Beth was sitting cross-legged on the floor just like everyone else. She had let her mind wander and when she returned to the reality of the rec room she saw that everybody was looking at her.
"Come on Beth, your next let's hear what you got."
Red face, she shook her head no but soon everyone was chanting, 'Beth, Beth, Beth.' She knew they'd never give her peace until she told her story.
"My story involves a man we all know and I don't think it's right to say his name."
"Come on Bethy, you know the rules, it all in, no holding back. Just give us the dirt girl and let the chips fall where they may."
That damn Liz, with her story out Beth had no excuse not to tell the truth.
"OK, everybody remembers Professor Barnsworth, well---"
"Oh hell no, not Barnsworth he old enough to be your grandfather, come on Beth what were you thinking?"
"Just let me finish, geese Melissa, not Barnsworth. Anyway when he was sick last year I had to take him some paperwork from the department."
"Beth you're such a kiss ass, I swear."
"Hush Liz let her finish, or at least get started."
"When I arrived Professor Miller was there to visit. As I started to leave, Bill, I mean Professor Miller said he was leaving and offered me a ride back. After we got into his car, he asked if I wanted coffee and somehow we ended up at Leon's on the other side of town."
Beth looked at her audience for the first time now and she could tell she had their attention. Professor Miller was the cutest instructor on campus and she knew all the girls had a crush on him. Tall and athletic looking, his blond hair, way too long, made a girl think of California and warm beaches. But it was his killer smile that all the females thought of first and some had heard he could melt snow with it. Of course, he had a reputation as a player by the way he flirted with all the women in his classes. As far as anybody knew, he had never been accused of any wrongdoing.
"There we were sitting in the back of Leon's at one of those little tables so close our knees were touching. I looked into those soft blue eyes of his and I knew I was in trouble.