Note: All parties of this story are of legal age. As a note I got this vague idea from a story I read on Literotica and lost it, dealing with secret admirers and old fashioned notes. I took the idea and ran with it, upgrading to modern days. It may be a little difficult to read the text exchanges, but couldn't publish it with Left and Right justified as it would have been on a phone. I hope you enjoy it.
Blast From the Past - Kayla Part 1
It was the start of another school year and I had just filled up my schedule with a slew of new students, some returning from last year and a couple new ones. It seemed to be a good group of students, all were trying to keep grades up and genuinely wanted to keep their grades up. All of the students were underclassmen though, so it seemed to be a rather uneventful school year. That was ok I thought, I probably should try to be a better husband, but I was still a bit disappointed.
I settled into the routine of things and before I knew it, it was November. The students were all doing well and some had reduced tutoring sessions as not as many were needed to keep their grades up. This was normal, and I was not concerned.
It was late one Thursday night that I got a text from an unknown number. This is fairly common as my ads and such have my cell number on them. Texting was a very common way to communicate, with both parents and/or students. Much more convenient and people can answer when they have time.
Picking up the phone I saw I had 1 new message, a very short message. All it said was, "Is this Mr. Martin?" Intrigued, I replied, "Yes it is, can I help you?" Putting my phone down I got back absorbed in the movie I was watching, quickly forgetting about the text. It was about 15 minutes later that I got another text from the same number. I paused my movie to read the text and was intrigued. The text just read, "Do you remember me?" and that was it. I responded, "Sorry, I don't have this number programmed in my phone, so I have no clue who this is."
The response came much quicker this time and I didn't even unpause my movie as I could see the three dots on our chat indicating they were typing. Waiting, I was wondering what this was all about. I tend to get a lot of texts, but this seemed different. When I got the response, it confused me even more. The response was, "Ohhh, I forgot I switched numbers a while ago." Confused now, I just responded with "OK..." I was getting intrigued now as I saw the 3 dots again and settled in to wait for the response. "I am a former student of yours from a few years ago." Came the response. "I kind of figured." I responded. "I had the biggest crush on you when you were tutoring me" This response came as a bit of a shock but rolled with it. "Well, I am a bit flattered," I responded. Sending another text immediately, "Do I get to know who you are?"
The next response came after a couple of minutes, I could almost feel the thinking going on on the other end of the phone. The response, when it finally showed up, was entirely disappointing. "Maybe."
This had me intrigued, and I responded quickly,
Me: "Maybe??? You want to drag this out?"
Unknown: "I think so, yes! LOL"
Unknown: "This could be quite fun."
Me: "I have to admit, you have me very curious"
Unknown: "Well I think most of the girls you tutor have some sort of crush on you."
Unknown: "Didn't know if you knew that or not."
Me: "Well I had figured some did."
Me: "Some have a much more difficult time hiding it than others."
Unknown: "I am thinking I will drag this out for a while, see if I can drive you a bit crazy."
Me: "Well, you are off to a good start."
Me: "Are you at least going to give me some clues so I can guess?"
Unknown: "Of course!"
Unknown: "It wouldn't be a game if I didn't at least do that!"
Me: "Ohh, this is a game now?"
Unknown: "Of course!"
Me: "Well, I am up for the challenge, how do we start"
Unknown: "Well I am thinking you can ask me questions and I will answer Yes or No only."
Unknown: "Sound good to you?"
Me: "Ok. Is there a limit on the number of questions I can ask in a row?"
Unknown: "I was just thinking about that, let's say 3 a day."
Unknown: "Unless I agree to answer more than that."
Me: "Ok, shall I start then?"
Unknown: "Absolutely, I am eager to see how long this will take you"
Me: "Ok.... Are you female?"
Unknown: "Duhhh, yes"
Me: "Did I tutor you in Math"
Unknown: "Yes"
Me: "Well, those 2 questions didn't narrow it down much, but it's a start I guess."
Me: "Hmmm, Did you do well in your class after I tutored you?"
Unknown: "Yes I did, very well, regardless of the distraction."
Me: "Hahaha, ok. Well I have no clue at this point"
Me: "Haven't even begun to narrow it down."
Unknown: "This is going to be more fun than I thought!"
Unknown: "I should probably go for now, otherwise I will spoil the game"
This went on for days, it was so damn frustrating. Now I am a huge fan of all types of puzzles, jigsaw, math puzzles, logic puzzles and I rarely get frustrated. This puzzle had me scratching my head. After 5 days I knew that she was in college, 20 years old, brunette, going to school for education (after several guesses), from the main town I tutor for, and that I had tutored her when she was 16.
While these were helpful, I still had too many options to choose from, although I had narrowed it down considerably. Finally I started with more meaty questions. "Did I know you had a crush on me?"
Her response, "I don't think so. I was very good at hiding my feelings." "Ok, so obviously as you were under age, I never came on to you, right?" I responded. "You were always the perfect gentleman with me, it was very frustrating honestly." was her response.
"Well, I am running out of questions without guessing names." I countered. I remembered most of my students' names and loved seeing them years afterwards and seeing how they were doing.
Unknown: "Well if you need to resort to that, it is fine, but some of the fun will go when we get to that point."
Me: "Agreed"
Me: "Believe it or not, I am having fun trying to figure this out."
Unknown: "I am very happy about that, as I am having a blast as well."
Me: "Ok, I am ready with my final question for the night."
Me: "Have we bumped into each other after I tutored you?"
Unknown: "Ohhh, that is a good one. We have actually!"
Unknown: "One time, right after graduation."
Unknown: "You came into where I was working for the summer."
Me: "Did we talk?"