Janice sat in the front row of the lecture hall. She came early everyday and refused to pack up her books until the professor, Dr. Reginald Johnson, concluded his lectures. Dr. Johnson flashed her a quick smile every time he mounted his podium, but he didn't consider her an exemplary student or much different from any other undergrad co-ed, except that she was quite a looker. She had angelic blonde hair, full lips and long legs. He once thought she came to class with a skirt and no panties, then flashed him right in the middle of a lecture on sexual dysfunction. He later dismissed the notion as wishful thinking.
After class on a sunny afternoon, Janice approached the professor as he packed up his books and papers.
"Dr. Johnson, if you have a moment, I'd like to discuss my research project with you," she said.
"Actually, Janice I was about to leave," Dr. Johnson said. "I have a faculty meeting in a few minutes."
"Please, it won't take long."
Janice reached out with long, slender fingers to grasp his arm. He found her touch irresistible.
"You make it so difficult to say no," he said. "Please come to my office."
Dr. Johnson sat in the big, leather chair behind his desk. When most students discuss term papers with the professor, they take a seat on the other side of the desk in the red chair. But Janice dragged the red chair around, so she could sit close. It was a bit too close for Dr. Johnson. He would've told her to go around to the other side, but he was enjoying the flowery scent of her perfume.
"So, what's your project topic?" he asked, tapping out his pipe in a garbage can.
"Well, I was thinking about doing my paper on the book by that Russian psychologist, Igor Vasputin," she said.
"Ah yes, 'Sexual Phenomena In The Post-Freudian Era.' Fine book, fine book," Dr. Johnson said.
"I think so, too. I really enjoyed his man-beast theory."
"Yes, yes. Very intriguing, isn't it? It's an interesting notion to suggest that a man reverts to beasthood during sexual intercourse, that somehow his mental wires get crossed and he becomes something of an ape. Very Darwinian, isn't it? Of course, your realize all this is theory and highly improbable."
"But Dr. Johnson, I believe I can prove the theory."
He offered her a fatherly smile. She found it demeaning, although that's not how he meant it.