The next day I heard some stirring as Dorris was putting the last of her things together to get out. I looked up as she kissed me softly on the lips. She told me that she had to get back to her husband, her school teaching job, and her life. I was sorry to see her go, but I was also happy to have my room for the rest of the week. I told her bye and we exchanged information. I told her that I would look her up the next time I was in Des Moines Iowa.
I looked at the clock and saw it was 8:30am. I was late for my first session of my training and was almost going to miss the complimentary breakfast in the lobby.
At that point I threw something on and walked downstairs. I saw what looked like wall to wall Celeste Wisdom, the sci-fi tv show woman from the sixties show. There were fat Celestes, there were skinny ones, there were old ones, there were black ones, there were white ones. All of them trying to be a sexy siren from a bygone era. I grabbed a donut and an apple from the bar and then accidental bumped into a young one. "Oh I'm sorry" I said as what appeared to be a twenty year old with glasses smiled.
"Oh you're fine." She said as she looked over at her friend and giggled. The other one looked at me as if she wanted to say something.
I ignored her and walked over to get me some juice when an older woman walked up and sternly said, "Don't even think about it."
I asked, "Don't even think about what?"
"I saw how you looked at that girl, I know how the fifty year old comic book adolescent mind thinks." The older woman said.
"Well, I haven't read a comic book since I was in my teens and I am not fifty, so what are you talking about?"
"Then why are you here?" She scoffed.
"I am late for a business meeting and you are now making me more late." I then asked her "what are you doing here?"
"I'm a professor of contemporary art at the university and our class is on a field trip." She said.
"OK, so you are a professor, that means your students are at least, what 19?"
"Yes."
"Then why are you worried what I am thinking about doing to adults?"
She sneered.
Then a coworker walked up and said, "Gerald, you aren't even dressed. We are both late for our business training. I will give you about fifteen minutes and then I will leave you if you aren't ready.
"OK man, I'll meet you in a few out front." I said to my coworker.
He walked away.
I then looked at the professor.
She said, "OK, you are not a comic book nerd but I know I saw how you were looking. I got my eye on you, she said.
I then said, "You know everyone here is dressed in provocative space costumes. I wonder how one of those would look on you. You have a pretty face and even though you are wearing clothes that hide your body, you look like you really aught to show some of that."
"And what difference does it make to you?" She said shortly.