Everyone engaged in sexual actions is at least 18 years old!
I needed a passport so that Mon and I could go on holiday to the USA. Back then in the UK you needed someone to sign the photograph to confirm it was you. It needed to be someone who was an official professional. I thought one of my old teachers would do it, she was always nice and helpful when I was still a school girl. Mrs Lawton, teacher of French and Spanish. Perhaps she would still help me as a grown up would be bad girl?
I got Monica to take me to the school on one of our early finish days. It would be in March, as I was still wearing a long coat over my much-discussed tailored uniform. Though, I had adopted fully fashioned stockings as my preferred wear, as I loved the look with my very high heels, keeping the seam straight was awkward sometimes. My hair was pinned up, the dyed stripes properly visible.
We arrived at the school. Monica parked the car, just after the kids had left for the day. I had the photo in my bag, suitably awful, let's face it everyone's passport is horrible. I asked at the reception for Mrs Lawton, and was escorted along familiar corridors. It was strange being back here, as was seeing Mrs Lawton. She was alone in her classroom marking work. I knocked and went in. She looked up and said, "Hello can I help you?" She looked a typical teacher, dark trousers, loafers, and a practical blouse buttoned to the neck, with a warm cardigan. Taller than I remembered. She looked asexual. Wearing little or no makeup, with little sleepers in her ears. There was no hint of sexuality or femininity.
I sort of hesitated, despite being an eighteen year old sales lady, "Yes, Mrs Lawton, I have come to ask if you would sign my passport picture, as I need an official signature. You were my form teacher in year 11, three years ago."
Mrs Lawton put the pen in her mouth and looked at me, sternly, trying to drag a name from memory.
"I'm Mary Taylor, Mrs Lawton. She looked at me quite closely and said,
"No, Mary was the quiet girl, the Christian who sat at the back. She kept her head down all the time. A plain girl, not..." She caught herself, before saying something she may regret.
"Yes, that's me Miss! I'm all grown up, now! Not really plain, or a Christian. Quite the opposite indeed."
"Yes! I can see that. You look very, err grown up. A swan indeed! Can't your parents confirm this for you?"
"I suppose they can but we don't talk at the moment. Mum was a little upset, when I went to work in the makeup department. That's partly why I look a little different, now..." I let that trail off not wanting to give too much away. I wasn't exactly out as Bi or Queer at the time. She started to look at me with a more studied eye now, noticing the height of my shoes, their very sexualised ankle strap and metal heel. The swell of my breasts, the way my short skirt clung to my mound, and arse Showing my suspender straps, and a hint of my labia piercings through the fabric. Annie's little tailoring's. I moved closer, so she could smell my perfume, and see my earrings. I was not the quiet little Christian any longer!
"Yes, of course, there's an exact phrase they want isn't there?" She seemed a little flustered. I was surprised. Standing next to her I opened my bag taking out the form and picture, leaning forward, I put them on the desk, my breasts swelling forward as I bent over. I was deliberately being quite provocative. It's the way I had become in the time I lived with Monica. She signed the picture and filled in the part of the application, that asked for her contact address.
I looked at Mrs Lawton, with a curious desire to be bad and thought it would be worth a try to see if she was interested. "I'm dying for a smoke. Can I buy you a drink to say thanks?"
There was a small hesitation, then, "Oh sure why not, but let's not go to the local pubs. There may be parents, who I don't want to see, now, socially. Where do you live?" I told her, she answered, "Is there somewhere good you know?"
"Yes, there shall be, I'm with my boss and housemate, she'll certainly know."
"I'll follow in my own car, if we go now." She leaned over and gave me a peck on the cheek, as she stood. Perhaps I wasn't too far off beam.
"I'll ask her when we go out, we can travel together if that's ok?"
"Sounds good!" We went from the classroom to the staff room where Katie's coat was, then outside.
Monica, was inevitably, sat in a fug of smoke. "Go to Saturday Market, there are lots of quiet pubs there. Go into The Kings Head, in the corner. I'll go home for the time being. Call me and let me know where you are and that you are ok."