Author's Preface: Everyone in this story is over eighteen years or older. The story is entirely fictional. Any similarities to real people or events are purely coincidental. Constructive comments are always welcome.
This is a continuation of the Tammy series. It works as a standalone story. Tammy is a cute girl from a small town in Texas.
There are four more parts in this series about Tammy's first year in college. I'm going try to add a new one each week.
This part is longer than normal. It's really two stories.
Enjoy.
Last semester, I took Introduction to Psychology. It was one of those big survey classes. There was at least one-hundred and fifty people in it. The class was interesting but the best thing about it was the professor, Dr. Clark Walker. I liked him because he could take even the boring parts and make them interesting. Dr. Walker refused to make this class too serious, especially for us freshman.
He kept us on our toes by throwing out horrible psychology jokes. He must have known them all; I can't believe there are that many. He only taught this class because he was still a lower ranking professor, and he got stuck with it. His specialty was behavioral psychology. That's what he taught in his other classes.
He kept us laughing, and groaning, while he lectured.
A man goes into a library and asks for a book about Pavlov's dogs and Schrodinger's cat. The librarian says, "It rings a bell, but I don't know whether it's there or not."
It didn't hurt that he was extremely attractive. He was young-ish for a psychology professor. He was in his early thirties, and reasonably fit-looking although he was no body builder. I had a bit of a thing for professors, and he looked like one. He even wore a tweed jacket with leather patches on the elbows. He wasn't that handsome objectively, but the whole package looked...right. There was something about the way he acted around his students that amplified his attractiveness. It's hard to pin down exactly what it was. Charisma might be a good word for it. He had an air of quiet confidence and always seemed relaxed and happy. His rich baritone voice made me warm below my waist. He had a smile that came from his eyes as well as his lips. His charm made all the girls in class perk up and sigh when he came in the door. He was, "dreamy." It was probably good that he was married with a young child. That made him off limits to me, although I'm sure some of his students still hit on him. If he weren't married, I would have loved to go out with him.
Shortly after the beginning of my second semester, Dr. Walker called me.
"Hi, is this Tammy Tatum?"
"Hi, I didn't expect to hear from you. What can I do for you Dr. Walker?"
"First, call me Clark. You're not my student anymore."
"OK, Clark. It sounds strange not to call your Dr. Walker."
"I need to ask you for a big favor. Could I possibly get you to babysit for me?"
"You seem a little old to need to be babysat, but I guess..."
He laughed.
"I mean could you sit with my daughter? I need to go to a psychology conference next weekend. Can you think of anything more boring? Our regular babysitter was in a car accident and won't be able to be here."
"I'm not sure I can. I don't know much about babies."
"She's not a baby and there's not much to know. She's four and three quarters and she's housetrained so you won't need to deal with diapers. She can dress herself, although don't expect her clothes to match. She can feed herself and brush her teeth. She sleeps through the night so you can get some rest. All you need to do is make sure that she doesn't fall down the stairs, give her some food and water, watch movies with her, don't let her have parties or have boys over, etc. I can tell you all you need to do when you get here."
"I don't know. I've not been around children much. When you say 'housetrained,' do you mean I don't have to spread newspaper on the floor, and I can just let her outside?"
"You can't let her outside; she might dig in the garden." They both laughed. He was trying to win me over with his charm and it was working.
"Please Tammy. I'm desperate. I've called everybody else. All you need is to be responsible and think like a kid. I know you can do that."
"How do you know that?"
"You laughed at all my bad jokes."
I took a deep breath and said, "Ok, I'll do it. But only if you don't tell me any more jokes."
"Oh, thank you, Tammy. I'll be forever in your debt."
He gave me his address and told me when his flight was. He asked me to get there an hour early so he could show me around and tell me what I needed to do. He was leaving Friday afternoon and would return Sunday afternoon. I wasn't looking forward to it, but he was such a charming man that I couldn't say no to him.
I arrived at the address he gave me, at 10:00 on Friday. He lived in a huge house for a college professor. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. He gave me a tour of the house and I wondered how a college professor could afford a place like this. I looked at the room where I would sleep and then he introduced me to his little girl Maggie. She was adorable. Maybe it was my womanly hormones kicking in, but I bonded with her at once. Clarke left a big wad of cash on the kitchen counter and told me to order-in anything I wanted to eat. If I felt like cooking, there was plenty of food in the house. He showed me what Maggie liked to eat.
"If she changes her mind about what she wants to eat, give in. She can't get too spoiled in two days, although it may make you her favorite babysitter ever. No matter how much she begs, don't give her the key to the liquor cabinet. She can be a mean drunk."
"Dr...I mean Clark, where's your wife? I was hoping to meet her?" I asked.
"I was hoping you weren't going to ask, but I'm not going to lie to you and Maggie might ask about her. Scarlett left us. Maggie thinks she's on vacation, but she's gone. She wasn't a good mother and she hated taking care of Maggie. I loved Maggie as soon as I saw her mucus covered, little body, but Scarlett didn't. She wasn't much of a wife either." I had this unexplainable urge to hug Maggie. "She left me a note when she ran off with some guy. I think she'd been seeing him for quite a while. We haven't seen her in two months."
"Wasn't she a psychology teacher too?"
"She taught at Saint Edward's University here in Austin. I guess she still does."
I wished I hadn't asked. He was obviously heartbroken and was trying not to cry. I couldn't believe she would leave a great guy like that and her little girl. I hated her. I'd never met her, but I still hated her.
I couldn't help myself. I ran over to Clark and hugged him. He hugged me and started crying but pulled himself together quickly. I couldn't stand that someone who made everyone smile was so unhappy.
He gave me a list of instructions four pages long. It had feeding schedules, sleep schedules, favorite songs, favorite TV shows and DVD's, at least thirty emergency phone numbers, including one for next door where a mother of four kids lived, thank god. It had his flights, his cell phone, his hotel, and how to get hold of him in the conference room. All area hospitals and all her doctors were there. It also included every restaurant that delivered in a 30-mile radius. He left laminated copies of the list in every room in the house. Since I didn't have a car, he gave me the keys to his wife's car, keys to all the doors and the security codes for the alarm system.
A cab came to pick him up. Maggie and I walked out while he put his baggage in the cab. He gave her a big, long hug, not wanting to let her go. We waved as he went away. His flight wasn't until 3:00 but he had to get there early to get through security.
Maggie and I spent the afternoon getting to know each other. She was a very bright little girl who wasn't afraid to speak her mind. Taking care of her was not a problem. When it was time for dinner, I asked her what she wanted, and she yelled "Pizza!" We ordered in and I gave her a glass of milk to wash it down. After dinner, we snuggled down on the couch and watched "The Little Mermaid," twice. About three quarters of the way through the second viewing, she fell asleep with her head in my lap.
I carried her upstairs, took off her shoes and dress and tucked her into bed. We missed brushing her teeth, but I didn't want to wake her.
Clark called as soon as his plane touched down to check on her. I was going to have to babysit him by phone.
The bed I was going to sleep in was down the hall a bit and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hear Maggie if she got up. The stairs scared me even though there was a gate. I decided to sleep in the master bedroom which was right next to Maggie's.
Her bedtime was 8:00 which is a bit early for me although she woke up at 7:30 which was a bit early for me too. I poked around the bedroom out of curiosity. Opening a walk-in closet, I saw that it was full of women's clothes. Poking through her clothes felt a little weird but I was curious. She had a small section devoted to negligΓ©es. I pulled a few out and held them up to me. They were all very sheer and I bet Clark loved seeing her in them. There was one that I loved, and I had to try it on. I stripped down to my skin and put it on. The white fabric was luxurious and when it brushed against my nipples, they stiffened. It was so sheer that even through many layers, it left little to the imagination. I swirled around and looked at myself from all angles in the mirror. I don't know how it looked on her but if I wore it, Clark would buy me jewelry. I took it off, dressed and left the closet.
I hadn't seen a picture of Scarlett and I was curious. I when though her dressing table and found a framed full-length picture of her in one of the drawers. It surprised me when I saw it. She didn't look like me, but we shared similar features. She had long auburn hair like I do, big boobs, an hourglass figure, and even big blue eyes. I couldn't tell how tall she was and of course she was
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