DISCLAIMER: All characters in this story are at least 18 years old.
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Ashley felt like she was in a dream.
A bad one.
She turned around to face the source of the voice, coming face to grinning face with the one student she didn't want to see.
"Love the costume, teach," Jake murmured, his palm softly cupping the back of her neck. "It really accentuates your curves." His eyes slowly traveled down and back up her body, making her feel deeply self-conscious.
Ashley had always felt uncomfortable around Jake. A star football player, his tall and sinewy frame - along with an exceptionally good-looking face and striking, powder blue eyes - had won him a notoriously high "body count" at school. Despite these conquests, Ashley often suspected that Jake wanted more; in class, his gaze was somehow a bit too attentive, and was frequently paired with a faint, knowing smile. On many an occasion, Ashley had inadvertently made eye contact with him as she addressed the class - and she always looked away first.
Still, this was bold, even for him. "Hi Jake," said Ashley, surprised at how small her voice sounded. She felt like she had to think of something to say. "What are you dressed as?" What a stupid question, she thought angrily to herself; he clearly wasn't wearing a costume.
Jake smiled warmly. "I'm dressed as a handsome guy." He gently brushed a stray wisp of hair behind her ear, lightly touching the earlobe for a moment and making her tense up. "What do you think, is it a good costume?"
Ashley instinctively nodded, and then blushed as she realized the implication: that she thought he was handsome. "Thanks," he chuckled, wrapping his arm around her again. "Mmm, you smell nice." He moved his face to her hair, inhaling deeply and lingering for a moment before withdrawing and staring at her expectantly - and as they had both grown accustomed to, she shrank from the challenge.
She knew she had to say something; she was a teacher, for God's sake! However, she convinced herself that surrounded by students as she was, rebuffing Jake would cause a scene and ruin the party. Steeling herself, she resolved to wait this out and then make it clear to him afterward that this was completely unacceptable behavior. Perhaps school would be the best venue for that discussion, Ashley thought to herself; here, constricted by soggy leather and Jake's big arm, she felt like she couldn't think straight.
Various partygoers approached Jake and his beautiful companion over the course of the evening, with Ashley vacantly smiling and looking down at the floor while he spoke to them. Distraught, overwhelmed, and now covered in a light sheen of sweat, Ashley felt like she was simultaneously floating and buried beneath a slab of rock - unyielding, insistent, muscular rock. Even though she wasn't looking at them, she could feel each student - both the boys and the girls - luxuriating in her glistening cleavage, tummy and pubic area. Jake's arm remained possessively wrapped around her the whole time, his fingertips alternating between resting on her upper breasts and playing with her necklaces or bra straps. Deeply embarrassing at first, these incursions were now barely registering in Ashley's mind; her thoughts swirled indistinctly, congealing into a stuffy haze.
She blinked dully. Jake was saying something to her. "What?" She felt like she was hearing someone else speak with her voice.