My new story, with a new set of characters. I hope you enjoy it. Please note it is fiction. This never happened. It is a fantasy. It is presumed to be set in a world that is more open and gracious that our own.
Professor Bridget Has an Affair
The phone rang in Professor Bridget Williams' university office interrupting her discussion with Megan, a student from her senior seminar.
"Excuse me," she said to Megan as she reached for the phone. "Hello, Professor Williams' here. Oh... John, what? I'm working with a student.... Yes I know." The irritation was obvious in her voice, "I'm on my way... As soon as I finish with Megan I'll walk over to your building. Yes, see you soon." Bridget sighed in annoyance as she hung up the phone before turning back to Megan. "Sorry, my husband. I am expected at a reception over in the science building and for some reason my husband feels I need to be there right now."
Megan smirked and made a face.
"What?" Bridget surprised at the girl's reaction.
"Well, you know..." She hesitated as if weighing her words carefully, "Maybe he needs a chaperone."
Bridget rolled her eyes, "More of an audience I think." Immediately she thought better of that incautious remark as Megan reacted by laughing. "I shouldn't have said that."
"It's ok. Your husband, the other Dr. Williams, has a reputation."
Bridget nodded, she didn't know whether to be embarrassed or not. "I'm not naΓ―ve. I know very well of my husband's interests and extra-curricular activities."
Megan begins to pack up her things, "He certainly doesn't keep it a secret. He has been with several of the girls from my sorority."
Bridget raises her eyebrow, "Ok, so then tell me, I know my husband well enough to know he would not coerce or force anyone against their will. Why are so many of the young women so willing?"
Megan stopped and looked Bridget in the eye with an incredulous look on her face, "Seriously? Well, he is handsome and smart and experienced. A lot of the girls are flattered and just want to have an experience with a man who they know has some experience and will treat them like a princess instead of floundering around like boys our own age. And 2
nd
, he has connections and he does use them to help a lot of the girls he... well, you know...
"...that he fucks."
"Yeah, right!" She stood up to leave, "It is impressive that you know all this about him and aren't making lots of drama. A lot of the girls are really impressed with how open you appear to be. I know I am." And with that she smiled, grabbed her backpack and was off.
Bridget sat quietly thinking. Megan had told her nothing she didn't already know. The fact was that she and her husband of 4 years had a very open relationship. John had made it clear that he was not willing or able to restrain his need for female attention. And for her part Bridget also had had her share of plenty of partners in the past, both men and women. These included fellow students along with several of her own teachers beginning back as far as her senior year in high school.
Bridget grabbed her jacket and headed out, carefully locking her office before wandering out onto the quad. It was a cool October day, on a late Friday afternoon at the University. There were very few students out and about. The falling leaves had turned vivid colors. As she walked toward the science building the wind blew them around the ground and got up underneath her skirt causing her to have to hold it down as she walked.
Dr. Bridget Williams was a relatively new appointment in the history department, being only in her 2
nd
year at the University. Still an "Assistant Professor" without tenure, she nonetheless had established herself as a very well liked teacher and fairly well respected young scholar. In fact, she had just celebrated her 30
th
birthday in late September.
She was not what one would call a great beauty, but she was "cute." She had always been told she was cute and accepted this. She had long light brown hair which she kept tied up in a ponytail and sometimes in a bun. She wore glasses and always wore skirts and loose blouses. Early in her academic career one of her teacher/mentors had been clear that her male colleagues preferred women who wore skirts and suggested she would be more successful if she did as well. She was happy to follow this advice and with the skirts usually she wore stockings. Her hips were broad, but her chest was small.
As she neared the science building she paused. She married her husband while she was still in grad school. He had been a researcher doing post-doctoral work at the same university where she was working on her PhD. He was 10 years older than she and was appointed to this University before she had finished her degree. Two years later, after managing a long distance relationship a tenure track position opened in the history department and John encouraged her to apply. She didn't expect much to come of it, after all she was young and inexperienced and there would be a lot of competition. When she not only made the finals, but eventually won the appointment she was very surprised. In fact, it seemed a bit odd given her inexperience and she wondered if her husband had had anything to do with it.