As I drove home from my stunning encounter with Grace's ass, I had a smile on my face the whole way. We had cleaned ourselves up after a while, put the toys and lube away, and thrown the towel right into the wash to cover our tracks discreetly. With our clothes back on, Grace walked me to the door. It was dark and fairly cold out, but she slipped on a puffy jacket and walked me out. Before I left, though, I felt like I had to clear the air.
"Grace," I asked as we crunched across the gravel, "I hope you know how amazing tonight was."
She took my arm and squeezed it, her face shining up at me.
"I do know," she said happily, but there was a shadow in her eyes.
"And I know you're mature enough to understand that we can't be doing this all the time, right?"
She nodded again, but stayed quiet.
"Remember the whole can't-take-you-to-the-prom thing?" I said, trying to lighten the mood.
She giggled despite the serious tone of the conversation.
"That's what we have to hold onto."
I stopped beside my car, leaned against it, and pulled her into me with my arms around her waist. She stood quietly, looking at me and clearly working to figure this all out.
"Also, you know that I'm going to keep seeing your mom," I said as neutrally as I could. "And I'm sure you guys are going to talk about what goes on like you did last weekend, right?"
She nodded and a smug expression crept across her face.
"So you're still okay with that, and we just happened to have an amazing time tonight, AND you really worked hard to get your paper done as well. The whole day is a win."
It wasn't much of a conclusion, but it was all I could come up with. I waited while she ruminated.
"I'm cool with you and mom," she said at last. "And I'm cool with us working together. And I know you can't be my boyfriend or anything. I just hope..." she trailed off.
"Hope what, Grace?" I prodded.
"I just hope that we can...you know, still have some time for other stuff."
"I hope so, too," I admitted candidly. "It's pretty fucking great!"
That drew a real smile from my former student.
"We'll have to play it by ear, though," I added as a caution. "We can't let you and me having some fun mess up the other things going on, you know?"
"I know," she said earnestly. "I just like the way you make me feel."
"I like the same about you, babe. You're an amazingly sexy young woman, and I know I'm ridiculously lucky that we can do ANY of this!" I finished with a grin.
"You're a goof!" she chided, but she was clearly much happier and she stood on tiptoe to give me a quick kiss goodbye.
"And YOU are a goof with a sweet ass!" I jibed back, giving it a quick squeeze.
"Hey!" she objected suddenly. "I'm a little...sore...back there!"
I was suitably chastened and kissed her softly as I whispered "Sorry!" against her lips.
"See you next time?" she asked in her normal chirpy voice as she stepped back.
"Absolutely. Work day on Thursday."
With that, I turned away and opened the door. She walked back to the steps as I started the car, and waved when I looked back at her. I gave her a quick wave in response and headed out.
Once I was home, I took a long shower and replayed the whole evening in my mind. That train of thought got me all turned on again, and I had to relieve my tension before I got out of the shower. I came hard under the scalding water, a vision of Grace's face dancing before my eyes as I remembered the incredible tightness of her ass.
After I was dry, I realized quickly that grading or prep was out of the question, so I poured myself a bourbon-and-water and stretched out on the couch to watch some Netflix. As I drowsed, I resolved two things: to get up early and do some work, and to do whatever I had to so Grace didn't get too attached. After an hour, I gave up on my show and went to bed.
Wednesday brought a nice surprise: a snow day. The school was not requiring virtual teaching anymore, so I had a chance in the morning to catch up on work while still in my sweats. By 10 o'clock, I was done and stretched back on the couch sipping one last cup of coffee. That's when my phone buzzed on the coffee table. It was from Lindsey, and it started out purely conversational.
"Can you believe they called off school for 2 inches of snow?"
"Not really," I typed back, "but I'm OK with it." Then I tacked on a zzz-sleepy emoji and hit send.
"Poor baby!" came the reply. "Working too hard?"
"Must be," I replied.
"You live off of exit 29, right?"
"Yup. Why's that?"
"I told Grace I had to run some errands" came the response.
Before I could think of what to say, a wink emoji popped up. Ah, I said to myself, she's horny and I'm home all day! It seemed only fair that she came to my place for once, so I sent back a drooling face and then typed in my address.
"11:30" came back, along with a peach icon.
I sent back a thumbs-up, added a tongue for good measure, and then got up to straighten up the condo a little bit. I was pretty neat usually, so all I did was make the bed and make sure the bathroom was clean. Then I hopped in the shower, dried off, put my sweats back on, and lit a fire in the fireplace. A quick look in the fridge showed that I could feed a guest if need be, so I made another pot of coffee and sat back down to wait.
When Lindsey knocked, I sprang up and quickly opened the door. It was surreal to see her here after all my visits to her palatial house, and I was a little uncertain how she would see me once she saw my place. To forestall that discomfort, I opened the door a crack and peeked out.
"Can I help you?" I asked coldly.
"Yes," she replied formally. "I believe you're the swine who molested my daughter. May I come in and discuss the matter?"
"Molest is a very hostile word," I said in an aggrieved tone. "I prefer to say enjoyed!"
She broke character first and laughed.
"Fine! You enjoyed her. Now let me in!"
I swung the door wide and bowed courteously. She grinned and strode past me, stopping to kick off her boots on the slate of the entryway.
"I like it!" she exclaimed, walking slowly around and taking in the mix of old and new.
I saw her smile as she brushed her finger along the carved top of a chair. When she got to the patio doors, she pushed aside the shade and looked out at the snowy grass leading back into the woods.
"This is nice, Steve. It looks like you."
"Thank you," I said simply, glad of her approval.