The morning sun was just beginning to warm the plants on the counter of her classroom window. Dedrie was perched at her desk, lesson plans sitting, ready for use later, when it was the children's time.
This early hour however, was her time, and Perry's. He had been her partner now for two years. Each working heir third grader's in classrooms side by side. Their main connection being the shared juvenile lavatory, a "no-man's-land" of sorts, invaded by teachers only on the rare occasion – "Mrs. R., you have to see what Ross wrote on the bathroom wall!"
Most mornings, Perry would stroll in about fifteen minutes behind here, place two container's of coffee on her desk, turn one of the tiny third grade chairs around and straddle the seat. Morning ritual: it was pleasant and comfortable. They reviewed lunch and bus duty assignments, class trip plans, lessons, reading groups, shared family news and last night's sit-com plots. After two years they slipped easily into the routine, sipping their coffee and entering the day.
Dedrie had some different ideas this morning. She had deliberately prepared for what she was about to do. After weeks of anxious thought, today was going to be the day. She knew it when she awake and now the time had come to implement her plan.
A 43, Dedrie was happily married and head only recently returned to teaching as her children had outgrown the mother-care years and entered the adolescent mother-worry period of their parent's life. Now, after two years of working with Perry, she had begun feeling a new bond.
These quiet morning times had allowed them to become quite personal. They had through time shred some rather intimate secrets with each other. Emotions she once thought subdued in her marriage had surfaced and Perry had become a subject of her fantasy.
She had fallen in love with him. Not that she loved her husband less. There was as strong a bond as ever there. It was just that she had begun to realize that she could love other people in here life and do so without guilt. Perry had touched her heart and what she was about to do was a daring step that last year would never have entered here mind. Morning coffee with him had become the most sensual part of the day.
"So, are you driving up to Massachusetts tonight?" she asked him."Yeah, with the long weekend, we figured we would catch the leaves and enjoy a nice Bed and Breakfast place", he answered.
Perry was 40 and had been married for five years. There were no children and not likely to be any. He and his wife seemed to be perfectly matched; content to play together in a childhood that neither seemed to have really had. He was always open to adventure and that was one of the things that led Dedrie to consider this action.
"Well the weather promises to be nice", she said. Meanwhile here brain was shouting to her, "Enough with the pleasantries, get on with it!"
"Okay, okay", she thought. "Here it goes."
Knowing what she was going to do, Dedrie had dressed with great care. Her skirt, usually calf or ankle length was hemmed just below her knee. She slid her chair away from the desk and with a mock yawn, stretched and turned toward Perry, giving him a superb view of her nicely shaped legs encased in tawny, shimmering stockings. Almost in a recline in her chair, she tossed here head back and laughed.
"I guess I need to get more sleep. I really did not want to get out of bed", she said. A wicked smile made her lipstick shine seductively.
Here skirt draped over the legs right around her knees and a hint of lace from her black slip was evident. A calculated shift of her legs allowed the skirt to slip a bit and reveal an enticing gap between her lower thighs. Dedrie, however, had kept her eyes on Perry and was pleased to notice that the display was not lost on him.