During my sophomore year of college, I had matured slightly from the immature hood rat from New York into a more confident 19-year-old college man in Boston. Sometime after high school, I grew a few inches, added some weight and muscle and with it, a bit of youthful sophistication.
I am sure you're thinking how mature a 19-year-old could be, but it was true. I was the first in my family to go to college and wanted to make sure I represented the family in a way that they would be proud of me. I was their only son from a poor Black family and saw how hard my father and mother both worked. So, it was my duty to do my part as well. Going to school and studying hard was important -- it became my job.
I am not going to sit here and tell you that I didn't have my fun. Boston is an amazing place to go to college because the bars were packed with young professionals and college kids, and we certainly had our share of late nights and parties on the weekends.
For those of you who read my other stories, I am Ryan -- now 28 but when this happened, I was 19, 6'2, just shy of 180 pounds -- I was somewhat unremarkable with short black hair and dark brown eyes -- no tattoos, no gang colors. Just a normal average college kid who wanted to make something of himself.
By your sophomore year, you've already gotten through some of your required classes and understood how the system worked. I took a few classes for my major but left room for a class or two of electives that interested me. Because I grew up in a religious home and was dragged to Baptist church every Sunday, I already knew and understood Christianity but always had an interest in Buddhism and Taoism so when I spied a class entitled Fundamentals of Eastern Religion, I thought it would be both interesting and a way to fill a few credits, so I signed up.
The first night of the Fundamentals class, I took a seat on the left side of the classroom by the wall so there would be no one on my left -- a buddy of mine told me that professors typically lectured from their podium and looked toward THEIR left when addressing the class -- so the chances of being singled out or called on was minimized if I was on the opposite side. Seemed like a wacky theory to me, but I found it to be true.
On the syllabus, the instructors name was just first initial last name, so I wasn't sure if it was a man or woman. I was looking around waiting for class to start, chatting with a few people around me when the door opened -- I glanced back and caught a glimpse of a woman who looked to be in her early 40's. She was tall, slender with smallish breasts and that shorter frosted brown hairstyle that women seem to go to when they reach a certain age. She was dressed stylishly in a button-down white top and mid length skirt and heels -- the type of woman I always found attractive. If I had to say she resembled someone famous, I'd go with a slightly older version of the model Rachel Cook -- same blue eyes.
I assumed that she was our instructor, but she seemed unsure of herself and was looking around the room for a place to sit. I caught her eye as she scanned the room and smiled -- then pointed to the open chair to my right. She hesitated and I saw her face flush but then she nodded and walked over to sit down next to me.
"Hi, I'm Ryan -- guessing you're NOT the professor?"
She smiled at me and offered her hand as she sat down -- "I'm Bailey, Bailey Thomas...No, not the professor...ha ha."
She caught me off guard because she had a southern accent, which was so foreign to the strong Boston accents I was used to from my time here. It was soft and almost had a musical quality to it...I felt my cock stir instantly...
As she was arranging her books and paper on her desk, I noticed an enormous wedding ring. I pictured the cartoon of the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other duking it out over good and evil and something inside me CRAVED this woman instantly. The fact that she was married, sexy as hell, pale and white and very conservative made her the forbidden fruit that my grandmother had always warned me about. Bailey was as taboo as it got, and I wanted to seduce her in the worst way.
She was still fiddling with her books and laptop and getting set up when the professor walked in. Of course, he was Indian -- why wouldn't he be? It was an eastern philosophy class -- I sighed and thought to myself that this was going to be a LONG semester.
I have always struggled with understanding that Asian dialect and it was difficult to stay focused on his words while keeping one eye on the slender legs and thighs next to me at the same time. Bailey must have felt it too, because she kept letting her high heel dangle off her toe and adjusted in her seat, crossing, and uncrossing her legs several times. She caught me looking at her a few times and would smile politely but also turn bright red and turn her attention to the podium.
After about an hour of lecture, the professor said we would take a 15-minute break. Bailey sprung out of her seat and out to the hallway -- I wasn't sure if she had to use the bathroom or just needed to get away from me, so I waited a few minutes before going out the door for a drink of water. I went to the restroom, got a drink, and walked past her on my way back in... She was texting someone, so I waited until I saw her sigh and close her eyes...
"Hey, Bailey -- class is about to start back up -- we better get back in."
She sighed and nodded -- "Thanks Ryan, I'll be right in."
I saw a bit of resignation in her eyes and said, "You okay? Trouble at home?"
She paused, looked me in the eyes and I thought she was going to cry. But she shook her head and said, "Nothing new...let's go back in and listen to Professor Babble-all-Night...lol."
I laughed and we walked back in. After class, as she was packing up her stuff, I told her it was nice meeting her and that I was curious about why she was in school.
Bailey laughed and said, "Don't you mean, what's this old lady doing in a classroom full of kids in their pajamas?"
I smiled and told her that 'old lady' never entered my mind and that she was in better shape than 99% of the girls in the room.
She patted my arm and said, "You don't have to be nice, Ryan -- it's a fine compliment, but you DID think I was the professor, didn't you?"
I laughed and said, "Well, if you turned out to be the teacher, you would be the best-looking instructor I'VE ever had."
We chatted a little more -- she was interrupted by two more text messages -- she looked down at her phone, frowned and sighed -- and put her phone away without answering.
As she looked up at me, she smiled and said, "Asshole..."
I laughed out loud at that -- "I didn't expect that coming from a sweet southern belle like yourself!"
Bailey smiled and said, "Yes, that was rude of me, wasn't it? My apologies..."
I asked if there was trouble in paradise. She paused and said, "My husband -- He's not a fan of me going back to school and was checking up on me...He's afraid some young stud is going to try to pick up his wife or something stupid..."