"There's no way I'm attending Siegel's lecture today!" Emma huffed angrily.
"Why not? Her course is the best," I said, sipping my iced coffee.
"The best?! I hate Philosophy of Mind, and you do too, but the thing is, you have the hots for Siegel!" She said, pointing her manicured nail at me.
I rolled my eyes at her accusation but didn't try to deny it. It was widely known among my friends that I had a huge crush on Valerie Siegel, our university teacher. She was of German heritage, tall, with blonde hair cut in a perfect bob hairstyle. Her deep blue eyes reminded me of the sky before a storm. I sighed dreamily just from thinking about her.
"See!" Emma said, ripping me away from my daydreaming.
"Emma, if you start missing all the lectures you hate, you're never going to attend another class in your life." I answered.
"Fuck, you're right," Emma sighed, slumping in her seat. "But I'm not going today!"
"Okay, whatever," I said, shrugging at her. "But I am, and her class starts in about 30 minutes, so I better get going."
"Go get her, Eve!" She joked, and I flipped her off before leaving the cafe we were at.
As I walked through campus, I kept thinking about the thing with Ms. Siegel--or rather, about the nonexistence of it. Even though I was head over heels for her, I knew nothing would happen. It couldn't happen because even if people did get involved with their university teachers, it was unprofessional, and Valerie Siegel was the embodiment of professionalism.
And even if she wasn't, there's absolutely no way someone like her would ever be interested in me, little old me with my chestnut hair always in a messy bun and a face filled with freckles that kids in my school used to say was like mange. Not only that, but also the fact that God didn't bless me with big boobs and a nice butt. Unfortunately, I am almost flat, something that always bothered me greatly.
At first, thinking about the fact that I was never going to be able to get into Siegel's pants--or pencil skirt, to be more exact--made me sad and in the mood to mope. But now, I had already made peace with the fact that nothing was ever going to happen between me and Ms. Siegel, and I was fine with her just being a crush and amazing eye candy for me.
That was all I could think about in the short walk between the cafe and the building where the lecture was going to take place. And when I was just about to enter the building, I heard her--Ms. Siegel's stern voice.
"Miss Smith," I turned and was ecstatic to find Ms. Siegel there, holding an enormous pile of papers and books. "Lend me a hand, will you?"
"Of course, Ms. Siegel!" I said, rushing to take half the pile off her hands as she sighed with relief. "What's all this?"
"Mr. Chen got sick and asked me to instruct his freshmen about a project he wants them to do, and I owed him a favor," she answered angrily. Clearly, she found the task to be annoying.
"A project about what?" I asked as we headed inside.
"Classical Philosophy, ugh," she answered, rolling her eyes.
"You don't like it?" I said, giggling at her reaction.
"I despise Classical Philosophy. Is it important? Very! But I hate it," she said angrily.
"Well, I love it actually."
Ms. Siegel stopped dead in her tracks and stared at me with a single brow raised. I felt like I was being analyzed and got nervous, shifting my weight from one leg to the other.
"Really?" She asked, and I just nodded. "Well, and are you good at it?"
"I think so," I said, feeling embarrassed being put on the spot.
"How were your grades in Mr. Chen's course?"
"I was top of the class," I whispered, averting my gaze. Being too good at something made me as nervous as being too bad at it.
"No way," Ms. Siegel sounded shocked. "Don't lie to me, girl. I'm going to check it."
"I swear! You can check," I answered, slightly offended. But then something amazing happened--Siegel smiled. Not a happy smile, but the smile of someone who just had the greatest idea.
"Interesting," Siegel said, looking very satisfied with herself, and continued walking, with me rushing after her. "I want to talk to you after class, Miss Smith, understood?"
It definitely wasn't a question, so I just nodded yes to her as we got closer to the classroom door.
"Excellent!" Siegel said to me before we burst into the room to start the lecture.
•••••
I wasn't able to focus during the lecture. I tried my best, but I couldn't help wondering what Siegel wanted to discuss with me after class. My mind was making a fool out of me--the rational part knew it was something related to Mr. Chen's project, but the other part, the horny one that hadn't had sex in three months, kept playing lewd scenarios in my head.
I pressed my thighs together as I watched Ms. Siegel writing on the whiteboard, her beautiful ass hugged perfectly by her pencil skirt. I couldn't help but imagine my fingers sinking into the firm softness of her globes, sighing at the thought.
The class seemed to drag on forever, but finally, she dismissed everyone but me. I felt my heart thundering against my chest as I got up from my seat and headed towards her.
"So," I said, fidgeting with my fingers. "You said you needed to talk to me."
"I did, but are you okay, Miss Smith? You look flushed. Do you have a fever?" Ms. Siegel said, raising her hand towards my forehead to check my temperature.
I gasped a little as her hand made contact with my skin, and I quickly stumbled back because in my head, if she touched me for too long, she would be able to tell how horny I was feeling.
"It's nothing!" I said nervously, my voice cracking shamefully and making me want to die. "I'm fine. Please just say what you have to say."
"Okay," she said, looking at me with suspicion. "I'll go straight to the point. I sent a message to Mr. Chen, and he said you were his best student, so I asked if you could help me instruct the freshmen, and he agreed."
"Well, okay," I said, feeling a tinge of disappointment in my fantasies not becoming reality. "I'll help you, Ms. Siegel."
"Of course you will," she answered, scoffing. "I wasn't asking, Miss Smith. You would do it even if you didn't want to."
"Then I guess it's good I want to," I said, quivering at her tone. "When will it be?"
"It will be in 15 minutes," she said, heading to her desk and grabbing her things.
"What!?" I gasped. "Now? I'm not ready to do it now."
"Too bad, Miss Smith, but you're going anyway. And look at the bright side: the faster we start, the sooner we get this over with," she said, sounding impatient.
"But Ms. Siegel, I can't just--" I was about to protest more, but she placed a single finger over my lips, and I felt myself melting at her touch, all the words escaping me.
"Miss Smith, if you stop complaining and help me already, I'll owe you a favor," she said, staring deeply into my eyes, and all I could do was nod, completely hypnotized by her beauty. "Great, now let's go!"
Ms. Siegel rushed out of the classroom, and I stumbled behind her, my knees failing, my heart racing, and a very familiar feeling low in my belly.
•••••
An hour later, and all the butterflies were gone. Actually, all the happiness in me was gone because these freshmen were a bunch of morons. Ms. Siegel didn't mention that this project was only for the students who were failing Mr. Chen's course. And as we reviewed the projects, it was one ridiculous mistake right after the motherfucking other. Now I understood why Mr. Chen was so mad all the time.
"Jason, wasn't your philosopher Aristotle?" I asked.
"Yeah, why?" he answered.
"Then why did you basically copy Colleen's work about Plato?!"