Music plays such a main part in movies and our lives. With that said, if you'll humor me, I have some music suggestions to play as you read this story. The beginning accompaniment I thought of is Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez/adagio. A beautiful piece that conveys to me the meeting and beginning of a possible love.
I'll make more suggestions as the story develops, though I suggest you choose what you feel matches.
Otherwise, please enjoy the story.
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Damn school resource officer! Are you kidding me?
Julie Wilson muttered to herself as she laid her briefcase on the desk of her new office. Officer Wilson had been on the police force for ten years, working patrol and the special tactical unit. At 32 years of age, Julie was of mixed race, giving her a slightly darker tan skin tone. She looked at it as having a permanent tan. Julie stood 5'11", with a muscular build, with broad shoulders. Keeping herself active at the gym. Julie had gotten her father's full lips and cheekbones, and her mother's smaller nose and straight hair.
She was in her blue uniform, polished black leather duty belt, holster, and other equipment strapped around her hips. Julie wore her black hair around her shoulders when she didn't have it in a tight bun while in uniform. She believed she would be more approachable with the students by leaving her hair down.
Julie's most captivating feature were her light brown eyes, as some of her frequent boyfriends and friends had told her. Some would say they shown with their own light.
Many compared her to Beyonce. A remark she appreciated, but did not see in herself.
Julie had strained her shoulder on a recent arrest and found herself on light duty and was assigned to work as the SRO at the local high school.
Julie would have preferred to be working the streets, feeling her need to prove herself to her fellow officers and the inner joy she found there.
Julie quickly acclimated to the list of, in her mind, ridiculous duties she would be performing. Act as an armed security presence on campus and a liaison with any students wishing to speak with her. She would also be dealing with any students caught involved in any criminal activity.
Right! Like any of these campus idiots were going to come to her to snitch off a fellow student.
Julie recalled her days in high school, shying away from most of her other students and cringing at the whispered and sometimes out right remarks concerning her sexuality. Julie did not date due to her rapid growth in freshman year, and her shyness.
Julie began a rapid succession of boyfriends since college, as if trying to prove she was no lesbian.
Joining the force had been even tougher as the comments continued due to her refusal to date any of the other officers on the force and her physique.
Julie had recently broken up with her latest dinner mate. Julie never found a spark with any of the men she dated or slept with. She believed it would happen as she had been told her true love was out there. Unspoken was it had to be a man. Julie didn't think she'd be finding her match in any schoolteachers.
A knock at her door brought her out of her thoughts as she looked up to see the school principal looking at her with a slight smile. Julie could read his body tension, wondering if some overbearing, or lazy cop had been dropped into his school.
Julie considered herself as neither, given her less then pleasant childhood and meeting both types of officers. Julie strove to remember her job was to help, not rule over the citizen's of the city she worked for. Her parents had a tumultuous relationship, leading to several visits from the police as she was growing up. She remembered those officers who wanted to be in and out as quickly as possible. She also recalled those officers who would take the time to console a crying girl who did not understand the cruelties she would see between her parents, divorcing when she was ten. Julie had left her parents behind, moving several hundred miles away, but still calling her mother weekly. Julie tired of her mother's constant remarks that she quit her job and find a man to marry
Julie followed Mr. Wesley as he gave her a tour of the campus, introducing staff as they went. Most of the teachers gave a perfunctory hello, though she caught a few of the teachers giving her discrete "look overs." Julie's opinion of dating hopes did not change.
"Finally, let me introduce you to Shannon Barrett, our school counselor." Mr. Wesley said as they came upon the back of a women fumbling with a key to the office near Julie's.
Julie was briefly looking at the backside of a slender woman, standing about 5'4" , maybe a hundred and ten pounds. What caught Julie's attention was the light reddish blond hair that fell to the woman's waist.
Julie felt like her mouth was gaping when the woman turned to them upon hearing her name. Julie faced what she could only describe as one of the most beautiful woman she had ever seen.
Shannon had an angular face with full lips, a small straight nose and the largest, bluest eyes Julie had ever seen. Julie felt as if she were gazing into pools of the bluest, clearest waters she could ever imagine.
Shannon seemed just as taken. Staring into Julie's brown eyes that seemed bottomless.
They stood looking at each other for what seemed forever, but was in reality but a few seconds. Julie recovered first, putting on a slight smile to cover her embarrassment.
She held out her hand to Shannon. Shannon quickly recovered and grasped Julie's had to shake. But as their hands connected, Shannon took a quick intake of breath, feeling as if a shock had run up her hand when she touched Julie. Shannon could see from the slight jerk of Julie, that she to had felt something also when their hands touched.
Julie quickly released her hand and moved away, asking Mr. Wesley if there was anything else she should see. Julie offered a quick goodbye to Shannon as she walked off with Mr. Wesley. She was pleased to take a quick look back and see Shannon still standing outside her door, watching as Julie walked away.
"Oh my God!" Shannon thought to herself as she watched Julie walk away. Shannon felt the taste of desire, just from meeting Ofc. Wilson. "This could be a very good year" Shannon thought as a small smile came to her lips. She finally lost sight of Julie as she turned to enter her office.
Julie was finally free of Mr. Wesley as she sat at her desk. "What was that?" she thought, the image of Shannon seemingly burned into her memory. Julie could still feel a pulse between her legs as the memory of Shannon replayed itself in her mind. "I can't be attracted to her! I just can't!"
Julie finally settled herself and tried to involve herself in her duties, though her thoughts continued to return to the beautiful councilor.
The rest of the day gave Julie no further surprises as she waked the halls, making herself known and available to the passing students with her presence.
The weeks slipped by, with Julie always finding a smile on her face whenever she would pass Shannon in the halls for a quick hello or goodbye.
She was surprised on a Friday afternoon as she heard a light knock on her doorframe. She looked up and immediately broke into a smile seeing Shannon standing there.
"Hi, not interrupting anything, am I?" Shannon asked.
"No, no, just finished some paperwork and getting ready to leave."
Julie thought Shannon looked kind of nervous and hesitant before asking, well, I was wondering if you wanted to join me, er, us, for a drink? Shannon quickly added, "with some of the other female teacher's,"
Julie had a date to meet with a new guy she had met the week before, but felt compelled to agree.
"Sure, that'd be great. Where and when?"
Shannon broke into a large smile as she told Julie that they would be meeting at the O'Shaughnessy on 13th St at 7.
