It was an unseasonably hot and muggy fall afternoon. The air in the classroom was damp and close. Despite her best efforts to concentrate, the prof's words began to meld into a meaningless droning in the back of Jane's mind while she claustrophobically pondered whether or not it might be possible for one to suffocate under the weight of such humid air. A hint of a smile flitted across her face as she reflected on the ironic nature of the imagined situation. The rustling of a hundred closing notebooks dragged her from her reverie and as her eyes refocused on the world around her they met the curious gaze of a classmate, no doubt wondering what she had found so amusing in the prof's monotonous delivery of his lecture. She laughed and shrugged her shoulders as she picked up her things and headed out the door to her next class.
As she walked through the hallways she noticed the guy from her last class checking her out, and again her mind began to wander. Almost unconsciously she lifted a hand to the side of her neck and absentmindedly caressed the sensitive spot there. Her body tingled as she imagined a pair of lips touching her there with searing kisses. However, the reality of her uncomfortably warm body prevented this train of thought from developing much further.
She slipped out through the nearest exit in the hopes of escaping the oppressive atmosphere of the Arts Centre. She was disappointed to find that the slight breeze that greeted her outside was more reminiscent of a large dog panting in her face than it was refreshing. In that instant she decided it was futile to force herself to sit through yet another class in this weather, and she soon found herself entering her own house.