Author's note: All characters depicted in this story are 18 years of age or older.
Memories May Be Beautiful and Yet...
It was early spring, and in Tennessee, that meant warm mild days, flowers and trees in bloom, and for a young man about to finish school, a feeling that all was right with the world. It was shaping up to be the warmest day of the year so far, bordering on what most from other areas of the country might call hot. My classes were going great, basketball season had ended, I had just turned 18, and now all I had to do was relax and try to find something to do with all the energy I had. This is the day that Anna came to my history class as a student teacher. She was going to be teaching us American History for the final 6 week term of the year.
Stunning would be an understatement. She was 22, 5'7", blonde hair and OH, her eyes! Her eyes were the deepest shade of blue that I had ever seen, and looking into them made me feel like I was being drowned in an ocean, swallowed up inside of something bigger than I could comprehend. I can't count the times that I just sat and looked at her eyes while in class. She also had a very nice figure, not unusually large for her height, but not small on top for certain.
The other truly amazing thing about her, and what I always found my eyes drawn to, was her legs. She had BEAUTIFUL legs. They always looked so smooth silky, and soft. When she would wear hose, and cross her legs it made a swishing sound that would drive me crazy. She was not shy about showing them off either. She didn't dress real provocatively, but she would wear miniskirts, and would sometimes sit on the front of the teacher's desk. She would cross her legs, which would show a fair amount of her gorgeous thighs and you can bet that I was looking from my seat, which was, joyously, directly in front of her, every time she did it. And, judging by the way that the other guys in class put their books in their laps as I did, I wasn't the only one looking.
There were times when she did this that you could hear the sharp intake of breath from the guys in my class. At that time, hormones were always raging and the closest that most of us had ever been to a real woman was probably some internet pictures we had hidden in our phones or laptops for when the need arose. I had dated a bit, but had experienced nothing more than a good night kiss and some light petting. It was a small Southern town where I grew up, so this wasn't atypical.
Anna had a way of keeping me up nights though. I would lie in bed, thinking of how perfect she was, and how beautiful. I'd fantasize about how great it would be to be with her, to touch her, to kiss her, to feel her warmth, to just be with her. She was my fantasy woman, and every night that spring was spent thinking and dreaming and well, you know, with thoughts of her.
Class was another thing entirely. While I wanted to impress her by being able to answer every question she would ask when she called on me, it never worked out that way. Oh, I knew the answers, I was an honor student, but I could never think of them in class. I remember the day I was sitting there, looking at her eyes, I heard the swish as her legs crossed, and my eyes fell to her legs like a trained dog.
She smiled and said, "Daniel, can you tell us why the Reconstruction period was such a failure in the South?"
I can remember it as if it were yesterday. I sat there turning red with embarrassment and had to ask her to repeat the question. I can still see her eyes looking directly at me; feeling like she was reading my mind; wanting desperately to just get up and run away as fast as I possibly could to hide my embarrassment and shame. "Daniel, did you not read the assignment, AGAIN!?"
"No Ma'am, I mean yes Ma'am I did!" At that moment the bell rang and I was feeling relief and a strong need to get out of that room I had been staring at her legs and I had an erection that was very difficult to hide, and I needed to get out and clear my head. I put my books in front of me, and headed toward the door.
"Daniel, would you come here for a moment please?" I heard her say as I reached the door. OH GOD! I had to walk all the way back through the classroom and back up to her desk with the next class coming in as well. It was probably only 20 ft, but it looked like a mile to me. I turned, awkwardly, and made my way back to the front of the room, holding my books in front of my crotch, fighting the wave of people moving in and out. I stood to the side of her desk, and said, "Yes Ma'am?"
"Look, I think you are going to need to stay after school with me today, I know that you are a good student, I've looked at your records; so why aren't you doing better in my class? There is a major test in two weeks, and from what I have seen in here, I don't think you will do well on it, if we don't correct the problem. Meet me in here at 3:30, and we will talk about it, come prepared to write. You know that I want what's best for you, and for me too, after all, if you don't do well, how would that reflect on me as your teacher?"