Note: All characters engaging in sexual activities are 18 years or older.
This is part 2 of 3.
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I wake up before she does and sneak out of the covers, doing my best not to wake her. The sun has just risen. My bedroom - which is mostly all windows, facing out on a thick forest - has begun to glow orange. In the soft light, Sam looks angelic, except for her dyed blonde hair crunched up against the pillow. The covers have fallen slightly, revealing her small breasts, her naked neck, her delicate feminine shoulders. A master sculptor could not have shaped a more perfect body, and at the ripe age of eighteen, she is youth incarnate, possessing a beauty so fresh I can almost taste it. It will fade and be replaced by a more mature, more durable beauty - and there is much to be said for that. But for now, at this exact moment, her girlish beauty is the stuff of poetry.
The thought disquiets me. The peace of last night has fled from the light of the rising sun. I don't know how I feel about my student being in my bed. The first two times I fucked her were one thing - they were pleasure. Actions of lust. But last night, no. I could not pretend there wasn't something more, mixed in with the lust. I go downstairs to make breakfast.
I crack open six eggs, add a dash of paprika and a cup of milk, and beat them together. Then as I'm heating the butter in a pan, I get out a sausage and cut it into slices. The eggs and sausage are well under way by the time I hear Sam give me a sleepy, "Hey teach."
I look back. She's wearing her white shirt, and very clearly no bra underneath, with a pair of red underwear.
"Good morning," I say.
"What's cookin'?"
"Sausage and eggs."
She hugs me from behind and presses her face against my back. "Mmm, I do like sausage." Her hand drifts down my front, slips inside my shorts, and grabs hold of my cock. I respond - of course - growing hard, but I gently reach down and disengage her hand.
"Not now," I say.
Based on our past experiences, I expect her to get angry. She doesn't. Instead, she gives me a minx smile and says, "Your loss."
She sits back at the table and proceeds to ogle my kitchen. I like to cook, and so I keep my kitchen in good-working order, well-stocked. Marble counter-top, refrigerator with a glass front, an old oaken rough-hewn table. Flowers sprouting from vases wherever possible, a decorative ode to a long lost girlfriend. As Sam explores my domestic side, her face takes on a look of wonder, reminiscent of some ancient European sailor seeing America after a long journey. Her eyes widen and narrow, as if she is judging my décor. But she says nothing, and I don't ask.
I finish the breakfast, and we sit down and eat.
"About last night..." I begin, after a bite of egg.
Sam forestalls me with a raised hand. "No, teach. It is what it is. I don't want to ruin it by talking it to death."
"Leave the dissecting to the scientists."
"Yea." She takes a bite out of a sausage, and juice runs down her chin. I hand her a napkin, and she wipes it away.
"What about your parents?" I ask.
"It's cool," she says. "They sent me a text. They're very worried and just want me to come home." She pauses. "By the way, thanks for ratting me out, jerk."
I sigh. "I don't think you left me any choice."
"Spare me that bullshit. Fatalism is la la la."
I don't have any response to that, so we eat in silence. I get up and pour myself a glass of orange juice. Lots of pulp, just the way I like it. I gesture with it toward Sam, and she nods. I pour her a glass too and bring them both back to the table.
"Won't they ask where you were last night?" I say.
"I'll tell them I was at a friend's. They won't ask which. They're not really concerned about me," she says. "They're more concerned about appearing to be concerned. About seeming like 'good parents' to their friends and to society, because that's what's expected of them."
"That's a little harsh," I say. "I'm sure they—"
"You don't know them."
That's true. We finish our breakfast in silence. When we do, I begin to stand up with my plate. "No, no," says Sam. "'He who does not cook must clean.'" She grabs our plates and glasses and silverware and carries them to the sink. I can't help but take the opportunity to check out her cute butt in her red underwear. How could I not? But she catches me when she looks over her shoulder. She smiles and says, "By the way, teach. What'd I get on last week's test?"
"You failed. A 67."
"Two more points for a 69," she says. "Maybe I can earn a little extra credit?" she gives me a lascivious wink.
"No," I say. "Be serious, Sam. Grades are important. Knowledge is important. Be more than an empty head."
She shuts off the water and turns around to look at me.
"Is that what you think of me? Just a body and an empty head?"
"No," I say. "You have potential. You're very bright. But you refuse to let yourself shine."
"Because I don't do well in physics? Why do I need to know about projectile motion and forces and apples falling on people's heads to be a model? How will that help my career?"
"Oh?" I say. "So you only learn if there's money involved? Science is about more than that. It's about taking control of the world around you, about understanding why things are the way they are. Understanding the ballet of atoms and electrons and forces, the way they touch and untouch, and keep the universe ticking and turning like some giant clock. Having knowledge is like..." I search for a more modern metaphor "...it is like the difference between low-quality video and high-definition. Having knowledge - be it science or fashion - makes the world a richer place, with every breath, and every thought."
She shakes her head, half-laughing. "Oh my god, Teach. You are so fucking sexy."
"Speak for yourself," I say.
"How about this?" she says. "We make a little wager. Give a girl some more tangible motivation. If I get a B or better on your next test, you have to give me the best head I've ever had."
"And if you don't?"
"Then I give
you
the best head
you
have ever had."
I open my mouth to say no, but then she cuts me off, "Before you answer, let me put up these dishes." She turns around and dries them and as she does so, she curves her back, her cute bottom thrust out on display. I am reminded of the first two times I fucked her, which reminds me of last night's love-making, which reminds me of her green eyes flecked with gold, like distant stars and galaxies glowing in a night sky. She stands up on her tip-toes to put the two plates in my cupboard, and when she turns around, she runs her hands up her body, over her flat stomach and the curve of her breasts. She ends by stretching her arms above her head. The motion pulls her shirt up, revealing her red underwear, her long shapely legs. Then she says, "You were saying?" pointedly looking at my visible bulge.
I shake my head. "It's a deal, you bloody little minx."
"Good," she says brightly. "Then I best get changed and head on home. Wouldn't want the parentals to get a bad rep with their society friends."
The next test is on two-dimensional kinematics, a comparatively easy topic. She takes it exactly four days after we make the bet, on the same day her parents scheduled a meeting with me. I have mixed feelings obviously. I've been on the receiving end of her oral skills and they were wonderful. But in the end, my desire for her success outweighs my desire for her body. Of course, being 'required' to go down on her wouldn't exactly be torture.
As soon as my last class of the day is over, I find her test and grade it. She gets a 77, a low C. Frustrating. I know she worked hard at it. A knock sounds on my office door, and I glance at the clock. It's twenty minutes before Sam's parents are supposed to be here.
"Come in," I say.
It's Sam. She's dressed in a knee-high plaid skirt and a white blouse with frills. A purer look than I'm used to. She's the image of a schoolgirl, except for the black stockings covering her long legs.
"Hey," I say.
"What'd I get?" she says excitedly.
"I... haven't graded it yet."
"Bullshit." She slings her bag on the ground and reclines sideways in one of my chairs, her legs dangling over the arm. "Did I fail then, huh? What'd I get? Tell me."
"A 77."
She jumps up. "No way!"
I show her the test. "Sorry. But it's a big improvement. Don't beat yourself up over it."
It's like telling water not to be wet. When she puts her mind to something, she really does go all out. Her downcast look is real.
"You know, about our bet..." I begin. "You don't have to—"
Her head snaps up. "Oh no you don't. A deal's a deal, teach. I promised the best blowjob you've ever had. If I can't deliver on my test grade, at least you can let me deliver that." She begins to scoot around the desk.
"Whoa, whoa, what are you doing?"
"Delivering?"
"Sam, your parents will be here in twenty minutes."
She glances at the clock. "More like thirty minutes. They're always late." In one motion, she lifts up her white shirt and pulls it over the top of her head. She's wearing a green push-up bra that gives her more cleavage than usual. She tosses the shirt in my face.