Tina was our new English teacher. She was in her mid-twenties and we thought she was a very good teacher and very pretty. She knew what she was talking about. The four of us shared that class together. Billy loved to torment the poor teacher. One day, while she was handing out papers, she stopped by my desk.
“See me after class, Danny,” she said.
“Sure,” I replied.
Kevin, who was behind me, leaned up and said, “Danny, what did you do?”
I shrugged. “Beats me.”
When the bell rang, I waited until everyone was gone and then I got up and walked to the front of the room and stood in front of her desk.
“You wanted to see me, Miss Moran?” I asked her.
“Yes, Danny. Close the door please.”
I did so. “Am I in trouble?”
“No,” she said with a laugh. “I’ve been watching you these past few weeks.”
“You have? Why?”
She got up and came around the desk. She stood a few inches from me. “I like what I see.”
“Excuse me?”
She put her hand on the back of my neck and she brought her lips to mine and kissed me. My breathing grew heavy and I pulled away, surprised and frightened at the same time.
“What are you…Miss Moran, you’re my teacher!”
“Danny, I know,” she said. “But don’t think of me that way. Think of me as a friend.”
“That’s kind of hard when I’m in your classroom everyday!”
She brought her lips back to mine and kissed me with so much passion that it frightened me.
I pulled away. “Don’t do this. This is wrong…I have to go.”
I charged out of the room and quickly went to my locker, where my friends waited.
“What did she want?” Cory asked me.
I didn’t reply. I was never myself after that. I was always so nervous. I stammered whenever Tina called on me in class. Of course, my friends noticed and tried to talk to me, but I refused their questions. They’d freak if they knew! One day, Tina dropped a folded piece of paper on my desk and told me to see her after class.
“Again?” Billy asked.
I shrugged. I unfolded the paper and found that it was a note.
Danny,
I know that it was a surprise for you, what happened the other day. I meant what I said. I really do like you. Don’t be angry with my, Danny, please. We’ll talk more after class.”
Love, Tina
I folded the note and shoved it into my pocket before anyone saw it. When the bell rang and after everyone was gone, I got up and walked to the front of the room. Our eyes met.
“Why me?” I demanded. “Huh?”
She got up from her desk and walked around to stand in front of me. Her black skirt climbed her legs a bit when she sat on her desk. My eyes left hers and traveled down, over her breasts and lower…my eyes met hers again.
“Like what you see?” she asked.
When I didn’t reply, she took my hand and placed it on her knee for a moment. Then she began to move it up her leg. She put her hand on the back of my neck and pulled my lips to hers. I never resisted. The bell rang to end lunch and she pulled away.
“Meet me here after school,” she said. “All right?”
I nodded and went into the men’s room. I splashed cold water on my face. At the end of the day, I went to my locker. The guys were waiting for me.
“Need a ride home?” Kevin asked me.
“Not until you want to hang around until five-thirty,” I replied.
“Five-thirty?” Cory asked.
“I’ve got after-school,” I lied.
“What for?” Billy asked.
“Cursing a teacher.” I didn’t want to lie, but I couldn’t tell them the real reason.
“Well, do you need a ride afterward?” Kevin asked.
“If I do, I’ll call you, okay?”
“Sure,” he said. “Later.”