Note to All - No one under the age of 18 is engaged in any sexual activity in this fictional story. It is neither implied, inferred, suggested, nor endorsed by this author.
Student Crush
Jocelyn "Josie" Martin - teacher - 25 years old - 5'8", 126 lbs., brown hair, brown eyes.
Erica Williams - student - 18 years old - 5'5", 115 lbs., dirty blonde hair, green eyes. 34B-26-36
Ever since I was a little girl, I had always wanted to be a teacher. Don't ask me why. My Mom was a retired teacher. My Dad was a retired college professor. Even some of my role models growing up were teachers as well. All through high school, I was really adept at speaking in front of large groups and I had been in several plays, musicals, and productions in middle school, high school, and college. So the gift of gab was something I was glad I possessed.
In college, I achieved my Bachelors degree in Government and Economics and my Masters degree in International Trade. After graduating from college, I set out to find a job teaching, preferably in a city where the pay scale was better than in the smaller, rural towns similar to where I grew up. I found a position as a Government/Economics teacher at a high school in Tampa, Florida. Having credit for a Government/Economics class was a requirement for graduation and I was glad to learn that all of my classes would be seniors. I thought that would be nice since the maturity level of the seniors would be better than the underclassmen, or at least I was hoping that was the case.
At first, my students couldn't believe I was a teacher. They were all like "Miss Martin, why are you teaching? You look like you should have been in beauty pageants." I was humbled by their compliments of my looks but I explained to them that beauty only gets you so far and that brains will take you a lot further in life.
My first year of teaching was pretty much uneventful. I taught, the students took quizzes and tests, and they went on to graduate. I got into the school spirit so I supported all of the programs on campus. I went to a lot of the sporting events for all of the sports, supported the various clubs and organizations, participated in fund raisers, and even chaperoned some of the dances held in the gym, cafeteria, or at a local establishment.
Socially, I dated occasionally. I went out with men and women. I found some of them to be really nice, some to be really creepy, and some leaving me questioning whether or not they were actual human beings or not. My sexual tastes had varied from the age of 18 until now. To this point, I had been sexually involved with three men and four women, all in college. Sex in college taught me that having intercourse with someone was strictly noncommittal. It was about getting "the nut" or "the big O". While the orgasm was nice, the emotional side of it was strictly detached. I had an understanding with my partners that the sex was strictly for orgasmic purposes, nothing more. Fuck buddies, if you will.
Although, I truly wish I hadn't given my virginity to the guy I lost it to since he basically told everyone he knew that I was a dead fish. Karma caught up to him after college graduation though. I'm sure he had a heck of a time trying to explain, to his then girlfriend, why he had contracted an STD at a party two weeks prior to the day he was supposed to get married. His girlfriend dumped him and was so paranoid that he had given her an STD that she got tested weekly for three months to make sure he hadn't given her something she couldn't get rid of. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall listening to that initial conversation.
My second year teaching started just as normally as the first year. During the first five weeks, I had settled into my routine with the students and things were flowing smoothly. It was Homecoming Friday and I had bus duty on the bus loop. My job was to make sure students got on their buses in an orderly fashion and make sure I had a radio to call the SRO in case any fights broke out. Thankfully, nothing happened and I returned to my classroom to prepare to go home for the weekend. When I got to my desk to put everything in my book bag, I noticed there was a plain white envelope and my name "MISS MARTIN" written in all caps and in block format. I opened it, pulled out a typed letter that was inside of it, and read it ---
"Miss Martin,
I am one of your students. Actually I'm one of your female students. I admire you and think you're absolutely amazing. I have a bit of a crush on you and think of you often. While I know that, for legal reasons, you can't get involved with any of your students, I just want you to know that I think you're beautiful and I hope one day, after I graduate, we can be more than just teacher and student. If you would like to know who I am, I will tell you this. When you're holding classes next Monday, at some point during the first five minutes of each class, say something about the economic impact of COVID on international logistics. After you say that, gently scratch your neck between your right ear and the base of your neck. That will be my signal to let you know what to do next. After you read this letter, take it home and burn it. See you Monday.
Sincerely,
Me"
I stood there stunned. I felt flush. I had to sit down. I had five classes and a total of 126 students I taught daily, if they all showed up. 61 female and 64 male. ONE of the 61 females had a crush on me. Too many times, I had read on news outlets and seen on television where teachers had been arrested and/or fired for getting into a physical relationship with a student. Some of my students were flirty but not to the point where I would think they would want anything more than me teaching them. I was intrigued, yet scared. I was curious, yet not wanting anything to do with this situation. I also had a moral dilemma. Should I report it? Should I not?
From Friday evening until Monday morning, I was restless. I got very little sleep. I tried doing housework, laundry, yard work, shopping - anything I could think of to take my mind off of that letter. Monday, I rolled into class and, as requested in the letter from my mystery admirer, I mentioned the economic impact of COVID and did the neck scratch thing during every class. During the rest of the week, I hadn't heard from my admirer. Part of my preparation to leave every day was to walk around the class to align any desks that had been shuffled about during the day. I also gathered any papers or tests and placed them in my book bag for grading during the weekend. As I was about to leave to go home, I looked on the floor near the closed door to my classroom. There was an envelope.
Nervously, I walked toward it and picked it up. I recognized my name in all caps and block format again. I walked back to my desk and sat down. I opened the envelope and pulled out the typed letter ---
"Miss Martin,
If you want to know who I am, tomorrow morning at 10 AM, come to the Merriweather Business Plaza, Suite 12, located at 4512 Islander Avenue. Ask for Kenzie. She will bring you to me. Wear something nice because I will be dressed pretty for you. Also, destroy this letter when you get home.
Sincerely,
Me"
My heart felt like it was about to pound out of my chest. My mind was racing. I started running visual videos in my mind of all of the females in my classes. Had any of them said or done anything to this point in the school year that would clue me in as to which one it was? I couldn't figure it out. I was stumped. I wanted to know. I needed to know. Who had a crush on me? I got very little sleep Friday night as I tried to play detective and figure out who my admirer was.
Saturday morning, I got up and made coffee. I couldn't eat because my stomach was in knots. I got about three hours sleep last night. Today was the big day. I showered and got dressed. I chose to wear a nice black and white striped dress with matching heels with my hair down. I drove to the address, found suite 12, parked, and went inside. The sign on the door said it was the Williams Accounting Firm.
I went inside and there was a young lady at a desk and she stopped what she was doing to ask if she could help me. I told her I was looking for Kenzie and that I was supposed to be meeting someone there. She spoke -