It has been a couple of weeks since Megan has started to work for me. We have fallen into a routine where she comes over around 4, lets herself in and works on the house, and makes dinner. I generally arrive around 6:15 from the office. Around 8 or so, she heads home, this gives her time to work on her schoolwork.
Saturday mornings, Megan comes over between 9 and 10 to work on projects getting the house back into shape and generally getting stuff done, but this was also a way for us to bond. We would then just hang around the house in the afternoon and then take some time naked playtime. Sundays are Megan's day off to spend time with her family.
As the semester began to get near the end of the term, I started to notice that Megan was really tired.
"How is school going?" I ask at dinner one night.
"I will be happy when the term is over. I never realize how hard college is. I don't know how I would have survived if I was still playing soccer."
"What are you struggling with?"
"I am doing fine in US History and Intro to Politics, but my Geology 101 course is killing me. Trying to get the rock identification down is way harder than the course advisor from the athletic department made it out to be when I enrolled."
"What if I got you a tutor?" I ask with a leading voice.
"Oh Kyle, I can't ask you for help like that."
"Yes, you can, let me make a phone call, I will let you know when you should be ready for a tutoring session. I know just the right person" I smiled. There was a bit of confusion on her face.
"I trust you Kyle, but somehow I think I am going to pay for this later."
"Yeah, probably," I said with a grin and a wink.
The next day, Friday, I text Megan in the afternoon to bring her Geology books and notes to the house when she comes over the next day and she will have a tutoring session.
When Saturday arrived, Megan came into the house and set her school bag on the kitchen table. I get a great glimpse of her ass as her blue spandex yoga pants left little to the imagination.
Then Megan notices all the boxes with rocks in the living room. Sitting in the comfy chair by the window was an older woman. "Megan, this is Susan, Emily's mom. She is going to be your tutor. She worked for the State Geology Survey for almost 40 years and retired as the director for our local region"
"Wow, Kyle, I didn't know. Thank you, Susan, for being willing to help me."
"My pleasure Megan, hopefully, I can get to know you a bit as well. I have noticed a difference in Kyle since you started. I have been keeping tabs on him and he was getting stressed out, and you have taken a bit of load off his shoulders. So, let me help you a bit."
I leave the woman to hit the books and rocks and head to my office to keep on work. After a short break for lunch, Megan and Susan begin to wrap things up around 4. Megan starts to pack her books back into her bag. "Thank you so much for your help, Susan. I am not sure I would make it out of this class without you. Tomorrow at 10 in the school library?"
"Yes dear, tomorrow at 10. See you then"
Megan waved goodbye to me and headed out of the house.
As she walked out the door, Susan looked at me. "She is a good girl Kyle. Smart, good head on her shoulders. I can see she is starting to get this. Just needs a little guidance and it will all click for her. She can do just about anything I think if she sticks at it."
"Yes, don't I know, I can't imagine doing this now without her."
"Keep her around, it will be good for you"
"Yes ma'am." I knew that tone from Susan. "I don't intend to let her go."
"Well, I had better be going myself."
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For the next couple of weeks, Megan busted hard on her studies, and I hardly saw her. She would be there for a couple of hours in the afternoon taking care of a few things, but after dinner, she would head out to study. Finally, after finals were done, we are hanging out in the living room after dinner.
"Kyle, can I ask you a question? Friend to friend"
"Of course, ... hit me."
"What would you think of me if I dropped out of university?" she said nervously.
"What would be the reasoning behind it? Finances?"
"Yes, I think I ended up doing well academically, but without my scholarship, private university is just out of our family's budget. I have been talking it over with my folks and maybe I can pick up a second job somewhere and cash flow community college part-time."
"I have a better idea" I replied, "Carol and I have been talking about her retiring one of these days and we both think you would do that job well. You could work a few hours a day in the office, helping Carol out and learning the job and the company, and then work here at the house. We could also set you up to work remotely on office stuff from here."
"Really? I think I would like that. I should talk it over with my parents. Not sure if I would be able to continue school and work full time."
"Also, I know you are getting tired of living at home and sharing a room with your sister, there is a nice mother in law apartment downstairs you could make your own. If you like that is. Up to you."
"Move in with you???"
"Think about it, you could have a place of your own and not have to share with your sister, you would be able to come and go when you want to go hang with your friends, a quiet place to study and no commute. And you wouldn't have to share a bathroom with your sister and brother either."
"That's a plus, but I think I would rather share a bed with you."
"I'm not so sure about that. First of all, how would you explain that to your mom and dad? Second, we do need to be mindful of the employee/employer relationship here and there is value in the appearance of a professional relationship. Finally, you're 19, you still should be checking out the world to see what you like and who you are. You are going to change a lot over the next couple of years as you move away from your folks and become your own woman. Don't get me wrong, I like our playtime together and you are always welcome in my bed, but you might grow tired of an older man and want to experience a man your own age at some point. I don't want to lose a great assistant just because she wants a younger man."
"Those are all good points Kyle. You're right. I should think about this a bit."