The morning after Kim's return from Mexico, I wandered into the dining room, where brilliant sunshine blasted in from the desert. Two nymphs in football shirts had the coffee going and were setting the table. I fondled each behind in turn and declared my instant lust for them. I was handed a tall glass of orange juice and asked what exotic place I was taking them for ravishment.
I stood in the window and pondered my choices. There was much work today, and Sarah needed to get Karen and Marty together.
I gestured for them to approach and whispered, "What if Karen and Marty meet at noon in the study hall, and Karen has a sudden need to take the rest of the afternoon off. We could slip away to the mine for exploration?"
Their eyes were bright and smiling. "Ooh, he is going to do us on some rock in front of Karen and Marty!"
I nodded and reached up under the football shirts to find and pinch a nipple on their fronts. A sudden voice at my ear said, "He is up to no good, I can tell." Erica nibbled at my ear and said, "You sure run good therapy sessions. That one last night was first class."
I pulled her down for a warm, wet kiss. "Look who I got lessons from." I gave her a nice tight good morning hug and got a thank you kiss.
Soon the room was full of women in various states of dress, getting their breakfasts and putting plans together. Kim wanted thirty minutes with me to review priorities and I suggested staying behind at Keeler with an extra cup of coffee, because I needed to visit my neglected high school obligations and would not be going to the office today. When the others had gone off, I got Clemmie on the speakerphone, told her Kim was with me, and asked for an update.
"I've been keeping both of your calendars clear. Clara was by to see if Kim could meet with the sales staff to debrief the Mexico trip and her rumored purchases. Does that work for you morning or afternoon, Kim?"
"Yes, Clemmie. Let's do it at eleven before the gallery gets busy."
Clemmie also said, darn her, "Clara also wanted to know if you had picked a date for you know what."
"Ok, I hear you, will talk to her. Have to go over to school, may not make it there today. Give me a ring if anything comes up."
Kim was standing in back, pulling my ears. "Theo, don't tell me you are romancing my best salesperson."
"I swear, and I have a witness, that she hit on me. Hit hard. Rumor has it that she has shared your bed, so you know what a sexy thing she is. I turned her down, but she wouldn't take no for an answer and I agreed to have dinner with her."
Kim said, in a soothing tone, rubbing her front on me, "Poor Theo, all these horny women jumping him. You have my permission to bed her, but only if it is here and I can watch."
I stood and we boxed around for a minute, then hugged and kissed. I got an armlock on her and whispered, "I am not the same when you are gone. And it is not just the sex, either. I'd like to talk to you someday about Jeannie Simpson. Remember her?"
Kim jerked back and stared at me sharply. "What's that about? Have you been poking around in my past?"
I held her hands and stared back. "I have. It's part of my history too. You are slowly shedding some of the Parsons armor you carefully built up and it's making you a better, nicer person." We were walking back to her room so she could get office clothes on.
I pushed her up against the wall, "I know, you are going to tell me we are playing with fire. Yes, we are. I think it will be worth it."
She collapsed around me in sudden tears. "Oh Theo, this is hard. I promised you that night two weeks ago that there would be no more secrets, but this is hard."
I sat us down on the sofa in her room. She curled into me still sniffling. I said, "All those years ago, Jeannie had to become Kim to keep the nasty world at bay. Now you have me, you have your helpers and friends, you have a fine place here in Arizona. The Ice Queen can go in the closet for safekeeping.
She buried her head in my shoulder and closed her eyes for minutes. Finally her head came up and I got a long warm wet kiss that had a story with it. A story of the new Kim, bringing fresh joy into her life. A vulnerable Kim that I just pledged to protect and nourish with all my heart.
She jumped up. "Help me dress, I'm late."
I pulled down the boy shorts and shimmied her into black lace panties, and tucked those perfect breasts into the matching bra. I picked a bright flowery dress from the rack, saying, "You are giving a cheery, informal talk to the staff. This will be perfect."
I picked up her perfume bottle and dabbed some in the right places. She smiled and said, "You better wash that off your hand, unless you are going after yet another woman." I pinched her bottom and we went to the garage.
I parked far out in the high school lot and walked in to Karen's office. Her secretary smiled and said, "You are in luck, she just got back from a meeting."
I knocked and entered her office. "Hi, got a moment?"
She looked up and gave me a big smile. "Yes, of course. I've set a date with the Superintendent. Two weeks from Friday."
I went over to give her a congratulatory hug and got a kiss too. She sniffed and asked, "Isn't it a little early in the day to be bedding women with expensive perfume?" She patted the front of my jeans.
I stayed in the hug and said, "Kim asked me to help her dress. She has to give a talk to the staff and I decided a little scent would be the right touch."
"And you put your hand down her front to make sure just a dab got in her cleavage?"
I stepped behind her and let my hand find its way down her cleavage. "Stop that. I can't get caught with you feeling up the principal."
"Ok, three things. One, the reduced study load already isn't working. Too many things going on at once. Second, I am kidnapping you at noon for a special meeting with the director of the gallery in Mexico City to talk about art education. Third, you have a sudden personal emergency that requires you to take the afternoon off. We are going out to the mine. I'll tell you more later."
She sat down and put her head in her hands. "Theo Parsons, working for you..." She paused, and looked up, "is the best thing that ever happened to me. I'll meet you at my house at noon."
He stopped next at Miss Kristoph's classroom. Susan had a free period and invited him to sit down on the chair next to her desk. "Haven't seen much of you lately. What's going on?"
He hitched the chair forward and hunched over, "I'm really sorry about missing class. I've been burning the candle at both ends the last few days and not paying enough attention to my smart and pretty English teacher." He reached out and took her hand in his. It was a beautiful hand, with long flexible fingers. "These are pianist hands. Do you play?"
"Yes. I practiced hard when I was young. My parents wanted me to try out for Juillard. A little voice told me I'd never be in the top rank, and it is a tough life making a living as a concert pianist without a recording contract and no reputation."
He massaged her hand gently, then turned it over and ran his thumb on her palm, following the crease of her lifeline. "My mother has a Steinway grand in her house. Would you play it for us some time?"
He kissed the back of her hand and licked a finger.
"Theo! Stop flirting with me. Yes, I'll come play if you promise not to get me in trouble in public."
Her eyes were big and inviting. He hadn't meant this to be another conquest but there was chemistry at work. He didn't drop her hand, but sat up and said, "I was wondering if there was a way I could do homework for you but not come to class. I need the daytime hours at the gallery."
"Invite me for dinner tomorrow and I'll think about it." She stood up and grabbed him for a hot kiss, stolen before they were observed. "There! Get out of here!" She was excited.
Karen pulled into her driveway on time and said, "Come on in while I get my desert clothes on. That's ok for the lunch meeting too?"
She was down to her underwear in a flash and climbing into his lap rather than her jeans. She thrust his hand into her panties, which were very wet. "You did that to me in my office! Theo, I haven't got this hot over a guy since I was a teenager!"
He rubbed her boob. "That's an ok feeling?"
"God yes. Come in here a minute I need to wash my face." She skinned out of the panties as she went and tossed them toward the hamper. She turned on the water and leaned over the vanity with her bare ass sticking out a mile toward him. The eyes were directing him to get to work. A quickie.
He plunged into a liquid mess. She gave a large grunt, "Yes, yes, more, harder."
In a dozen strokes, she was coming. "Come with me, please! I need you."