Summary:
A parent-teacher interview forever changes a teacher's life.
Note 1:
This story is dedicated to my beautiful pet Julie. Your smile makes me tingle.
Note 2:
A special thanks goes to Cecile who suggested the parent-teacher story and Julie for being the muse of the story.
Note 3:
Another special thanks goes to Steve B and Julie for editing and plot suggestions.
Note 4:
One last extra special thanks goes to Estragon for his copy editing services.
Note 5:
Thanks to Tex Beethoven for the new 2019 edit... I hope you like the updated version.
PROLOGUE
Do you know who you are? I mean do you
really
know who you are? I thought I did. But a single moment in time, a single interaction with one person, can change everything. One person who's able to see the real you and who brings out a side of you that you never knew existed. That's what happened to me.
I thought I was happy. I thought I was content. But I never knew real happiness, pure absolute ecstasy until that moment in time, until that person. One moment, one person changed everything...
MY STORY
As a fourth-grade teacher, I take pride in myself that many parents request their children to be placed in my class. As a result, many of my students are siblings of former students. I love seeing the transformation of former students into young adults. For example, I get a great feeling of satisfaction when someone who once was a high energy bratty grade four boy, has now become a well-behaved young man in his high school years; I take even greater satisfaction when he seeks me out to thank me for what he learned from me seven or eight years earlier. It's equally pleasurable to see that some of the girls who had been catty trouble-makers, have become stunningly beautiful high school juniors or seniors.
I don't teach for the money, which is obvious if you know what we get paid; so when I see diamond-in-the-rough students turning into mature young adults, it's really a great feeling of achievement.
I have one family, the Petersons, whose youngest child Devon is currently in my class. Devon has two older sisters, Elizabeth (Liz) who is now in the eighth grade, and Karli who is a senior (she was in my very first class when I began teaching right out of college). Unlike many of their classmates, they had both been well-behaved girls, always doing the most exceptional work, and were reliably courteous to their classmates. They were both a real joy to have in my class. I never, ever, had a negative moment with either one.
Devon, on the other hand, is the exact opposite. At least once a week I have to put a note in his folder, detailing his misdeeds and asking his parents to sign and return it to me. In truth he's a bright student, but his desperate need for constant attention hinders his learning. He's played minor pranks such as breaking classmates' pencils and switching their lunchbox contents. He's also committed major offenses like stealing from backpacks and destroying textbooks.
I believe it's all a cry for the attention that he probably doesn't get at home. Being the youngest child, the only boy, following his perfect sisters is probably extremely difficult. It also doesn't help that his father is generally out of town, and his mother is heavily involved in her daughters' schools' PTA, sports, and cheerleading. I almost feel sorry for Devon, but what makes it worse is that for each note I send home, I then need to interact with his mother.
Mrs. Peterson. Constance Peterson. Never Connie, but Constance. Ugh. Just hearing her name caused me stress and anxiety. When I had her two girls as students, any of my interactions with her were always mildly pleasant. Good reports on the girls and no problems with Mrs. Peterson, and although her manner always came across as if I wasn't worthy of her precious time, she never said or did anything to me that was overtly unpleasant. But this year, it's as if she's a different person and has a personal vendetta against me. According to her, all of Devon's issues are my fault. I dread when my phone rings and I'm notified by Alice, the school secretary that Mrs. Peterson is here to see me. She's yelled at me, cussed at me, and even broken a picture frame on my desk, calling me a rotten teacher and accusing me of making up stories about her can-do-no-wrong Devon. I don't know what happened to her, or what I did to deserve all this abuse, but as a teacher, we're trained to agree with the parent and to do everything possible to work out a resolution.
Constance is probably forty years old. Of course, if you'd ask her she'd say she's thirty. (Which would mean she'd had her first child when she was twelve!) Nonetheless, she could easily pass for thirty. I'm almost thirty, and I look older than she does. The male teachers on staff call her a MILF, or at least that's their fantasy of her. They leer after her as she saunters by on her quest to make my life miserable.
Constance is 5' 9", a few inches taller than I am, and she likes to wear three-inch stiletto heels, which lend her an intimidating height. Her long, fiery red hair, which matches her domineering personality, is always (and I mean always) perfectly styled. She likes to drape it over her shoulders, letting it cascade down her chest as if to direct your eyes to her cleavage: cleavage she loves to showcase. Even in the middle of winter, when everyone is wearing bulky crewneck sweaters trying to keep warm, Constance will wear something scoop neck or V-neck, always low cut. She's not large breasted, maybe a 36 C, but her orbs still seem very firm and impressive. She also has long, slender, athletic legs that are the envy of all women her age. Add in the three-inch pumps she always wears, and the entire package results in a very powerful, sexual and dominating persona.
As we approached Parent Conference Day, notices were sent home requesting preferred times to schedule a conference. We provide time for all the parents to choose from, with the final conference supposed to end by 6 p.m. (we allow late times for the working parents) and I had a full day planned with one loose end: Constance. She sent me an email saying she wouldn't be able to meet me until 7:30 p.m., and that she had already verified that time with my principal, who'd assured her I would be glad to remain late for her conference. I cursed my luck and Ms. Pierce the principal and dreaded the upcoming interview.
Before I continue with my story, I should tell you a little about myself. My name is Hannah Hawkins. I am recently divorced and have a six-year-old daughter Elaine, who is my pride and joy. I am 5' 6", a brunette, with brown eyes and weigh a typical 137 pounds. My breasts are also rather normal, at 34 B, and while they aren't particularly large, they're very firm. I also have strong legs, although I usually hide them in dress pants. My greatest asset is my smile, one I've been told melts hearts.
Because of the late hour of my final interview, and the potential for it to be both long and stressful, I had arranged for my ex-husband, now forever known as Asshole, to keep Elaine for the night. I figured I might need a glass of wine when I got home... maybe even a bottle.
The day was long, as Parent Conference Days always are, but having to wait two hours after my penultimate interview was excruciating. The clock ticked by slowly, giving me ample time to consider all the worst-case scenarios of what Constance might say or do. Each one I considered ended badly. The draft in my classroom didn't help either, as I was cold in my conservative black skirt, black pantyhose and white blouse. When I went to the staffroom at 7:00 to get some water, the school was almost empty. I was the only person left in the building other than Ms. Pierce. I went back to my classroom and waited and waited and waited.
When 7:40 arrived, I was pissed. She'd made me wait for two hours and decided not even to show up, the fucking bitch. I got up to leave, packed my bag, and slid out of my heels. I was resting one foot on a student's desk chair, just about to put on my runners when Constance breezed in.
She gave a cough to make me aware of her presence; I immediately stood up straight, stumbling a bit, realizing my skirt had lifted carelessly, revealing way too much of my pantyhose-covered leg.
"You were already leaving?" she asked in a condescending tone. She was dressed as she usually did, immaculately pristine, yet this time there was something different about her. She had on a business suit with a white silk shirt, two buttons open to, as usual, showcase her breasts; a black skirt just above the knee, with matching stockings that later on I saw had seams up the backs of her long legs; her patent three-inch pumps were gone and replaced with three-inch ankle boots. She also was wearing a black choker, something I'd never seen her wearing before, and her red hair was in a bun. She looked ready for business.
I looked over to her, trying to conceal my anxiety. I ignored her question and asked her to come in. I slipped back into my heels and sat down at the table. To my surprise, she moved her chair to sit beside me, instead of across the table like the setup is meant to be. In an instant I had lost my power position. My apprehension increased as I prepared to start the interview from Hell. As she sat down she crossed her legs, her skirt riding up rather high, revealing the top of a stocking held by a garter belt. It shouldn't have been a distraction, but for me it became an obsession.
I handed her Devon's report card that contained a plethora of Cs and Ds. Constance examined the report card thoroughly, the seconds turning into minutes. I fiddled with my wedding ring (don't ask me why I was still wearing it) as I snatched quick glimpses at her long stocking-clad legs and nervously awaited the impending assault. At one point her ankle bumped against my leg and lingered there longer than socially acceptable.
Putting the file down, she leaned towards me, her two open buttons giving me a clear glimpse of her fleshy cleavage. Her voice was stern, "Why do you hate my son?"
My eyes broke away from her hypnotically inviting breasts as I defended my dignity, "I don't hate your son. I treat him the same as I treat all my students."
She gave a smug smirk as she asked sarcastically, "So you hate all your students?"