she did wonder if he was giving her a line, but the smile he gave her in return was warm and genuine, and she decided it didn't really matter.
One of her classmates, Susan, ran up to them, breathless and already tipsy.
"Professor Sullivan, are you going to the pub with us?" she blurted, smiling hopefully at him. She had placed herself directly in front of him, with her back to Olivia, who stepped back to allow her to make an ass of herself.
Prof Sullivan looked around her and spoke to Olivia.
"You're going, aren't you?" and Susan seemed to only just realize she was there, as she took a step back to include Olivia in the conversation.
So they had all ended up at the pub a short time later, and while the rest of their group became increasingly drunk and boisterous, the Professor turned his attention to Olivia. He stared directly into her eyes as they talked, making her squirm under his gaze. Finally most of the others had left or split off into different groups, and they were alone at the table.
"Let's go," he said as she finished another glass of wine. She looked at him in surprise. WHen she didn't respond, he offered his hand to her. "Are you ready?"
Somehow she felt she couldn't refuse and muttered yes as she gathered her purse and coat. He smiled with satisfaction and made an exaggerated flourish to encourage her ahead of him to the door.
She didn't know if anyone had seen them leave, and somehow was past the point of caring. She wasn't quite drunk, but had a very warm fuzzy feeling from the wine.
She didn't ask where they were going and he didn't tell her. They rode mostly in silence until they reached his house. He showed her into the living room and told her to take a seat on the couch while he went in search of wine.
He returned with two glasses, offering her one as he sat facing her on the leather couch. She felt like a 16 year old alone in a car with a boy for the first time. She wondered if he could see her visibly trembling or see how ragged her breathing had become.
She looked around the room, trying to think of something to say and as she turned back to him, his lips found hers and kissed her. She was surprised by how warm and soft and sensual it was, suddenly afraid she might spill her wine with her shaking hands.
He smiled, slightly amused, taking her wine and putting both glasses on a side table. Then he leaned back and made himself comfortable and watched her.
She thought he was waiting for her to respond, and her entire body trembled as she tried to calm her breathing. She started to lean forward to kiss him, but he was too far away, so she had to crawl to him to lean in and kiss him more passionately than she'd ever kissed anyone. She was always meek and waited for the guy to kiss her and push his tongue into her mouth. But as he sat back just waiting, she became bolder, pushing her tongue between his lips and sucking on his when he offered it into her mouth. She was still on her hands and knees and wanted to put her arms around him so she crawled onto his lap, pulling her dress up slightly so she could part her legs enough to straddle his.
She was facing him now and he returned her kisses just as passionately as she wrapped her arms around him, and ran her hands over his neck and shoulders, and through his hair.