The clock read 7:00pm on the hallway wall as I walked down to my office. My name is Jacob, and I am a full time graduate student at the State University in Montana. I was finally getting settled into my regular semester routine, and now that was all about to change with the end of the semester about to come to a close. The hallway was deserted as it typically was on a Friday night at a state university. I just put the finishing touches on the introductory geology exam I was going to give to my class on Tuesday. I opened my office door to find my fellow office mates had long since left probably to head out to the bars. I did however notice a note hastily written by Brain one of the poorest quality grad students in the department as far as I was concerned. Brian vary rarely prepared for his classes both the ones he taught and took. You were much more likely to find Brian at the bar or a party than actually doing research in the lab. Already knowing what the letter was going to say I quickly opened it and gave it a once through skim. Brian left his normal Friday note again in which he told me to stop being a model student... go out to get drunk and laid. I threw the note aside and quickly got to work at my desk making a list of what I need to study for my own exams next week, and how much time to spend on each subject. I pulled the first book,
Sediment Capture in Small Reservoirs
, off my shelf and started reading it from the beginning for the fourth time that semester.
"At least without Brian here I will be able to concentration," I mumbled to myself as I put on my headphones preparing for a long night of studying.
Pouring over the material in the book I quickly lost track of time. I was already one hundred pages into the five hundred page tome when I realized that I was thirsty. Pushing on for a couple more minutes I finished the current chapter and headed out to the vending machine for a drink. Depositing the dollar into the machine I quickly slammed on the Mountain Dew button knowing the caffeine would keep me going. The screen flashed out of order.
"Great even the vending machine wants me to call it a night," I muttered to myself.
I then selected a Pepsi knowing it would at least have some caffeine, and the machine quickly went to work. Reaching down I knew the vendor must have not been paying attention as I retrieved a diet Pepsi from the machine. To top it all off it was caffeine free to boot.
"This night keeps getting better and better," I grumbled.
Heading up the stairs back to my office I heard footsteps coming down the hall. As I came closer to the hallway I could hear someone talking on a cell phone in a worried strained voice. Curious I peaked through the window before opening the heavy steal door leading to the hallway. Surprisingly it was one of my students from my intro class on Tuesdays. I opened the door and started to head to my office figuring that they were looking for me. The sound of the door shutting must have got her attention, because she quickly turned around and started to quickly walk towards me.
"Hey mom I am going to let you go I finally found my instructor bye," she quickly sobbed into the cell phone.
"Hi Katie can I help you," I in quizzically asked while glancing at the cock and wondering what she meant by finally finding me.
It was now 10:00pm and definitely not even close to my office hours, which were three to five earlier that day. My only thought was that she was going to make some excuse about not being able to take the exam on Tuesday. Katie was your typical freshman heartbreaker with looks to kill but not much going on upstairs. She was 5 foot 4 inches, and couldn't weigh more than 105 pounds most of which probably came from her 34C breasts. I have always enjoyed her presence in my class, because I did enjoy looking at her goddess body though knowing she was forbidden fruit as graduate students on assistantships could not "interact" with their students. The problem was lately I hadn't seen Katie much in class, and she was now in jeopardy of failing my class. I was quickly broken from my thoughts when Katie unexpectedly broke into tears.
"Katie what's going on.... What's the matter... is it a family emergency or something." I said trying to sound concerned.
"No... I am just really emotional right now I am sorry for breaking down," she slowly sobbed out.
"It is okay I am sorry, but what can I do for you." I replied.
"I am worried about your exam. I need to keep a 3.0 to stay in school or my parents are going to pull me out of university. I really need to get a B in your class. What can I possibly do," she stammered.
I invited Katie into my office knowing it was almost impossible for her to obtain a B in my class, as I had just looked over the grades earlier that day before I made the exam. I pointed Katie to the chair next to my desk, and she quickly took the seat. Though before she sat down she put her backpack down, and bent down to retrieve her geology book. I took this time to my advantage and stole a glance of her creamy white thighs. After sitting down and getting herself situated she looked at me as if she needed instructions.
"Okay Katie I will level with you. Right now you stand to fail my class because you missed the last exam and two pop quizzes. It is near impossible to achieve a B in my class. Though if you study hard a C could be reached," I stated matter of fact while starring into her beautiful baby blue eyes.
With that stated she immediately began to well-up again. I couldn't help to be turned on by this as the tears just magnified those gorgeous blue eyes, and slowly tricked down her perfect complexion only to fall on her ample 34C breasts. I quickly rubbed my eyes to regain my composure blaming the late time and studying.
"Sorry. I really am trying to keep my composure, but it is so hard. My boyfriend just threw me out, and I now have no place to live. While I was with him I let my grades slip to take care of his work, and now I just don't know what to do because my parents are going to pull me out of school if I do not get a 3.0 this semester. They said I have wasted enough money and I was a big disappoint to them, and I should just get a job in the city as a secretary if I was lucky enough," Katie choked out while trying to hold back her tears.
"Well I can tell you that the exam is going to be different from the previous two you have already taken from me," I tiredly told Katie.
I could feel the days events start to take their toll on my body as I continued to tell Katie that the exam was more practical than theoretical to make sure that they pulled valuable concepts from the class. Furthermore, I explained that anyone could study for the exam out of the book for hours, but unless they spent some serious time going after the techniques of identifying hand samples they would not likely do very well on the exam.
"Oh no," Katie shrieked. "I am doomed... I missed both labs on identification to help my boyfriend finish his English paper. I never even saw the hand samples for class. How am I supposed to study for this exam?"
"Well on Monday you can go into the lab it will be open all day, and study for the exam," I calmly replied.
"Can't I start studying now I need all the time I can get as I have to start from scratch," Katie pleaded.
Knowing I was growing tired I looked at the clock again. It was almost 11 at night, and I had hoped to be further along with my own studying. Looking into her eyes though I forgot all about my own exams knowing there was no way I could say no to her. Instead I got up from my desk, and went to get some ideal samples that I had picked up earlier for my office hours.
"Thank you so much Jacob I will not let you down on this exam. I will memorize every sample by heart," Katie shrieked with delight.
"Katie the first thing you should know is that you simply cannot memorize these samples. Like I said before, you can study the book for hours or days even, however unless you practice the techniques and tools to correctly identify the samples you will not do well on the exam," I reiterated to her.
"Sorry. I am willing to learn if you will teach me. I know I can do this if I put my mind to it," said Katie in a weak unsure voice as if she didn't believe in herself.
I quickly plunged into the basics of mineralogy though I wished I was plunging into her warm creamy thighs. I was now struggling to keep my mind on task, but often found it straying to sexual fantasies of Katie. I went over all the basics including definitions, crystal form and growth, color, streak testing, and the difference between fracture and cleavage. As time progressed Katie was going more and more confident in her abilities. She was full of energy and could continue all night if she wanted to. I on the other hand was starting to drift off here and there while she was identifying the mineral specimens. I must have drifted completely to sleep, because the next thing I knew Katie woke me up, and was blushing a bit. It struck me as odd that she was blushing about waking me up, but there was nothing typical about this situation. I apologized and informed her that I had pulled an all-nighter the previous night, and that we would have to wrap this exam cram up soon.
"Okay, but I am stuck on these last two samples. They look exactly the same, and I cannot separate the two of them," Katie said truly puzzled.
I looked down at the samples and easily identified them as Halite and Calcite. Both look clear the slightly milky, and have about the sample Moh's hardness, and both leave no distinct traces on a streak plate. Knowing that both samples were on the exam, and that I already had a couple hours vested into this study session I would go into detail to identifying them.