There was something different about her today. For some reason, something caught Gilberto's eye when he turned and saw his teacher Mrs. Shannon talking to another student in the library.
Usually conservatively-dressed, with a long-skirt and sweater on, never showing much, Mrs. Shannon looked stunning today in a tight, white blouse with no sweater on today; it was an unseasonably-warm 80 degree day in late October.
Gilberto did a double-take and sucked in his breath. He couldn't help but admire Mrs. Shannon's breasts. Did they just appear all of a sudden? He hadn't noticed them in that way before in the previous 2 months of the semester.
He thought she was nice and friendly, kind of cute with blond hair and with her glasses on, in a librarian kind of way. But at, he guessed, over 55 years old, not exactly Van Halen, "Hot for Teacher" hot. Bu(s)t, the curves on her today...wow! When she looked up, she caught him looking at her and Gilberto looked quickly back down at the book in his hand. She smiled.
Mrs. Shannon, or Marion, as she was called outside of the classroom, blushed and licked her lips. She knew Gilberto liked what he saw and what she was wearing. She was flattered. She thought he was cute. His being new to the country, being from Argentina, South America, his being innocent, shy and quiet, but devilishly-handsome and adorable made Marion fall for Gilberto, but in the way an aunt falls for her cute nieces and nephews. Her smile and bright mood whenever she saw him was not fake or insincere like when she saw other students. She really liked Gilberto. She thought her liking Gilberto was innocent as well. He was shy and she really wished he would talk to her more.
Gilberto's guess was right. At 57, Marion was just trying to stay relevant and keep her students' attention. She poured herself into teaching since that was all she had. Her husband had separated from her and she was lonely and craved social interaction. Her students gave that to her as she was friendly and easy to talk to, but she wanted personal attention from a man, someone to notice her and talk to her because they thought she was attractive.
Gilberto didn't really understand what he was supposed to do on the assignment. His attempts to ask his classmates didn't net much as they just dismissed him and didn't give him the time of day. Needing to get a good grade on his paper, he made his way to Mrs. Shannon's office on the university campus. When he got to her office, he was disappointed to learn office hours had just ended. He was about to turn and go home when he heard a click behind him.
"Gilberto? Hi! Did you have an appointment to see me?"
"Er, no, madam! I'm sorry I did not make one."
"Well, do you have a question? Do you want to come in?" Gilberto knew it wasn't a good time as Mrs. Shannon had her purse over her shoulder and her keys in her hand.
"It's okay, I can come back another time," Gilberto said, "It's my fault I didn't talk to you before about visiting you in your office. I forgot I needed to schedule time with you."
Mrs. Shannon was honestly and secretly thrilled to see Gilberto and wasn't about to let him get away.