Chapter Six MUCH More than an Apple for Teacher
Alexis ran her fingers over the embossed Membership Card and sighed. She was going to miss the Club. Ever since her friend Kym had sponsored her for membership, it had been a welcome haven from the cheating lowlife she had been married to and had helped the
old
Alexis emerge from her cocoon once more. But giving it up, at least for now, was a sacrifice she was going to have to make.
Alexis was getting packed up, it was her last day at Rendell High. She was moving on in a few weeks, as soon as she filed the divorce papers on the cheating
motherfucker
she was married to and had consulted a lawyer. 10 years wasted with that – no, it was pointless to dwell on it, just move on and deal. She'd had her own snippets of revenge in the last few months since she'd joined the Club. Yummy little Grace, a fling or two with Kym and Marianne and ... the only difference between her and her husband was discretion and she had remained faithful until recently, while Jeffrey, she knew now, had been a cheating slimeball almost since saying "I Do".
At first, finding out that Jeffrey was cheating had been a blow she didn't know if she could recover from, finding he was cheating with one of her colleagues was even harder to deal with. She had to see Caroline every day and pretend nothing was wrong, even if she did want to rip the redheaded bitch's hair out by the roots. Instead, she did the next best thing. She seduced Caroline and had her panting after Alexis like a bitch in heat. Caroline had promised to stop seeing Jeffrey and to come visit Alexis over the summer.
What angered Alexis the most is being a highly sexual being before she'd met and married Jeffrey, if he had told her he wanted a threesome or an open relationship, they likely would have been able to talk and work something out. Alexis was obviously not averse to the pleasures of another woman or trying new things, she'd been quite the swinger before she met the young Advertising Exec. He'd promised her the moon; she had barely seen the stars.
Fed up, frustrated and needing a chance of scenery, she'd called her friend Marta in California and Marta had been more than happy to offer her a place to stay. It'd been Marta who'd been her partner-in-crime before meeting Jeffrey; they'd torn through a few men together, a few women and, at varying times, each other. The young black woman was still one of the best female lovers Alexis had ever known and she got warm all over at the thought of being entwined with Marta again.
"Mrs. Martins?"
Alexis turned around and standing there was Jeremy Hodkins, the linebacker for the football team. He had been one of the pretty English teacher's favorite students, but he'd struggled since Day One of classes. Jeremy wasn't stupid; he just lacked confidence off the Football Field. She'd tutored him after class twice a week and now he spoke better, was more ready with answers in class, and, in fact, was nearly a Straight-A student.
"Umm .... "
"Jeremy, what did I tell you when speaking?"
"Think before I speak, then talk."
"Correct."
"All right. Mrs. Martins, I hear that you're leaving the school and won't be back next year, and you're leaving the area as well. If so, a lot of students are going to lose a great teacher and I'm going to lose a great friend. I wanted to make sure I came by before the end of the day and let you know that, you helped me a lot." The dark-haired young man smiled and his eyes, once barely looking at anyone, looked straight-on into her beaming face. Jeremy was the kind of student that it was a reward to teach, you could see the results first-hand and he'd worked hard to achieve his goals.
"Jeremy, would you like to grab a cup of coffee with me?" She wanted to relax a bit before finishing packing and she had always enjoyed his company. There would be no problem with it anymore; he had turned 18 a few days before and was no longer her student.
They ended up going to a nice café and having a truly lovely coffee and pastries. Now that he had more confidence, Jeremy wasn't putting all his eggs in one basket and hoping his Football scholarship would carry him on, he was going to minor in education as a safety net.
"What does Marissa think of this?" Marissa was Marissa Rogers, head cheerleader and Jeremy's girlfriend – not one of Alexis' favorite people. Despite being very gorgeous – and a tigress in the sack the one time she had visited the Club as a guest – Marissa was a spoiled brat and a user. Alexis had been a bit tipsy the night she'd slept with Marissa and regretted it a bit, despite the heated sex. Wisely, Marissa had played dumb ever since, but Alexis still thought she needed to be taken down a peg or two.
Alexis brushed a strawberry-blonde curl from her forehead and noticed Jeremy squirming a bit in his seat.
"Umm ... sorry, I forgot again ... we broke up, Mrs. Martins."
That came as a surprise to Alexis, because some men would have climbed mountains to be with Marissa, who was a voluptuous, tall brunette with boobs out to .... Even Alexis had entertained a prurient thought or two about Marissa, so when the opportunity had presented itself, she'd been unable to resist.
"I'm sorry to hear that Jeremy, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."
"No, it's okay. I found her ... well; let's just say Marissa wasn't exactly a one-woman man."
"Fucking someone else, was she?" Alexis knew that she was fucking half the football team, including the coach, who had brought her to the Club as his guest.
"Mrs. Martins!" Jeremy nearly choked on his coffee, but then he laughed.
"Christ, don't sweat it hon, I'm not your teacher anymore. I'll let you in on a little secret – Mr. Martins was doing the same thing, it's one of the reasons I'm leaving."
"What? No way!"
"Way." Alexis laughed, then crossed her legs. She noticed Jeremy looking at her sexy, stocking-clad legs. Well, shouldn't he? She was only 28 and everything still looked pretty damned good.
