Working at a small company has it's perks. Everyone knows each other, most of the time you eat lunch together, and whenever somebody has a problem you can easily just walk to their desk. After a few years at big corporates, I was happy that I changed careers to a smaller company. And as an added benefit, we had a lot of small projects. On most of these projects, we made use of students. Often times acne ridden guys with bad hygiene and missing social skills. Which is why this time I was very surprised to see the new student. I knew we were working on some kind of medical project, but they hadn't involved me in the interview process. Thinking back, maybe I should have been involved, seeing that my background was in biomedics, but university was so long ago, I had forgotten most stuff.
I was surprised to find Peter at my desk. "Hey Mike, you used to do something with regard to heart rhythm, right?"
"Yeah, ages ago. Why?"
"This afternoon we have a new student to start on the Lonely Heart project. Could you please show her around?"
"Sure."
I had no idea what help I would be. After studying some articles for about an hour, at least my base knowledge was high enough to convincingly bluff my way through an introductory interview. And after that Peter could do the day to day supervision.
As I entered the meeting room, cup of coffee in my hand, I was flabbergasted. A blonde student in her early twenties was waiting at the table. Exactly what pops up in your head whenever someone says blonde student. Long blonde hair, blue eyes, freckles and an small blush. Her full lips in a tiny smile as she was checking her phone. Naked arms and a T-shirt with a V-neck. Being her supervisor, I knew I shouldn't do it, but my gaze was inexorably drawn towards her cleavage. I could just make out the soft, round curves of her breasts. As my gaze moved upwards again, her blue eyes caught mine. Immediately I felt myself blush. She caught me. Then she winked, stood up and offered her hand. For a moment I was dumbfounded about what to do with the offered appendage. I was a 30-ish year-old adult, and once again I felt like a thirteen-year-old boy. For a moment I stammered, then I remembered what to do, offer her my hand too.
"Mike."
"Mary."
For a while I was caught with her hand in my hands, my thoughts a million miles away. Now that she was standing, I had the opportunity to check out her shirt. An anime figure covered the wide shirt. Suddenly I remember her had in mine and let go.
"Please, sit down. So you're our new student."
"Yep! And Peter said you knew everything about cardiac measurements."
"Almost everything." I winked as I said it. I nodded towards her shirt. "Bleach fan?"
"I didn't think anybody would recognize!"
"You're working at a technical company, surely you must know this place is filled to the brim with nerds."
I saw how she looked at me in a new light. Even though I am secretly a huge nerd, I tried to not let it show when I was working. I didn't have the tell-tale long hair, my beard was neatly trimmed and I almost always wore a buttoned shirt or polo.
"You got me there. So for bonus points to your nerd credit. You must know who this guy is?" And she pointed towards the image. I couldn't help but linger on her breasts while my gaze was drawn downwards.
"Hat and Sandal man, of course! Ehm, Kisuke Uruhara."
"Okay, okay, nerd cred established. Please, Sensei, tell me everything about cardiac measurements."
Credit established, rapport built. Back to the normal interview. I told her what we expected of her, her day-to-day tasks, and the part we wanted her to research. Soon she started to ask more in depth questions, nearing the end of my knowledge. For a few questions I had to bluff, hopefully she didn't notice. And if she did, she didn't show it.
The next weeks flew by. I was busy with my own project and Mary was performing her study. Every time I saw her, either at the coffee machine, during lunch, or when I met her in the hallway, I made sure to talk to her. Your first real internship can be pretty lonely. Soon our conversations shifted from work to hobbies. We both watched anime, played Dungeons and Dragons and played PC games. Whenever I met her, I couldn't help but check her out. I knew that was as far as I could go, but a little peek doesn't hurt, right? Most of the time she was wearing loose fitting shirts. Sometimes with a deep V-neck, that were the times I checked out her cleavage. Other times a more form-fitting shirt which showed off her curves. Almost always she was wearing jeans, showing off her pert ass. Then there was the day that she was wearing yoga pants. I knew for sure, not a lot of my colleagues got any work done. Even I felt my eyes wandering every time she was near.
Our weekly drinks were the best. As any poor student, Mary would happily take the opportunity to get free beer. Normally I would leave the drinks after one or two beverages. Mary knew how to keep me there, plying me with conversation, offering me one more drink. Often Mary and me were the last ones to leave the office. I don't know if I imagined things, but it seemed like Mary became more touchy after a few drinks. She put her hand on my shoulder as she got up, or on my leg as she sat down. She almost always sat closely next to me on the couch, even if there was enough room. I tried not to react. Even though I wasn't her direct supervisor, it was not appropriate to reciprocate. Even though I really wanted to. I wanted to bend her over the couch, her ass up. I wanted to move her hand from my leg to my dick. I wanted to see her eyes go wide with pleasure as my dick entered her. But I did none of that.
After a few months, Mary's assignment was coming to an end. Her study was nearly complete, she still needed to do a few experiments, write her report, and the enthusiastic blonde would go back to the university. And once again, I would supervise an acne-riddled nerd for the next half year. And so it came to pass, one Friday afternoon we were once again the last two left on the couch. The last software developer had just left. I still had half a beer left, Mary had a glass of white wine and was sitting way too close to me. We both were silent for a moment. Mary put her blonde hair behind her ear. I followed the movement of her hand. Over her soft face, behind her shapely ear, past her jaw and neck and down. I knew it was irrational to be jealous of a limb, but at this moment I would have loved to be her hand.
"Huh, what?" She had asked something.
"Huh?" she teased me. "What were you staring at?"
"Oh, nothing. Just letting my mind float." Not that my brain was the part that was in control right now.
"What were you thinking about?"
"Nothing in particular." Quickly I scrambled to change the conversation.
"Sure." She smiled, a small wink. She bent over towards me. Her soft pink lips opened a fraction. I wanted to kiss her, taste her. But I needed to stay professional. I took a swig of my beer. The conversation continued in the direction of her experiments. Most were successful, no unexpected results, but for some reason she couldn't get the heart rhythm measurements to work.
"The signal sucks. And I know I've placed the stickers at the right place." She sighed. That was enough to get me into problem-solving mode, who wouldn't help this poor damsel in distress.
"Where do you place them?"
"One on my sternum, the other ones a little more down opposite my heart. Look, like this." She showed on her shirt where she stuck the electrodes. My eyes followed her hands. While she moved over her shirt, she pressed it tight over her breasts. Finally, an opportunity to oggle her in the name of science. As her hand forced her shirt around her breasts, her cleavage got pulled down. I was suddenly aware I was staring. I took another swig of my beer to distract myself. As my gaze landed on Mary again, I saw how she had a faint smile.
"So what am I doing wrong?" She pointed at the spaces where she mimed placing the electrodes. Once again I was more focused on her breasts than the exact electrode placement. I should take care not to be seen as a dirty old man.
"That should be about right," I answered, "Whenever I measure heart rhythm, that is where I place them."
"Ah, so you're touching yourself too," she said with a naughty smile.
Now she was asking for it, "Well, sometimes it's easier to do it yourself, you know. When you don't have time for an extended session."